Feb 20 WATCH: U.S. casts lone veto against UN resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The Security Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday morning. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the U.S. will veto the resolution because it may interfere with ongoing U.S. efforts to arrange a deal between the warring parties that would bring at… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: Russia cements substantial battlefield win in eastern Ukraine In our news wrap Monday, Moscow says its forces cleared Ukrainian defenders from a battered Donetsk city, 26 EU members called for an immediate humanitarian pause in Gaza as the death toll passes 29,000, the UN's top court kicked off… Continue watching
Feb 19 After rejecting Arab proposal, U.S. circulates rival UN resolution for temporary Gaza cease-fire By Edith Lederer, Associated Press The United States has circulated a rival U.N. Security Council resolution that would support a temporary cease-fire in Gaza after rejecting an Arab-backed resolution. Continue reading
Feb 19 More than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since war's start, health ministry says By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Gaza’s Health Ministry said 107 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours. That brings the total number of fatalities to 29,092 since the start of the war. Continue reading
Feb 19 Palestinian diplomat accuses Israel of apartheid, urges top UN court to declare occupation illegal By Mike Corder, Associated Press The allegation came at the start on Monday of historic hearings into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state. Continue reading
Feb 18 As Israel continues airstrikes in Gaza, U.S. says it will block another UN cease-fire resolution By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 18 people overnight into Sunday, according to medics and witnesses, as the United States said it would veto another draft U.N. cease-fire resolution. Continue reading
Feb 18 Hearings on legality of Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands set to begin at top UN court By Mike Corder, Julia Frankel, Associated Press The United Nations' highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Continue reading
Feb 16 Top UN court rejects South Africa's request for urgent measures to safeguard Rafah By Associated Press The International Court of Justice last month ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in Gaza, but stopped short of ordering an end to the military offensive that has laid waste… Continue reading
Feb 16 Egypt builds wall near Gaza ahead of expected Israeli offensive on Rafah Egypt, which has not publicly acknowledged the construction, repeatedly has warned Israel not to forcibly expel the over 1 million Palestinians now displaced in Rafah across the border into its territory while it battles the militant group Hamas for a… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 5:17 Civilians describe living in crossfire as Israel and Hezbollah battles escalate By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Karl Bostic, Ethan Dodd As the war in Gaza rages, tensions are escalating on Israel’s Northern border. Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah, which the U.S. labels a terrorist group, have traded fire since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Nick Schifrin spoke with Israelis who live… Continue watching