Oct 20 Watch 6:19 Palestinian living in U.S. describes struggle to contact family in Gaza By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz For many Palestinians living in the U.S., trying to reach loved ones in Gaza has become a constant and harrowing struggle. Dorgham Abusalim came to the United States in 2008 to pursue an academic scholarship and now works as a… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 9:53 Brooks and Capehart on the GOP struggle to elect a House speaker and Biden's aid request New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the search for a new speaker of the House and President Biden's plea for national security funding. Continue watching
Oct 20 WATCH: How to talk to kids about the Israel-Hamas war By Yasmeen Sami Alamiri, Casey Kuhn News and social media are saturated with horrifying images from the war between Israel and Hamas. Since the war began on Oct. 7, thousands of people have been killed and thousands more are injured. As adults digest daily updates, kids… Continue reading
Oct 20 Israel says two Americans held hostage by Hamas, a mother and daughter, have been released By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The release comes amid growing expectations of an expected ground offensive that Israel says is aimed at rooting out Hamas militants who rule the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Oct 20 In Lebanon, thousands are displaced from border towns by clashes, straining state resources By Abby Sewell, Associated Press More than 4,200 people have been displaced from villages in south Lebanon by clashes on the border with Israel, and local officials say they are ill-prepared for the much larger exodus if the the limited conflict escalates to an all-out… Continue reading
Oct 20 A Palestinian engineer who returned to Gaza City after fleeing south is killed in an airstrike By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press Hours after Omar Khodari returned with his family to Gaza City, there was an airstrike. No one was warned, survivors said. Continue reading
Oct 20 Live updates: What's happening on Day 13 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press The conflict between Israel and Hamas enters its thening on Day 13 of the Israel-Hamas war… Continue reading
Oct 20 Amid continued airstrikes, Israel says it has no plan for Gaza after destroying Hamas By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Over a million people have been displaced in Gaza, with many heeding Israel's orders to evacuate the northern part of the sealed-off enclave on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 15:04 Israel hammers Gaza with more airstrikes as forces prepare for ground invasion By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso, Zeba Warsi, Jonah Anderson The bombardment of Gaza continues as Israel's defense minister told his forces to prepare for a ground invasion of the region home to more than two million Palestinians. Since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks and the start of the… Continue watching
Oct 19 Why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken international rules of war By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Hamas and Israel have both been accused of breaking international law during their latest conflict, and the United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by all sides. Here is a look at some of the issues. Continue reading