Jan 09 WATCH: Blinken dismisses South Africa genocide case against Israel as ‘meritless’ By Matthew Lee, Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The U.S. has pressed Israel to scale down its offensive in Gaza to more precise operations targeting Hamas. But the pace of death and destruction has remained largely the same, with several hundred Palestinians killed each day, according to health… Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 4:27 Israel kills Hezbollah commander as Blinken visits region to stave off broader conflict By William Brangham, Solveig Rennan As Israel’s offensive in Gaza continues, a new front is heating up on the country’s northern border. Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been trading fire and Monday morning, an Israeli strike killed one of Hezbollah's high-ranking members. Continue watching
Jan 08 Israeli finance minister calls for reestablishing Israeli settlements in Gaza By Associated Press Bezalel Smotrich, a champion of West Bank Jewish settlements, recently sparked an international outcry over his comments calling for Palestinians in Gaza to leave the territory. Continue reading
Jan 08 Fears escalate that Israel, U.S. and Iran’s allies moving towards all-out war By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has fired barrages of rockets into Israel, the U.S. has killed a militia commander in Baghdad and Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have… Continue reading
Jan 08 Blinken meets with leaders in Saudi Arabia, UAE in push to contain Israel-Hamas war By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that four key Arab nations and Turkey have agreed to begin planning for the reconstruction and governance of Gaza once Israel’s war against Hamas ends. Continue reading
Jan 08 Israeli airstrike kills top Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon By Kareem Chehayeb, Bassem Mroue, Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press It's the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians. Continue reading
Jan 07 Israel warns of ‘another war’ as cross-border fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon escalates By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Najib Jobain, Associated Press An increase in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah across the Lebanese border gave new urgency to U.S. diplomatic efforts as Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to visit Israel on his latest Middle East tour. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 8:02 ‘This year is a nightmare’: Gaza’s children face starvation amid dire conditions By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Kaisha Young Three months ago, Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping roughly 240 more. Ever since, Israel has bombarded Gaza with the goal of eliminating Hamas. The United Nations estimates that as many as 40 percent of Palestinians… Continue watching
Jan 07 Israel says it has dismantled Hamas military infrastructure in northern Gaza, shifted focus to the south By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Najib Jobain, Associated Press The Israeli military signaled that it has wrapped up major combat in northern Gaza, saying it has completed dismantling Hamas' military infrastructure there, as the war against the militant group entered its fourth month Sunday. Continue reading
Jan 06 Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in retaliation for killing of top Hamas leader in Beirut By Bassem Mroue, Samy Magdy, Najib Jobain, Associated Press Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel on Saturday, warning that the barrage was its initial response to the targeted killing, presumably by Israel, of a top Hamas leader in Lebanon’s capital earlier this week. Continue reading