Jan 06 At least 3 dead, 7 injured after shooting attack on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press The attack occurred in the Palestinian village of Al-Funduq, on one of the main east-west roads crossing the territory. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 2:52 News Wrap: New Orleans terror suspect visited city twice before attack, FBI says In our news wrap Sunday, the FBI released more details from their investigation into the deadly terror attack in New Orleans, mourners paid their respects to former President Carter as he lies in repose in Atlanta, airstrikes in Gaza killed… Continue watching
Jan 04 As ceasefire talks resume, Israeli airstrikes kill at least 21 people in Gaza, hospital workers say By Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people, including at least two children, on Saturday in Gaza, hospital staff said, while a new effort at ceasefire talks was underway in Qatar after nearly 15 months of war. Continue reading
Jan 03 Israeli strikes kill at least 30 people, including children, in Gaza as stalled ceasefire talks set to resume By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Hospital staff say at least 30 people, including children, were killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes overnight and Friday morning, as air sirens sounded across Israel and stalled ceasefire talks were set to resume. Continue reading
Jan 02 Israeli strikes kill at least 40 people in Gaza, including several children, officials say By Wafaa Shurafa, Fatma Khaled, Associated Press One strike early Thursday hit a tent in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone known as Muwasi, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have been huddling in damp winter weather. Continue reading
Jan 01 At least 12 women and children killed during Israeli strike in Gaza as war grinds into the new year By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes have killed at least 12 people in Gaza, mostly women and children. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 11:35 U.N. accuses Israel of pushing Gaza health system to 'brink of total collapse' By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Dan Sagalyn The U.N. Human Rights Office says Israel’s operations in Gaza have pushed the health care system “to the brink of total collapse” and may be a violation of international law. Israel accuses Hamas of integrating into hospitals and using staff… Continue watching
Dec 31 Rocked by conflict and change, Middle East greets new year By Ghaith Alsayed, Wafaa Shurafa, Lujain Jo, Associated Press While Syrians looked forward to a new beginning, the mood was more somber along Beirut’s Mediterranean promenade, where residents shared cautious hopes for the new year. War-weary Palestinians in Gaza saw little hope that 2025 would bring an end to… Continue reading
Dec 30 Gazan women struggle with a life stripped of privacy in crowded tent camps By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Associated Press For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy. Continue reading
Dec 29 Fourth infant freezes to death in Gaza as displaced families share blankets in seaside tents By Wafaa Shurafa, Majdi Mohammed, Associated Press A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war are huddled in tents along the rainy, windswept coast as winter arrives. Continue reading