World Aug 27 Pope demands end to ‘collective punishment’ and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
World Jun 25 7 Israeli troops killed in Gaza bombing as Palestinian officials say Israeli attacks kill 79 Israel says 860 soldiers have been killed throughout the war. The health officials in the strip say the overall Palestinian death toll in Gaza has passed 56,000. By Julia Frankel, Associated Press
World Jan 01 At least 12 women and children killed during Israeli strike in Gaza as war grinds into the new year Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes have killed at least 12 people in Gaza, mostly women and children. By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press
World Dec 27 Israeli troops burn northern Gaza hospital after forcibly removing staff and patients, officials say Staff say it has been hit multiple times in the past three months by Israeli troops waging an offensive against Hamas fighters in surrounding neighborhoods. By Wafaa Shurafa, Fatma Khaled, Lee Keath, Associated Press
Politics Nov 06 Trump’s first term insulted and alienated U.S. allies, second term likely to upset world already in crisis Trump's first term saw him insult and alienate longstanding American allies. His return to the White House, four years after losing office to President Joe Biden, has huge consequences for everything from global trade to climate change to multiple crises…
Jun 19 Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group warns archenemy Israel against wider war By Kareem Chehayeb, Abby Sewell, Associated Press The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group says it has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could help it target more critical positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war. Continue reading
Apr 25 Top Hamas official says group would agree to truce if independent Palestinian state established along pre-1967 borders By Abby Sewell, Associated Press A top Hamas political official has told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a five-year truce with Israel and that it will lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an… Continue reading
Mar 06 Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger spreads By Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked northern Gaza are gaining momentum. Many there have been reduced to eating animal fodder and acute malnutrition is rampant among young children. Continue reading
Mar 01 Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80 percent of the wounds at his hospital from aid convoy bloodshed By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The head of a Gaza hospital where some of the wounded from bloodshed surrounding an aid convoy were taken says more than 80 percent had been struck by gunfire, suggesting heavy shooting by Israeli troops. Continue reading
Feb 28 Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages’ families push for release By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said. The U.S., Egypt and Qatar have been working on a ceasefire deal that would release some of the hostages still held by Hamas. Continue reading