Feb 23 Watch 8:12 Gazans suffer as post-war rebuilding lags By PBS News Hour More than six months since the war between Israel and Hamas, parts of Gaza look as if the conflict ended yesterday. Many who lost their homes still live in tents. Despite billions of dollars pledged to aid the reconstruction, little… Continue watching
Feb 23 Despite war's end, Gaza still struggling to rebuild By News Desk Though Israel and Hamas agreed to stop their fighting in late August, in Gaza many Palestinians are struggling to rebuild with little signs of hope or progress. PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent Martin Seemungal traveled there to get a firsthand look… Continue reading
Aug 29 'We are all humans' -- young Israelis and Palestinians speak out By Corinne Segal Israel and Hamas announced an open-ended cease-fire this week, bringing a halt to the conflict in Gaza that has rocked the area and killed more than 2,000 people since the end of June. We spoke with Israeli and Palestinian students… Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch News Wrap: UN investigators accuse Syrian government of additional poison gas attacks By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Why Israel and Hamas are interested in making this cease-fire stick By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Hamas and Israel agree to truce that opens more Gaza border crossings By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 26 Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire By News Desk Egyptian state television announced Tuesday that Israel and Hamas will enter a cease-fire at 7 p.m. local time (noon EDT), ending a seven-week Gaza war that has left more than 2,200 people dead. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch News Wrap: Baghdad mosque bombed in wave of attacks By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, at least 58 people died in Iraq in a series of attacks that mostly targeted Shiite districts. At a mosque in Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated a vest with explosives as worshippers were leaving after… Continue watching
Aug 22 Hamas gunmen shoot dead 18 accused of collaborating with Israel By Anya van Wagtendonk Gunmen wearing masks and Hamas uniforms publicly executed 18 Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel on Friday, in what one pro-Hamas website claims will be the beginning of an anti-informant campaign. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch Targeting political operatives, Israel moves into new phase of fighting Hamas By PBS News Hour Following this week’s cease-fire collapse, Israeli airstrikes killed multiple Hamas leaders in Gaza. The Associated Press’s Josef Federman, reporting from Jerusalem, talks to Hari Sreenivasan about news that a member of Hamas has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and killing… Continue watching