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
Oct 18 WATCH: Biden addresses Egypt’s move to allow aid into Gaza aboard Air Force One By Najib Jobain, Isabel DeBre, Associated Press Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. President Joe Biden said Egypt’s president had agreed to open the crossing and to let in an initial group of 20… Continue reading
Oct 18 Israel says it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to Gaza, as food and water dwindle By Najib Jobain, Isabel DeBre, Ravi Nessman, Matthew Lee, Associated Press In a statement, it said it “will not thwart” deliveries of food, water and medicine, as long as the supplies do not reach Hamas. Continue reading
Oct 14 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 8 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press People are scrambling to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. Palestinians and some Egyptian officials fear that Israel ultimately hopes to push Gaza’s people out through the southern border with Egypt. Continue reading