JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military has sought to assure the public it can achieve the two goals of its war on Hamas simultaneously — toppling the strip’s militant rulers and rescuing some 230 hostages abducted from Israel. But as the army ramps up airstrikes and ground incursions on the blockaded enclave, laying waste to…
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two days after cellular and internet service abruptly vanished for most of Gaza amid a heavy Israeli bombardment, the crowded enclave was coming back online Sunday as communications systems were gradually being restored. That’s a welcome development for Gaza following a communications blackout that began late Friday as Israel…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Saturday expanded its ground operation in Gaza with infantry and armored vehicles backed by “massive” strikes from the air and sea, including the bombing of Hamas tunnels — a key target in its campaign to crush the territory’s ruling group after its bloody incursion in Israel three weeks ago. The…
As war rages between Israel and Hamas fighters in Gaza, there have been several documented incidents in recent days of people ripping down posters of Israelis kidnapped by the terrorist group. The posters of missing people, created as part of an activist street art campaign by two Israeli artists who were in New York when…
Queen Rania of Jordan criticized what she called a “glaring double standard” in the Western world’s reaction to the surprise attack launched by the Hamas militant group on Israel as opposed to the suffering of Palestinian civilians killed by Israel’s reprisal airstrikes. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour broadcast on Tuesday, Rania said the…
An 85-year-old Israeli woman who was taken hostage by Hamas has spoken out about her harrowing two-week ordeal, recalling how she was initially beaten and thrown on a motorbike but later cared for and treated kindly by her abductors. “I’ve been through hell,” Yocheved Lifshitz told reporters while seated outside of a Tel Aviv hospital,…
At least 23 journalists have been killed during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, reflecting the ongoing danger reporters face covering the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the war at large. The Committee to Protect Journalists said this weekend 19 Palestinian, three Israeli and one Lebanese journalist have been killed, as well as nearly a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has sent military advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed in urban warfare, to Israel to aid in its war planning and is speeding multiple sophisticated air defense systems to the Middle East days ahead of an anticipated ground assault into Gaza. One of the officers leading the assistance is…
Former President Barack Obama on Monday added his voice to the global clamor surrounding Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel ― and Israel’s unyielding response. In a written statement on Medium, Obama endorsed the actions of President Joe Biden while calling for a more restrained approach, both for ethical reasons and because doing so,…
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross says Hamas militants have released two hostages it had been holding captive in the Gaza Strip. It was the second time the group has freed hostages seized in its bloody Oct. 7 cross-border incursion into Israel. The hostages were identified by Israeli media…