Israel-Hamas war

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Polio Vaccine Campaign Starts Before Pause in Fighting
Polio Inoculations Begin in Gaza
Aug 31, 2024 2:25 PM CDT

Polio Inoculations Begin in Gaza

Fighting is scheduled to pause for the campaign starting Sunday

(Newser) - A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun, the Health Ministry said Saturday, as Palestinians in the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel's military offensives. A small number of children in Gaza received doses a...

Fighting to Pause for Polio Vaccinations in Gaza

WHO says effort will begin Sunday

(Newser) - The UN World Health Organization said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted the first confirmed case in 25 years in the Palestinian territory. The vaccination...

Watchdog: We Warned Biden on Gaza Pier, He Did It Anyway

USAID staffers had concerns that pier would undermine convincing Israel on other aid methods

(Newser) - President Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year, even as some staffers for the US Agency for International Development expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off and undercut the effort to persuade Israel to open "...

Israel Rolls Into the West Bank
Israel Rolls Into the West Bank
Aug 28, 2024 6:29 AM CDT

Israel Rolls Into the West Bank

9 dead in large-scale military operation

(Newser) - Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, where its forces killed at least nine Palestinians and sealed off the volatile city of Jenin. Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack out of Gaza triggered the ongoing...

Special Forces Found Hostage Alone in Tunnel

Farhan Alkadi is the first to be rescued alive from Hamas tunnel network

(Newser) - The Israeli hostage brought back from Gaza alive on Tuesday is the first to be rescued from Hamas' extensive tunnel network under the territory—and he was apparently freed without a fight. The Times of Israel reports that Israeli special forces found 52-year-old Farhan Alkadi alone, with no Hamas fighters...

Israel Says It Has Rescued a Hostage

Military says Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued 'in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip'

(Newser) - The Israeli military said Tuesday that it has rescued one of the scores of people abducted in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, which ignited the ongoing war in Gaza. The military said Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued "in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip." It did not...

Israel, Hezbollah Trade Heavy Fire
Israel, Hezbollah
Trade Heavy Fire
Aug 25, 2024 6:03 AM CDT

Israel, Hezbollah Trade Heavy Fire

Raising fears of an all-out regional war

(Newser) - Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a preemptive strike on Hezbollah, as the militant group said it launched hundreds of rockets and drones to avenge the killing of one of its top commanders last month. The heavy exchange of fire...

Israel Recovers Bodies of 6 Hostages

Only 1 had been presumed alive

(Newser) - The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, as US and Arab mediators tried to advance an agreement to halt the fighting and release scores of other militant-held captives. The military said its...

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Tear Down Security Fence at DNC

Inner security perimeter was not breached

(Newser) - Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza, the AP reports. Families with babies in strollers, students, elected leaders and others holding...

Blinken: Israel Has Agreed to Ceasefire Plan

It's not clear whether Hamas will accept 'bridging proposal'

(Newser) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza. He called on Hamas to do the same. Blinken was on his ninth urgent mission to...

10-Year-Old Quintuplets Killed in Gaza Strike

Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel for ceasefire talks

(Newser) - Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 29 people including young quintuplets overnight and into Sunday, health officials said, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to try to seal a ceasefire deal that could help ease soaring regional tensions, the AP reports. The latest Israeli bombardment included a...

After Mediators Express Hope, Airstrike Kills 18 in Gaza Family

Another Israeli attack leaves at least 10 Syrians dead in Lebanon

(Newser) - An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed at least 18 people, all from the same family, on Saturday, hours after mediators expressed optimism that a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was imminent after 10 months of war. A joint statement by US, Egypt, and Qatar mediators said that a proposal to...

Biden: We're Closer Than Ever on Ceasefire

President sounds optimistic note as two-day talks wrap up on Israel-Hamas war

(Newser) - Mediators to the Gaza War ceasefire talks said Friday that the two-day talks wrapped up and that they hope to reconvene in Cairo next week to seal a deal to stop the fighting. In a statement Friday, the United States, Egypt, and Qatar sounded an optimistic note, saying they presented...

It&#39;s a Grim Milestone in Gaza
Gaza Hits a Grim Milestone
Aug 15, 2024 6:14 AM CDT

Gaza Hits a Grim Milestone

More than 40K Palestinians have been killed, according to Health Ministry

(Newser) - More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the territory's Health Ministry said Thursday. Israel's offensive has also wounded 92,401 people and displaced over 85% of the population from their homes, said the ministry in Hamas-run Gaza, which does not distinguish...

US Officials Say Hamas Has Been Weakened Enough

Negotiations are the only way to free hostages, officials say

(Newser) - With a new round of ceasefire talks set to begin in Qatar, American officials believe the Israeli military has hit the limit of what it can achieve in Gaza. Officials tell the New York Times that the group has been significantly weakened and is no longer capable of carrying out...

4 Days After Their Birth, Newborn Twins Killed in Gaza

Their father had left to register their births when airstrike hit

(Newser) - Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan's twins—Asser, a boy, and Ayssel, a girl—were just four days old when their father went to register their births and pick up their birth certificates at a government office in Gaza Tuesday. While he was gone, the family home was hit by an Israeli...

As Mideast Tensions Spike, US Sends in Extra Firepower

Guided-missile sub, USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier are en route

(Newser) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a guided-missile submarine to the Middle East and is telling the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to sail more quickly to the area, the Defense Department said Sunday. The moves come as the US and other allies push for Israel and...

In Khan Yunis, 'We Are Running From Death to Death'

Israel issues one of its largest evacuation orders yet in Gaza; UN says there are no safe spots left

(Newser) - Over the weekend, residents in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis started receiving flyers and phone calls warning them that staying in the area "has become dangerous." Those cautionary messages came courtesy of the Israeli military, which said on Sunday that it was expanding evacuation orders in...

Leaders of France, Germany, Britain Call for Gaza Ceasefire

'The fighting must end now, and all hostages still detained by Hamas must be released'

(Newser) - The leaders of France, Germany, and Britain have endorsed calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, the return of scores of hostages held by Hamas, and the "unfettered" delivery of humanitarian aid, the AP reports. In a joint statement released Monday, they endorsed the latest push by the United States,...

Dozens Reported Dead After Israeli Strike on Gaza School

Israel says it hit a Hamas command center embedded in school/shelter; Hamas denies that

(Newser) - An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City early Saturday, killing at least 80 people, Palestinian health authorities said, in one of the deadliest strikes in the 10-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command center within the school....

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