• Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in 48 hours, Palestinians say

    Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in 48 hours, Palestinians say

    Apr 19, 2025 04:59 PM EST

    ... been growing on both sides after Israel shattered a ceasefire last month, with rare public protests against Hamas in Gaza and continued weekly rallies in Israel pressing the government to reach a deal to bring all hostages home. A growing campaign of retired and reservist Israeli soldiers has called for ...

  • Protest letters from former Israeli soldiers reveal major rifts over ongoing war in Gaza

    Protest letters from former Israeli soldiers reveal major rifts over ongoing war in Gaza

    Apr 18, 2025 10:20 PM EST

    Although only a few hundred of the signatories are still actively serving, the Israeli military has been stretched by 18 months of fighting and isn’t in any position to be turning away anyone from reserve duty. Many Israelis are also furious that as reservists repeatedly get called up for ...

  • Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza while Huckabee visits Jerusalem as U.S. ambassador

    Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza while Huckabee visits Jerusalem as U.S. ambassador

    Apr 18, 2025 05:40 PM EST

    ... one-time presidential hopeful, Huckabee has acknowledged his past support for Israel’s right to annex the West Bank and incorporate its Palestinian population into Israel but said it would not be his “prerogative” to carry out that policy. During his first term, Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ...

  • Israel deepens assault on Gaza, ordering deadly strikes and blocking aid

    Israel deepens assault on Gaza, ordering deadly strikes and blocking aid

    Apr 17, 2025 10:40 PM EST

    ... is a killing field, and civilians are in an endless death slope. Nick Schifrin: But Israel says Hamas has been stealing the aid, and an Israeli official tells PBS News' cutting aid off restricts Hamas' ability to raise funds and pay its fighters. As Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote yesterday ...

  • Lebanon detains several people linked to firing rockets at Israel

    Lebanon detains several people linked to firing rockets at Israel

    Apr 17, 2025 06:50 PM EST

    ... those detained included a number of Palestinians who were involved in firing rockets in two separate attacks toward Israel in late March that triggered intense Israeli airstrikes on parts of Lebanon. Lebanon’s Hezbollah group denied at the time it was behind the firing of rockets. Since the Israel-Hezbollah ...

  • Thousands of children in Gaza malnourished under Israel's food blockade, aid groups say

    Thousands of children in Gaza malnourished under Israel's food blockade, aid groups say

    Apr 17, 2025 04:03 PM EST

    ... clear: even lifesaving aid is no longer protected,” the 12 aid organization heads said. “This is unacceptable.” Israel says the blockade is a pressure tactic Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that blocking aid is one of the “central pressure tactics” used against Hamas, which Israel accuses of siphoning ...

  • Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely

    Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely

    Apr 16, 2025 03:43 PM EST

    ... a new ceasefire more favorable to Israel, but those efforts appear to have made little progress. Netanyahu leads the most nationalist and religious government in Israel's history, and his coalition partners have called for the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in Gaza. Israel withdrew its forces from Gaza and dismantled ...

  • Israeli airstrike hits field hospital entrance in Gaza, killing medic and wounding 9

    Israeli airstrike hits field hospital entrance in Gaza, killing medic and wounding 9

    Apr 15, 2025 02:14 PM EST

    Israel said it targeted a Hamas command and control center within the facility, without providing evidence. Hamas denied the allegations. The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251. Fifty-nine hostages are still inside ...

  • Israel intensifies deadly strikes across Gaza and hits a major hospital in the north

    Israel intensifies deadly strikes across Gaza and hits a major hospital in the north

    Apr 13, 2025 07:52 PM EST

    ... Israel's military said a missile was launched from Yemen on Sunday afternoon and the details were under review. Sirens sounded in several parts of Israel and the occupied West Bank. There were no reports of casualties or damage. The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen continue to target Israel ...

  • News Wrap: Israel cuts off Rafah as it expands military activity in Gaza

    News Wrap: Israel cuts off Rafah as it expands military activity in Gaza

    Apr 12, 2025 09:45 PM EST

    In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli forces said they have completely encircled Rafah in southern Gaza, the Trump administration is excluding smartphones, laptops and other electronics from tariffs, Trump said he’s in good shape after his annual physical, and the CDC says there are now more than 700 confirmed ...