Nov 20 China hosts Arab and Muslim foreign ministers to discuss ending the Israel-Hamas war By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing on Monday, saying his country would work with “our brothers and sisters" in the Arab and Islamic world to try to end the war in Gaza… Continue reading
Nov 04 WATCH: Blinken meets with Arab leaders to discuss Gaza’s future amid tensions over Israel-Hamas war By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to build support Saturday for planning a postwar future for Gaza as he met with wary Arab leaders during his latest urgent mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas conflict began. Continue reading
Nov 01 Live updates: What’s happening in the Israel-Hamas war as some foreign nationals and Palestinians leave Gaza By Associated Press Hundreds of foreign nationals and dozens of seriously injured Palestinians have been allowed to leave Gaza for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began more than three weeks ago. Continue reading
Oct 24 Stranded at a closed border as airstrikes continue, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press For more than a week, their governments have advised them to wait at Gaza's Rafah crossing in preparation for evacuation through Egypt. But nothing has happened. Continue reading
Oct 23 Sen. Menendez enters not guilty plea to a new conspiracy charge By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez returned to court Monday and entered a not guilty plea to a charge alleging that he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Continue reading
Oct 21 At Cairo peace summit, Arab leaders express growing anger with Israel over its war in Gaza By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Egypt and Jordan harshly criticized Israel over its actions in Gaza at a summit on Saturday, a sign that the two Western allies that made peace with Israel decades ago are losing patience with its two-week-old war against Hamas. Continue reading
Oct 21 Desperately needed aid trickles into besieged Gaza as Egypt’s border crossing opens By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off following Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 6:41 Israeli airstrike hits Greek Orthodox church in Gaza, killing more than a dozen By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart Air strikes continued to pound Gaza Friday as the Israeli invasion force sat ready near the Gaza border. On the Egyptian side of that border, aid shipments still await entry to Gaza as the U.N. secretary-general visited the site and… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 15:04 Israel hammers Gaza with more airstrikes as forces prepare for ground invasion By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso, Zeba Warsi, Jonah Anderson The bombardment of Gaza continues as Israel's defense minister told his forces to prepare for a ground invasion of the region home to more than two million Palestinians. Since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks and the start of the… Continue watching
Oct 18 Why Egypt and other Arab nations are hesitant to take in Palestinian refugees By Jack Jeffrey, Samy Magdy, Associated Press As desperate Palestinians in sealed-off Gaza try to find refuge under Israel's relentless bombardment in retaliation for Hamas' brutal Oct. 7 attack, many ask why neighboring Egypt or other Arab countries don't take them in. Continue reading