Israel Accepts A U.S. Proposal For A Temporary Gaza Ceasefire And Hamas Gives A Cool Response
Israel has accepted a new U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House said Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, expressed optimism earlier this week about brokering an agreement to halt the Israel-Hamas war and return more of the...
Pope Leo XIV Calls For Israel To Allow ‘Dignified’ Aid Into Gaza As Crisis Worsens
Pope Leo XIV spoke out Wednesday specifically against the “increasingly worrying” humanitarian crisis in Gaza, elevating his call for Israel to allow “dignified” aid into the war-torn Palestinian territory and to end the violence that has disproportionately affected vulnerable groups like children. The pontiff’s statement...
Israel Is Finally Letting Some Aid Into Gaza. Here’s Why It’s Not Close To Enough.
Israel began allowing a small number of aid trucks into Gaza this week after nearly three months of blocking access to food and medicine for Palestinians — but with the Israeli military’s increased bombardment of the occupied territory, experts warn against seeing the trickle of...
Israel Says It Will Allow ‘Basic’ Aid Into Gaza After Nearly 3 Months Of Blockade
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel announced Sunday it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade, days after global experts on food security warned of famine. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a “starvation crisis” would jeopardize...
‘Let The Children Eat’: Israel Is Starving Gaza To Death, Doctors And Experts Warn
(Warning: Distressing photos and graphic medical details throughout.) Dr. Razan Al-Nahhas just returned to Chicago from a volunteering stint in Gaza, where for two months the emergency physician mostly treated visibly malnourished Palestinian children at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital ― an increasingly common sight since Israel...
Israel Plans To Seize Gaza Under A New Plan, Officials Say
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel approved plans Monday to seize the Gaza Strip and to stay in the Palestinian territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, a move that, if implemented, would vastly expand Israel’s operations there and likely draw...
Israel Intensifies Strikes Across Gaza On Palm Sunday And Hits A Hospital In The North
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A wave of Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday hit a hospital and other sites, killing at least 21 people, including children, as Israel vowed to expand its security presence in the small coastal strip. The predawn strike on...
Israel Cuts Off Gaza’s City Of Rafah, Vows To ‘Vigorously’ Expand In The Territory
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel announced Saturday it had completed construction of a new security corridor cutting off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza, and the military said it would soon expand “vigorously” in most of the small coastal territory....
Israel Bombs Journalists As New Report Marks Grim Milestone For Gaza’s Press
Israeli forces bombed a tent full of Palestinian media workers on Monday in Gaza, killing at least three and wounding eight more — just days after a new report concluded that more journalists have been killed in the territory’s crisis than in most other major...
Israel Controls Over 50% Of Gaza, Squeezing Palestinians On Their Own Land
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has dramatically expanded its footprint in the Gaza Strip since relaunching its war against Hamas last month. It now controls more than 50% of the territory and is squeezing Palestinians into shrinking wedges of land. The largest contiguous area...
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