Feb 12 Chief of UNRWA in Gaza calls EU funds ‘absolutely critical’ but the bloc wants an audit By Lorne Cook, Associated Press The aid agency, UNRWA, has been the main supplier of food, water and shelter during Israel's war against Hamas. But it's reeling from allegations that 12 staff members participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Continue reading
Feb 12 WATCH: Biden says ‘key elements’ of a Gaza deal are on the table as he meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Declaring that "every innocent life lost in Gaza is a tragedy,” President Joe Biden welcomed Jordan’s King Abdullah II to the White House Monday for talks on how to end the months-long war and plan for what comes afterward. Continue reading
Feb 12 Houthis fire missiles at Iran-bound ship, causing damage but no injuries By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The attack on the Marshall Islands-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier Star Iris shows just how widely the Houthis now target ships. Continue reading
Feb 12 Israeli airstrikes kill dozens of Palestinians in Rafah as military rescues 2 hostages By Najib Jobain, Josef Federman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press In Gaza, the operation unleashed another tragedy in a war that has killed 28,340 Palestinians in the territory, displaced over 80 percent of the population and set off a massive humanitarian crisis. Continue reading
Feb 11 Palestinian Red Crescent accuses Israeli forces of killing Gaza family and medics sent to rescue them By Associated Press A desperate rescue attempt in Gaza by medics with the Palestinian Red Crescent has ended with the discovery of their ambulance, blackened and destroyed. Twelve days had passed since the medics set out to find a 5-year-old girl thought to… Continue reading
Feb 11 Biden tells Israel not to send troops into Rafah without ‘credible’ plan to protect civilians By Najib Jobain, Associated Press Israel shouldn’t go ahead with a military operation in the densely populated Gaza border town of Rafah without a “credible” plan to protect civilians, President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, the White House said. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch 2:09 News Wrap: Palestinians in Rafah brace for expected Israeli ground assault In our news wrap Saturday, Israel continued bombarding Rafah in southern Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signaled an impending ground assault, a Russian drone attack killed seven people in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and a surprising outcome to… Continue watching
Feb 10 Israeli drone attack kills 2 in Lebanon, one of the deepest hits inside the country in weeks By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press An Israeli drone strike hit a car near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding two others, security officials said. Continue reading
Feb 10 Israeli airstrikes in Rafah kill 44 Palestinians as ground invasion of southern city looms By Najib Jobain, Associated Press A hospital official says Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 44 Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, hours after Israel's prime minister said he had asked the military to plan for the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of… Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 5:08 Netanyahu orders Israeli military to plan for evacuation of Rafah ahead of ground assault By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Ethan Dodd Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to develop plans to evacuate Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza. Its population before Oct. 7 was 100,000. Now, more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have fled to the… Continue watching