Oct 14 Watch 6:39 Defense Secretary Austin says U.S. will do ‘everything we can’ to support Israel By Nick Schifrin, Kaisha Young, Claire Mufson U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the Pentagon will give Israel everything it needs to wage war on Hamas, even as it continues its support of Ukraine in its war with Russia. Foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Schifrin sat… Continue watching
Oct 14 Gaza residents struggle to follow Israeli evacuation order amid critical water shortage By Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Continue reading
Oct 14 Blinken calls for protecting civilians as Israel masses ground troops on Gaza border By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saturday for protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip and Israel as he intensified his diplomatic outreach across the Middle East and beyond to rally an international response to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from… Continue reading
Oct 14 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 8 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press People are scrambling to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. Palestinians and some Egyptian officials fear that Israel ultimately hopes to push Gaza’s people out through the southern border with Egypt. Continue reading
Oct 13 Reuters journalist killed by Israeli shelling on Lebanon border that wounds 6 others By Hassan Ammar, Associated Press An Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon on Friday, killing a Reuters videographer and injuring six other journalists. Continue reading
Oct 13 Blinken and Austin assure U.S. support for Israel as potential ground offensive in Gaza looms By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press There is no indication the U.S. is trying to prevent an expected Israeli ground offensive in Gaza that could worsen a humanitarian crisis for the 2.3 million Palestinians trapped in the blockaded territory. Continue reading
Oct 13 Israel’s call for Gaza evacuation raises fears of a mass exodus of refugees into Egypt By Samy Magdy, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press Since Hamas’ bloody attack on Israel sparked a massive retaliation in Gaza, Egypt’s leadership has frantically tried to negotiate the entry of humanitarian aid through its crossing into the Palestinian territory — partially in hopes of averting an exodus into… Continue reading
Oct 13 Poll: Most Americans fear broader conflict may arise from war between Israel and Hamas By Laura Santhanam In the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll, eight in 10 Americans are concerned that violence from the war between Israel and Hamas could spill across the region. “We are in uncharted territory,” one Middle East policy expert said. Continue reading
Oct 13 WATCH: War in the Holy Land: A PBS News Special Report By Amna Nawaz, Geoff Bennett, Leila Molana-Allen, Sam Lane, Mike Fritz, Jorgen Samso Co-anchored by PBS NewsHour’s Amna Nawaz from Israel and Geoff Bennett from the nation’s capital, the one hour primetime special covers the historic and devastating week of violence in Israel and Gaza. Continue reading
Oct 13 Live updates: What’s happening on Day 7 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press Israel’s military ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City to evacuate Friday ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. Continue reading