Israel Orders Palestinians In Rafah To Evacuate Gaza’s Southernmost City
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Monday issued sweeping evacuation orders covering Rafah and nearby areas, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city. Israel ended its ceasefire with the Hamas militant group and renewed...
Israel Strikes Beirut For The First Time Since Ceasefire Ended The Latest Israel-Hezbollah War
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israel on Friday launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a loud boom and witnessed smoke rising from the area...
Israel Bombs Southern Gaza’s Largest Hospital As Palestinian Death Toll Climbs
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military struck the largest hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, killing one person, wounding others and causing a large fire, the territory’s Health Ministry said. The strike hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city...
Israel Fires On Lebanon After Rocket Attack In The Heaviest Exchange Since The Truce With Hezbollah
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes on several locations in Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for a rocket attack, killing six people in the heaviest exchange of fire since its ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah began nearly four months ago. The exchange sparked...
Israel Launches Deadly Wave Of Airstrikes Across Gaza After Ceasefire Talks Stall
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing more than 400 Palestinians, local health officials said, and shattering a ceasefire in place since January with its deadliest bombardment in a 17-month war with Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin...
Israel Cuts Off Electricity Supply To Gaza, Threatening Access To Drinking Water
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, officials said Sunday, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water for part of the arid territory. Hamas called it part of Israel’s “starvation policy.” Israel last week suspended supplies of goods to...
Israel Faces Backlash After Halting All Aid Into Gaza As A Method Of Warfare
Israel is facing immense global backlash after blocking all aid from entering Gaza as a method of warfare — a move reminiscent of the military offensive’s earlier stages and one that international humanitarian law unequivocally says is a war crime. On Sunday, the Israeli government...
Israel Blocks All Aid To Gaza To Pressure Hamas Into Backing New Ceasefire Proposal
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel stopped the entry of all goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip on Sunday and warned of “additional consequences” if Hamas doesn’t accept a new proposal to extend a fragile ceasefire. Hamas accused Israel of trying to derail the...
Israel Delays Release Of Palestinian Prisoners, Citing ‘Humiliating’ Handovers Of Hostages
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is delayed “until the release of the next hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies” at handovers of Israeli captives in Gaza. The statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
Israel Frees Dozens Of Palestinian Prisoners, Hamas Releases 3 Hostages In Latest Swap
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas militants freed three male hostages held for more than a year in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in the fourth such exchange of a ceasefire deal that has halted...
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