• Israeli airstrike kills baby in Gaza as families of hostages urge mass protest over war

    Israeli airstrike kills baby in Gaza as families of hostages urge mass protest over war

    Aug 16, 2025 05:32 PM EST

    JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed a baby girl and her parents on Saturday, Nasser hospital officials and witnesses said, while families of hostages called for a “nationwide day of stoppage” in Israel to express growing frustration over 22 months of war. The baby's body, wrapped in ...

  • Far-right Israeli minister confronts long-imprisoned Palestinian leader face to face

    Far-right Israeli minister confronts long-imprisoned Palestinian leader face to face

    Aug 15, 2025 05:13 PM EST

    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A video widely circulated on Friday shows Israel's far-right national security minister berating a Palestinian leader face-to-face inside a prison, saying Israel will confront anyone who acts against the country and “wipe them out.” Marwan Barghouti is serving five life sentences after ...

  • News Wrap: Israel approves controversial West Bank settlement

    News Wrap: Israel approves controversial West Bank settlement

    Aug 14, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... K., have said they will formally recognize a Palestinian state in September. But Smotrich said today the planned settlement -- quote -- "buries that idea." Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli Finance Minister (through translator): The time has come to fully apply Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, the West Bank, to forever remove from ...

  • Israeli airstrike on Iranian prison was an 'apparent war crime,' Human Rights Watch says

    Israeli airstrike on Iranian prison was an 'apparent war crime,' Human Rights Watch says

    Aug 14, 2025 10:41 PM EST

    ... said Page. The war in June, which killed about 1,100 people in Iran and 28 in Israel, started after Israeli jets struck key nuclear and military facilities. Iran then launched a barrage of missiles over Israel. Associated Press reporter Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel contributed to this report.

  • Israel announces new settlement that critics warn will cut the West Bank in two

    Israel announces new settlement that critics warn will cut the West Bank in two

    Aug 14, 2025 05:46 PM EST

    ... well as several Palestinian attacks on Israelis. More than 700,000 Israelis now live in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories captured by Israel in 1967 and sought by the Palestinians for a future state. The international community overwhelmingly considers Israeli settlement construction in these areas to be ...

  • Aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza

    Aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza

    Aug 14, 2025 02:22 PM EST

    Israel's military did not immediately respond to questions about the strikes. The casualties add to the tens of thousands of Palestinians who have been killed since the war started when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and abducting 251 people ...

  • Israeli gunfire kills least 25 in Gaza as Netanyahu says he will allow Palestinians to leave

    Israeli gunfire kills least 25 in Gaza as Netanyahu says he will allow Palestinians to leave

    Aug 13, 2025 01:57 PM EST

    There are aid convoys from other groups that travel within 100 meters (328 feet) of GHF sites and draw large crowds attempting to loot them. An overwhelming majority of violent incidents over the past few weeks have been related to those other aid convoys, the GHF said. Israeli fire killed ...

  • State Department drops criticism of Israel and El Salvador in human rights report

    State Department drops criticism of Israel and El Salvador in human rights report

    Aug 12, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    The State Department released its annual human rights report Tuesday, but unlike in years past, this edition has come under scrutiny for omitting issues and countries with poor human rights records. Nick Schifrin looks at the report and at this active week of renewed Trump diplomacy with Russia.

  • AP report: Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan

    AP report: Israel is in talks to possibly resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan

    Aug 12, 2025 09:39 PM EST

    ... financial gain and diplomatic security it can get,” said Peter Martell, a journalist and author of a book about the country, “First Raise a Flag.” Israel's Mossad spy agency provided aid to the South Sudanese during their decades-long civil war against the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum ahead ...

  • Iran detained 21,000 people during June war with Israel

    Iran detained 21,000 people during June war with Israel

    Aug 12, 2025 06:21 PM EST

    ... of June, Iran has executed seven men convicted of spying for Israel, sparking fears from activists that the government could conduct a wave of executions. Israel carried out waves of airstrikes on Iran, killing nearly 1,100 people, including many military commanders. Retaliatory Iranian strikes killed 28 people in Israel.