Dec 04 Israeli strikes kill at least 21 people in Gaza humanitarian zone, hospital says By Mohammad Jahjouh, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press The strikes were the latest deadly assault in the war-wracked Gaza Strip, where Israel's offensive against Hamas is nearly 14 months old and showing no end in sight, despite international efforts to revive negotiations toward a ceasefire. Continue reading
Dec 03 Palestinian officials say Hamas and Fatah near agreement on overseeing postwar Gaza By Samy Magdy, Josef Federman, Associated Press Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. Continue reading
Dec 03 Israeli strikes kill at least 11 in Lebanon after fire exchanges with Hezbollah that test ceasefire’s limits By Natalie Melzer, Sally Abou AlJoud, Associated Press The strikes came after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles earlier on Monday as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 3:36 News Wrap: Hamas releases video of Israeli-American hostage held captive since Oct. 7 In our news wrap Sunday, the family of an Israeli-American hostage met with Israel’s president after Hamas released a video showing him, a former Israel defense minister accused Netanyahu’s government of war crimes, Syrian military forces set up a defensive… Continue watching
Dec 01 UN halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing, blames looting crisis on Israel By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press The decision could worsen Gaza's humanitarian crisis as a second cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in squalid tent camps and reliant on international aid. Continue reading
Nov 30 World Central Kitchen says Israeli airstrike hit car with its workers in Gaza, killing 5 people By Wafaa Shurafa, Tia Goldenberg, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people including employees of World Central Kitchen, and the charity said it was “urgently seeking more details” after Israel's military said it targeted a WCK worker who had been… Continue reading
Nov 27 What to know about the Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire deal By Adam Geller, Associated Press The truce that began in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday raised hopes and renewed difficult questions in a region gripped by conflict. Continue reading
Nov 26 Israel bombards central Beirut as its leadership prepares to vote on ceasefire with Hezbollah By Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press Tuesday's strike leveled a building, and authorities say at least three people were killed. It was not immediately clear if anyone in particular was targeted. Continue reading
Nov 26 WATCH: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire will have ‘significant impact’ on war in Gaza, Blinken says By Associated Press Foreign ministers from the world's leading industrialized nations are expressing cautious optimism about possible progress on a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Continue reading
Nov 22 Hungary’s Orbán vows to disregard international arrest warrant for Netanyahu By Justin Spike, Associated Press In comments to state radio on Friday, Orbán, a close Netanyahu ally, accused the court of “interfering in an ongoing conflict for political purposes,” saying the decision to issue the warrant for Netanyahu over his conduct of the war in… Continue reading