Dec 31 Watch 11:35 U.N. accuses Israel of pushing Gaza health system to ‘brink of total collapse’ By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Dan Sagalyn The U.N. Human Rights Office says Israel’s operations in Gaza have pushed the health care system “to the brink of total collapse” and may be a violation of international law. Israel accuses Hamas of integrating into hospitals and using staff… Continue watching
Dec 31 Rocked by conflict and change, Middle East greets new year By Ghaith Alsayed, Wafaa Shurafa, Lujain Jo, Associated Press While Syrians looked forward to a new beginning, the mood was more somber along Beirut’s Mediterranean promenade, where residents shared cautious hopes for the new year. War-weary Palestinians in Gaza saw little hope that 2025 would bring an end to… Continue reading
Dec 30 Gazan women struggle with a life stripped of privacy in crowded tent camps By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Associated Press For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy. Continue reading
Dec 29 Fourth infant freezes to death in Gaza as displaced families share blankets in seaside tents By Wafaa Shurafa, Majdi Mohammed, Associated Press A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war are huddled in tents along the rainy, windswept coast as winter arrives. Continue reading
Dec 28 Israel detains director of one of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals during military raid By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Gaza's Health Ministry said Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested Friday along with dozens of other staff and taken to an interrogation center. Israel's military on Saturday confirmed it detained the hospital director for questioning… Continue reading
Dec 26 PHOTOS: Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations around the world By Silvia Stellacci, Colleen Barry, Associated Press Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine,… Continue reading
Dec 26 Aid groups concerned after U.S. says it pushed retraction of famine warning for northern Gaza By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press U.S. officials say they asked for — and got — the retraction of an independent monitor's warning of imminent famine in north Gaza. Continue reading
Dec 26 Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza. The military says they were militants By Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press The journalists were working for the local news outlet Al-Quds Today, a television channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group. Continue reading
Dec 26 Israel targets Houthis in airstrikes on Yemen’s capital and ports By Josef Federman, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen have targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and multiple ports. Continue reading
Dec 25 Why Palestinian Authority forces are cracking down on Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank By Majdi Mohammed, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press The deadly violence is some of the worst internal fighting Palestinians have seen in years. Continue reading