Coverage of the Israel-Hamas war
Coverage of the Israel-Hamas war published online beginning on Oct. 7, 2023 through Feb. 23, 2024.
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Israeli defense minister: “What was in Gaza will no longer be.â€
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Trump’s comments were quickly denounced by one of Netanyahu’s allies, the White House and by several Republican presidential rivals, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
As desperation in Gaza grows, Israel says it won’t allow aid to flow until Hamas releases hostages
International aid groups warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis.
An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw the body of Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah.
In 1948, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians, a majority of the prewar population, fled or were expelled from what is now Israel.
Gaza was already in a humanitarian crisis due to a growing shortage of water and medical supplies caused by the Israeli siege.
The man suspected in the attack, 71-year-old Joseph Czuba, made disparaging remarks about Muslims to the Palestinian-American family.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suggested that his country may need to suspend diplomatic relations with Israel.
If confirmed, the attack would be by far the deadliest Israeli airstrike in five wars fought since 2008.
They say the U.S. encouraged Netanyahu to think there was no need to address Palestinian concerns, ignoring repeated warnings about the growing danger.
U.S. ambassador criticized the resolution for not saying anything about Israel’s right to self-defense.
More than 1 million Palestinians have fled their homes in Gaza City and other places in the northern part of the territory since Israel told them to evacuate.
People fleeing the fighting are largely barred from getting out of Gaza, and U.S. law already gives authorities broad leeway to deny people entry into the country if they present security risks.
“Everywhere you go in Gaza these days you’re a walking target.â€
The vulgar comments were part of an Instagram exchange of insults with another user, who then publicly posted the exchange on their account.
The rocket that broke up in the air was fired from within Palestinian territory, and that the hospital explosion was most likely caused when part of that rocket crashed to the ground.
Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians, half of whom have fled their homes, are rationing food and drinking dirty water.
During his 36 years in the Senate, Biden was the chamber’s biggest recipient in history of donations from pro-Israeli groups.
Jordan’s King Abdullah: “The message the Arab world is hearing is that Palestinian lives matter less than Israeli ones.â€
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They’re calling on Israel to stop its bombardment of Gaza.
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are nearing collapse under the Israeli blockade that cut power and deliveries of food and other necessities to the territory.
The journey south remains highly risky amid continuing airstrikes.
At least 90 Palestinians killed in the Israeli-occupied territory in the past two weeks, mainly in clashes with Israeli troops.
At least 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza are unable to access essential health services, and some 5,500 are due to give birth in the coming month, according to the World Health Organization.
The 4th-grader was nabbed along with his mother and grandparents during a visit to his grandparents’ kibbutz along the border with Gaza.
“There is no safe place in Gaza.â€
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire to deliver desperately needed food, water, medicine and fuel.
“There was agreement on continuing the coordination.â€
Recovering from attack that killed Illinois boy, Palestinian American mother urges prayers for peace
Hanaan Shahin lost her son, Wadea Al-Fayoume, in an attack Oct. 14 that police have called a hate crime.
Illinois man who pepper-sprayed pro-Palestinian protesters charged with hate crimes, authorities say
The confrontation broke out as about 1,000 people were gathered Sunday evening at a banquet hall in a northern Chicago suburb to show solidarity with Israel.
Biden said the attacks by settlers amounted to “pouring gasoline†on the already burning fires in the Middle East since the Hamas attack.
The vote for the resolution was 412 in favor, with 10 voting no, and 6 voting present.
The rising death tolls in Gaza are unprecedented in the decadeslong Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ghazi Hamad: “There is no space now to talk about peace with Israel or about a two-state solution or to talk about coexistence.â€
The anguish over the deaths on both sides was palpable.
The conflict has threatened to ignite a wider war across the region.
Islamist militants said they had repelled an attempted thrust from Israeli tanks into Gaza City from the east and were fighting them on the border with Israel.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war
The Houthis had been suspected of an attack earlier this month targeting Israel by sending missiles and drones over the crucial shipping lane of the Red Sea, an assault that saw the U.S. Navy shoot down the projectiles.
Neither side’s account could be independently confirmed.
Human rights advocates say the use of white phosphorus is illegal under international law when the white-hot chemical substance is fired into populated areas.
Bolivia, Chile and Colombia all have leftist governments.
More children have been killed in just over three weeks in Gaza than in all of the world’s conflicts combined in each of the past three years.
Netanyahu has sidestepped accountability for Hamas attack, instead taking aim at his security chiefs
Netanyahu, who has served as prime minister for 13 of the past 14 years, says there will be time for investigations — after the war.
President Joe Biden suggested a humanitarian “pause†in the Gaza fighting to let in aid for Palestinians and let out foreign nationals.
The United States, Israel’s strongest backer, has warned Hezbollah and its patron Iran against entering the fray and has sent warships to the Mediterranean.
Some workers told of violent mistreatment by Israeli authorities in detention centers.
“Now people are beyond looking for bread. It’s looking for water.â€
More than 10,000 people have died. More than 31,000 have been injured.
Chile and Colombia have also recalled their own ambassadors to Israel as they criticized the Israeli offensive against Hamas militants.
The death toll climbs as Israel rejects US push for a pause in fighting.
Its government condemns the bombardment of the Gaza Strip, calls it a “genocide.â€
The war has quickly become the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence since Israel’s establishment 75 years ago, with no end in sight.
The Qassam Brigades said in a statement its militants fired 16 rockets on the town of Nahariya and the southern outskirts of the city of Haifa in retaliation for Israeli attacks on Gaza.
They have little tolerance for anyone railing against the steep toll the conflict has exacted on the other side.
Some reported Israeli soldiers firing at them and said they passed bodies strewn alongside the road.
Witnesses said Paul Kessler was involved in a “physical altercation†with one or more counter-protesters, fell backward and struck his head on the ground.
A vote on whether to censure Tlaib, a punishment one step below expulsion from the House, advanced Tuesday in a procedural vote.
Over 70% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have already fled their homes.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz: “Any form of antisemitism poisons our society. We do not tolerate it.â€
The gross domestic product shrank 4% in the West Bank and Gaza in the war’s first month, sending over 400,000 people into poverty.
“Much more needs to be done to protect civilians and to make sure that humanitarian assistance reaches them,†he says.
Reported overnight strikes on or near at least four hospitals in northern Gaza underscored the danger for tens of thousands more who have crowded into the facilities, believing they will be safe.
Like so much of the Mideast conflict, what the phrase means depends on who is telling the story — and which audience is hearing it.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says the U.S. is the only country that can stop Israel’s wide offensive on the Gaza Strip but doesn’t do so.
A cease-fire would be possible only if all 239 hostages held by militants in Gaza are released, Netanyahu said in a televised address.
Israel says Hamas militants are using hospitals as shields for fighters; the Palestinians and rights groups accuse Israel of recklessly harming civilians seeking shelter.
Israel’s postwar plans for Gaza contrast sharply with the vision put forth by the United States.
More than 11,000 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and minors, have been killed since the war began; at least 1,200 people have died on the Israeli side.
Hamas and Gaza health officials deny militants operate in Shifa.
The scope of the destruction and loss of life in Gaza, with entire families wiped out in a single strike, has raised troubling questions about Israeli military tactics.
Broadening operations to the south — where Israel already carries out daily air raids — threatens to worsen an already severe humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory.
More than five weeks into Israel’s war against Hamas, some streets are now more like graveyards.
Dehydration and malnutrition are growing, with nearly all residents in need of food.
Federal government workers are circulating open letters demanding that President Joe Biden pursue a cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas.
“Patients and health staff with whom they spoke were terrified for their safety and health, and pleaded for evacuation.â€
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Israel says Hamas uses civilians as human shields, while critics say Israel's siege and relentless aerial bombardment amount to collective punishment of the territory's 2.3 million Palestinians.
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Germany has strict rules against hate speech.
It was not possible to independently confirm details of the fighting.
The release of the Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails came just hours after two dozen hostages, including 13 Israelis, were released from captivity in Gaza.
Pictures from the Israel-Hamas war have vividly and painfully illustrated AI’s potential as a propaganda tool, used to create lifelike images of carnage.
Israel has killed more than 13,300 Palestinians since the war began on Oct. 7, roughly two-thirds of them women and minors.
Threats against Jewish, Muslim and Arab communities have increased across the U.S. since the Israel-Hamas war began.
Israel’s army declined to comment on the report, saying it is focused on defeating Hamas and would investigate the allegations after the war.
Israel dropped leaflets over parts of southern Gaza urging people to leave their homes, suggesting it was preparing to widen its offensive.
Women and children represent 70% of those who have been killed.
The Muslim community leaders say their condemnation of Biden does not indicate support for former President Donald Trump.
The United States, Israel’s closest ally, has warned Israel to avoid significant new mass displacement.
About 60 have been killed since the Oct. 7 start of the war, already close to the same number of journalists killed during the entire Vietnam War half a century ago.
The organizations allege that delivery of parts for F-35 jets makes the Netherlands complicit in possible war crimes.
Israel has already transformed much of the north, including large parts of Gaza City, into a rubble-filled wasteland.
Aerial bombardment and the ground offensive have already driven three-fourths of the territory’s 2.3 million people from their homes.
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Move targets extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of recent attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Israel’s military defends large-scale arrests of Palestinians, including minors, as necessary to prevent militant attacks.
Israel has killed more than 16,200 people in Gaza — 70% of them women and children — and wounded more than 42,000, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said that the strikes should be investigated as a war crime.
United Nations officials say there are no safe places in Gaza.
Israel’s campaign has killed more than 17,100 people in Gaza — 70% of them women and children — and wounded more than 46,000, according to the territory’s Health Ministry, which says many others are trapped under rubble.
Claudine Gay says she got caught up in a heated exchange and failed to properly denounce threats of violence against Jewish students.
The vote in the 15-member council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining.
The latest strikes came a day after the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.
Biden administration approves the sale of tank ammunition to Israel in a deal that bypasses Congress
The sale is worth $106.5 million and includes 13,981 120 mm High Explosive Anti-Tank Multi-Purpose with Tracer tank cartridges.
Nearly 85% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced within the besieged territory, where U.N. agencies say there is no safe place to flee.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is walking a delicate line between Tehran and Washington, but the Israel-Hamas war has considerably upped the stakes.
The war has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians and driven nearly 85% of the territory’s 2.3 million people from their homes.
A petition signed by more than 600 faculty members had asked the school’s governing body to keep Gay in charge.
Over 18,000 Palestinians have died, according to health officials in the Hamas-run territory. The actual toll is likely higher, as thousands are missing and feared dead under the rubble.
Unlike Security Council resolutions, General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding.
“The dehumanization from the top is very much sinking down to the soldiers,†said Dror Sadot, a spokeswoman for the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem.
The air and ground offensive has resulted in the deaths of over 18,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians.
But Hamas’ resilience has called into question whether Israel can defeat it without wiping out Gaza.
Despite the carnage, the White House continues to offer wholehearted support to Israel with weapons shipments and diplomatic backing.
Washington has expressed growing unease with Palestinian civilian casualtiesÌýbut continues to provide vital military and diplomatic support to Israel.
Human rights groups cite “countless incidents†ofÌýIsraeli soldiers shooting people who surrendered.
UN Security Council delays vote on resolution urging cessation of hostilities in Gaza to deliver aid
Diplomats said the text is still being negotiated to try to get the United States, Israel’s closest ally, to abstain rather than veto the resolution.
The Biden administration signals it will continue to shield Israel from growing international calls for a cease-fire.
Her family named her al-Amira Aisha — “Princess Aisha.â€
The vote — initially postponed from Monday and then pushed back to Tuesday and then Wednesday — is now expected on Thursday morning.
“It is a situation where pretty much everybody in Gaza is hungry,†said World Food Program chief economist Arif Husain.
By some measures, destruction in Gaza has outpaced Allied bombings of Germany during World War II.
The heads of churches in Jerusalem have urged congregations to forgo “any unnecessarily festive activities.â€
More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving, the United Nations says.
Among the dead were Issam al-Mughrabi, a veteran employee of U.N. Development Program, his wife, and their five children.
Celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war.
The mounting death toll among Israeli troops, now at 156, is likely to play an important factor in Israeli public support for the war.
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Meanwhile, Netanyahu vows to expand war in Gaza, saying it ‘isn’t close to finished’
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Israel’s offensive has been one of the most devastating military campaigns in recent history.
More than 21,300 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
The unprecedented air and ground offensive against Hamas has displaced some 85% of the Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million residents.
South Africa has been a fierce critic of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
The emergency determination means the purchase will bypass the congressional review requirement for foreign military sales.
The United States has continued to shield Israel diplomatically and supply weapons.
Israel’s air and ground offensive has killed more than 21,800 Palestinians and wounded more than 56,000 others.
Galit Distel Atbaryan appeared to accept the argument that the internal divisions created perceptions of weakness that encouraged Hamas to attack.
The military said in a statement Monday that five brigades were being taken out of Gaza in the coming weeks for training and rest.
Israel is under growing international pressure to scale back the offensive that has killed nearly 22,000 Palestinians.
Israel on alert for possible Hezbollah response after senior Hamas leader is killed in Beirut strike
Saleh Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, had headed the group’s presence in the West Bank.
Critics say his aspiration for political redemption is clouding his wartime decision-making and dividing a nation striving for unity.
Israeli legislators passed the law last year as part of the government’s contentious legal overhaul plan, which sparked widespread opposition and tore open deep divisions in society.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for what appeared to be the deadliest militant attack to target Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Thursday’s strike is likely to increase calls for a U.S. departure.
Israel had accused Saleh Arouri of masterminding attacks against it in the West Bank.
No group has yet to claim responsibility for the attack.
Israel has vowed to continue its campaign in Gaza until Hamas is destroyed.
The Rafah area had a prewar population of around 280,000, a figure that has bulged to over 1 million in recent days.
“Famine is around the corner.â€
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that if Hezbollah did not strike back, all of Lebanon would be vulnerable to Israeli attack.
Wael Dahdouh, 53, has been the face of Al Jazeera’s 24-hour coverage of this war and previous rounds of fighting for millions of Arabic-speaking viewers across the region.
Violence against Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the territory has also reached record highs, according to the United Nations.
The increase in fighting across the border with Lebanon as Israel battles Hamas militants in Gaza gave new urgency to U.S. diplomatic efforts.
The potential for miscalculation is rising.
Israeli strike kills an elite Hezbollah commander in the latest escalation linked to the war in Gaza
Israel has already killed over 22,000 Palestinians, devastated vast swaths of the Gaza Strip, displaced nearly 85% of its population of 2.3 million and left a quarter of its residents facing starvation.
Slain Hezbollah commander fought in some of the group’s biggest battles, had close ties to leaders
Wissam al-Tawil, a 48-year-old commander in Hezbollah’s secretive Radwan Force deployed along the border with Israel, was killed when the strike hit his SUV in his hometown of Khirbet Silem.
“I’ve never seen so many amputees in my life, including among children.â€
The U.S. and Israel are united in the war against Hamas but sharply divided over Gaza’s future.
“Israel cannot run away from an accusation that is so serious.â€
An AP review of the video and interviews with the two wounded survivors showed Israeli soldiers opened fire on the three when they did not appear to pose a threat.
They write: “There must be an end to the violence — and there must be accountability for the blatant human rights abuses and mass atrocities occurring in the region.â€
The military has said it will conduct a thorough investigation of everything that went wrong on Oct. 7 and the days that followed once its war on Hamas is over.
Israel’s offensive has killed more than 23,200 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-run enclave.
Palestinian viewers are captivated and moved by case at UN’s top court accusing Israel of genocide
“For the first time, I felt like this case restored the Palestinian people’s hope in the international community,†said Assalah Mansour, a 25-year-old lawyer.
The attack threatens to ignite a regional conflict over Israel’s war on Hamas, which the Biden administration and its allies have been trying to calm for weeks.
South African lawyers asked the court Thursday to order an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in the besieged coastal territory that is home to 2.3 million Palestinians.
Israel has argued Hamas is responsible for the high civilian casualties, saying its fighters make use of civilian buildings and launch attacks from densely populated urban areas.
No Western country has declared support for South Africa’s allegations against Israel.
The bodies of 132 people killed in Israeli strikes were brought to Gaza hospitals over the past day, raising the death toll from the start of the war to 24,100.
Iran fired missiles late Monday at what it said were Israeli “spy headquarters†in an upscale neighborhood near the sprawling U.S. Consulate compound in Irbil.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who also serves as Qatar’s foreign minister, said a two-state solution was required to end the conflict.
The reports of strikes came at a time of heightened tensions in the region and fears of a wider spillover of the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
Israel remains from achieving its goals of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages captured in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war.
The strike came as the Iranian-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack against the Malta-flagged bulk carrier Zografia, also on Tuesday, in the Red Sea.
The war has sparked tensions across the region, with a dizzying array of strikes and counterstrikes in recent days from northern Iraq to the Red Sea and from southern Lebanon to Pakistan.
Gaza used to have a strong health system with 36 hospitals, 25,000 health workers and many specialists. No longer.
Israel is waging one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history.
Israel has pulverized much of the Gaza Strip but has been unable to defeat Hamas or secure the release of more than 130 hostages who remain in captivity.
The widening violence threatens to further draw in the United States.
At least 3,000 women may have become widows and heads of households and at least 10,000 children may have lost their fathers.
A member of Israel’s War Cabinet has called a cease-fire the only way to secure their release, a comment that implied criticism of Israel’s current strategy.
The strike came amid widening tensions in the region as Israel pushes ahead with its offensive in Gaza.
The death of Tawfiq Ajaq on Friday drew an immediate expression of concern from the White House and a pledge from Israeli police to investigate.
Israeli officials say the fighting is likely to continue for several more months.
The European Union is the world’s top provider of aid to the Palestinians but holds little leverage over Israel, despite being its biggest trading partner.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces increasing pressure at home and abroad.
It’s a major setback for the IDF that could add to mounting calls for a cease-fire.
Antonio Guterres also warned that the risks of regional escalation of the conflict “are now becoming a reality.â€
Heavy fighting in Gaza’s second-largest city leaves hundreds of patients stranded in main hospital
Doctors Without Borders said its staff was trapped inside Nasser Hospital with some 850 patients and thousands of displaced people.
The court announced the timing of the interim ruling on Wednesday.
An Egyptian official said that Israel has presented a proposal for a pause in fighting.
The White House has demanded a transparent investigation into the death.
The U.N. has said it has been struggling to deliver aid to the north amid Israeli restrictions and continued fighting.
The International Court of Justice stopped short of ordering a cease-fire.
The U.S. State Department said there were allegations against 12 UN employees. UNRWA has 13,000 staffers in Gaza, almost all of them Palestinians.
The war has killed more than 26,000 Palestinians, destroyed vast swaths of Gaza and displaced nearly 85% of a population of 2.3 million people.
The United States, which is the agency's largest donor, immediately cut funding over the weekend, followed by eight other countries.
Human rights groups have accused the Israeli military of using disproportionate or indiscriminate force in its Gaza offensive, leading to heavy civilian casualties.
Israel military operation destroys a Gaza cemetery. Israel says Hamas used the site to hide a tunnel
Israel says Hamas uses cemeteries and religious sites as military cover, removing them from protections.
A hospital spokesperson said there was no exchange of fire, indicating that it was a targeted killing.
The deaths bring the Palestinian death toll from Israel’s offensive to 26,900, according to the Hama-controlled ministry.
Chicago is latest U.S. city to approve such a nonbinding resolution, following Atlanta, Detroit, San Francisco and ºüÀêÊÓƵ in recent months.
Such a war could be the most destructive either side has ever experienced.
Biden has spoken out against retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers and pledged that those responsible for the violence will be held accountable.
Israel’s military has acknowledged it has demolished buildings throughout the area.
The new poll’s findings include more worrying news for President Joe Biden when it comes to support from his own political party.
Barghouti plays a central role in Palestinian politics even after spending more than two decades behind bars.
The group’s leaders have given directions to reestablish order in parts of the north where Israeli forces had withdrawn.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, has called for “voluntary†mass emigration of Palestinians from Gaza and for the return of Jewish settlements.
In Gaza, 113 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours alone, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory. It says another 205 people were wounded.
The Palestinian death toll from nearly four months of war has reached 27,585 according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people is now crammed into the town of Rafah on the border with Egypt and surrounding areas.
The Palestinian death toll from four months of war has reached 27,707, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
Bert James Baker, 36, was arrested following the Sunday evening attack on Zacharia Doar, who was hospitalized.
Progressives are being bolstered by Arab American and Muslim groups who are organizing in record numbers.
More than half of Gaza’s population has fled to Rafah, on the mostly sealed border with Egypt, which is also the main entry point for humanitarian aid.
The World Food Program warned Friday that Gaza could be plunged into famine as early as May.
Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into a southern Gaza city ahead of an expected invasion
President Joe Biden said Thursday that Israel’s conduct in the war, ignited by a deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack, is “over the top.â€
Rafah, which borders Egypt, is normally home to 280,000 people. But its population has swelled to over 1.5 million.
More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are packed into Rafah, many after being uprooted repeatedly by Israeli evacuation orders.
The Palestinian Red Crescent accused Israeli forces of targeting the ambulance as it pulled up near the family’s vehicle.
Egypt fears a mass influx of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who may never be allowed to return.
More than 12,300 Palestinian minors — children and young teens — have been killed in Israel’s war against Hamas, the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday.
It asked the top U.N. court to consider using its powers to issue additional preliminary orders telling Israel to halt the deaths and destruction there.
The family of Samaher Esmail says that she was dragged out of bed in the early hours of Feb. 5. They have expressed concerns about her health because she is undergoing treatment for uterine cancer.
The death toll in Gaza has risen to nearly 28,500 since the war began on Oct. 7. More than 68,000 people have been wounded.
At least 74 Palestinians were killed in the bombardment, which flattened large swaths of buildings and tents sheltering families who had fled to Rafah from across Gaza.
At least 28,576 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
“Israel’s right to self-defense has been invoked to justify that this operation is proportional, but with 30,000 dead, it’s not,†said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state.
More Israeli strikes were reported in south Lebanon on Thursday and Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the escalation.
The Israeli army said it was a limited operation seeking the remains of hostages taken by Hamas.
The Biden administration has signaled a desire to crack down on settler violence in the volatile territory.
Egypt repeatedly has warned Israel not to forcibly expel the over 1 million Palestinians now displaced in Rafah across the border into its territory.
At least 28,775 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and more than 68,500 wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
With the departure of police escorts following Israeli strikes, criminal gangs are increasingly targeting the convoys.
Instead, the United States hopes to broker a cease-fire agreement and hostage release between Israel and Hamas.
The ministry said 107 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours. That brings the total number of fatalities to 29,092 since the start of the wa
The case focuses on Israel’s open-ended control over the occupied West Bank, the Gaza Strip and annexed east Jerusalem.
Israel rejects accusations of apartheid and usually dismisses U.N. bodies and international tribunals as unfair and biased against it.
“The Gaza Strip is poised to witness an explosion in preventable child deaths.â€
Arab nations are hoping to show broad global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war.
An Associated Press investigation also found that sexual assault was part of an atrocity-filled rampage by Palestinian militant group Hamas and others.
State media say an Israeli strike kills 2 in a Damascus residential area. Another kills 2 in Lebanon
There was no confirmation of the strikes from Israel.
The Israeli military’s refusal to facilitate deliveries and the breakdown of order inside Gaza make it increasingly difficult to bring vital aid to much of the coastal enclave, UN and aid agencies say.
Israel’s bombardment and ground offensive in Gaza has killed more than 29,400 people and wounded more than 69,000, the territory’s Health Ministry said Thursday.
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Pressure builds on school officials, who are already scrambling to resolve the protests as May graduation ceremonies near.
Protesters condemn both President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Western news’ media coverage of it.
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