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5 days, 10 hours ago

Families of hostages endure uncertainty even as hopes rise for a ceasefire in Gaza

KIRYAT GAT, Israel — Ilana Gritzewsky is fighting a battle against time to save her boyfriend from Hamas captivity. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print FILE.- Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold their photos and shout slogans during a rally calling for their release, in Tel Aviv, …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Israeli residents refuse to return home due to lingering security concerns despite Lebanon truce

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While many of the nearly 900,000 civilians who were displaced in Lebanon have hurried back to their homes, many of the 60,000 Israelis who fled have been more reluctant Despite the relative calm in the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona since a ceasefire took effect between Israel and Hezbollah, Rakhel Revach said she was not moving back just yet. …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Israel and Hezbollah agree to a truce. A look back at over a year of fighting

Associated Press

Smoke rising from the rubble of multistory buildings in Beirut. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Families sleep on Beirut’s corniche after fleeing the Israeli airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburb, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Israeli shelling hit an area …

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3 months ago

Israel says it was targeting Hezbollah, but eight people from Chadi's family remained buried under the rubble

ABC

Chadi Fares sits on the sidewalk of a Beirut street, watching emergency workers pick their way through piles of twisted metal and slabs of collapsed concrete. Hezbollah, Israel exchange heavy fire Photo shows A cloud of white smoke rises in the distance behind a village on a hillside near the border between Lebanon and Israel Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy …

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3 months ago

Hezbollah declares 'open-ended battle of reckoning' with Israel amid warnings Middle East is facing 'imminent catastrophe' - as Britain's David Lammy leads calls for a ceasefire

Daily Mail

Hezbollah has declared an open-ended battle of reckoning with Israel amid a stark warning that the Middle East is facing 'imminent collapse', while Britain's David Lammy has called for an immediate ceasefire. Speaking on Sky News on Sunday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog denied any Israeli involvement in in this week's exploding pager and walkie talkie attacks and said the country …

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6 months ago

Israel threatens to wipe out Hezbollah in 'total war' as militants fire fresh barrage of rockets from Lebanon

Daily Mail

Lebanon's Hezbollah fired a fresh barrage of more than a dozen rockets into northern Israel today just hours after Israel warned that it could wipe out the Iran-backed militant group should 'total war' break out. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned Hezbollah on Tuesday that it would be destroyed in the event of a 'total war' and said Tel-Aviv is …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Photos chronicle 6 months of devastation in Gaza war with no sign of an end

Associated Press

Clouds of parachutes ease the descent of boxes of food toward a landscape of shattered houses in Gaza, watched by Palestinians facing famine. Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn …

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9 months ago

Israelis evacuated from the Lebanese border wonder if they’ll ever return

Associated Press

KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel — For four years, Sivan Shoshani Partush recruited families for Kibbutz Malkiya, a community of around 400 that she calls her “little slice of heaven.” It wasn’t a hard sell: spacious homes, beautiful nature, paths winding through manicured lawns, and a slower pace of life than in Israel’s frantic cities. “But now there’s a feeling that no …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel is facing a genocide case in international court. Could it halt the war in Gaza?

CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on November 20. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu/Getty Images Injured civilians are recovered from the rubble of a destroyed house following …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: Why Biden won’t do more to restrain Netanyahu

CNN

Editor’s Note: Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have Another Great President.” Miller was a Middle East negotiator in Democratic and Republican administrations. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on …

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1 year, 1 month ago

West Bank violence is growing. Will it open another front in the Israel-Hamas war?

LA Times

Tzvika Mor gripped his gun and spoke of how his son — kidnapped by Hamas and driven to the Gaza Strip more than a month ago — might have to die to show that Israel will never relent in the battle over this ancient land of olive groves, prophets and enmity. But we cannot be weak.” Tzvika Mor speaks during …

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1 year, 2 months ago

2,000 children killed in Gaza, aid group says, as tempers flare at UN amid ceasefire calls

CNN

Gaza and Jerusalem CNN — Tempers flared at the United Nations on Tuesday amid ceasefire calls, as aid groups and doctors in Gaza warn that power shortages threaten the lives of vulnerable infants and patients. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on November 20. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu/Getty Images Injured …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas War: Released Two American Hostages for 'Humanitarian Reasons', Says Hamas

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UN in Talks With Both Parties to Ensure Aid Operation to Gaza Starts Soon The United Nations humanitarian office on Friday said it was in talks with all parties in the conflict between Israel and Hamas to ensure an aid operation into Gaza starts soon, a Jerusalem Post report said. Israel-Hamas War LIVE: Rocket Sirens Heard Near Mefalsim on Gaza …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Israel’s northern borderlands: Nationalist fervour, anxiety, indifference

Al Jazeera

Northern Israel and occupied Golan Heights - A loud bang echoes through Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli town near the Lebanese border that has all but become a ghost town in recent weeks. Israel has responded with a near-constant aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip and cut off water, power and fuel supplies to the 2.3 million people who live inside …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Vital Gaza aid delivery to be delayed, say multiple sources, as Palestinians face worsening conditions

CNN

CNN — Humanitarian aid supplies destined for Gaza civilians remain in limbo, as concerns rise about the rapidly worsening conditions for the population stuck in the besieged enclave. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on November 20. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu/Getty Images Injured civilians are recovered from the rubble of …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Hundreds likely dead in Gaza hospital blast, as Israeli blockade cripples medical response

CNN

CNN — Palestinian officials say hundreds were killed by a massive blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday, as humanitarian concerns mount over Israel’s deprivation of food, fuel and electricity to the enclave’s population. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on November 20. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu/Getty Images Injured civilians …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Israel is at war with Hamas. Here’s what to know

CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on November 20. Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images People carry bodies of Palestinians killed during an Israeli airstrike prior to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Analyst: Israel’s costly misunderstanding of Hamas’ true aims

CNN

Editor’s note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University, and the host of the Audible podcast “In the Room With Peter Bergen,” also on Apple and Spotify. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: In Gaza, Palestinians have nowhere to run

CNN

Editor’s Note: Omar Ghraieb is a storyteller, humanitarian worker and journalist based in the Gaza Strip. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on November 20. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu/Getty Images Injured civilians are recovered from the rubble of a destroyed house following Israeli air strikes near a UNRWA school housing …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Israel forms emergency government and steps up Gaza offensive as brutality of Hamas attacks laid bare

CNN

Gaza and Jerusalem CNN — Israel has formed an emergency government and war management cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz jointly announced Wednesday, in the wake of Hamas’ surprise attacks on border communities that killed at least 1,200 people and injured thousands more. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: After Hamas attacks on Israel, we Jews are not okay

CNN

Video Ad Feedback Hamas used victim's phone to post murder on Facebook 04:57 - Source: CNN Israel-Gaza War 14 videos Video Ad Feedback Hamas used victim's phone to post murder on Facebook 04:57 Now playing - Source: CNN Video Ad Feedback Hear why some Israeli reservists would rather risk prison than go back to fight in Gaza 04:35 Now playing …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: In times of crisis, Israelis rally around their leaders. This time is different

CNN

Editor’s note: Janine Zacharia is a lecturer in Stanford University’s Department of Communication and former Washington Post Jerusalem bureau chief. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on armored military vehicles along Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, on November 20. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu/Getty Images Injured civilians are recovered from the rubble of a destroyed house following Israeli air strikes near …

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2 years, 7 months ago

A microcosm of Palestinian struggle: One family’s life in Hebron

Al Jazeera

The al-Jaabaris are one of several families in Hebron whose home is sandwiched between Israeli settlements. Israel argues that the presence of army forces and restrictions on Palestinians are necessary for security reasons, and to protect Jewish settlers living in Hebron from Palestinian attacks. In late February, an Israeli court ruled that the Israeli army could continue to use a …

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Families of hostages endure uncertainty even as hopes rise for a ceasefire in Gaza

Israeli residents refuse to return home due to lingering security concerns despite Lebanon truce

Israel and Hezbollah agree to a truce. A look back at over a year of fighting

Israel says it was targeting Hezbollah, but eight people from Chadi's family remained buried under the rubble

Hezbollah declares 'open-ended battle of reckoning' with Israel amid warnings Middle East is facing 'imminent catastrophe' - as Britain's David Lammy leads calls for a ceasefire

Israel threatens to wipe out Hezbollah in 'total war' as militants fire fresh barrage of rockets from Lebanon

AP Photos chronicle 6 months of devastation in Gaza war with no sign of an end

Israelis evacuated from the Lebanese border wonder if they’ll ever return

Israel is facing a genocide case in international court. Could it halt the war in Gaza?

Opinion: Why Biden won’t do more to restrain Netanyahu

West Bank violence is growing. Will it open another front in the Israel-Hamas war?

2,000 children killed in Gaza, aid group says, as tempers flare at UN amid ceasefire calls

Israel-Hamas War: Released Two American Hostages for 'Humanitarian Reasons', Says Hamas

Israel’s northern borderlands: Nationalist fervour, anxiety, indifference

Vital Gaza aid delivery to be delayed, say multiple sources, as Palestinians face worsening conditions

Hundreds likely dead in Gaza hospital blast, as Israeli blockade cripples medical response

Israel is at war with Hamas. Here’s what to know

Analyst: Israel’s costly misunderstanding of Hamas’ true aims

Opinion: In Gaza, Palestinians have nowhere to run

Israel forms emergency government and steps up Gaza offensive as brutality of Hamas attacks laid bare

Opinion: After Hamas attacks on Israel, we Jews are not okay

Opinion: In times of crisis, Israelis rally around their leaders. This time is different

A microcosm of Palestinian struggle: One family’s life in Hebron