Oct 14 Gaza residents struggle to follow Israeli evacuation order amid critical water shortage By Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Continue reading
Oct 14 Blinken calls for protecting civilians as Israel masses ground troops on Gaza border By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saturday for protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip and Israel as he intensified his diplomatic outreach across the Middle East and beyond to rally an international response to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from… Continue reading
Oct 14 Live updates: What's happening on Day 8 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press People are scrambling to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. Palestinians and some Egyptian officials fear that Israel ultimately hopes to push Gaza’s people out through the southern border with Egypt. Continue reading
Oct 13 Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice — stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes? By Isabel DeBre, Fatima Shbair, Associated Press Some of the people affected by the evacuation order don't have the means to flee. Doctors say they can't evacuate the sick and wounded from hospitals. And some who did heed the order were apparently killed in Israeli strikes on… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 11:23 Mass exodus begins in Gaza as Israel tells people to leave ahead of more raids By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Jonah Anderson The Israeli military has told more than one million Gaza residents to leave their homes in advance of further airstrikes and an expected ground operation in retaliation for last Saturday's Hamas terror attacks in Israel. More than 3,100 have died… Continue watching
Oct 13 Reuters journalist killed by Israeli shelling on Lebanon border that wounds 6 others By Hassan Ammar, Associated Press An Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon on Friday, killing a Reuters videographer and injuring six other journalists. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 5:32 Defense secretary visits Israel in latest show of U.S. support for fight against Hamas By Nick Schifrin, Dorothy Hastings Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made a quick trip to Israel Friday from NATO meetings in Brussels, the second U.S. cabinet official in as many days to visit. Nick Schifrin traveled on this whirlwind journey with Austin and spoke with the… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 11:31 Brooks and Capehart on the Israel-Hamas war and U.S. support New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the war between Israel and Hamas, President Biden pledging U.S. support and the uncertainty surrounding the selection… Continue watching
Oct 13 Blinken and Austin assure U.S. support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press There is no indication the U.S. is trying to prevent an expected Israeli ground offensive in Gaza that could worsen a humanitarian crisis for the 2.3 million Palestinians trapped in the blockaded territory. Continue reading
Oct 13 Israel's call for Gaza evacuation raises fears of a mass exodus of refugees into Egypt By Samy Magdy, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press Since Hamas’ bloody attack on Israel sparked a massive retaliation in Gaza, Egypt’s leadership has frantically tried to negotiate the entry of humanitarian aid through its crossing into the Palestinian territory — partially in hopes of averting an exodus into… Continue reading