Jun 03 Watch 2:41 News Wrap: Biden signs debt limit deal in final days before deadline In our news wrap Saturday, Biden signed the bipartisan deal to suspend the debt limit and avoid a potentially catastrophic default, three Israeli troops and an Egyptian officer died in an unusual shootout on the Israel-Egypt border, more than 280… Continue watching
Jun 03 3 Israeli soldiers, 1 Egyptian officer killed in shootout along border, armies investigating By Associated Press Israel said the Egyptian border guard crossed into Israel and killed the three soldiers before he was fatally shot by troops. Egypt said he had been chasing drug smugglers when he entered Israel. Continue reading
May 26 Palestinian man killed after alleged stabbing attempt in West Bank settlement, Israeli military says By Associated Press A military statement said the man tried to stab a settlement resident and was shot by an armed civilian. It said the incident had set off an alarm and soldiers were scanning the area. Continue reading
May 22 3 Palestinian militants killed in Israeli West Bank raid; U.S. slams settlement expansion By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press The Biden administration issued a sharply worded statement on Sunday criticizing Israel for moving to reestablish settlers at the previously evacuated outpost of Homesh in northern West Bank. Continue reading
May 18 Israeli crowds chant racist slogans, taunt Palestinians during Jerusalem Day march By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press The marchers on Thursday were overwhelmingly male Jewish Orthodox teens and young men, and the parade is meant to celebrate Israel's capture of the Old City 56 years ago. Continue reading
May 15 UN to commemorate 1948 Palestinian ‘catastrophe’ for the first time By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The United Nations will officially mark the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus — an action stemming from the U.N.’s partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish… Continue reading
May 14 Egypt-brokered truce between Israel and militants in Gaza appears to hold By Fares Akram, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding on Sunday after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel. Continue reading
May 13 Israel, Palestinian militants reach tentative cease-fire after 5 days of heavy fighting By Fares Akram, Josef Federman, Associated Press Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire late Saturday, ending five days of intense fighting that left 33 Palestinians, including at least 13 civilians, dead. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Airstrikes rock Khartoum as another truce in Sudan collapses In our news wrap Friday, airstrikes rocked Sudan's capital city Khartoum as another truce between the country’s warring generals appeared to collapse, clashes between Israel and Islamic Jihad raged for a fourth straight day and the Congressional Budget Office says… Continue watching
May 11 Israel kills 2 militant commanders in Gaza despite Egypt’s attempt at ceasefire By Fares Akram, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press It has been the worst bout of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza in months and among the dead were also women and children. Continue reading