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82nd Venice Film Festival - Screening of the movie "The Voice of Hind Rajab" in competition

World Aug 19

Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics

By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

World Jun 18

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Injured Israeli soldier recounts experience on frontlines against Hezbollah

The deadly back-and-forth between Hezbollah and Israel has the potential to scuttle the U.S.-Iran agreement. Many of the Israeli soldiers are reservists, called up again to fight Israeli adversaries at great personal cost. Nick Schifrin met one Israeli officer on…

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

World Jun 17

People react as Palestinian casualties, who were waiting to receive aid, are brought into Nasser hospital following an Isr...
At least 51 Palestinians killed, more than 200 wounded while waiting for aid trucks in Gaza, health officials say

It did not appear to be related to a new Israeli- and U.S.-supported aid delivery network that rolled out last month and has been marred by controversy and violence.

By Mohammad Jahjouh, Samy Magdy, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

World Jul 16

Protest against an Israeli Supreme Court ruling requiring the state to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary stude...
Israeli military warns it will begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men, move that could split government

Under long-standing political arrangements, ultra-Orthodox men had been exempt from the draft, which is compulsory for most Jewish men.

By Josef Federman, Associated Press

World Apr 02

The sun sets over Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from near the Israel-Gaza border, in southern Israel, April 2, 2024. Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters
Forced from their Gaza home by Israeli troops, a family makes a harrowing walk through a war zone

For days, Heba al-Haddad and her family huddled in their Gaza City home, watching Israeli troops drive their neighbors out of nearby buildings. Then in the dead of night, it was their turn.

By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press

Dec 16

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News Wrap: Israeli protesters pressure government in wake of hostage deaths

In our news wrap Saturday, the mistaken killing of three hostages by Israeli forces in Gaza has increased public pressure on Israel’s government to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the remaining hostages, a Roman Catholic cardinal was convicted of…

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Dec 16

3 hostages killed in Gaza by Israeli troops were shirtless and waving a white flag, official says

By Julia Frankel, Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip had been waving a white flag and were shirtless when they were killed, a military official said Saturday, in Israel's first such acknowledgement of harming any…

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Dec 15

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Israeli forces mistakenly kill 3 hostages in Gaza as U.S. urges more limited war

By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson

There is a fresh tragedy in the war between Israel and Hamas. Israeli troops mistakenly shot and killed three hostages Friday in Gaza City. That news came as Israel kept up an unrelenting bombardment of Gaza and U.S. National Security…

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Oct 09

Hamas attack raises questions about readiness of Israel's intelligence agencies

By Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press

The apparent lack of prior knowledge of Hamas’ plot will likely be seen as a prime culprit in the chain of events that led to the deadliest attack against Israelis in decades.

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Jul 03

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Israeli military launches largest attacks on West Bank in nearly 20 years

By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi, Jonah Anderson

Months of clashes between Israel and Palestinian militants have come to a head in the occupied West Bank. The heaviest fighting in years raged in Jenin, leaving at least eight Palestinians dead and dozens wounded. The surge in violence raises…

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