Feb 15 Israeli forces storm main hospital in southern Gaza, seeking remains of hostages taken by Hamas By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Thursday's raid came a day after the army sought to evacuate thousands of displaced people who had taken shelter at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Continue reading
Feb 14 Gaza cease-fire talks appear to stall as Netanyahu calls Hamas demands 'delusional' By Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Hamas of hobbling the high-stakes negotiations by sticking to “delusional” demands. Continue reading
Feb 14 Displaced Palestinians begin evacuating one of Gaza's main hospitals after weeks of being isolated by fighting By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press The war between Israel and Hamas, now in its fifth month, has devastated Gaza's health sector, with less than half of its hospitals even partially functioning as scores of people are killed and wounded in daily bombardments. Continue reading
Feb 13 Israel and Hamas are making progress in cease-fire and hostage release talks, officials say By Samy Magdy, Najib Jobain, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press on until “total victory,” and has insisted that military pressure will help free the hostages. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch 4:42 Biden warns Israel to protect Palestinians after Gaza raid to rescue hostages kills dozens By Nick Schifrin, Solveig Rennan It has been a day of joy in Israel, a day of dread in Gaza and a day of warnings in Washington. Israeli troops rescued two hostages from Hamas militants in Rafah in an operation that Palestinian authorities say killed… Continue watching
Feb 12 Israeli airstrikes kill dozens of Palestinians in Rafah as military rescues 2 hostages By Najib Jobain, Josef Federman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press In Gaza, the operation unleashed another tragedy in a war that has killed 28,340 Palestinians in the territory, displaced over 80 percent of the population and set off a massive humanitarian crisis. Continue reading
Feb 11 Palestinian Red Crescent accuses Israeli forces of killing Gaza family and medics sent to rescue them By Associated Press A desperate rescue attempt in Gaza by medics with the Palestinian Red Crescent has ended with the discovery of their ambulance, blackened and destroyed. Twelve days had passed since the medics set out to find a 5-year-old girl thought to… Continue reading
Feb 11 Biden tells Israel not to send troops into Rafah without 'credible' plan to protect civilians By Najib Jobain, Associated Press Israel shouldn’t go ahead with a military operation in the densely populated Gaza border town of Rafah without a “credible” plan to protect civilians, President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, the White House said. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 2:09 News Wrap: Palestinians in Rafah brace for expected Israeli ground assault In our news wrap Saturday, Israel continued bombarding Rafah in southern Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signaled an impending ground assault, a Russian drone attack killed seven people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and a surprising outcome to… Continue watching
Feb 10 Israeli airstrikes in Rafah kill 44 Palestinians as ground invasion of southern city looms By Najib Jobain, Associated Press A hospital official says Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 44 Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, hours after Israel's prime minister said he had asked the military to plan for the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of… Continue reading