Oct 20 Watch 4:08 American mother and daughter kidnapped by Hamas are first hostages released from Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda Two Americans held hostage for nearly two weeks by Hamas following the terror attacks of October 7 are free tonight. Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie were released Friday evening after mediation by the government of Qatar. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 6:41 Israeli airstrike hits Greek Orthodox church in Gaza, killing more than a dozen By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart Air strikes continued to pound Gaza Friday as the Israeli invasion force sat ready near the Gaza border. On the Egyptian side of that border, aid shipments still await entry to Gaza as the U.N. secretary-general visited the site and… Continue watching
Oct 20 A Palestinian engineer who returned to Gaza City after fleeing south is killed in an airstrike By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press Hours after Omar Khodari returned with his family to Gaza City, there was an airstrike. No one was warned, survivors said. Continue reading
Oct 20 White House asks Congress for $105 billion to boost national security By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden hopes Congress will move urgently on the legislation, and he made the case for deepening U.S. support for its allies during a rare Oval Office address on Thursday night. Continue reading
Oct 20 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 13 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press The conflict between Israel and Hamas enters its thening on Day 13 of the Israel-Hamas war… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 15:04 Israel hammers Gaza with more airstrikes as forces prepare for ground invasion By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso, Zeba Warsi, Jonah Anderson The bombardment of Gaza continues as Israel's defense minister told his forces to prepare for a ground invasion of the region home to more than two million Palestinians. Since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks and the start of the… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 9:35 How Biden’s trip to Israel and U.S. response to war is resonating in Middle East By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow President Biden's trip to Israel was meant to reassure the Israeli government and people, but how is the visit being viewed in the region? Amna Nawaz got two views on Biden's trip with Marwan Muasher, a former Jordanian diplomat and… Continue watching
Oct 19 Journalists in Gaza struggle with safety, survival while reporting on the ground By David Bauder, Associated Press A limited number of journalists in Gaza are trying to report on the war with Israel while facing the same problems as the besieged Palestinian population there — wondering where to live, where to get food and water, and how… Continue reading
Oct 19 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. Continue reading
Oct 19 WATCH: President Biden’s Address to the Nation | PBS NewsHour’s full evening coverage By Chris Megerian, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press President Joe Biden delivered only the second Oval Office address of his term on Thursday night to make the case for U.S. backing of Ukraine and Israel in a time of war. Continue reading