Sep 15 Israel says ‘high probability’ its own airstrike killed 3 hostages in Gaza last November By Natalie Melzer, Ohad Zwigenberg, Associated Press The Israeli army announced the conclusions of its investigation into the deaths of Cpl. Nik Beizer, Sgt. Ron Sherman and Elia Toledano, who were kidnapped in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Their bodies were recovered in December, but the cause of… Continue reading
Aug 30 Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian TikToker who shared intimate details of life in Gaza under siege By Isabel DeBre, Fatma Khaled, Associated Press The 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy began making his “tent life” video series when he took refuge with his family earlier this year in a strip of southern Gaza that Israel has designated a humanitarian safe zone. He was… Continue reading
Aug 10 Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced Gazans kills at least 80, Palestinian officials say By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza early Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding nearly 50 others, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. Continue reading
Jul 27 Israeli strike on school sheltering people in central Gaza kills at least 30, including children By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Associated Press At least seven children and seven women were among the dead taken from the girls' school in Deir al-Balah to Al Aqsa Hospital. Israel's military said it targeted a Hamas command center used to direct attacks against Israeli troops and… Continue reading
Jun 30 Israeli airstrike in the West Bank kills a Palestinian militant, wounds 5 other people By Majdi Mohammed, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israeli troops carried out an airstrike in the northern West Bank on Sunday, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding five other people, Palestinian health officials said. Continue reading
Jun 21 Israeli strikes on tent camps near Rafah kill at least 25 Palestinians, Gaza health officials say By Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians outside Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50, according to the territory's health officials and emergency workers. Continue reading
Apr 21 More Israeli air raids in Rafah kill 22 people, mostly children, as U.S. advances aid package By Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday, as the United States was on track to approve billions of dollars of additional military aid to Israel, its close… Continue reading
Apr 20 Israeli airstrike in Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 children, hospital says By Mohamed Jahjouh, Samy Magdy, Associated Press An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. Continue reading
Apr 06 Israel calls its strike that killed aid workers a mistake. Rights groups say it’s part of a pattern By Lee Keath, Associated Press The Israeli military has described the deadly strike on the World Central Kitchen convoy as a tragic error. Rights groups and aid workers say it was hardly an anomaly, and that the wider problem is not violations of the military’s rules of… Continue reading
Mar 31 Israelis march in largest anti-government protest since start of Israel-Hamas war By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Tens of thousands of Israelis thronged central Jerusalem on Sunday in the largest anti-government protest since the country went to war in October. Protesters urged the government to reach a cease-fire deal to free dozens of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas… Continue reading