Nov 20 Israeli troops close in on another Gaza hospital, raising evacuation fears By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israeli forces are battling militants around a hospital where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks, raising Palestinian fears of another painful standoff and evacuation of a medical facility. Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch 3:21 News Wrap: Israel, Hamas nearing deal for partial hostage release, officials say In our news wrap Sunday, there are growing indications that Israel and Hamas are close to a deal for the release of some of the roughly 240 hostages being held in Gaza, and polls closed in Argentina in the country’s… Continue watching
Nov 19 Analysis: How bad is the humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war? By Christina Bouri, Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations Calls for a cease-fire are rising worldwide as the war between Israel and Hamas further exacerbates the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Continue reading
Nov 19 Premature babies evacuated from Shifa Hospital to southern Gaza, trauma patients remain By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Thirty-one “very sick” premature babies were safely transferred from Gaza's main hospital to another in the south on Sunday, and will be moved to Egypt on Monday, health officials said, as scores of other critically wounded patients remained stranded there… Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch 2:31 More Palestinians flee south as Israeli troops search Gaza’s largest hospital By John Yang, Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson Israel is again urging Palestinians in northern Gaza to move south, while patients, staff and displaced people leave Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City amid conflicting claims of what triggered the departure. There is little refuge from the war in… Continue watching
Nov 18 Jordan’s foreign minister criticizes Israel’s war on Hamas, calls for immediate cease-fire By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Jordan’s foreign minister offered blistering criticism Saturday of Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, describing it as “blatant aggression” against Palestinian civilians that threatens to engulf the wider Middle East. Continue reading
Nov 18 Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza’s north and south as most civilians flee Shifa Hospital By Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, Samy Magdy, Associated Press An Israeli airstrike hit a residential building on the outskirts of the town of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing at least 26 Palestinians, according to a doctor at the hospital where the bodies were taken. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 5:02 Israeli airstrike leaves at least 40 dead in southern city once a refuge for Gazans By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi United Nations officials said starvation is a possibility in Gaza as they were forced to stop food and aid deliveries due to a lack of fuel. Israel said it will allow two tankers a day to enter for UN operations,… Continue watching
Nov 17 UN halts food delivery to Gaza after internet and telephone services shut off By Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, David Rising, Associated Press The communications blackout, now in its second day, largely cuts off Gaza’s 2.3 million people from one another and the outside world — and paralyzes the coordination of aid, which humanitarian groups were already struggling to deliver because of the… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 7:51 Israel drops evacuation leaflets in southern Gaza, signaling expansion of invasion By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi Communications with Gaza are mostly cut off because of a lack of fuel to power the system there. Israel is pressing its invasion in the north, and the IDF discovered the body of one of the 240 hostages held by… Continue watching