Arab nations are putting to a vote a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, knowing it will be vetoed by the United States but hoping to show broad global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war. The Security Council scheduled the vote on the resolution at 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) Tuesday. U.S. […]
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US probing Israel for possible Phosphorus use
The U.S. is investigating several Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that killed dozens of civilians and the possible use by Israel of white phosphorus in Lebanon, as part of a probe by the State Department to determine whether America’s closest ally has misused its bombs and missiles to kill civilians, U.S. officials told The Wall Street […]
US teenager shot in the head by Israeli forces
Tawfik Abdeljabbar, 17, Palestinian-American teenager from Georgia was shot and killed Friday by Israeli troops in the West Bank, Palestinian officials told Reuters. The 17-year-old boy was shot during clashes with Israeli forces, the victim’s uncle told Reuters. A State Department spokesperson would only confirm to CBS News that a U.S. citizen had died in […]
Israel Defense Force is digging up graves in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has admitted to digging up Palestinian graves in a Gaza cemetery. Footage emerged earlier this week from a bulldozed graveyard in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where smashed graves lay open and human remains covered in shrouds had been left on the surface without being reburied. The IDF said its […]
100 days in and no solutions yet to Gaza war
In the 100 days since Oct. 7, the day that fighters from the militant group Hamas burst across Israel’s southern border, Israeli officials have vowed not to stop fighting until Hamas has been destroyed. The attackers killed 1,200 people and took about 240 individuals hostage, according to Israel — shaking the country’s sense of security […]
United Nations declares Gaza “uninhabitable”
Famine is “around the corner” as people in Gaza face the “highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded,” according to UN emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths. Citing a death toll in the tens of thousands, attacks on medical facilities and a lack of functioning hospitals, Griffiths said in a statement issued Friday that Gaza had […]
U.S. blocks U.N. calls for Gaza cease fire
The United Nations (U.N.) secretary-general decried the situation in Gaza as a “spiraling humanitarian nightmare” on the same day the U.S. blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. “The people of Gaza are being told to move like human pinballs – ricocheting […]
25 hostages released by Hamas to Egypt
The first group of hostages taken captive by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were released from Gaza hours after the initial four-day cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas took effect Friday morning, officials said. Thirteen Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas on Friday, the head of Israel’s government press […]
Is Biden too “Pro-Israel”?
President Joe Biden may have crossed a fatal “red line” that has alienated some of his most critical voters from his reelection efforts. Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas war has put the president in a difficult position with several key Democratic blocs, including progressives, young Americans, and voters of color, who are increasingly seeing Biden […]
No place in Gaza is safe as Israel hits refugee camp
Israeli airstrikes caused significant damage to a large refugee camp in Jabalia, just north of Gaza City, on Tuesday. The Israeli military confirms it was targeting the area, which it says is a Hamas “stronghold,” including underground tunnels and a command center. Photos from the scene showed large craters and other damage at the camp, […]
U.N. warns of ‘breakdown of Civil order’ in Gaza
The UN warns “civil order” is breaking down in Gaza after weeks of siege and bombardment, with people breaking into warehouses in search of survival essentials. “People are scared, frustrated and desperate,” said the director of the main UN agency in the strip.Israel says the next stage of its war with Hamas has begun after […]
Israel expands it’s ground operation into Gaza
Israel on Saturday expanded its ground operation in Gaza, sending in tanks and infantry backed by massive strikes from the air and sea. Israel’s defense minister said that “the ground shook in Gaza” and that the war against the territory’s Hamas rulers entered a new stage. The bombardment, described by Gaza residents as the most […]