May 19 Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza as Israel’s leaders air wartime divisions By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with Hamas raged across the north on Sunday. Continue reading
May 18 Member of Israel’s war cabinet threatens to quit over Gaza strategy By Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, threatened Saturday to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan in three weeks' time for the war in Gaza. Continue reading
May 17 In Gaza, war means no formal education for hundreds of thousands of students By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Since the war erupted Oct. 7, all of Gaza's schools have closed — leaving hundreds of thousands of students like Atef without formal schooling or a safe place to spend their days. Continue reading
May 17 Hezbollah introduces new weapons, tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired two missiles. The attack wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously, according to the Israeli military. Continue reading
May 17 Trucks arrive at newly built U.S. pier in Gaza but challenges over enough aid persist By Jon Gambrell, Lolita Baldor, Associated Press Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food… Continue reading
May 16 Watch 8:24 Outgoing UN humanitarian chief on handling one of the worst years for global crises By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Zeba Warsi, Dan Sagalyn The U.N. warns the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is growing more acute. In southern Gaza, a quarter of the population faces catastrophic levels of food insecurity and in northern Gaza, nearly one in three children are severely malnourished. Nick Schifrin… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 6:17 American families working to evacuate Gaza child facing rare medical disorder By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Among the families caught in the war between Israel and Hamas is the Abu Zaiter family. Three-year-old Julia suffers from alternating hemiplegia, or AHC, an extremely rare neurological disorder that causes muscle stiffness, seizures and paralysis. Several families with children… Continue watching
May 16 WATCH: UN’s highest court hears request from South Africa on Israel’s offensive in Rafah By Molly Quell, Associated Press It is the fourth time South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice for emergency measures since the nation launched proceedings alleging that Israel’s military action in its war with Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide. Continue reading
May 16 Gaza Strip pier project is completed, U.S. military says By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Officials are poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
May 15 Watch 5:53 Israeli defense minister publicly criticizes Netanyahu’s Gaza strategy By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi, Ethan Dodd Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back against criticism of his Gaza strategy from within his own government. Israel's defense minister accused Netanyahu of “indecision” and leading Israel down a “dangerous course.” The public infighting comes as the Biden administration… Continue watching