Mar 05 Live updates: Super Tuesday Voters in 16 states and one territory are choosing presidential nominees. Some states are also deciding who should run for governor, senator or district attorneys. Continue reading
Mar 05 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as military makes another humanitarian airdrop into Gaza By News Desk and Associated Press U.S. Central Command says Air Force C-130 aircraft dropped 36,800 meals over northern Gaza on Tuesday, the second U.S. airdrop since Saturday. Continue reading
Mar 05 With Ramadan days away, talks in Gaza have ended with no breakthrough By Samy Magdy, Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press The United States, Qatar and Egypt have spent weeks trying to broker an agreement in which Hamas would release up to 40 hostages in return for a six-week cease-fire, the release of some Palestinian prisoners and an influx of aid… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 4:06 The issues hindering Gaza cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako Israeli opposition leader and war cabinet member Benny Gantz visited Washington Monday to meet Vice President Harris. The trip came without the authorization of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and as Egypt, Qatar and Hamas held negotiations over a possible… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 6:53 Israelis living near Gaza border return home for 1st time since Oct. 7 Hamas attack By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi In Israeli cities near the Gaza border, schools are reopening for the first time since the Oct. 7 attack. Hamas gunmen overran Sderot that day, killing at least 50 civilians and 20 police officers. Months later, the government is facilitating… Continue watching
Mar 04 Houthi rebels deny severing three Red Sea underwater cables By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press There has been concern about the cables being targeted in the Houthi campaign, which the rebels describe as an effort to pressure Israel to end its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Mar 04 Harris to meet with Benny Gantz, Netanyahu’s centrist political rival By Aamer Madhani, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press The meeting comes as Biden, Harris and other senior administration officials have become increasingly blunt about their dissatisfaction with the mounting death toll in Gaza and suffering of innocent Palestinians as the war nears the five-month mark. Continue reading
Mar 03 U.S. visit by Netanyahu’s rival Gantz signals wider cracks in Israel’s wartime leadership By Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The trip by Benny Gantz, a centrist political rival who joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime Cabinet following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, comes as friction between the U.S. and Netanyahu is rising over how what the postwar plan for Gaza… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 3:14 News Wrap: Haley rebuffs RNC pledge to back Republican presidential nominee In our news wrap Sunday, Haley said she does not feel bound to back the GOP’s eventual presidential nominee, Congressional leaders reached a deal on six spending bills needed to avoid a partial government shutdown, Israel’s military and Gaza health… Continue watching
Mar 03 A Palestinian woman had twins after trying for 10 years. An Israeli strike killed them both By Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press It took 10 years for Rania Abu Anza to become pregnant, and only seconds for her to lose her five-month-old twins, a boy and a girl. An Israeli strike hit the home of her extended family in the southern Gaza… Continue reading