May 20 ICC prosecutor seeks war crimes arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu By Josef Federman, Associated Press ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said Monday that he believes Netanyahu, his defense minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel. Continue reading
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 15 Palestinians mark the Nakba, the original 'catastrophe' of mass expulsion By Joseph Krauss, Abby Sewell, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe, refers to the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what is today Israel before and during the war surrounding its creation in 1948. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 4:38 Israel faces diplomatic pressure to avoid assault on Rafah By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi The United Nations says more than 360,000 Gazans who fled to Rafah have now been forced to flee again as Israeli troops attack sectors of the city in a bid to rout Hamas. Also in Rafah, the first foreign U.N. Continue watching
May 12 Watch 2:48 News Wrap: Israel fights resurgence of Hamas militants in northern Gaza In our news wrap Sunday, Israeli forces are again fighting Hamas in an area of northern Gaza that the military had previously cleared, Russia says a 10-story apartment building in the border city of Belgorod partially collapsed under Ukrainian shelling,… Continue watching
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 10 Civilians flee Rafah for the north as heavy fighting keeps Gaza aid crossings closed By Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Over a million Palestinians have fled to Rafah to escape fighting elsewhere, with many packed into U.N.-run shelters or squalid tent camps. The city on the border with Egypt is also a crucial hub for bringing in food, medicine, fuel… Continue reading
May 08 Defense secretary confirms U.S. has paused a bomb shipment to Israel over Rafah invasion concerns By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs, with the focus of U.S. concern being the larger explosives and how they could be used in a dense urban setting. Continue reading
May 08 Biden administration set to decide whether Israel has violated U.S. and international law in Gaza By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The formal assessment of whether Israel has used U.S. weapons and other military assistance lawfully is mandated under a directive issued by President Joe Biden in February. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 5:40 How Israel's operation in Rafah affects aid for Palestinians and cease-fire talks By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi An Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo for crucial cease-fire talks a day after Hamas said it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari proposal. To explore what could happen next, Amna Nawaz spoke with Hussein Ibish, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf… Continue watching