Apr 07 Israel now controls 50 percent of Gaza By Sam Mednick, Associated Press The largest contiguous area the army controls is around the Gaza border, where the military has razed Palestinian homes, farmland and infrastructure to the point of uninhabitability, according to rights groups and Israeli soldiers interviewed by the Associated Press. Continue reading
Apr 07 Israeli strike kills and wounds journalists outside Gaza hospital By Samy Magdy, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israel struck a media tent early Monday, killing two people, including a local reporter, and wounding six other journalists, medics said. The Israeli military said the strike targeted a man it says was a Hamas militant posing as a journalist. Continue reading
Apr 07 Trump and Israeli PM Netanyahu hold talks at the White House By Aamer Madhani, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Shortly before their meeting, the White House announced that President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to hold a joint news conference had been canceled. Continue reading
Apr 06 Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 32 people, mostly women and children, health officials say By Associated Press Israel last month ended its ceasefire with Hamas and renewed its air and ground offensive, carrying out waves of strikes and seizing territory to pressure the militant group to accept a new deal for a truce and release of remaining hostages. Continue reading
Apr 05 ‘We are cutting up the strip’: Israel deploys troops to new corridor across southern Gaza By Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced the new Morag Corridor and suggested it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of Gaza. Continue reading
Apr 03 Hungary says it will quit International Criminal Court as Netanyahu arrives in Budapest By Justin Spike, Associated Press Hungary said it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court, which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said was a “political” organization. Continue reading
Apr 03 Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 100, including many sheltering at school, Palestinian health officials say By Wafaa Shurafa, Natalie Melzer, Associated Press Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at least 27 sheltering at a school in the north. Continue reading
Apr 02 Netanyahu says Israel will establish a new security corridor across Gaza to pressure Hamas By Wafaa Shurafa, Isaac Scharf, Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of… Continue reading
Apr 02 Israel’s operations in Gaza expand to seize ‘large areas’ as Palestinians say strikes have killed dozens, including children By Wafaa Shurafa, Isaac Sharf, Associated Press Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas,” the defense minister said, while officials at hospitals inside the Palestinian territory said that Israeli strikes overnight and into Wednesday had killed more than 40 people, nearly… Continue reading
Apr 01 UN food agency closing remaining Gaza bakeries as supplies dwindle under Israeli blockade By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Food supplies are dwindling after Israel sealed off the territory from all imports nearly a month ago. Israel later resumed its offensive to pressure the Hamas militant group into accepting changes to their ceasefire agreement. Continue reading