Nov 18 Watch 2:31 More Palestinians flee south as Israeli troops search Gaza's largest hospital By John Yang, Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson Israel is again urging Palestinians in northern Gaza to move south, while patients, staff and displaced people leave Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City amid conflicting claims of what triggered the departure. There is little refuge from the war in… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 1:16 News Wrap: SpaceX's Starship rocket test launch ends with explosions In our news wrap Saturday, a pair of explosions destroyed the booster rocket and spacecraft of SpaceX’s biggest rocket during a test launch in Texas, and Comcast joined the list of advertisers stepping away from Elon Musk’s social media platform… Continue watching
Nov 18 Jordan's foreign minister criticizes Israel's war on Hamas, calls for immediate cease-fire By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Jordan’s foreign minister offered blistering criticism Saturday of Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, describing it as “blatant aggression” against Palestinian civilians that threatens to engulf the wider Middle East. Continue reading
Nov 18 Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza's north and south as most civilians flee Shifa Hospital By Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, Samy Magdy, Associated Press An Israeli airstrike hit a residential building on the outskirts of the town of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing at least 26 Palestinians, according to a doctor at the hospital where the bodies were taken. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 5:02 Israeli airstrike leaves at least 40 dead in southern city once a refuge for Gazans By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi United Nations officials said starvation is a possibility in Gaza as they were forced to stop food and aid deliveries due to a lack of fuel. Israel said it will allow two tankers a day to enter for UN operations,… Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch 10:10 Arab and Muslim Americans on how U.S. support for Israel could affect their votes in 2024 By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan President Biden’s response to the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war has angered Muslim and Arab Americans. Those voters represent a key block for Democrats that helped Biden win in the swing state of Michigan in 2020. We hear from some of those… Continue watching
Nov 17 U.N. stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza amid communications blackout By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffrey, Lee Keath, Associated Press The United Nations was forced to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza and warned of the growing possibility of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enclave because of a lack of fuel. Continue reading
Nov 17 Ivy league institutions and other colleges face U.S. inquiries over alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The federal government has opened civil rights investigations at seven schools and universities over allegations of antisemitism or Islamophobia since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
Nov 17 UN halts food delivery to Gaza after internet and telephone services shut off By Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, David Rising, Associated Press The communications blackout, now in its second day, largely cuts off Gaza’s 2.3 million people from one another and the outside world — and paralyzes the coordination of aid, which humanitarian groups were already struggling to deliver because of the… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 7:51 Israel drops evacuation leaflets in southern Gaza, signaling expansion of invasion By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi Communications with Gaza are mostly cut off because of a lack of fuel to power the system there. Israel is pressing its invasion in the north, and the IDF discovered the body of one of the 240 hostages held by… Continue watching