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Israeli Strike Killed Relatives, Former Congressman Says

Justin Amash posts that family members had taken refuge in a church

(Newser) - Justin Amash, a former US House member from Michigan, has posted that several of his relatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza. Amash, who was the first Palestinian American in Congress, said they had sought shelter at a Greek Orthodox church when the complex was hit late Thursday,...

Egypt Border With Gaza Opens, to a &#39;Trickle&#39; of Aid
'The Situation
Is Catastrophic'
Oct 21, 2023 6:30 AM CDT

'The Situation Is Catastrophic'

'Trickle' of aid begins as trucks move from Egypt into Gaza, but some say much more aid is needed

(Newser) - The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off in the wake of Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago. Gaza's 2.3 million Palestinians, half of...

State Department Issues Rare Worldwide Alert

All Americans overseas should 'exercise increased caution'

(Newser) - All Americans overseas should "exercise increased caution," the State Department said in a rare worldwide alert issued Friday. The notice cited "increased tensions in various locations around the world" and "the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against US citizens and interests." In...

Hamas Says It Freed US Woman, Daughter Held Hostage
American Woman, Daughter
Freed by Hamas
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Oct 20, 2023 2:37 PM CDT

American Woman, Daughter Freed by Hamas

Judith Tai Raanan and Natalie Shoshana Raanan of Illinois were taken captive at a kibbutz on Oct. 7

(Newser) - Hamas announced Friday that it had freed two of its hostages in Gaza: an American woman and her daughter. "Judith Tai Raanan and Natalie Shoshana Raanan were released from the hands of the terrorist organization Hamas," a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in a statement....

Troops Told to Prepare to See Gaza 'From the Inside'

Trucks with aid are waiting at Rafah crossing

(Newser) - Israel is bombarding Gaza and evacuating a sizable town near the Lebanese border in the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil. Palestinians in Gaza reported heavy airstrikes in Khan Younis in the south, where people had been told to seek safety, and...

Biden References Two-State Solution in Oval Office Speech

President also references World War II in speech calling for $105B in aid

(Newser) - In his Thursday night speech calling for $105 billion to fund aid related to the Israel-Hamas war, the Russia-Ukraine war, and other global conflicts, President Biden mentioned the long-discussed two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians. "As hard as it is, we cannot give up on peace....

How Biden's $105B Request for War Aid Breaks Down

About $75B would be military assistance of Israel and Ukraine

(Newser) - President Biden addressed the nation in prime time Thursday to make his case for the US to provide more money and assistance to both Israel and Ukraine in their respective wars. He drew a comparison between Vladimir Putin's actions and those of Hamas, and said both conflicts have relevance...

The Facts Surrounding the Gaza Hospital Blast Are a Mess

Each side continues to blame the other, as outside experts attempt to assess evidence

(Newser) - Two days after an explosion rocked a hospital in Gaza, the finger-pointing continues over who's responsible. Israel blames an errant rocket from the Islamic Jihad. But the latter group and Hamas blame an Israeli airstrike. President Biden is siding with Israel on the matter. For those making definitive claims...

Israeli Airstrikes Hit 'Safe' Zones in Gaza

Israeli military says it killed top militant

(Newser) - Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared safe zones, heightening fears among more than 2 million Palestinians trapped in the territory that nowhere was safe. The bombardments came after Israel agreed Wednesday to allow Egypt to deliver limited...

Biden Plans Address to US on Both Wars

President to speak from Oval Office after return from Israel

(Newser) - President Biden plans to address the nation from the Oval Office on Thursday night about the newly declared Israel-Hamas war and the ongoing one in Ukraine, which is fighting a Russian invasion. Biden was in Israel on Wednesday, and the speech was announced by White House aides before his plane...

US Blocks Resolution on Israel-Hamas War

Russia charges hypocrisy while Thomas-Greenfield urges waiting

(Newser) - The US vetoed a United Nations resolution Wednesday to condemn all violence against civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and to urge humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, saying it was too early to craft an appropriate Security Council response to the crisis. US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the council needs...

Another Law Firm Rescinds Job Offers Over Israel Letters

Davis Polk slams law students whose groups signed statements condemning Israel

(Newser) - An elite law firm has withdrawn job offers to three law students from Harvard and Columbia, saying those students were part of groups that signed public statements regarding the Israel-Hamas war. "These statements are simply contrary to our firm's values," so "rescinding these offers was appropriate...

We Don't Have an Ambassador to Israel Right Now

Senate is now reviewing nomination of former Treasury secretary Jack Lew

(Newser) - President Biden's nominee to be ambassador to Israel told senators Wednesday that he would "ensure Israel has what it needs to defend itself" and would work with the US ally to end the attacks by Hamas if he were confirmed. Jack Lew, a treasury secretary under President Obama,...

Biden: Israel Will Allow Humanitarian Relief to Gaza

But only through the border with Egypt, and with inspections

(Newser) - President Biden said Wednesday that Israel had agreed to allow humanitarian assistance to begin flowing into Gaza from Egypt with the understanding it would be subject to inspections, and that such aid should go to civilians and not Hamas militants. In remarks from Tel Aviv, where the president had gone...

Biden: It Appears Gaza Hospital Was Hit by 'the Other Team'

President indicates he aligns with Israel's version of events

(Newser) - President Biden appeared Wednesday at a joint press conference in Tel Aviv with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and spoke about the blast at a Gaza Strip hospital —an event that has thrown the region into further turmoil. The Palestinian Health Ministry called it a "targeted" bombing of...

Calls for an Israel Ceasefire Are Growing

178 legal scholars are the latest to call for Israel ceasefire

(Newser) - Even before the horror over the hundreds killed at a Gaza hospital Tuesday, legal scholars in the US were calling on President Biden— who said he was "outraged" at the hospital tragedy—to work toward an immediate ceasefire. Gaza officials say an Israeli airstrike hit the hospital, but Israel...

Egypt&#39;s Border Crossing With Gaza Remains Closed. Why?
Egypt's Border Crossing
With Gaza Remains
Closed. Why?
the rundown
Oct 18, 2023 12:30 AM CDT

Egypt's Border Crossing With Gaza Remains Closed. Why?

It remains closed as thousands wait on one side, and aid is stuck on the other side

(Newser) - As Israel bombards Gaza in retaliation for Hamas' attacks on Israel, thousands of Palestinians are lined up on the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing—the only crossing at the Egypt-Gaza border. On the Egypt side sit trucks full of aid supplies for the devastated region. Yet the crossing remains...

Biden 'Outraged' by Gaza Hospital Explosion

Jordan leg of his Middle East trip has been called off

(Newser) - President Biden departed for the Middle East on Air Force One Tuesday but the visit will now be a single-country trip. The Washington Post reports that the Jordan leg of the trip was called off after an alleged Israeli airstrike killed hundreds of people at a Gaza hospital Tuesday and...

Israel Blames Militants for Hospital Explosion

Countries across region condemn alleged Israeli airstrike that killed hundreds in Gaza

(Newser) - Expressions of condemnation and grief are pouring in after hundreds of people were killed in an explosion at a Gaza City hospital that Hamas attributed to an Israeli airstrike but the Israeli military said was caused by a misfired militant rocket. Countries such as Syria and Saudi Arabia blamed Israel...

Hundreds Reported Killed in Blast at Gaza Hospital

Victims were at al-Ahli Hospital

(Newser) - Update: Israel has since said it has evidence the blast was caused by a misfired rocket from a Palestinian militant group; see that story here . The original reporting was based on claims made by the Gaza Health Ministry. It follows: The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike Tuesday...

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