Oct 22 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 15 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says it will run out of fuel in Gaza in three days. Continue reading
Oct 21 In southern Gaza, a tent camp for displaced Palestinians reawakens old traumas By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press The impromptu construction of the tent city in Khan Younis to shelter scores of Palestinians who lost or fled their homes during the past days of intense Israeli bombardment has elicited anger, disbelief and sorrow across the Arab world. Continue reading
Oct 19 Israel tells troops to ‘be ready’ for ground invasion while Gaza holds out for humanitarian aid By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Ravi Nessman, Associated Press Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Thursday, including in the south where Palestinians were told to take refuge, and the country's defense minister told ground troops to “be ready” to invade, though he didn’t say when. Continue reading
Oct 19 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 13 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press The conflict between Israel and Hamas enters its 13th day. Continue reading
Oct 16 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 10 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press Aid groups warn an Israeli ground offensive could hasten a humanitarian crisis. Continue reading
Oct 15 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 9 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents sought to heed Israel’s order to evacuate roughly the northern half of the territory, while others huddled at hospitals in the north on Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 14 Biden urges Palestinian and Israeli leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the region By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Saturday spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging the leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the region and affirmed his support for efforts to protect civilians. Continue reading
Oct 14 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 8 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press People are scrambling to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. Palestinians and some Egyptian officials fear that Israel ultimately hopes to push Gaza’s people out through the southern border with Egypt. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 7:21 Israeli attack survivor describes moment Hamas militants kidnapped her husband By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow One facet of Saturday's Hamas attacks in Israel never seen before on this scale is the taking of civilian hostages. Dozens of men, women, children and the elderly were reportedly kidnapped and forcibly taken to Gaza. Their locations within the… Continue watching
Oct 08 What Israel’s declaration of war means, and other takeaways from the weekend’s fighting By Isabel Debre, Associated Press Israel declared war Sunday as it bombarded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, a day after an unprecedented incursion by Hamas fighters who blew through a fortified border fence and gunned down Israeli civilians and soldiers. Here are some key takeaways as the… Continue reading