Mar 27 Watch 6:14 Israeli holiday celebrations subdued by loss of loved ones and war in Gaza By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Ethan Dodd This week for the first time in more than four decades, Jerusalem held a parade for the Israeli holiday of Purim. It’s traditionally a party for kids and adults, but this year, the war has muted the festivities and even… Continue watching
Mar 27 Netanyahu says civilians in Rafah can ‘just move’ away from an Israeli ground invasion By Associated Press Speaking Wednesday to a bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation visiting Israel, Netanyahu said people sheltering in Rafah – now more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population – will be able to move away from the fighting. Continue reading
Mar 27 They fled kibbutzim after Hamas attacked. Now, many Israelis must decide whether to go back By Adam Geller, Associated Press Months after Hamas attackers killed 1,200 people, a string of Israeli farming communities they targeted just across the border fence with Gaza remain all but empty. Continue reading
Mar 27 7 in Lebanon, 1 in Israel killed in exchange of violence along border By Mohammed Zaatari, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press An Israeli airstrike on a paramedics center linked to a Lebanese Sunni Muslim group in south Lebanon killed seven of its members early Wednesday and triggered a rocket attack from Lebanon that killed one person in northern Israel, officials said. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 3:52 Pentagon presents alternative to Israel’s plan to assault Rafah By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn At the Pentagon Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin presented an alternative vision to Israel’s stated plan to assault Rafah, the city in southern Gaza where more than one million Gazans have fled. The discussion between Austin and Israeli Defense… Continue watching
Mar 26 WATCH: Meeting Gallant, Austin reaffirms Israel’s right to defense, urges alternate Rafah approach By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. defense leaders met with Israel's minister of defense on Tuesday as the United States warns against a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but rising tensions between the two allies put any progress in question. Continue reading
Mar 26 No end to war in Gaza in sight despite growing calls for a cease-fire By Tia Goldenberg, Jack Jeffrey, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israel says it can achieve its aims of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages if it expands its ground offensive to the crowded city of Rafah. Hamas has said it will hold on to the hostages until Israel agrees… Continue reading
Mar 25 Trump urges Israel to ‘finish up’ its Gaza offensive and warns about global support fading By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Trump says he would have responded the same way as Israel did after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas but urged the country to "finish up" its offensive and "get this over with," warning about international support fading. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 4:46 Rift between U.S. and Israel widens over U.N. Gaza cease-fire resolution By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda There is a public break between the United States and Israel after the U.S. refused to veto a UN Security Council resolution that calls for a cease-fire in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the U.S. of changing its policy… Continue watching
Mar 25 Hamas claims U.S. disrupting cease-fire talks with Israel By Associated Press In a statement, Hamas said the U.S. should not be a mediator due to its support of Israel. Continue reading