Dec 07 Live updates: Israel widens attacks in Gaza as UN warns no safe place left in territory By Associated Press The center of Gaza's second-largest city, Khan Younis, has also seen fighting amid Israel's widening air and ground offensive in the southern part of the territory that has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and worsened dire humanitarian conditions. Continue reading
Dec 06 Senior UN official denounces ‘blatant disregard’ in Israel-Hamas war after many refugee sites are hit By Abby Sewell, Associated Press The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says there's no safe haven in Gaza for civilians — not even U.N. shelters and "safe zones" designated by Israel. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 4:59 UN human rights chief warns of ‘apocalyptic’ crisis in Gaza as fighting intensifies By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart, Dan Sagalyn Israel intensified its military operations in Gaza's second largest city, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee and making it more difficult to deliver aid. The UN says nearly 1.9 million people, over 80 percent of Gaza's population, have… Continue watching
Dec 06 Senate Republicans block Ukraine and Israel aid as they demand border policy changes By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Senate Republicans are blocking the advance of a $110 billion package of wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as other national security priorities. Continue reading
Dec 06 Violence in Gaza prevents delivery of key aid, spurs more mass displacement By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Makeshift shelters and family homes are already overflowing and many are sleeping in the streets. Continue reading
Dec 06 Live updates: Israel widens offensive in Southern Gaza as humanitarian conditions grow worse By Associated Press The United Nations said 1.87 million people — more than 80 percent of Gaza's population — have been driven from their homes since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, triggered by the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas assault on southern Israel. Continue reading
Dec 05 At COP28, activists and officials voice concern over Gaza’s war-torn environment By Malak Harb, Associated Press Palestinians are worried that the land will take years to recover, and activists at the summit are tying the plight of Gazans to climate justice globally. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 4:46 Israeli troops move south into Gaza’s 2nd largest city amid pleas to protect civilians By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson A new phase in the bloody war in Gaza is underway. Israel is assaulting the largest city in the south, Khan Younis, and most of Gaza's population is now in that region. Despite pleas for more precision and fewer civilian… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 7:17 Young Palestinian released by Israel reflects on time in prison and hopes for the future By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Sonia Kopelev More than 200 Palestinians detained or imprisoned by Israel were released last week during the truce between Israel and Hamas. Most of them were women and children. They are just some of the thousands of Palestinians held by Israel for… Continue watching
Dec 05 WATCH: U.S. announces extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America By Matthew Lee, Associated Press In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department says it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading