Dec 08 Man fired shotgun outside New York synagogue, citing Mideast violence By Associated Press The episode in New York’s capital happened on the first night of Hanukkah amid rising fears of antisemitism worldwide and fallout from Israel’s intensifying war in Gaza. Continue reading
Dec 08 Live updates: Palestinians in Gaza face dire conditions despite Israel’s safe zone By Associated Press Israel has designated a safe zone in southern Gaza, but its widening air and ground offensive has left Palestinians packed together in dire humanitarian conditions. Continue reading
Dec 07 Israel designates safe zone in Gaza. Palestinians and aid groups say it offers little relief By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery, Isabel DeBre, Associated Press Israel has designated a small slice of land along Gaza's Mediterranean coast as a safe zone. It says waves of people fleeing the war can find protection from airstrikes and receive humanitarian supplies for their families there. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 4:32 Civilians caught in crossfire as Israel targets Rafah after militants launch rocket attack By Geoff Bennett, Eliot Barnhart The top United Nations humanitarian official says the delivery of food, water and other aid to Gaza is not nearly enough, and not arriving quickly enough for nearly two million people in need. Meantime, Israel pressed its offensive in Southern… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 6:11 Israeli activists say world has ignored Oct. 7 sexual violence against women By Leila Molana-Allen, Teresa Cebrián Aranda A United Nations commission is investigating potential war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas war. But the UN agency dedicated to gender equality has been sharply criticized for waiting until this month to express alarm over sexual violence perpetrated… Continue watching
Dec 07 Even as it supports Israel, U.S. at odds with ally over what happens after war in Gaza By Josef Federman, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israel talks about having an open-ended security presence and imposing a buffer zone to keep Palestinians away from its border. Continue reading
Dec 07 Strikes on Gaza’s southern edge sow fear in one of the last areas to which people can flee By Najib Jobain, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press Israel has widened its offensive against Hamas from the devastated north to southern areas already packed with displaced people. Continue reading
Dec 07 Live updates: Israel widens attacks in Gaza as UN warns no safe place left in territory By Associated Press The center of Gaza's second-largest city, Khan Younis, has also seen fighting amid Israel's widening air and ground offensive in the southern part of the territory that has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and worsened dire humanitarian conditions. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 4:59 UN human rights chief warns of ‘apocalyptic’ crisis in Gaza as fighting intensifies By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart, Dan Sagalyn Israel intensified its military operations in Gaza's second largest city, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee and making it more difficult to deliver aid. The UN says nearly 1.9 million people, over 80 percent of Gaza's population, have… Continue watching
Dec 06 Violence in Gaza prevents delivery of key aid, spurs more mass displacement By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Makeshift shelters and family homes are already overflowing and many are sleeping in the streets. Continue reading