Jan 07 Al Jazeera accuses Israel of deliberately targeting reporters killed in southern Gaza airstrike By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press An apparent Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza on Sunday, including the son of veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh, who lost his wife, two other children and a grandson — and was nearly killed himself —… Continue reading
Dec 31 Netanyahu promises months of war ahead as Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill dozens more By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israel’s prime minister said the war will continue for “many more months,” resisting international calls for… Continue reading
Dec 30 Airstrikes hit central Gaza camps as U.S. moves ahead with new weapons sale to Israel By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Abby Sewell, Associated Press Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency weapons sale to Israel despite persistent international cease-fire calls over mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the enclave. Continue reading
Dec 23 Israeli strikes on 2 homes kill more than 90 Palestinians, including journalist and UN employee, officials say By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned again that nowhere is safe in Gaza and that… Continue reading
Nov 03 Palestinian civilians describe ‘constant terror’ as they try to survive in northern Gaza amid Israel’s offensive By Isabel DeBre, Kareem Chehayeb, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press The Israeli army is intensifying its bombing campaign while also battling Hamas militants just north of Gaza City. It's the start of what officials expect to be a long and bloody invasion that has already pinned down hundreds of thousands… Continue reading
Oct 13 Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice — stay home under airstrikes, or flee under airstrikes? By Isabel DeBre, Fatima Shbair, Associated Press Some of the people affected by the evacuation order don't have the means to flee. Doctors say they can't evacuate the sick and wounded from hospitals. And some who did heed the order were apparently killed in Israeli strikes on… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 6:48 People in Gaza describe living through bombings with no way to escape By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Sonia Kopelev and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow More than 2 million people live in Gaza, one of the most densely populated corners of the planet. In the six days since Hamas’ terrorist attacks, Israel says it has dropped 6,000 bombs on Gaza. The UN says 650,000 Gazans… Continue watching
Aug 07 Israeli airstrike kills senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza refugee camp By Fares Akram, Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press Israel said Sunday it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in a crowded Gaza refugee camp, the second such targeted attack since launching its high-stakes military offensive against the militant group just before the weekend. Continue reading
Aug 06 Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire as death toll climbs to 24 in Gaza By Fares Akram, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza on Saturday and rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted, raising fears of an escalation after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 15 people, including a senior militant… Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 5:11 News Wrap: Israeli airstrikes pound Gaza killing at least 10, wounding dozens In our news wrap Friday, Israeli strikes pounded Gaza killing at least 10 including a militant commander, Russia's foreign minister says Moscow is open to discussing a prisoner exchange involving American WNBA star Brittany Griner, deadly house fire in Pennsylvania… Continue watching