How 6 months of Israel's war in Gaza have upended the Middle East Enlarge this image toggle caption Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images Hamas unleashed its early morning rampage in southern Israel six months ago this Sunday, igniting the deadliest war ever between Israelis and Palestinians. Enlarge this image toggle caption Xinhua News Agency via …
People in Gaza are starving to death. Enlarge this image toggle caption Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images Days earlier, McGoldrick spoke with NPR and said the U.N. was reaching out to "mukhtars," or leaders of prominent families and clans in Gaza, to help distribute food fairly in their territories of influence in northern Gaza. Enlarge …
War has forced half of Gaza into Rafah. In all, roughly half of Gaza's prewar population of 2.3 million people has been pushed into Rafah. Enlarge this image toggle caption Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images All this means diseases and infections are spreading, with little in the way of medical infrastructure to treat those in …
Photos: Scenes from the Israel-Hamas War Enlarge this image toggle caption Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images On Saturday morning, twenty trucks of humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border. The trucks were carrying medicine, medical supplies and food. As the trucks made their way through, hundreds of foreign nationals gathered at …
Timeline: Israel-Hamas Fighting Has Taken A Dire Toll Enlarge this image toggle caption Youssef Massoud/AFP via Getty Images Youssef Massoud/AFP via Getty Images Tensions boil over in Jerusalem. This year, the International Criminal Court launched an investigation into possible war crimes committed by Israel and Palestinian militants during the last round of heavy fighting in Gaza, in 2014. November 2012 …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday publicly shrugged off the strongest U.S. call yet to wind down fighting with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, but there were growing indications he would accede to international pressure for a cease-fire. Israeli soldiers fire a 155-millimeter self-propelled howitzer toward the Gaza Strip from their position near the southern Israeli city of …
