Oct 14 Blinken calls for protecting civilians as Israel masses ground troops on Gaza border By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saturday for protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip and Israel as he intensified his diplomatic outreach across the Middle East and beyond to rally an international response to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from… Continue reading
Oct 14 Live updates: What's happening on Day 8 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press People are scrambling to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. Palestinians and some Egyptian officials fear that Israel ultimately hopes to push Gaza’s people out through the southern border with Egypt. Continue reading
Oct 13 Israel's call for Gaza evacuation raises fears of a mass exodus of refugees into Egypt By Samy Magdy, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press Since Hamas’ bloody attack on Israel sparked a massive retaliation in Gaza, Egypt’s leadership has frantically tried to negotiate the entry of humanitarian aid through its crossing into the Palestinian territory — partially in hopes of averting an exodus into… Continue reading
Oct 13 Poll: Most Americans fear broader conflict may arise from war between Israel and Hamas By Laura Santhanam In the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, eight in 10 Americans are concerned that violence from the war between Israel and Hamas could spill across the region. “We are in uncharted territory,” one Middle East policy expert said. Continue reading
Oct 13 Hamas posted video of mock attack on social media weeks before border breach By Michael Biesecker, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel’s high-tech “Iron Wall” and launched an attack that would leave more than 1,200 Israelis dead, they practiced in a very public dress rehearsal. Continue reading
Oct 13 Live updates: What's happening on Day 7 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press Israel’s military ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate Friday ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. Continue reading
Oct 13 Israel orders evacuation of 1 million in northern Gaza in 24 hours By Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press The evacuation order, which includes Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, sparked widespread panic among civilians and aid workers already running from Israeli airstrikes and contending with a total siege and a territory-wide blackout. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 12:34 Hospitals overwhelmed as Gaza siege intensifies and Israel vows Hamas will 'be crushed' By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso, Jonah Anderson, Teresa Cebrián Aranda There are now nearly 3,000 dead in the six days of brutal violence between Israel and Hamas. More than 1,500 Palestinians have been killed, including 45 members of an extended family in their Gaza home, according to officials there. In… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch 6:48 People in Gaza describe living through bombings with no way to escape By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Sonia Kopelev and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow More than 2 million people live in Gaza, one of the most densely populated corners of the planet. In the six days since Hamas’ terrorist attacks, Israel says it has dropped 6,000 bombs on Gaza. The UN says 650,000 Gazans… Continue watching
Oct 12 WATCH: White House announces evacuation flights for Americans who want to leave Israel By Mary Clare Jalonick, Seung Min Kim, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The White House announced that the U.S. government will begin operating evacuation flights to help Americans leave Israel as Israel prepares to escalate retaliatory action against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading