May 12 Israel advances into Rafah in Gaza's south while battling regrouped Hamas in the north By Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israeli forces pushed deeper into Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Sunday and battled Hamas in parts of the devastated north that the military said it had cleared months ago but where militants have regrouped. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 3:36 News Wrap: Israel expands Rafah evacuation orders ahead of potential military operation In our news wrap Saturday, Israel issued more evacuation orders forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee Rafah, Russian forces took control of five villages outside Kharkiv amid a renewed offensive in Ukraine’s northeast, flash floods in Afghanistan, Brazil… Continue watching
May 11 Israel orders 40,000 new evacuations in Rafah as it expands military offensive By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Mednick, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its military operation closer to the heavily populated central area, in defiance of growing pressure from close… Continue reading
May 10 Watch 5:09 Israel likely violated international humanitarian law in Gaza war, U.S. report says By Nick Schifrin A highly anticipated report from the State Department concludes that the U.S. may continue to send weapons to Israel despite apparent Israeli violations of international humanitarian law. The long-awaited report comes just two days after the president said he would… Continue watching
May 10 South Africa again requests emergency measures from world court to restrain Israel's assault on Gaza By Molly Quell, Associated Press The request Friday is the fourth for additional measures by South Africa, which filed a genocide case against Israel late last year at the International Court of Justice. Continue reading
May 09 Watch 4:18 Netanyahu vows Israel will continue Rafah operation after U.S. freezes bomb delivery By Nick Schifrin Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said his country would “stand alone if necessary," in response to President Biden’s move to pause deliveries of some bombs to Israel. That decision has created a possible turning point in the U.S.-Israel relationship and the… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 8:52 Middle East experts discuss if U.S. weapons pause will change Israel's tactics in Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Dan Sagalyn Will the Biden administration's holding up sending bombs to pressure Israel from launching a large-scale assault on Rafah have the desired effect? Nick Schifrin has views from Dennis Ross, who played leading roles in the Middle East peace process for… Continue watching
May 09 First shipment of Palestinian aid to US-built floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus By Menelaos Hadjicostis, Sam Mednick, Associated Press The U.S. vessel, loaded with much needed humanitarian assistance, left the Larnaca port on Thursday morning. The voyage comes about two months after President Joe Biden gave the order to build the large floating platform several miles off the Gaza… Continue reading
May 08 Watch 4:15 Biden administration defends suspending weapons to Israel over Rafah assault concerns By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Many Republicans and some Democrats are criticizing the Biden administration for suspending the delivery of thousands of bombs to Israel. At a Senate hearing, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin defended the move which comes as the White House also delayed… Continue watching
May 08 Watch 11:19 Democratic, GOP lawmakers react to Biden pausing bomb shipment to Israel By Geoff Bennett, Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Kyle Midura, Alexa Gold As the Biden administration puts a hold on sending thousands of bombs to Israel, we have perspectives from two members of Congress. Geoff Bennett spoke with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland and a member of the Senate… Continue watching