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Israel's siege of northern Gaza raises questions about potential plans to starve and conquer territory

ABC

Israel's war in Gaza has stretched into its second year, and its recent campaign in the north of the territory has led many to question its real motives. Giora Eiland said under his plan, those left in northern Gaza "have to decide either to surrender or to die of starvation". The Kamal Adwan hospital is struggling to remain operating after …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, medics say

NPR

Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, medics say toggle caption Hassan Ammar/AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Lebanon killed …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — The United States said Tuesday it would not punish Israel over the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. As the deadline expired, leading international aid groups said the U.S. had fallen far short, with the humanitarian situation in Gaza the worst it has been since the war erupted. “We want to see the totality of the humanitarian …

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Middle East latest: US won’t halt any weapons to Israel over Gaza humanitarian aid situation

Associated Press

Eight international aid groups said Tuesday that Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands for greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where hunger experts say the north may already be experiencing famine. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that “the age group most represented in verified fatalities was children …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli strikes set off explosions in Beirut suburbs and kill 14 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say

The Hindu

Israeli airstrikes hit a cafeteria and a home in Gaza, killing at least 14 persons, medical officials said. In Lebanon, large explosions shook Beirut’s southern suburbs — an area known as Dahiyeh where Hezbollah has a significant presence — soon after the Israeli military issued evacuation orders for 11 houses there. An Israeli strike late Monday hit a makeshift cafeteria …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Ataques israelíes matan a 46 personas en la Franja de Gaza y a 33 en el Líbano, según médicos

Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Franja de Gaza — Los ataques aéreos israelíes mataron a por lo menos a 46 personas en la Franja de Gaza en las últimas 24 horas, incluidas 11 en una cafetería improvisada en una zona que había sido declarada por Israel como humanitaria, informaron médicos. El nuevo bombardeo se produjo mientras Estados Unidos dijo que no reduciría su …

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Israeli strikes kill 46 people in the Gaza Strip and 33 in Lebanon, medics say

Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. AP AUDIO: Israeli strikes hit Beirut suburbs and kill 31 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, medics say AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Israeli strikes hit the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — With virtually no food allowed into the northernmost part of Gaza for the past month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. “We are being starved to force us to leave our homes,” said Mohammed Arqouq, whose family of eight is determined to stay in the north, weathering …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

LA Times

With virtually no food allowed into the northernmost part of Gaza for the last month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. “We are being starved to force us to leave our homes,” said Mohammed Arqouq, whose family of eight is determined to stay in the north, weathering Israel’s siege. …

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8 months ago

The Latest | Netanyahu says Israel will decide how to respond as Iran warns against retaliation

Associated Press

Read the latest: Officials at Group of Seven meeting call for new sanctions against Iran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off calls for restraint from close allies. In remarks carried by Iran’s official IRNA news agency, Raisi said the weekend attack was limited, …

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1 year ago

Live updates | Israel releases Palestinian prisoners and Hamas frees 11 hostages as truce extended

Associated Press

A temporary truce between Israel and Hamas has been extended for two more days, the key mediator Qatar announced on Monday, which would have been the final day of the cease-fire. US SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT ISRAEL AND WEST BANK THIS WEEK BRUSSELS — U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return this week to the Middle East for …

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘I want to protect them. But I cannot.’ In Gaza, a father tries to shield his kids from falling bombs

LA Times

Since they fled northern Gaza last month, Abdullah Alathamna and more than two dozen of his relatives have lived in a cramped classroom at a school near the border with Egypt. Israel’s defense minister ordered “a complete siege” on Gaza, blocking supplies from entering the territory so “there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel.” “We are fighting human …

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1 year, 1 month ago

A space engineer who brought us images of Mars confronts Earth’s brutal realities in Gaza

LA Times

Loay Elbasyouni, a space engineer whose efforts helped propel NASA’s 2020 Mars mission, has been desperately working to evacuate his parents from war-torn Gaza. “The worst place on Earth is better at sustaining life than the best place on Mars.” In Elbasyouni’s hometown of Beit Hanoun in Gaza, Ingenuity made him a proud son of Palestine. “I just loved anything …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Gaza looks like a wasteland from space in these before-and-after photos

Associated Press

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — Apartment buildings are crumpled. The destruction of areas of northern Gaza is visible from space in satellite images taken before and after Israeli airstrikes, which followed the raids carried out by Hamas militants on Oct. 7. This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before significant damage in Atatra, northern Gaza, on May 10, 2023. This …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza

New York Times

Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza Israel bulldozes more of Gaza as its invasion continues to advance south Israel has bulldozed large areas of Gaza — including beachfronts, farmland, forests and homes — to make fortified positions for military vehicles as they advance across the enclave. Evidence of armored vehicles and extensive damage near Khan Younis Israel began …

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2 years, 6 months ago

The seven border crossings of Gaza

Al Jazeera

The Gaza Strip had seven main border crossings giving it access to the outside world. After Israel imposed the blockade in 2007, all crossings were shut down except for the Rafah and Beit Hanoun crossings, which were designated for the movement of people, and the Karem Abu Salem crossing, which was designated for the transport of goods. Additionally, Israel does …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Through four wars, toll mounts on a Gaza neighborhood

Associated Press

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — The electricity is out again tonight in what’s left of Zaki and Jawaher Nassir’s neighborhood. “We have no peace in our lives and we expect that war can happen again at any time,” says Zaki Nassir, who lost a nephew from the household across the yard in the first war, another from next door in …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Through four wars, toll mounts on a Gaza neighborhood

Associated Press

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — From the shell of their sitting room, its wall blown open by Israeli missiles, Zaki and Jawaher Nassir have a window into their neighborhood’s upheaval. “We have no peace in our lives and we expect that war can happen again at any time,” Zaki Nassir says. “We have to live.” ___ Five decades ago, Zaki …

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3 years, 6 months ago

After another war, displaced in Gaza face familiar plight

Associated Press

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — It took Ramez al-Masri three years to rebuild his home after it was destroyed in a 2014 Israeli offensive. “We live in death every day as long as there is an occupation,” he said, referring to Israel’s rule over Palestinians, including its blockade of Gaza. After the 2014 war, al-Masri bounced around between rental homes …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to a ceasefire

CNN

Jerusalem CNN — Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire, after more than a week of conflict left hundreds dead, most of them Palestinians. Anas Baba/AFP/Getty Images Palestinian rescuers pull a survivor from the rubble of a building that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Sunday, May 16. Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Palestinians in Gaza recount ‘ruthless’ horrors of Israeli raids

Al Jazeera

An Israeli pre-dawn escalation on the northern Gaza Strip resulted in more killings and displaced families. “We brought nothing with us, and we don’t know if our house is still standing.” Dozens of families from Gaza’s northern towns were also displaced. Al Jazeera’s Elias Karram said many Israeli tanks had advanced towards the Gaza Strip on Thursday and are now …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Trump says Biden's weakness has emboldened Palestinian terror attacks on Israel

Daily Mail

Donald Trump has claimed that President Joe Biden's 'weakness' is to blame for escalating violence in Israel, where Hamas has vowed to turn the Jewish state into 'a hell' after rockets fired from Gaza killed two Israeli women following a night of cross-border strikes. An Israeli sapper checks a damaged apartment building in the southern town of Ashkelon after it …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Two senior Hamas commanders are killed as Israeli tanks line up on Gaza border

Daily Mail

The Gaza Strip was under the most intense bombardment since 2014 on Wednesday, as Israel unleashed a huge firestorm on the territory in response to Hamas missiles, and the death toll on both sides continued to grow as world leaders appealed for calm. An Israeli sapper checks a damaged apartment building in the southern town of Ashkelon after it was …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Gaza Strip: A beginner’s guide to an enclave under blockade

Al Jazeera

From Israeli occupation to a 16-year blockade, here is all you need to know about ‘the world’s largest open-air prison’. More than 300 Palestinians have been killed after Israel launched air and missile strikes on Gaza after Hamas carried out a surprise attack inside Israeli territory. Siege The Israeli blockade of the occupied Gaza Strip, in its current form, has …

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Israel's siege of northern Gaza raises questions about potential plans to starve and conquer territory

Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, medics say

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?

Middle East latest: US won’t halt any weapons to Israel over Gaza humanitarian aid situation

Israeli strikes set off explosions in Beirut suburbs and kill 14 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say

Ataques israelíes matan a 46 personas en la Franja de Gaza y a 33 en el Líbano, según médicos

Israeli strikes kill 46 people in the Gaza Strip and 33 in Lebanon, medics say

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

The Latest | Netanyahu says Israel will decide how to respond as Iran warns against retaliation

Live updates | Israel releases Palestinian prisoners and Hamas frees 11 hostages as truce extended

‘I want to protect them. But I cannot.’ In Gaza, a father tries to shield his kids from falling bombs

A space engineer who brought us images of Mars confronts Earth’s brutal realities in Gaza

Gaza looks like a wasteland from space in these before-and-after photos

Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza

The seven border crossings of Gaza

Through four wars, toll mounts on a Gaza neighborhood

Through four wars, toll mounts on a Gaza neighborhood

After another war, displaced in Gaza face familiar plight

Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to a ceasefire

Palestinians in Gaza recount ‘ruthless’ horrors of Israeli raids

Trump says Biden's weakness has emboldened Palestinian terror attacks on Israel

Two senior Hamas commanders are killed as Israeli tanks line up on Gaza border

Gaza Strip: A beginner’s guide to an enclave under blockade