• News Wrap: Israel strikes two Houthi-controlled ports and unleashes new barrage on Gaza

    News Wrap: Israel strikes two Houthi-controlled ports and unleashes new barrage on Gaza

    May 16, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Friday, Israeli Defense Forces struck two Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen and launched dozens of airstrikes across Gaza, a transit strike in New Jersey forced 350,000 people to make alternative plans, group of GOP lawmakers blocked President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" and New Orleans police say ten inmates who escaped from jail...

  • Israeli strikes kill at least 54 in southern Gaza, hospital says

    Israeli strikes kill at least 54 in southern Gaza, hospital says

    May 15, 2025 06:35 PM EDT

    ... to the facility, he added. Israeli blockade of aid into Gaza in its third month Palestinians in northern Gaza lined up Thursday near areas under Israeli bombardment in a desperate attempt to obtain food, as Israel’s aid blockade entered its third month. At the charity kitchen set up atop ...

  • Netanyahu says 'no way' Israel ends Gaza war until Hamas is defeated

    Netanyahu says 'no way' Israel ends Gaza war until Hamas is defeated

    May 13, 2025 05:28 PM EDT

    ... were heading to Doha, Qatar, after their meeting to join President Donald Trump who’s visiting the region. Qatar has been a key mediator between Israel and Hamas. Witkoff said they wouldn’t be traveling to Qatar if they didn’t think there was a genuine chance for progress in ...

  • Who is Edan Alexander, the Israeli-American hostage released by Hamas?

    Who is Edan Alexander, the Israeli-American hostage released by Hamas?

    May 12, 2025 06:44 PM EDT

    ... believes he has been held in Hamas' vast tunnel network. Days later, Hamas said it had lost contact with the militants holding Alexander after an Israeli airstrike targeted their location. Israeli officials have not commented on the claim. The Alexander family Monday urged the Israeli government to continue efforts to ...

  • Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't end blockade, experts warn

    Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn't end blockade, experts warn

    May 12, 2025 05:26 PM EDT

    ... and death will cross the thresholds into famine. It had also warned of “imminent” famine in northern Gaza in March 2024, but the following month, Israel allowed an influx of aid under U.S. pressure after an Israeli strike killed seven aid workers. Aid groups now say the situation is ...

  • Hamas says it has released American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander

    Hamas says it has released American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander

    May 12, 2025 01:39 PM EDT

    Israel says it still plans to escalate its offensive On Monday, a statement from Netanyahu's office said Israel was not granting any concessions for Alexander's release. The statement said Israel did not commit to a ceasefire or the freeing of Palestinian prisoners as part of the release and ...

  • ‘Catastrophic’ conditions in Gaza as Israeli blockade enters third month, aid group says

    ‘Catastrophic’ conditions in Gaza as Israeli blockade enters third month, aid group says

    May 11, 2025 09:40 PM EDT

    ... is getting more catastrophic than before. We are now seeing children are starving, hospital and health facilities are collapsing, families are wiped out due to Israeli airstrikes and Bombardment. Now, since March 2, Israel has blocked aid flow into the Gaza Strip. This closure of the borders, in addition to ...

  • Israeli airstrikes kill 23 people in Gaza as international outcry over aid blockade grows

    Israeli airstrikes kill 23 people in Gaza as international outcry over aid blockade grows

    May 10, 2025 10:51 PM EDT

    ... was bombed in Gaza City, health officials said. The bombardment continued as international warnings grow over Israeli plans to control aid distribution in Gaza as Israel's blockade on the territory of over 2 million people is in its third month. The U.N. and aid groups have rejected Israel ...

  • Strikes across Gaza kill at least 92 as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive

    Strikes across Gaza kill at least 92 as Israel prepares to ramp up its offensive

    May 07, 2025 05:55 PM EDT

    He had stunned many in Israel a day earlier when he declared that only 21 of the 59 hostages remaining in Gaza are still alive. Israel previously insisted the figure stands at 24, although an Israeli official said there was “serious concern” for the lives of three captives. The official ...

  • An Israeli plan to seize the Gaza Strip is met with alarm

    An Israeli plan to seize the Gaza Strip is met with alarm

    May 06, 2025 04:03 PM EDT

    ... to expand the operation in Gaza until after Trump’s visit, leaving the door open for a possible deal. Trump isn't expected to visit Israel, but he and other American officials have frequently spoken about Edan Alexander, the last American-Israeli held in Gaza who is still believed to ...