By Najib Joibain, Jack Jeffery and Lee Keath | Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops battled Hamas militants Wednesday in the center of the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city, the military said, pressing a ground offensive that has sent tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing to the territory’s southernmost edge and prevented aid groups … Read more
On the Gaza side of the border, makeshift shelters and family homes are already overflowing and many people are sleeping in the streets. Palestinians flee the Israeli ground offensive in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip: Intense fighting blocked relief workers from distributing food, water and … Read more
By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery and Samy Magdy | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians, including children, in a bloody new phase of the war. The … Read more
On Tuesday, Israel’s military entered Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city, in its pursuit to wipe out the territory’s Hamas rulers. Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip set up a tent camp in Rafah on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali) Israel’s widening air and ground offensive in southern Gaza has … Read more
Ambulances used to transport patients from Gaza via the Rafah crossing are seen on November 22, 2023 in Arish, Egypt. Ali Moustafa | Getty Images The current conflict in Gaza should provide a wake-up call to politicians in Washington, D.C, according to a former Egyptian foreign minister, who questioned the U.S.′ role in the region … Read more
By Sam Mendick | Associated Press JERUSALEM — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open, … Read more
The war has already killed more than 15,000 Palestinians and displaced over three-fourths of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents, who are running out of safe places to go. Palestinians inspect a house after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/ Hatem Moussa) Israel-Hamas War: Israel’s … Read more
The Israeli military ratcheted up its air offensive in southern Gaza overnight as the country continues its ground invasion into the south of the territory. Strikes were focused on Khan Younis, Gaza’s second-largest city. Southern Gaza is estimated to house the entire Gazan population — about 2.3 million people — most already displaced from their … Read more
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Protesters marching in Philadelphia against the bombardment of Gaza chanted about genocide Sunday outside an Israeli-style restaurant, leading Gov. Josh Shapiro to call the demonstration “antisemitic.” In Philadelphia’s Center City and University City neighborhoods, hundreds of people marched to criticize Israel’s military actions in Gaza, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. However, it … Read more
Israel has assembled a large system of pumps that may be used to flood tunnels used by militant group Hamas under the Gaza Strip in a bid to drive out fighters, a US media report said citing US officials. Around the middle of November, Israel’s army completed the set-up of at least five pumps more … Read more
