Nov 16 Police and protesters clash outside Democratic Party HQ during demonstration against war in Gaza By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Police and protesters have clashed outside Democratic National Committee headquarters during a demonstration for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 5:29 A look inside the Gaza hospital raided by Israeli Defense Forces By John Yang, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution calling for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses" in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. It comes as Israeli forces have entered the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza and the compound… Continue watching
Nov 15 WATCH: Biden speaks on Israel-Hamas war after meeting with China’s Xi Jinping By Associated Press Biden says he believes Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza will only stop once the militant group’s ability to kill and injure Israelis is degraded, even as he said he was urging Israel to exercise caution. Continue reading
Nov 15 UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The vote was 12-0 with the United States, United Kingdom and Russia abstaining. The final draft watered down language from a "demand" to a "call" for humanitarian pauses. Continue reading
Nov 15 Israeli forces raid Gaza’s largest hospital, as fuel shortage grows more dire By Samy Magdy, Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press After encircling Shifa for days, Israel faced pressure to prove its claim that Hamas had turned the hospital into a command center, using the patients, staff and civilians sheltering there to provide cover for its militants. Continue reading
Nov 15 Poll: Majority of Americans sympathize with Israel but growing number say military response in Gaza ‘too much’ By Laura Santhanam Americans are split over whether the United States should play a major role in world events, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Nov 14 Israeli military says its forces have entered Gaza hospital in a ‘precise and targeted operation’ By Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffery, Lee Keath, Associated Press Israeli authorities claim the militant group conceals military operations in the facility. But with hundreds of patients and medical personnel inside, it has refrained from entering. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch 6:03 Civilians shoulder burden of war as fighting rages around Gaza hospitals By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi It's a race against time in northern Gaza as just one hospital remains operational. Vulnerable and critical patients are still under treatment at several hospitals that the U.S. says Hamas is using for military purposes. U.S. officials said civilians must… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch 9:03 Jewish Americans share views on conflict as Israel-Hamas war continues By William Brangham, Shoshana Dubnow, Karina Cuevas Tuesday in Washington, tens of thousands of people marched near the Capitol in support of Israel as its war with Hamas enters a second month. But some Jewish Americans are torn over how the Israeli government is conducting the war… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch 7:26 Abbas Ibrahim discusses Israel-Hamas war and Hezbollah’s looming threat By Simona Foltyn Much of the focus of this latest Israel-Hamas war is focused on Gaza and the brutal fighting there. But a larger, more threatening force in Hezbollah sits across Israel's northern border. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn recently sat down with a… Continue watching