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 WATCH: White House holds news briefing as Israel cancels delegation By Associated Press White House national security spokesman John Kirby insisted the the U.S. abstaining from a U.N. resolution on Gaza cease-fire, allowing the resolution to pass, was not a change in American policy. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch 6:02 The devastating effect of the Israel-Hamas war on education in Gaza By William Brangham, Andrew Corkery The World Health Organization says the future of an entire generation in Gaza is at risk, with children dying of the effects of malnutrition and disease. Another casualty is Gaza’s education system — more than 800 schools are estimated to… Continue watching
Mar 24 Palestinians describe bodies, crushed ambulances as Israeli troops raid Gaza’s main hospital By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Palestinians who fled an ongoing Israeli raid of Gaza's main hospital described mass arrests and forced marches past bodies in interviews on Sunday, while the United Nations said Israel is now blocking its main agency helping Palestinians from sending food… Continue reading
Mar 22 Blinken meets Israeli leaders as U.N. prepares to vote on a cease-fire resolution By Associated Press The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday on a U.S.-sponsored resolution declaring “the imperative of an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
Mar 21 UN chief urges the EU to avoid humanitarian ‘double standards’ over Gaza and Ukraine By Lorne Cook, Associated Press European Union leaders are being urged to show the same respect for international law in Gaza as they aim to uphold in Ukraine. The appeal comes as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians face possible famine in Gaza. Continue reading