Israeli shelling kills a woman and her son in Houla as Hezbollah says one of its fighters is also killed. Israeli shelling has killed three people in southern Lebanon, Lebanon’s state news agency reports after the end of a truce between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas prompted a resumption of hostilities at the … Read more
Thousands of people in Jordan have participated in a march for the eighth week in a row in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in a protest that coincides with the end of a humanitarian pause and resumption of Israeli attacks. The march began after the Friday prayer in front of the Grand Husseini … Read more
The United Nations deplored the resumption of conflict in Gaza on Friday, describing the hostilities as “catastrophic” and urging parties to bring about a lasting ceasefire. Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the United Nations humanitarian office in Geneva, said the resumption of hostilities meant “hell on Earth has returned to Gaza.” Israeli warplanes resumed bombing Gaza, sending … Read more
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GAZA/TEL AVIV:A temporary truce between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas militants that was due to end at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Friday has expired, with neither side announcing a deal to extend it. In the hour before the truce was set to end, Israel said it intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza and Hamas-affiliated media … Read more
The pause that has temporarily halted fighting between Israel and Hamas was set to expire at 7 a.m. Friday local time. Although neither side has ruled out extending the pause, there was no announcement of an extension hours before the deadline. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters Thursday, while on a visit to … Read more
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), whose tenure in Congress started with admissions that he lied about his background and who now faces federal charges related to his election campaign, defiantly said Thursday that he’ll continue fighting to keep himself from being only the sixth member ever to be expelled from the House of Representatives. The chamber … Read more
In the fall of 2019, journalists at Mvskoke Media, the news outlet covering the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma, were documenting a dramatic election season while also facing a tough fight to safeguard their right to report the story. When Lucian Tiger III, one of the contenders in the primary election for the office of … Read more
Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the humanitarian pause in Gaza for another day while negotiations continue on the release of hostages, according to mediator Qatar. Hamas freed 16 hostages and Israel released 30 imprisoned Palestinians on Wednesday. Israeli officials have maintained that any continuation will be only to allow more hostages to be … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save AMMAN, Jordan — The humanitarian truce in Gaza entered its fifth day on Tuesday with Hamas agreeing to release more hostages in exchange for a further respite in fighting and more Palestinians let out of Israeli jails. International mediators also pushed for a longer break … Read more