Dec 16 Gaza death toll tops 45,000 from Israel-Hamas war, health officials say By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Efforts to reach a cease-fire have picked up in recent weeks after repeatedly faltering. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 2:23 News Wrap: Displaced Gazans struggle to escape fighting between Israel and Hamas In our news wrap Sunday, dozens of people were killed in Gaza as the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, Israel said it wants to double the population of Israeli settlers in the Golan Heights along the border with… Continue watching
Dec 15 Israel decides to close its embassy in Ireland as tensions rise over Gaza war By Wafaa Shurafa, Natalie Melzer, Associated Press Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 30 people including several children. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 2:27 News Wrap: Israeli airstrikes kill 10 people in central Gaza as ceasefire talks continue In our news wrap Saturday, medical teams in Gaza say an Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 people at a market, South Korean lawmakers voted to impeach their president, Pelosi underwent hip replacement surgery after a fall in Luxembourg, ABC… Continue watching
Dec 12 UN General Assembly approves resolutions demanding Gaza ceasefire, more aid to Palestinian refugees By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved resolutions demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban. Continue reading
Dec 12 Israeli strikes kill 28 in Gaza hours after UN resolution demanding ceasefire, Palestinian medical officials say By Associated Press Palestinian medical officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 people in the Gaza Strip, including seven children and a woman. Continue reading
Dec 11 Palestinians search for family members who vanished after encounters with Israeli troops in Gaza By Wafaa Shurafa, Sarah El Deeb, Julia Frankel, Associated Press Dozens of Palestinians are receiving help from an Israeli legal group in their search for family members who went missing after being separated by Israeli soldiers during raids and arrests in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 2:46 News Wrap: Hamas releases new video of young Israeli hostage In our news wrap Saturday, Hamas released a video of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, Syrian opposition fighters reached the suburbs of Damascus, lawmakers in South Korea’s ruling party boycotted a vote in parliament to impeach President Yoon, and veterans and… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 9:19 Family of Palestinian chef killed in Israeli drone strike says he was targeted By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi In North Gaza, Mahmod Almadhoun, fed the famished. They called him Chef Mahmoud for running a soup kitchen for the most vulnerable. He opened a school with a sign on the roof in Hebrew and English reading, "Please don’t bomb."… Continue watching
Dec 05 Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel rejects the allegations By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The human rights group said in a report released Thursday in the Middle East that such actions could not be justified by Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel, which ignited the war, or the presence of militants in civilian… Continue reading