Israel-Hamas war

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In Gaza, Desperately Needed Airdrops Are Fatally Botched

Pentagon said parachute issues caused bundles to fall into the sea, where drownings were reported

(Newser) - Crowds race across a beach in north Gaza, watching as boxes of aid dropped from the sky miss their target and fall into the Mediterranean Sea. Despite large waves pounding the shore, people venture into the sea after the US-dropped food they so desperately need. "It is a famine,...

Israeli Hostage Details Sexual Assault by Hamas

Amit Soussana tells 'NYT' she was forced into sexual act at gunpoint, beaten, tortured

(Newser) - President Biden has condemned the sexual violence said to have been perpetrated by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and late last year, the New York Times provided a detailed account of the systemic use of sexual abuse the militant group is said to have carried out. Then,...

Trump Says Israel Needs to 'Finish Up'

As Hamas rejects latest ceasefire proposal

(Newser) - Hamas has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal, accusing Israel of ignoring its core demands, which include an end to the war and a full withdrawal from Gaza, the AP reports. The statement came shortly after the United Nations Security Council approved a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire and the...

UN Demands Ceasefire in Gaza During Ramadan
UN Demands Gaza Ceasefire
Mar 25, 2024 11:09 AM CDT

UN Demands Gaza Ceasefire

Security Council resolution wants an end to violence for the rest of Ramadan

(Newser) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday demanded a ceasefire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, its first demand to halt fighting. The United States abstained on the resolution, reports the AP , which also demanded the release of all hostages taken captive during Hamas' Oct. 7 surprise...

'Moral Outrage': UN Chief Calls to 'Flood Gaza' With Aid

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits border city of Rafah amid war with Israel

(Newser) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks on Saturday and declared it time to "truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid," calling the starvation inside the enclave a "moral outrage." Guterres spoke on the Egyptian side of the border near the southern...

In Marked Shift, US Proposes &#39;Immediate&#39; Gaza Ceasefire
Russia, China Veto US
Push for Gaza Ceasefire
updated
Mar 22, 2024 8:43 AM CDT

Russia, China Veto US Push for Gaza Ceasefire

Measure fails in the Security Council

(Newser) - The US changed its mind about a Gaza ceasefire on Friday, but to no avail. The UN Security Council voted on a resolution to demand an immediate halt to fighting, but Russia and China vetoed the measure, reports the New York Times . The US had vetoed three previous calls for...

Jared Kushner's Comments on 'Valuable' Gaza Property Rile Some

Comment from last month, newly reported, does not go over well

(Newser) - The Gaza Strip has some waterfront property that could be quite "valuable," according to Jared Kushner. Of course, it's also home to millions of Palestinians, as Kushner addressed at a different point while speaking at a Harvard University event last month. (Some outlets are reporting the event...

Netanyahu Spurns Biden&#39;s Warning
Netanyahu Spurns
Biden's Warning
Mar 19, 2024 2:30 PM CDT

Netanyahu Spurns Biden's Warning

While the UN warns of imminent famine for 2 million residents of Gaza

(Newser) - President Biden spoke to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and made clear that the US viewed a ground invasion into Gaza's city of Rafah as a mistake. On Tuesday, Netanyahu made equally clear that he would ignore the advice, reports Reuters . Coverage:
  • 'No way': "I made
...

Netanyahu Dodges on Elections
Netanyahu Answers Schumer
Mar 17, 2024 3:45 PM CDT

Netanyahu Answers Schumer

Israeli prime minister won't commit on calling elections

(Newser) - President Biden has called it "a good speech," and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday endorsed Sen. Chuck Schumer's floor remarks last week, but the object of the majority leader's criticism made clear Sunday that he didn't appreciate it. Schumer had called on Thursday...

Bibi Calls Hamas Ceasefire Plan 'Unrealistic'—but He's Listening

Egyptian officials say reboot of stalled Israel-Hamas talks will be in Qatar, perhaps by Sunday

(Newser) - Stalled talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, though they could get pushed to Monday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark the first time both Israeli officials and Hamas leaders...

Netanyahu Approves Rafah Offensive
Netanyahu Approves
Rafah Offensive
Mar 15, 2024 10:44 AM CDT

Netanyahu Approves Rafah Offensive

Conditions are dire in town that now holds more than half of Gaza's prewar population

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved plans for an offensive in Rafah after a meeting of his war cabinet, his office said Friday. "The IDF is preparing for the operational side and for the evacuation of the population," his office said, per CNN . More than a million...

Schumer: It's Time for Netanyahu to Go

Highest-ranking Jewish official in US calls for new elections in Israel

(Newser) - Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer delivered a remarkable rebuke to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, declaring that it's time for new leadership in the nation.
  • Netanyahu "has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel," said Schumer,
...

Israel: People in Rafah Will Be Sent to 'Humanitarian Islands'

Military is planning offensive in town that holds 1.4M displaced Palestinians

(Newser) - The Israeli military said Wednesday it plans to direct a significant portion of the 1.4 million displaced Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip's southernmost town of Rafah toward "humanitarian islands" in the center of the territory ahead of its planned offensive in the area. The fate of...

How the Floating Pier Off Gaza Will Take Shape

Inside the complicated logistical effort

(Newser) - US Army boats are en route to the Mediterranean holding the equipment needed to build a floating pier off Gaza . The eventual goal is to be able to get the equivalent of 2 million meals into Gaza each day. Nearly all of Gaza's 2.3 million people are said...

US-Israeli Citizen Thought to Be Hostage Actually Died on Oct. 7

Itay Chen's family says Israeli military informed them of their son's death

(Newser) - Another American-Israeli citizen thought to be one of the hostages still held by Hamas is actually dead, his parents said Tuesday. Itay Chen, 19, was about a year into his service with Israel Defense Forces when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, and his parents say IDF has now informed...

Palestinian Town Honors US Airman Who 'Sacrificed Everything'

Jericho names a street after Aaron Bushnell, who set himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

(Newser) - An American airman who shouted "Free Palestine" as he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, last month has had a street named after him in a Palestinian town. Abdul Karim Sidr, the mayor of Jericho, said Aaron Bushnell "sacrificed everything" to support Palestinians,...

Bibi Defies Biden's 'Red Line,' Vows to Keep Fighting

Netanyahu also rejects 2-state solution to war in Gaza, predicts fighting will be over in 2 months

(Newser) - Late last month, President Biden predicted we'd see some sort of ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war within days . That break has still not come to pass, and now the US president is warning Israel's leadership on the attacks in Gaza, where deaths continue to mount, including by starvation...

Protesters at Oscars Call for Ceasefire in Gaza

Russia's war with Ukraine is also a topic at Academy Awards

(Newser) - Protest and politics intruded on an election-year Academy Awards on Sunday, where demonstrations for Palestinians raged outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the AP reports. Protests over Israel's war in Gaza snarled traffic around the Academy Awards on Sunday, slowing stars' arrival on the red carpet and turning...

'The Child Deaths We Feared Are Here'

Children, elderly succumb to hunger in Gaza amid war, issues with aid delivery

(Newser) - After months of warnings over the risk of famine in Gaza under Israel's bombardment, offensives, and siege, children are starting to die. Hunger is most acute in northern Gaza, which has been isolated by Israeli forces and has suffered long cutoffs of food supply deliveries, per the AP . At...

Airdropped Aid Ends Up Killing 5 in Gaza

The incident happened in a refugee camp Friday morning

(Newser) - Airdrops of humanitarian aid have been criticized as ineffective, costly, and dangerous—with that last point coming into focus with news that at least five people were killed Friday when an airdropped aid package fell on them in Gaza. CBS News reports by way of the Hamas-run Ministry of Health...

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