Jan 17 How watermelon imagery, a symbol of solidarity with Palestinians, spread around the world By Anna Furman, Associated Press Over the past three months, on banners and T-shirts and balloons and social media posts, one piece of imagery has emerged around the world in protests against the Israel-Hamas war: the watermelon. Continue reading
Jan 17 Hostages and Gaza residents are set to receive medicines as the Israel-Hamas war rages on By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas is en route to Gaza. Continue reading
Jan 17 Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran after airstrike kills 2 children By Munir Ahmed, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Islamabad angrily denounced the attack as a "blatant violation" of its airspace and said it killed two children. Tuesday's strike in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province imperiled diplomatic relations between the two neighboring countries. Continue reading
Jan 17 Blinken calls a pathway to a Palestinian state a necessity for Israeli security By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Speaking at World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, Blinken said Wednesday that the view of leaders in the Arab and Muslim world have changed on Israel and the creation of a Palestinian state would… Continue reading
Jan 16 Hamas fights in hard-hit areas of Gaza while deal emerges to deliver medicine to hostages By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press The fighting showed how far Israel remains from achieving its goals of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages captured in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 3:44 World leaders concerned about Mideast war escalating after attacks in Lebanon and Iraq By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi The Biden administration will soon designate Houthi militants in Yemen as a specially designated global terrorist group, a White House official tells the NewsHour. It follows more than 30 Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and it's… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 6:35 Israeli officials disagree in public over how war with Hamas should end By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Israeli leaders are increasingly disagreeing in public over the best path forward with its war in Gaza. Nick Schifrin discussed the direction of the conflict and the splits within the Israeli war cabinet with David Makovsky, a distinguished fellow at… Continue watching
Jan 16 WATCH: Senate debates resolution for human rights report on U.S. aid to Israel for Gaza war By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Some 24,000 people in Gaza, the majority of them women and children, have been killed and the bombings have destroyed most of the housing units, displacing most of its 2.3 million people in a humanitarian catastrophe. Continue reading
Jan 16 A freed Israeli hostage relives horrors of captivity and fears for her husband, still held captive in Gaza By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Days spin by, punctuated by reports that other hostages have died in captivity. Sharon and other freed hostages have increasingly spoken out about the conditions they endured. Continue reading
Jan 16 U.S. conducts another attack against Houthis, hitting anti-ship missiles By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The strike came as the Iranian-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack against the Malta-flagged bulk carrier Zografia, also on Tuesday, in the Red Sea. Continue reading