May 11 Violence in Gaza leaves 28 Palestinians, 2 Israelis dead By Fares Akram, Josef Federman, Associated Press A confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions in Jerusalem is escalating. Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza on Tuesday, killing a number of militants and civilians. Continue reading
May 10 Hamas rocket attack is the latest in series of growing clashes in Israel By Ilan Ben Zion, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The rocket fire drew heavy Israeli retaliation in the Gaza Strip. Health officials said at least 20 people, including nine children, were killed in fighting, making it one of the bloodiest days of battle between the bitter enemies in several… Continue reading
Feb 17 Israel allows vaccines into Gaza Strip after delaying delivery By Fares Akram, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Israel has allowed the Palestinian Authority to deliver the first shipment of vaccines to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Mar 30 Fearing Gaza virus spread, Hamas preps for mass quarantines By Fares Akram, Associated Press The coronavirus found a way into Gaza, even though the Mediterranean enclave has been largely cut off from the world by an Israeli-Egyptian blockade since Hamas militants seized it 13 years ago. Continue reading
Jan 28 Hamas protests U.S.-Israeli Mideast peace plan, rejects ‘conspiracies’ By Mohammed Daraghmeh, Fares Akram, Associated Press The peace plan would create a small, disjointed Palestinian state in the West Bank and allow Israel to annex nearly all the Jewish settlements in the territory. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 11:00 For Israelis along the Lebanon and Gaza borders, even a normal day is plagued with tension By Ryan Chilcote Attacks and reprisals between Israel and its enemies occur regularly, now and then exploding into all-out war. In particular, Israeli security is threatened by militant groups like Hamas in the south and Lebanon’s Hezbollah to the north. Ryan Chilcote reports… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 7:04 What Palestinians want more than Trump’s peace plan The White House has unveiled part of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, a $50 billion economic blueprint designed to double Palestinian GDP and create a million jobs. Jared Kushner likened the proposal to the Marshall Plan, which revitalized Western Europe after… Continue watching
May 06 Watch 5:51 News Wrap: Federal prosecutors believe Trump could have been charged with obstruction In our Monday news wrap, a bipartisan group of more than 370 federal prosecutors signed a statement contending that, based on details from the Mueller report, President Trump would have been charged with obstruction of justice if he were not… Continue watching
May 06 Calm takes hold amid Hamas-Israel cease-fire By Aron Heller, Fares Akram, Associated Press The cease-fire aims to end the deadliest fighting between the two sides since a 2014 war. Continue reading
May 05 Palestinians, Israelis amid deadliest fight since 2014 war By Aron Heller, Associated Press Gaza militants on Sunday intensified a wave of rocket fire into southern Israel, striking towns and cities and killing at least three people in one of the bloodiest rounds of fighting since the 2014 war. At least nine Palestinians, including… Continue reading