World Jun 14 Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 73,000, officials say, as Israel strikes despite ceasefire By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press
World Jun 12 Watch 6:19 How Gaza's students are still learning despite shattered schools and displacement For nearly three years, children in Gaza have grown up surrounded by war, displacement and loss. Thousands of children have been killed in Israeli strikes that followed the Hamas assault on Oct. 7. Still, the children of Gaza yearn for… By Ali Rogin, Kayan Taraporevala, Shams Odeh, Janine AlHadidi
World Jun 02 There are supposed to be ceasefires across the Middle East. The fighting is worsening The fighting in Lebanon showed no sign of letting up on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump said both sides had agreed — again — to de-escalate. By Sam Metz, Associated Press
World May 27 Hamas confirms that Israeli strikes killed its new military leader in Gaza City Strikes killed at least seven people in Gaza City on Wednesday as Hamas confirmed that Israeli airstrikes the day before had killed the new leader of its military wing, less than two weeks after his predecessor also was killed. By Wafaa Shurafa, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press
World May 19 Israeli forces intercept the remaining activist flotilla vessels headed for Gaza A live feed on the Global Sumud Flotilla website showed armed Israeli soldiers boarding the vessels as activists in life vests put their hands up. Soldiers then destroyed cameras mounted on the vessels. By Julia Frankel, Menelaos Hadjicostis, Associated Press
May 18 Israeli navy intercept flotilla boats trying to breach the blockade of Gaza By Suzan Fraser, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Organizers say the boats were intercepted 250 nautical miles from Gaza's shores. Continue reading
May 16 Israel says it killed a top Hamas leader By Samy Magdy, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a leader of Hamas’ military wing. He was one of the last surviving architects of the October 7, 2023, attacks that triggered the war in Gaza. Continue reading
May 14 Flotilla heads for Gaza after Israel intercepted last convoy By Murat Kocabas, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press More than 50 vessels departed from Marmaris on Thursday in what organizers call the final leg of their journey to Gaza. On April 30, Israeli forces intercepted a previous flotilla near Crete, initially detaining about 175 activists and transferring two… Continue reading
May 14 Pope Leo condemns use of AI warfare and the 'spiral of annihilation' it brings By Nicole Winfield, Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press Leo’s speech at Rome’s La Sapienza University marked the first time a pope has visited the campus since Pope Benedict XVI called off a planned speech there in 2008 in the face of protests from faculty and students. Continue reading
May 13 Board of Peace envoy Mladenov says ceasefire hinges on Hamas' disarmament By Julia Frankel, Sam Metz, Associated Press Nickolay Mladenov, the top diplomat overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, on Wednesday acknowledged that the truce was stalled, saying the deadlock over disarming Hamas had paralyzed reconstruction of the war-battered territory. Continue reading