Oct 21 Watch 3:53 Humanitarian relief arrives in Gaza as Israel prepares to step up attacks By Leila Molana-Allen, Ali Rogin, Kaisha Young The first truckloads of supplies were allowed into Gaza from Egypt on Saturday, a small but significant aid delivery after nearly two weeks of war. Meanwhile, Israel’s military is vowing to increase its airstrikes against the Hamas-led territory and the… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 6:46 UN aid chief hopes to increase flow of critical supplies to Gaza By Lisa Desjardins, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery Twenty trucks of humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza from Egypt on Saturday, the first life-saving supplies to reach Gazans since the Israel-Hamas war began. Before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, 450 trucks of aid arrived daily in Gaza. UN… Continue watching
Oct 21 At Cairo peace summit, Arab leaders express growing anger with Israel over its war in Gaza By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Egypt and Jordan harshly criticized Israel over its actions in Gaza at a summit on Saturday, a sign that the two Western allies that made peace with Israel decades ago are losing patience with its two-week-old war against Hamas. Continue reading
Oct 21 Live updates: What's happening on Day 14 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press Aid deliveries have begun moving into the besieged Gaza Strip, two weeks after the militant group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 6:41 Israeli airstrike hits Greek Orthodox church in Gaza, killing more than a dozen By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart Air strikes continued to pound Gaza Friday as the Israeli invasion force sat ready near the Gaza border. On the Egyptian side of that border, aid shipments still await entry to Gaza as the U.N. secretary-general visited the site and… Continue watching
Oct 20 Israel says two Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The release comes amid growing expectations of an expected ground offensive that Israel says is aimed at rooting out Hamas militants who rule the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Oct 20 A Palestinian engineer who returned to Gaza City after fleeing south is killed in an airstrike By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press Hours after Omar Khodari returned with his family to Gaza City, there was an airstrike. No one was warned, survivors said. Continue reading
Oct 20 White House asks Congress for $105 billion to boost national security By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden hopes Congress will move urgently on the legislation, and he made the case for deepening U.S. support for its allies during a rare Oval Office address on Thursday night. Continue reading
Oct 20 Live updates: What's happening on Day 13 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press The conflict between Israel and Hamas enters its thening on Day 13 of the Israel-Hamas war… Continue reading
Oct 19 Why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken international rules of war By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Hamas and Israel have both been accused of breaking international law during their latest conflict, and the United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by all sides. Here is a look at some of the issues. Continue reading