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Netanyahu Takes Heat With Ceasefire Talks at Standstill
Biden Reportedly Sours
on Self-Serving Netanyahu
the rundown
Sep 4, 2024 6:41 AM CDT

Biden Reportedly Sours on Self-Serving Netanyahu

Reports suggest Israel's leader views ceasefire as a political loss

(Newser) - Last week, Biden administration officials said an agreement to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was close, with only minor details to iron out. But Saturday's discovery that six Israeli hostages were killed in Gaza as Israeli forces moved in "changed everything," one Israeli official tells...

Feds Announce Charges Against Hamas Leader

Charges against Sinwar, 5 others include conspiracy to murder US nationals

(Newser) - The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack. The seven-count criminal complaint filed in federal...

Israel Rolls Into the West Bank
Israel Rolls Into the West Bank
Aug 28, 2024 6:29 AM CDT

Israel Rolls Into the West Bank

9 dead in large-scale military operation

(Newser) - Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, where its forces killed at least nine Palestinians and sealed off the volatile city of Jenin. Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack out of Gaza triggered the ongoing...

US Officials Say Hamas Has Been Weakened Enough

Negotiations are the only way to free hostages, officials say

(Newser) - With a new round of ceasefire talks set to begin in Qatar, American officials believe the Israeli military has hit the limit of what it can achieve in Gaza. Officials tell the New York Times that the group has been significantly weakened and is no longer capable of carrying out...

In Khan Yunis, 'We Are Running From Death to Death'

Israel issues one of its largest evacuation orders yet in Gaza; UN says there are no safe spots left

(Newser) - Over the weekend, residents in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis started receiving flyers and phone calls warning them that staying in the area "has become dangerous." Those cautionary messages came courtesy of the Israeli military, which said on Sunday that it was expanding evacuation orders in...

Dozens Reported Dead After Israeli Strike on Gaza School

Israel says it hit a Hamas command center embedded in school/shelter; Hamas denies that

(Newser) - An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command center within the school....

Mastermind of Oct. 7 Attacks Is New Hamas Leader

Yahya Sinwar was already group's top official in Gaza

(Newser) - Hamas said Tuesday it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The choice of the hardliner was a defiant move by the Palestinian militant group, whose political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran last week...

One Mystery Solved About Hamas Leader's Killing

It wasn't an airstrike, it was a bomb smuggled into Iranian guesthouse of Ismail Haniyeh

(Newser) - When leading Hamas figure Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran this week, one question that lingered was how his killers managed to pull it off. Now, both the New York Times and CNN report they have the answer: Somebody smuggled a bomb weeks ago into the Tehran guesthouse where he'...

Israel: Elusive Hamas Commander Is Dead

Intelligence confirms Mohammed Deif died in July 13 strikes on Khan Younis

(Newser) - Mohammed Deif, the shadowy commander of Hamas' military wing, has been killed, Israel's military confirmed Thursday. Deif, the highest-ranking Hamas commander to be killed during Israel's 10-month-war with Hamas, was the target of July 13 strikes on southern Gaza, which the Gaza Health Ministry said killed at least...

What This Assassination Could Mean for the Middle East

Iran vows revenge, Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations are thrown into doubt

(Newser) - Questions are swirling after the apparent assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, where he had traveled to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. The details of how he was killed are slowly filtering in, with NBC News citing Iranian state media as reporting the...

Hamas Leader Assassinated in Tehran
Hamas Leader
Assassinated in Iran
Jul 31, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Hamas Leader Assassinated in Iran

Hamas blames Israeli airstrike in killing of Ismail Haniyeh

(Newser) - Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday, and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack, the AP reports. Israel has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other leaders of Hamas over the group's Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed 1,200...

Israel Orders Evacuation of Gaza Humanitarian Zone

Meanwhile, at least 30 are dead after Israeli airstrikes on Gaza school

(Newser) - Israeli airstrikes hit a school being used by displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 30 people, as the country's negotiators prepared to meet international mediators to discuss a proposed ceasefire. At least one small child was among the dead taken from the girls school in...

Drone Strike Kills 1, Injures 10 in Tel Aviv

Houthi rebels claim responsibility

(Newser) - Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday claimed responsibility for an early morning drone believed to have exploded above Tel Aviv, leaving at least 10 injured and one dead. The aerial strike rumbled through the streets causing shards of shrapnel to rain down and leaving a large explosion radius, authorities said....

Big Israeli Strike Targets Elusive Hamas Figure

Mohammed Deif is believed to be the architect of the Oct. 7 raid; his fate was not immediately known

(Newser) - Israel went after Hamas' shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 71 people, according to local health officials. It was not immediately known whether Mohammed Deif was among the dead. An Israeli military official said they were "still...

Flight Attendants' Pins Cause a Hubbub at Delta

Airline issues apology after commiserating with someone who complained about 'Hamas badges'

(Newser) - A Delta Air Lines customer didn't like an accessory that two flight attendants sported, complained about it online, and received a sympathetic response from Delta—and now the airline is issuing an apology over its response. Per the Hill , the commotion started when someone put up a photo online...

Hamas Drops Key Demand, Opening Door to Ceasefire

Militant group gives up on Israel offering an upfront commitment for a complete end to the war

(Newser) - Hamas has given initial approval for a US-backed proposal for a phased ceasefire deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel give an upfront commitment for a complete end to the war, a Hamas and an Egyptian official said Saturday. The apparent compromise by the militant group—which controlled...

A Grim Tourism Emerges in Southern Israel

Israelis, celebrities, dignitaries are visiting communities that were overrun by Hamas

(Newser) - A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack , per the AP . For celebrities, politicians, influencers, and others, no trip is complete without a somber visit to the devastated south that absorbed the brunt of the assault near the border with Gaza....

Netanyahu: Hezbollah War Could Be Next

Triggering concerns of a broader conflict in the region

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the current phase of fighting against Hamas in Gaza is winding down, setting the stage for Israel to send more troops to its northern border to confront the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the AP reports. The comments threatened to further heighten the...

Lawlessness Is Preventing Delivery of Gaza Aid

Crime groups have stepped into vacuum caused by collapse of Hamas authority

(Newser) - Israel has brought in a daily pause in fighting along a major supply route in Gaza, but relief groups say it is still too dangerous to deliver aid amid widespread lawlessness. The New York Times , which describes the situation as "extreme anarchy," reports that organized crime groups have...

'Stop the Genocide' Banner Unfurled on El Capitan

Climbers With Palestine group says of Yosemite protest: 'We need to stop killing people, today'

(Newser) - Pro-Palestinian protests over the Israel-Hamas war that have proliferated on college campuses have now made their way into the national parks. SFGate reports that four climbers stopped partway up Yosemite's El Capitan on Monday—not to rest, but to unfurl a 25-by-15-foot banner in the colors of the Palestinian...

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