Oct 17 Palestinian medics struggle to save civilians trapped under rubble amid Israeli bombardment By Isabel DeBre, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Gaza's Health Ministry has reported that Israel's bombardment — launched after Hamas mounted a bloody, unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7 — has killed more than 2,700 Palestinians, many of them women and children. Continue reading
Oct 17 Israel and Hamas trade blame after Gaza City hospital explosion By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Ravi Nessman, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Hundreds of Palestinians had taken refuge in al-Ahli and other hospitals in Gaza City in past days, hoping they would be spared bombardment after Israel ordered all residents of the city to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Oct 16 What is Hezbollah? What to know about its origins, structure and history By Kali Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations Military experience gained from fighting in Syria’s civil war and decades of clashes with Israel has strengthened the Iran-backed group, but politically, its clout among Lebanon’s populace may be waning. Continue reading
Oct 15 Thousands at risk of dying in Gaza hospitals, cut off by Israel from fuel, water and supplies By Najib Jobain, Associated Press Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people ran desperately low on fuel and basic supplies. Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected… Continue reading
Oct 15 UN shelters in besieged Gaza run out of water as Israeli ground offensive looms By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Associated Press Water has run out at U.N. shelters across Gaza as thousands packed into the courtyard of the besieged territory's largest hospital as a refuge of last resort from a looming Israeli ground offensive and overwhelmed doctors struggled to care for… Continue reading
Oct 14 Gaza residents struggle to follow Israeli evacuation order amid critical water shortage By Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Continue reading
Oct 14 Blinken calls for protecting civilians as Israel masses ground troops on Gaza border By Matthew Lee, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saturday for protecting civilians in the Gaza Strip and Israel as he intensified his diplomatic outreach across the Middle East and beyond to rally an international response to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from… Continue reading
Oct 14 Live updates: What's happening on Day 8 of the Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press People are scrambling to evacuate northern Gaza ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. Palestinians and some Egyptian officials fear that Israel ultimately hopes to push Gaza’s people out through the southern border with Egypt. 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 13 Watch 11:23 Mass exodus begins in Gaza as Israel tells people to leave ahead of more raids By Leila Molana-Allen, Jorgen Samso, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Jonah Anderson The Israeli military has told more than one million Gaza residents to leave their homes in advance of further airstrikes and an expected ground operation in retaliation for last Saturday's Hamas terror attacks in Israel. More than 3,100 have died… Continue watching