Dec 23 Watch 2:29 News Wrap: Israeli ground forces near 'full' control of northern Gaza By PBS NewsHour Weekend In our news wrap Saturday, Israel’s military says they are close to having “full operational control” of northern Gaza and will soon shift their focus to southern Gaza, two Colorado paramedics were convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019… Continue watching
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
Dec 22 Watch 4:36 U.S. abstains from UN Security Council vote calling for more humanitarian aid in Gaza By John Yang, Solveig Rennan The United Nations Security Council came together Friday to approve a resolution calling for more humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza after a week of delays. The U.S. abstained from the vote, which did not demand a ceasefire. Meantime, American… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 8:23 Israel and Hezbollah trade fire in escalating conflict, raising fears of regional war By Simona Foltyn Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire in a limited but slowly escalating conflict. So far, the skirmishes have killed nine Israeli soldiers, four civilians and more than 100 Lebanese, most of them Hezbollah fighters. Israeli officials have said they… Continue watching
Dec 21 Canada announces temporary visas for people in Gaza with Canadian relatives By Associated Press Miller said the government will start accepting applications for people with extended family connections to Canada, including parents, grandparents, siblings and grandchildren. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 7:30 Surgeon describes experience treating patients during Israeli bombardment of Gaza By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi The health system in Gaza has collapsed with 75 percent of the hospitals there not operational. Those that are open lack crucial medical supplies and are overcrowded and understaffed. Amna Nawaz spoke with Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a British Palestinian surgeon… Continue watching
Dec 15 Security footage shows Israeli forces killing 2 Palestinians at close range. The army opens a probe By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Security footage obtained by the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem shows two Israeli soldiers pursuing shooting the men — one while he was incapacitated and the other appearing to be unarmed — during a raid in a West Bank refugee… Continue reading
Dec 15 Israel separating families in Gaza, taking men to undisclosed locations in mass arrest campaign, activists say By Isabel DeBre, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press The Israeli military has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians across the northern Gaza Strip, separating families and forcing men to strip to their underwear before trucking some to an undisclosed location. Continue reading
Dec 15 Israeli military says it mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages in Gaza By Karin Laub, Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press The army's chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, says Israeli troops found the hostages Friday and erroneously identified them as a threat. He said it was not clear if they had escaped their captors or been abandoned. Continue reading
Dec 15 Tens of thousands have joined pro-Palestinian protests across the United States. Experts say they are growing By Kenichi Serino According to experts who spoke to the PBS NewsHour, this swell of protest is the result of a number of factors, including growing pro-Palestinian sentiment among younger people, the mounting civilian toll in Gaza from Israel’s military response, and more… Continue reading