Nov 07 Israel plans to take indefinite security role in Gaza By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The military says a one-way corridor for residents to flee south remains available, and thousands have traveled it in recent days. But many are afraid to use the route, part of which is held by Israeli troops. Continue reading
Nov 07 Civilians escaping northern Gaza describe terrifying trek past Israeli tanks By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press During a four-hour evacuation window Sunday, fewer than 2,000 made the move, followed by about 5,000 on Monday, according to U.N. monitors. Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 5:20 Blinken ends Middle East trip with mixed results on limiting Gaza civilian toll By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart, Teresa Cebrián Aranda Israel says its ground operation has now cut off Gaza City from the rest of the Gaza Strip, as deaths reach staggering heights in its war against Hamas. Secretary of State Blinken left the region Monday after rare public disagreements… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 8:39 Palestinian Authority not going 'to Gaza on an Israeli military tank,' PM says By Leila Molana-Allen The Palestinian Authority is a major player in Palestinian life that has been largely sidelined in this latest and bloodiest conflict. Since being evicted from Gaza by Hamas in 2007, it has governed the parts of the West Bank it… Continue watching
Nov 06 Israeli forces cut off north Gaza as Palestinian death toll from monthlong war passes 10,000 By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press An even bloodier phase is expected as Israeli troops push into the dense confines of Gaza City. Continue reading
Nov 05 Fearing the world will forget, families of Israeli hostages travel abroad to plead for help By Lori Hinnant, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Families of hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack fear the world’s focus on them is fading, as is the impetus to free some 240 people held. Continue reading
Nov 05 Gaza's telecom services go down for 3rd time since start of Israel-Hamas war By Wafaa Shurafa, Najib Jobain, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press Gaza came under the third total communications outage since the start of the war, while Israel's military announced late Sunday that it had encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two. Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch 6:46 How Israel's judicial reform protesters shifted focus to aiding victims of Hamas By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Claire Mufson For months, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan triggered massive protests across the nation. But after Hamas’ bloody assault on Israel on Oct. 7, groups protesting Netanyahu’s government turned their resources toward aiding Israeli soldiers and civilians affected by… Continue watching
Nov 05 Local officials say an Israeli airstrike killed a woman and 3 children in south Lebanon By Bassam Hatoum, Abby Sewell, Associated Press Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that two civilian cars carrying members of the same family — one of them a local journalist — were driving between the towns of Ainata and Aitaroun on Sunday when they were hit by… Continue reading
Nov 05 Blinken meets Abbas in the West Bank in latest stop on his diplomacy trip amid Israel-Hamas war By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank on Sunday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Biden administration's latest effort to ease civilian suffering in the Gaza Strip and start to sketch out… Continue reading