Israel-Hamas war

Poll: Most Americans fear broader conflict may arise from war between Israel and Hamas

By Laura Santhanam

In the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, eight in 10 Americans are concerned that violence from the war between Israel and Hamas could spill across the region. “We are in uncharted territory,” one Middle East policy expert said.

Israel’s recent call for mass evacuation echoes catastrophic 1948 Palestinian exodus

By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

Palestinians refer to it as the Nakba, or 'catastrophe' during the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation. An estimated 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from what is now Israel before and during the war.

70 people, mostly women and children, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza’s fleeing convoys, Hamas says

By Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

Hamas' media office says the cars were struck in three places as they headed south from Gaza City. It was not immediately clear who the target of the airstrikes was, or whether militants were among the passengers.

WATCH: War in the Holy Land: A PBS News Special Report

By Amna Nawaz, Geoff Bennett, Leila Molana-Allen, Sam Lane, Mike Fritz, Jorgen Samso

Co-anchored by PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz from Israel and Geoff Bennett from the nation’s capital, the one hour primetime special covers the historic and devastating week of violence in Israel and Gaza.

Hamas posted video of mock attack on social media weeks before border breach

By Michael Biesecker, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press

Less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel’s high-tech “Iron Wall” and launched an attack that would leave more than 1,200 Israelis dead, they practiced in a very public dress rehearsal.

Live updates: What’s happening on Day 7 of the Israel-Hamas war

By Associated Press

Israel’s military ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate Friday ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive.

Tens of thousands protest across Middle East against Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

By Isabel Debre, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against the intensifying Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

Defense Secretary Austin tells Israeli leaders ‘we have your back’ after Hamas attack

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Austin made the point that “this is a time for resolve and not revenge, for purpose and not panic and for security and not surrender."…

Israel orders evacuation of 1 million in northern Gaza in 24 hours

By Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

The evacuation order, which includes Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, sparked widespread panic among civilians and aid workers already running from Israeli airstrikes and contending with a total siege and a territory-wide blackout.

The morgue at Gaza’s largest hospital is overflowing as Israeli attacks intensify

By Isabel Debre, Samya Kullab, Mohammed Jahjouh, Associated Press

Scores of Palestinians are being crushed each day in the rubble from a relentless Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which comes in response to an unprecedented Hamas attack in southern Israel.