Oct 15 Israel tells U.S. it won’t strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, White House officials say By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. officials say the Biden administration believes it has won assurances from Israel that it will not strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites as it looks to strike back following Iran’s missile barrage earlier this month. Continue reading
Oct 15 WATCH: Pentagon holds daily briefing as U.S. officials warn Israel that more humanitarian aid must reach Gaza By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned their Israeli counterparts in a letter dated Sunday that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid being allowed into Gaza within the next 30 days or Israel could… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 6:09 Israeli attack on tent camp outside hospital in Gaza kills at least 4, injures dozens By Leila Molana-Allen A weekend of death and destruction gave way to another day of carnage Monday in Gaza and Lebanon as Israeli forces struck multiple sites in both places. Israel suffered its own losses as troops came under fire from Hezbollah. But… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 4:33 U.S. providing powerful air defense system to Israel amid tensions with Iran By Amna Nawaz, Nick Schifrin The U.S. is promising to send an air defense system to Israel amid tensions with Iran. The U.S. is also condemning Israeli attacks that killed civilians in Gaza. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Oct 14 Israeli strike on apartment building kills at least 21 people in Lebanese village By Yahya Habchiti, Kareem Chehayeb, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and it was not clear what the target was. The strike hit the village of Aito, which is part of the country's Christian heartland in the north and far from the… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 7:39 Civilians feel nowhere is safe as Israel expands and intensifies strikes in Lebanon By Leila Molana-Allen, Claire Mufson, Satvi Sunkara Israel is stepping up its bombardment of Gaza and Lebanon as it wages a multi-front war against Hamas and Hezbollah. In southern Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike on a century-old market killed one person and wounded several others, as Israeli Prime… Continue watching
Oct 13 Hezbollah claims responsibility for drone strike in central Israel in retaliation for strikes on Beirut By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers Sunday, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. Continue reading
Oct 13 Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those who remain By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 2:30 News Wrap: Northern Gaza suffers under heavy Israeli bombardment In our news wrap Saturday, the death toll and destruction are growing amid more fighting on Israel’s two fronts in northern Gaza and southern Lebanon, the U.S. military says it conducted airstrikes targeting ISIS camps in Syria, Florida is assessing… Continue watching
Oct 12 Israel heavily bombards Gaza’s north while UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again By Samy Magdy, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel continued to tell people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of its offensives against the Hamas… Continue reading