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
Mar 20 Blinken to visit Israel on latest Middle East tour as tensions rise over Gaza war By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The previously unannounced stop comes as relations between the two countries have soured dramatically in recent weeks. Continue reading
Mar 20 Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in urban refugee camps in central Gaza By Associated Press Nineteen people, including five women and nine children, were killed when a strike flattened a family home late Tuesday in the urban Nuseirat refugee camp. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 4:59 Experts warn of ‘imminent’ famine in Gaza with lack of aid reaching Palestinians By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi More than half of North Gaza’s population is at risk of starvation and in southern Gaza, Rafah is projected to face famine by July. Israel says it places no restrictions on aid and blamed the humanitarian crisis on Hamas, but… Continue watching