Gaza Strip

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.

In southern Gaza, a tent camp for displaced Palestinians reawakens old traumas

By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press

The impromptu construction of the tent city in Khan Younis to shelter scores of Palestinians who lost or fled their homes during the past days of intense Israeli bombardment has elicited anger, disbelief and sorrow across the Arab world.

Live updates: What’s happening on Day 14 of the Israel-Hamas war

By Associated Press

Aid deliveries have begun moving into the besieged Gaza Strip, two weeks after the militant group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes.

Amid continued airstrikes, Israel says it has no plan for Gaza after destroying Hamas

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

Over a million people have been displaced in Gaza, with many heeding Israel's orders to evacuate the northern part of the sealed-off enclave on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

Israel tells troops to ‘be ready’ for ground invasion while Gaza holds out for humanitarian aid

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Ravi Nessman, Associated Press

Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Thursday, including in the south where Palestinians were told to take refuge, and the country's defense minister told ground troops to “be ready” to invade, though he didn’t say when.

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.

U.S. vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that Biden is in the region engaging in diplomacy and "we need to let that diplomacy play out." She criticized the resolution for not saying anything about Israel's right to self-defense.

U.S. sanctions 10 Hamas members and its financial network over surprise Israel attack

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

Targeted for Treasury Department sanctions are Hamas investment portfolio managers, a key Hamas commander and a Gaza-based virtual currency exchange, among others.

Palestinian medics struggle to save civilians trapped under rubble amid Israeli bombardment

By Isabel DeBre, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

Gaza's Health Ministry has reported that Israel's bombardment — launched after Hamas mounted a bloody, unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7 — has killed more than 2,700 Palestinians, many of them women and children.

Aid still unreachable after Israel bombs region where civilians were told to flee

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Ravi Nessman, Associated Press

Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed at least 2,778 people and wounded 9,700, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Nearly two-thirds of those killed were children, a ministry official said.