Nov 18 Jordan’s foreign minister criticizes Israel’s war on Hamas, calls for immediate cease-fire By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Jordan’s foreign minister offered blistering criticism Saturday of Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, describing it as “blatant aggression” against Palestinian civilians that threatens to engulf the wider Middle East. Continue reading
Nov 15 Poll: Majority of Americans sympathize with Israel but growing number say military response in Gaza ‘too much’ By Laura Santhanam Americans are split over whether the United States should play a major role in world events, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Nov 08 Americans divided over Israel response in Gaza to Hamas attacks, AP-NORC poll shows By Chris Megerian, Linley Sanders, Associated Press Americans are divided over Israel's response to Hamas' attack one month ago. Continue reading
Nov 02 ‘A curse to be a parent in Gaza’: More than 3,600 Palestinian children killed in just 3 weeks of war By Isabel DeBre, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press In just 25 days of war, more than 3,600 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza, according to the strip's health authorities. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch 12:34 Israeli bombardment of Gaza persists amid calls to address worsening humanitarian disaster By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi, Solveig Rennan Hamas freed two more hostages, a pair of Israeli women, out of the 220 people believed to be held captive. Meanwhile, Israel's bombardment of Gaza continues and the health ministry there says more than 5,000 Palestinians have been killed. Israel… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 6:46 UN aid chief hopes to increase flow of critical supplies to Gaza By Lisa Desjardins, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery Twenty trucks of humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza from Egypt on Saturday, the first life-saving supplies to reach Gazans since the Israel-Hamas war began. Before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, 450 trucks of aid arrived daily in Gaza. UN… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 6:19 Palestinian living in U.S. describes struggle to contact family in Gaza By Amna Nawaz, Mike Fritz For many Palestinians living in the U.S., trying to reach loved ones in Gaza has become a constant and harrowing struggle. Dorgham Abusalim came to the United States in 2008 to pursue an academic scholarship and now works as a… Continue watching
Oct 20 A Palestinian engineer who returned to Gaza City after fleeing south is killed in an airstrike By Isabel DeBre, Najib Jobain, Associated Press Hours after Omar Khodari returned with his family to Gaza City, there was an airstrike. No one was warned, survivors said. Continue reading
Oct 17 Aid still unreachable after Israel bombs region where civilians were told to flee By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Ravi Nessman, Associated Press Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed at least 2,778 people and wounded 9,700, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Nearly two-thirds of those killed were children, a ministry official said. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 5:02 Deadly airstrikes continue to pummel Gaza as Israel musters huge force on border By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso, Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn, Satvi Sunkara Even before Israel launches what’s promised to be a massive assault on Gaza, Palestinian officials say this week-old war is already the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Gaza’s health ministry says at least 2,600 Palestinians have been killed as Israel retaliates against… Continue watching