Feb 04 Watch 7:51 ‘Netanyahu was an impediment’ to getting uncle released sooner, niece of hostage says By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn On Saturday, American Keith Siegel was brought on stage in Gaza City and paraded in front of a crowd and quickly escorted away. He had been held hostage by Hamas for 484 days. Siegel and his wife were kidnapped from… Continue watching
Feb 04 Trump’s Middle East envoy says Gaza rebuilding timeline in Israel-Hamas truce ‘preposterous’ By Aamer Madhani, Tia Goldenberg, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff says that a three to five year timeline for reconstruction of Gaza, as set out in a temporary truce agreement, is not viable. Continue reading
Feb 04 WATCH: Trump suggests permanent resettling Palestinians outside of Gaza, sees U.S. ‘ownership’ of area By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Trump's audacious proposal appears certain to roil the next stage of talks meant to extend the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and secure the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza. Continue reading
Feb 03 Aid is flowing into Gaza under the ceasefire. Is it helping? By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 3:09 News Wrap: Israel’s Netanyahu heads to U.S. to meet with Trump In our news wrap Sunday, Netanyahu and Trump are preparing to meet at the White House, new preliminary data shows conflicting altitude readings for the aircraft that collided in D.C. on Wednesday, and top USAID security officials were put on… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 2:41 News Wrap: Israel, Hamas complete 4th prisoner-hostage exchange of ceasefire deal In our news wrap Saturday, the delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas moved forward with another hostage and prisoner exchange, Arab leaders rejected Trump’s recent call to transfer Palestinians to their countries, Trump ordered the first military strikes of his… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch 7:57 UNRWA vows to keep providing aid to Gaza despite Israeli ban By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi UNRWA, the United Nations’ Palestinian relief agency, said it remains operational in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem despite an Israeli ban. The law passed in October forbids UNRWA from operating on Israeli land and from contact with… Continue watching
Jan 30 How did so many Thai farmers end up held hostage by Hamas? By David Rising, Associated Press Five Thai nationals held hostage by Hamas since its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel were released on Thursday, while one remaining Thai citizen remains in captivity. Continue reading
Jan 29 Hamas to release 3 Israelis and 5 Thais this week in hostage deal, Israeli official says By Tia Goldenberg, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The official named the Israel women as Arbel Yehoud, 29, Agam Berger, 19, and the man as Gadi Mozes, 80. Continue reading
Jan 27 Trump’s idea to have Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinian refugees falls flat with Arab allies By Will Weissert, Associated Press Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza has fallen flat with both countries' governments and perplexed a congressional ally. Continue reading