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Bodies of Israeli-American Couple Recovered in Gaza

Judi Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai were killed in 2023 attack

(Newser) - Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of an American-Israeli couple who were killed during the Hamas-led raid of Israel in 2023, reports the BBC . Judy Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai, both in their early 70s, were out for a walk when militants stormed the Nir Oz kibbutz near the...

Israel Warns Roads to Gaza Aid Centers Are 'Combat Zones'

The distribution sites will be shut on Wednesday

(Newser) - The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross put it bluntly to the BBC : Gaza has become worse than hell on Earth. Things don't look likely to improve Wednesday, with NBC News reporting access to Gaza's aid distribution centers has been cut off for the day....

Israeli Troops Open Fire Near Gaza Food Site, Killing Dozens

Aid groups criticize new food distribution system amid deadly chaos

(Newser) - Israeli troops shot and killed at least 27 Palestinians near a new food distribution site in southern Gaza on Tuesday, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, per the New York Times . The Washington Post reports that number is 31. Dozens more were wounded. The Israeli military said the gunfire,...

Greta Thunberg Sails for Gaza to Break Blockade

Activists say they want to raise awareness about humanitarian crisis

(Newser) - Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday for Gaza on a ship aimed at "breaking Israel's siege" of the devastated territory, organizers said. The sailing boat Madlee—operated by activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition—departed from the Sicilian port of Catania in southern...

More Than 30 Reported Killed Near Gaza Aid Site

Witnesses blame Israeli soldiers, but the military says it cannot confirm

(Newser) - More than 30 people were killed by gunfire in Gaza on Sunday as they made their way to a food-distribution site, according to Palestinian officials. The Gaza Health Ministry put the death toll at 31 in Rafah and said more than 170 were wounded, reports the AP .
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Crowds Loot Trucks Taking Food Into Gaza

UN agency says hungry people are 'trying to feed their families'

(Newser) - Crowds of civilians rushed 77 trucks trying to take food deeper into Gaza on Saturday, stopping them and carrying off the supplies. The food was taken "mainly by hungry people trying to feed their families," the UN World Food Program posted on X. Famine conditions are worsening in...

Israel: Top Hamas Honcho Has Been 'Eliminated'

Netanyahu says senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was killed in a strike in Khan Younis

(Newser) - Israel says that one of its top Hamas targets has been "eliminated," reports the Standard , with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reading out the name of Mohammed Sinwar as among the Hamas leaders killed in an address to parliament on Wednesday. "We have killed tens of thousands of...

Chaos Erupts at New Gaza Food Center

Most people left empty-handed after Israeli troops fired warning shots

(Newser) - Chaos erupted on the second day of aid operations by a new US-backed group in Gaza as desperate Palestinians overwhelmed a center distributing food on Tuesday, breaking through fences. Nearby Israeli troops fired warning shots, sending people fleeing in panic. An AP journalist heard Israeli tank and gunfire and saw...

Airstrike Kills 9 of Her 10 Kids, Could Still Claim Her Husband

It's an 'unbearably cruel' outcome for Gaza pediatrician Dr. Alaa al-Najjar

(Newser) - A pediatrician in Gaza who lost nine of her 10 children in a single missile strike couldn't even identify all of their bodies. They were too badly burned, per the Guardian . Friday's strike hit Dr. Alaa al-Najjar's home in Khan Younis' Qizan al-Najjar neighborhood minutes after she'...

Gaza Officials: New Strikes Killed Mother and Her Children
Israel Hits Tent for Displaced
May 25, 2025 10:00 AM CDT

Israel Hits Tent for Displaced

Gaza health officials say 9 siblings were killed in their home

(Newser) - Israeli strikes over the previous 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, including a mother and her two children sheltering in a tent, local health officials said Sunday, with no data available for a second straight day from now-inaccessible hospitals in the north. Details also emerged of the...

Suspect in Fatal DC Shooting 'Did It for Gaza,' Witness Says

2 Israeli embassy staffers killed near Jewish museum in nation's capital

(Newser) - The suspect in Wednesday night's fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC, waited around at the scene pretending to be a witness until police arrived, a witness tells CNN . The suspect then allegedly told police, "I did it, I did it for Gaza. Free Palestine!...

Israel Allows Aid Into Gaza, but Gazans Haven't Gotten It

UN: Trucks crossed the border Tuesday, but relief workers were stymied by Israeli delays

(Newser) - Some 93 truckloads of humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza on Tuesday, but the UN says it's been stymied in its efforts to get the flour, baby food, medical equipment, and medicine into the hands of actual Gazans. A UN rep says that their workers "waited several hours" for...

The UK Is Cracking Down on Israel
The UK Is
Not Happy
With Israel
May 20, 2025 9:50 AM CDT

The UK Is Not Happy With Israel

Britain yanks free-trade talks, slaps sanctions on Israel over actions in Gaza, West Bank

(Newser) - The British government is suspending free-trade negotiations with Israel and has leveled new sanctions targeting West Bank settlements as it criticizes Israel's military actions in Gaza. Tuesday's actions came a day after the UK, France, and Canada condemned Israel's handling of the war in Gaza and its...

UN Humanitarian Chief: 14K Gaza Babies in Immediate Peril

Tom Fletcher says they could die within next 48 hours if Israel doesn't allow much more aid in

(Newser) - An international report from earlier this month noted that the Gaza Strip is "teetering on the edge of famine," as food supplies dwindle down to nothing and aid trucks are denied entry. Now, the head of the United Nations' humanitarian arm has issued a dire warning about the...

Trump Considering Resettling 1M Palestinians in Libya: Sources

Not much about the plan is at all clear, but 5 people say it's in talks

(Newser) - Five sources tell NBC News that the Trump administration is working on a plan that would see a million Palestinians permanently moved from the Gaza Strip to Libya. Three of the sources say the idea has been discussed with Libyan officials, and that Israel has also been kept apprised of...

Israel Couples Airstrikes With New Ground Operation

At least 103 are killed as main hospital in northern Gaza closes

(Newser) - Hospitals and medics in the Gaza Strip reported Sunday that Israeli airstrikes killed at least 103 people and forced the closure of the main northern hospital. The area hit hardest in what Israel called an "extensive" new ground operation was the southern city of Khan Younis, where Nasser...

Israel's Latest Maneuver Launches With 'Great Force'

Nation hopes 'Operation Gideon Chariots' in Gaza will pressure Hamas to release remaining hostages

(Newser) - Israel has launched a major operation in the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas to release the remaining hostages, the defense minister said Saturday, following days of intensive strikes across the territory that killed hundreds of people. Defense Minister Israel Katz said that Operation Gideon Chariots was being led with "...

Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Arrested at Senate Hearing

Ben Cohen was protesting US support of Israel amid Gaza blockade

(Newser) - Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen was arrested Wednesday at a US Senate hearing, where he interrupted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to protest what's happening in Gaza. Kennedy was addressing a hearing of the health, education, labor, and pensions committee when a group of activists started...

Report: 500K Face Starvation in Gaza

Famine likely as humanitarian aid remains blocked, per IPC

(Newser) - A new international report says Gaza is teetering on the edge of famine, with nearly half a million residents already facing catastrophic levels of hunger. As food runs out and aid remains blocked, the warning signs are only growing, per the AP . Citing Israel's blockade and ongoing military...

Hamas Releases Last American-Israeli Hostage

It's seen as a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration

(Newser) - An American-Israeli soldier held hostage for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip was released Monday, Hamas said, in a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire with Israel. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel, reports the AP . Edan Alexander...

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