Aug 30 Watch 8:18 Gaza’s first polio case in 25 years highlights total collapse of its health infrastructure By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins, Zeba Warsi The World Health Organization, working with other UN agencies and the Palestinian Ministry of Health, will begin vaccinating children in Gaza against polio. Israel and Hamas have agreed to have three-day pauses in fighting so health workers can distribute the… Continue watching
Aug 30 U.S. Army faced weather, security challenges during Gaza humanitarian aid pier By Lolita Baldor, Associated Press The Army commander in charge of the U.S. military's Gaza pier project says the mission was the biggest "organizational leadership challenge" he has ever experienced. Continue reading
Aug 29 WHO announces deal with Israel to allow limited pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The U.N. World Health Organization said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted the first confirmed case… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 8:54 Israel says militant linked to ‘numerous terror attacks’ killed in West Bank raids By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn, Harry Zahn Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in Gaza to allow hundreds of thousands of children to receive polio vaccinations over three days. Meanwhile, in the West Bank, at least 16 people have been killed in what the Israeli military… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch 2:53 Israel rescues hostage from Hamas tunnel in Gaza By Stephanie Sy, Solveig Rennan After 326 days in captivity, a hostage was found in the Hamas tunnels underneath Gaza and brought to safety by the Israeli military. Qaid Farhan Alkadi is the eighth hostage to be rescued from Gaza, but dozens more wait to… Continue watching
Aug 27 Israel has rescued one of the hostages abducted in Oct. 7 Hamas attack, military says By Associated Press The military said on Tuesday that 52-year-old Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued "in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip."… Continue reading
Aug 26 As Israel’s economy struggles, leading economists say ending the war in Gaza would help By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Nearly 11 months into the war with Hamas, Israel’s economy is struggling as the country’s leaders grind ahead with an offensive in Gaza that shows no signs of ending and threatens to escalate into a wider conflict. Continue reading
Aug 26 One of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals empties out amid fears it may be engulfed in fighting By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The Israeli military has not ordered its evacuation, but patients and people sheltering there fear it may be engulfed in fighting or targeted in a raid. Continue reading
Aug 24 Israeli airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza before high-level cease-fire negotiations in Cairo By Samy Magdy, David Rising, Associated Press Multiple Israeli airstrikes killed at least three dozen Palestinians in southern Gaza, health workers said Saturday, as officials including a Hamas delegation gathered for high-level cease-fire talks in neighboring Egypt. Continue reading
Aug 23 WATCH: Harris says now is the time for a hostage, Gaza deal By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Harris said she was working with President Joe Biden on a cease-fire deal that would also release hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, a step toward helping Palestinians “realize their right to dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination.”… Continue reading