• Israeli strikes on tent camp kills additional 37 Palestinians after Sunday strike killed 45

    Israeli strikes on tent camp kills additional 37 Palestinians after Sunday strike killed 45

    May 28, 2024 08:10 PM EST

    ... secondary explosions, possibly from Palestinian militants' weapons. The results of Israel's initial probe into the fire were issued Tuesday, with military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari saying the cause of the fire was still under investigation but that the munitions used — targeting what the army said was a position ...

  • Israeli army says Rafah fire was caused by secondary blast, used small munitions used in airstrike

    Israeli army says Rafah fire was caused by secondary blast, used small munitions used in airstrike

    May 28, 2024 01:41 PM EST

    DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says an initial investigation into a strike that sparked a deadly weekend fire in a tent camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has found the blaze was caused by a secondary explosion. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief military ...

  • Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages taken by Hamas in Gaza

    Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages taken by Hamas in Gaza

    May 17, 2024 04:25 PM EST

    ... at the Nova music festival, an outdoor dance party near the Gaza border, and their bodies taken into the Palestinian territory, military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said at a news conference. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the deaths “heartbreaking,” saying, “We will return all of our hostages, both ...

  • Netanyahu says Israel 'will stand alone' if it has to after U.S. threatens halt in weapons delivery

    Netanyahu says Israel 'will stand alone' if it has to after U.S. threatens halt in weapons delivery

    May 09, 2024 07:13 PM EST

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu minister said Thursday that his country will “stand alone” if it has to in its war against Hamas — threatening to deepen a crisis in relations with the United States. Netanyahu spoke after President Joe Biden said the United States would not provide offensive ...

  • Paul Auster, celebrated and experimental author, dies at 77

    Paul Auster, celebrated and experimental author, dies at 77

    May 01, 2024 04:55 PM EST

    ... fellow author Siri Hustvedt in 1982 and had a daughter, Sophie, who appeared in “The Inner Life of Martin Frost.” He also had a son, Daniel, from an earlier marriage to the author-translator Lydia Davis. Daniel Auster would struggle with drug addiction and die of an overdose in 2022 ...

  • Israel weighs its response to Iran’s attack as world leaders rush to contain conflict

    Israel weighs its response to Iran’s attack as world leaders rush to contain conflict

    Apr 14, 2024 09:50 PM EST

    ... day, Israelis returned to normal but the region is anything but and Israel's leadership says the incident is very much not over. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson: We are still on high alert and assessing the situation. Over the last few hours, we approved operational plans ...

  • G7 nations condemn Iran's unprecedented attack as Israel hails 'success' in blocking it

    G7 nations condemn Iran's unprecedented attack as Israel hails 'success' in blocking it

    Apr 14, 2024 03:23 PM EST

    ... and U.S. officials praised the response to the aerial assault. “Iran launched more than 300 threats and 99 percent were intercepted,” said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesman. “That is a success.” Asked if Israel would respond, Hagari said the country would do what was needed to ...

  • Live updates: Israel says it intercepted 99 percent of Iran's drones and missiles

    Live updates: Israel says it intercepted 99 percent of Iran's drones and missiles

    Apr 14, 2024 03:04 PM EST

    JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday hailed the interception of virtually all of the more than 300 Iranian missiles and drones targeting its territory as a significant strategic success. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted on social platform X: “We intercepted. We blocked. Together, we will win.” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant added ...

  • Israel draws international outrage after airstrikes kills 7 aid workers

    Israel draws international outrage after airstrikes kills 7 aid workers

    Apr 05, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    ... the convoy split. And that's when the IDF admits one of its commanders mistakenly assumed that Hamas gunmen remained inside the convoy. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari: This operational misidentification and misclassification was the result of internal failures. Nick Schifrin: Between 11:09 and 11:13 p.m. The IDF ...

  • Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80 percent of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed

    Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80 percent of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed

    Mar 01, 2024 04:15 PM EST

    WATCH: Refugees International head discusses difficulties getting humanitarian aid into Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put forward a plan under which Israel would retain open-ended security and political control over the territory — an effective reoccupation — after Hamas is destroyed. Under the plan, Palestinians picked by Israel would ...