Aug 16 Israel carried out Gaza strike that killed 5 children, report says By Fares Akram, Sam McNeil, Associated Press A Palestinian human rights group and an Israeli newspaper are reporting that an explosion in a cemetery that killed five Palestinian children during the latest Gaza flare-up was caused by an Israeli airstrike. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 3:24 News Wrap: Indiana passes new law banning nearly all abortions In our news wrap Saturday, Indiana has passed new legislation banning nearly all abortions, the U.S. Senate is working to pass a major health, climate and tax reform bill, President Biden tests negative for COVID again after a rebound case,… Continue watching
Jun 02 Naftali Bennett is Netanyahu’s former protege, now poised to become successor By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Under a deal with centrist Yair Lapid's party, Bennett is to become prime minister leading a new government and ending Netanyahu's 12-year rule. Continue reading
May 26 Hamas leader says 80 fighters killed in war with Israel By Fares Akram, Associated Press Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry has put the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli offensive this month at 254, including 66 children, 39 women, and 17 people above the age of 60. But it did not give a breakdown between… Continue reading
May 24 Watch 7:15 Antisemitic attacks spread like ‘wildfire’ in the U.S. during Gaza conflict By William Brangham, Murrey Jacobson The cease-fire in Gaza is holding for now. But while the confrontation between Israel and Hamas was taking place, there were growing reports of antisemitic attacks and slurs in several American cities. William Brangham focuses on the disturbing questions this… Continue watching
May 24 After another war, displaced in Gaza face familiar plight By Fares Akram, Associated Press It took Ramez al-Masri three years to rebuild his home after it was destroyed in a 2014 Israeli offensive. When fighting returned to the area last week, it took just a few seconds for the house to be flattened again… Continue reading
May 24 Blinken off to Middle East to push peace talks after Gaza truce By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Joe Biden says Blinken departs Monday for Israel, the West Bank, Jordan and Egypt. It will be the Biden administration's highest-level in-person meetings on this month's crisis. Continue reading
May 20 Israel approves unilateral cease-fire in Gaza offensive By Fares Akram, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press A statement issued late Thursday said his Security Cabinet unilaterally approved an Egyptian-mediated proposal. It said the sides were still determining when exactly it was to take effect. Continue reading
May 18 E.U. seeks Mideast cease-fire, concerned conflict will spread By Lorne Cook, Associated Press The E.U. also wants to see long-stalled peace moves resume. More than 220 people have been killed in the conflict, now in its second week. Airstrikes and rocket attacks between Israel and the Palestinians continued Tuesday. Continue reading
May 17 Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The White House says President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, the eighth day of Israeli-Palestinian airstrikes and rocket attacks. Continue reading