Jul 10 Watch Israel ramps up airstrikes; Palestinians fear possible ground assault By PBS News Hour The death toll and damage in Gaza continued to mount today, as Israel increased its air assault on the Palestinian territory. Meanwhile, Hamas continued to target Israel’s two largest cities with missile strikes, provoking Israeli troops and tanks to prepare… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Israel masses troops at border but signs of Mideast diplomacy emerge By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Hamas sends rockets deeper into Israel as Gaza casualties grow from airstrikes By PBS News Hour The Israeli military said it has hit more than 550 Hamas targets in two days in efforts to stop the group’s barrage of rocket fire into Israel. Hamas vowed retaliation, and continued to shoot rockets deeper than ever before into… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch With no sign of cease-fire, current Mideast conflict could become long campaign By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Israeli forces launch airstrikes at Gaza to counter Hamas rocket attacks By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Mideast tensions escalate in cycle of retribution for teen killings By PBS News Hour Hamas fired dozens of rockets into Israel in revenge for the killing of six of its members in overnight airstrikes. Meanwhile, three Israeli suspects in last week’s killing of a Palestinian teenager confessed. Judy Woodruff gets an update from Josef… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch Israeli, Palestinian authorities appeal for calm as deaths of teens fans fire of vigilantism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch Palestinians clash with Israeli forces at funeral of slain teenager By PBS News Hour Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports from East Jerusalem on the funeral of a murdered Palestinian teenager, Mohammad Abu Khdair, where hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police. Family members say the victim was slain in retribution for the… Continue watching
Jul 02 Kurdish official: ‘We don’t want to stay within an Iraq that has failed’ By Larisa Epatko Kurdish Foreign Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir said Wednesday that the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq is "determined to go ahead with the referendum" for independence because Iraq has failed politically. Continue reading
Jun 26 Iraqis trickling back to Mosul, but bracing for more violence By Larisa Epatko When Islamic militants swept into Mosul in northern Iraq earlier this month, at least 500,000 people fled the city. Some have since returned, but many others are watching and waiting in the nearby relatively peaceful Kurdish region. Continue reading