• News Wrap: Netanyahu fires Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

    News Wrap: Netanyahu fires Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

    Nov 05, 2024 11:30 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu fired his defense minister Yoav Gallant amid a growing rift, Ukrainian troops have engaged with North Korean soldiers for the first time since they were deployed to fight for Russia and Boeing workers are returning to the job after their union voted to accept a new...

  • Israel's Netanyahu dismisses his defense minister as wars rage. Protests erupt across country

    Israel's Netanyahu dismisses his defense minister as wars rage. Protests erupt across country

    Nov 05, 2024 07:07 PM EDT

    Gallant, a former general who has gained public respect with a gruff, no-nonsense personality, said in a statement: “The security of the state of Israel always was, and will always remain, my life’s mission." He was expected to deliver a statement on national television later Tuesday. Gallant has ...

  • Israeli airstrike kills 20 people in northern Gaza, Palestinian officials say

    Israeli airstrike kills 20 people in northern Gaza, Palestinian officials say

    Nov 05, 2024 03:30 PM EDT

    The three hospitals serving the area have been largely inaccessible because of the fighting, and ambulances have stopped operating. Israeli troops raided Kamal Adwan Hospital last month, saying Hamas militants were sheltering there, allegations denied by Palestinian health officials. The offensive has raised fears among Palestinians that Israel is implementing ...

  • WATCH: U.S. gives Israel a 'fail' grade on improving aid to Gaza so far

    WATCH: U.S. gives Israel a 'fail' grade on improving aid to Gaza so far

    Nov 04, 2024 09:59 PM EDT

    ... work of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, which is the main aid provider in Gaza. It followed the passage of Israeli laws last week to sever ties with UNRWA, a move that Blinken and Austin opposed in their letter. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in ...

  • Israel ends agreement with UNRWA, main provider of aid for Palestinian refugees

    Israel ends agreement with UNRWA, main provider of aid for Palestinian refugees

    Nov 04, 2024 05:09 PM EDT

    TEL AVIV, IsraelIsrael said Monday it had terminated the agreement facilitating the work of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the main aid provider in Gaza. WATCH: U.N. officials say situation in northern Gaza ‘apocalyptic’ as Israel continues offensive It appeared to be the first step in ...

  • News Wrap: Israeli attacks kill dozens of people in Gaza and Lebanon

    News Wrap: Israeli attacks kill dozens of people in Gaza and Lebanon

    Nov 03, 2024 10:45 PM EDT

    ... say when it took place and said the man was an Iranian operative gathering intelligence on Israeli troops in the Golan Heights. Across Gaza today, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 Palestinians. It's part of a month long offensive that Israel says is aimed at preventing Hamas militants from ...

  • Israel says it conducted a ground raid in Syria and seized a Syrian citizen connected to Iran

    Israel says it conducted a ground raid in Syria and seized a Syrian citizen connected to Iran

    Nov 03, 2024 06:40 PM EDT

    ... of the war, saying Hamas uses them for militant purposes, allegations denied by Palestinian health officials. Hamas fighters are also operating in the north, battling Israeli forces. Northern Gaza has been encircled by Israeli forces and largely isolated for the past year. Israel has been carrying out another offensive there ...

  • An Iranian-American is being held in Iran, U.S. says, amid high tensions following Israeli strikes

    An Iranian-American is being held in Iran, U.S. says, amid high tensions following Israeli strikes

    Nov 03, 2024 05:41 PM EDT

    ... Lebanon’s Hezbollah backed by Tehran. In Tehran, thousands at the gate of the former U.S. Embassy chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” Some burned flags of the countries and effigies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. They also carried images of killed top figures of Iran ...

  • Iran's supreme leader threatens 'a crushing response' to Israel's retaliatory attack

    Iran's supreme leader threatens 'a crushing response' to Israel's retaliatory attack

    Nov 02, 2024 10:53 PM EDT

    ... people. Any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle East, already teetering over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon, into a wider regional conflict just ahead of the U.S. presidential election this Tuesday. WATCH: How Israel’s ...

  • Senior Hezbollah operative captured by Israeli navy in north Lebanon, military official says

    Senior Hezbollah operative captured by Israeli navy in north Lebanon, military official says

    Nov 02, 2024 06:30 PM EDT

    Israel has carried out in the past commando operations deep inside Lebanon to kidnap or kill Hezbollah and Palestinian officials. Residents of the apartment building where the man was seized said the armed group introduced themselves as state security. “We were terrified. They were breaking into the apartment next to ...