Jul 08 Messaging app Yo alerts Israelis to rocket attacks By Colleen Shalby Yo, the messaging app whose initial purpose was to send “yo” alerts to your phone in advance of someone’s arrival -- a feat that earned it a whopping $1.2 million in funding -- has a newfound use. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch Mideast tensions escalate in cycle of retribution for teen killings By PBS News Hour Hamas fired dozens of rockets into Israel in revenge for the killing of six of its members in overnight airstrikes. Meanwhile, three Israeli suspects in last week’s killing of a Palestinian teenager confessed. Judy Woodruff gets an update from Josef… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Authorities move forward on investigation into Palestinian teen’s death By PBS News Hour Authorities have arrested six men they believe are responsible for the revenge murder of a Palestinian teenager. The 16-year-old was beaten and burned in an incident apparently sparked by the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers. Josef Federman of… Continue watching
Jul 06 Israeli authorities announce arrests in killing of Arab teen By Elisabeth Ponsot Israeli authorities have arrested a group of suspects in connection to the murder of a Palestinian teenager, whose burned body was found in a forest on Wednesday. Josef Federman of the Associated Press told NewsHour Weekend that officials said six… Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Israeli, Palestinian authorities appeal for calm as deaths of teens fans fire of vigilantism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch Palestinians clash with Israeli forces at funeral of slain teenager By PBS News Hour Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports from East Jerusalem on the funeral of a murdered Palestinian teenager, Mohammad Abu Khdair, where hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police. Family members say the victim was slain in retribution for the… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch News Wrap: Israeli police clash with Palestinians over murder of teenager By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Israeli police and Palestinian youths fought in the streets of Jerusalem after the death overnight of a Palestinian teenager. There was speculation that the killing was revenge for the deaths of three Israeli youths. Also,… Continue watching
Jul 01 Israel strikes Gaza after teenagers’ bodies found By Sam Lane The Israeli military bombed dozens of sites in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a day after officials found the bodies of three missing Jewish teens in the West Bank. Continue reading
Jun 30 Bodies of missing Israeli teenagers discovered in field By News Desk Israeli soldiers searching for three Israeli teenagers, who disappeared June 12 in the West Bank, found three bodies believed to be of the missing teens, a senior Israeli government official said Monday. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch News Wrap: FBI recovers child victims of sex trafficking across the U.S. By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a nationwide FBI operation has recovered 168 victims of child sex trafficking. The children are Americans and many had never been reported missing, said FBI director James Comey. Also, Syria handed over the last of… Continue watching