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Israeli Troops Fire on Crowds Going to Food Sites: Witnesses

At least 32 are killed near US-supported distribution hubs

(Newser) - Israeli troops opened fire Saturday on crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a US- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials. The shootings occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which launched operations in...

Trump Calls Netanyahu After Shell Hits Gaza Church

Strikes killed 3 at church Pope Francis called daily

(Newser) - An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest, according to church officials. Pope Francis, who died in April, had regularly spoken to the priest about the war's toll...

Israeli-American Scholar: I Know a Genocide When I See One

Omer Bartov condemns silence of other Holocaust scholars on Israel's actions in Gaza

(Newser) - Omer Bartov, an Israeli-American genocide scholar, says he has reached the "painful conclusion" that Israel is carrying out a genocide in Gaza—and the silence of most other Holocaust scholars "has made a mockery of the slogan 'Never again.'" Bartov says that more than a...

Partner Dumps Netanyahu, Leaves Him With Parliament Minority

Key governing partner quits, the second in a week

(Newser) - A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday it's quitting the government, leaving him with a minority in parliament. The ultra-Orthodox Shas party said it was leaving over disagreements surrounding a proposed law meant to grant wide military draft exemptions to its constituents. A second...

31 Reported Killed on Way to Aid Site

Airstrikes' toll includes four children, hospital officials say

(Newser) - At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians including four children, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said. The 31 people killed were on their way to a distribution site...

US Slaps Sanctions on UN Human Rights Expert

Rubio claims Albanee has expressed 'open contempt for the United States, Israel, and the West'

(Newser) - A UN special rapporteur has been sanctioned by the United States over her work as an independent investigator scrutinizing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, a high-profile role in a network of experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a...

Report Accuses Hamas of Sexual Violence

Dinah Project says group used it as a weapon of war

(Newser) - An Israeli report released Tuesday said that Hamas used sexual violence as a "tactical weapon of war" in its Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, building on other investigations by international and Israeli rights groups. The report by the Dinah Project, an all-women group of legal experts, based its findings on...

Netanyahu Nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

And more from the leaders' latest meeting in DC

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Trump that he was nominating the US leader for a Nobel Peace Prize as the two took a victory lap on Monday after their recent joint strikes on Iran 's nuclear facilities, with both hailing the 12-day war as an unmitigated success,...

Netanyahu Is Back at the White House

Israeli leader to meet with Trump amid truce talks with Hamas

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington on Monday to meet President Trump, who has been pushing for a ceasefire that might lead to an end to the 21-month war in Gaza. Israel and Hamas are considering a new US-backed proposal that would pause the war, free Israeli hostages,...

UK Immediately Makes Arrests at Rally for Palestine Action

Government ban had taken effect hours before

(Newser) - Hours after a government ban on the group took effect, more than 20 people supporting a pro-Palestinian organization at a protest in London on Saturday were arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses. A small group had gathered at a statue of Mahatma Gandhi with signs reading: "I oppose genocide....

Hamas Suggests It Would Negotiate Ceasefire Terms

UN reports toll of Palestinians killed trying to receive aid in Gaza

(Newser) - Hamas said Friday it has given a "positive" response to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza but said further talks were needed on implementation. It was not clear if that meant the militant group had accepted the US proposal for a 60-day ceasefire, the AP reports. "...

Israel Responds to Trump's Ceasefire Claim

'We said yes to Special Envoy Witkoff's proposals'

(Newser) - Israel on Wednesday indicated that President Trump was correct about it agreeing to "the necessary" conditions for a ceasefire in Gaza. "We said yes to Special Envoy Witkoff's proposals," Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar said while speaking to reporters during a state visit to Estonia. "...

Trump: Israel Has Accepted Gaza Ceasefire Conditions

He says proposal is being delivered to Hamas

(Newser) - President Trump said Tuesday that Israel has agreed to "the necessary" conditions for a ceasefire in Gaza—and Hamas should accept the deal because they won't get a better one.
  • "My Representatives had a long and productive meeting with the Israelis today on Gaza," Trump said
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Elderly Woman Is First Fatality After Boulder Attack

Karen Diamond, 82, dies after June 1 attack on demonstrators supporting Israeli hostages

(Newser) - An 82-year-old Colorado woman injured in a Molotov cocktail attack on demonstrators in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza has died, prosecutors said Monday. Karen Diamond died as a result of severe injuries she suffered in the June 1 attack in downtown Boulder, Colorado, the local district attorney's office...

Trump Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza
Trump Calls for
Ceasefire in Gaza
Jun 30, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

Trump Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza

Though some Palestinians are skeptical anything will come of it

(Newser) - US President Trump on Sunday urged progress in ceasefire talks in the 20-month war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, though some weary Palestinians were skeptical about the chances, the AP reports. Meanwhile, Israel issued a new mass evacuation order for parts of northern Gaza. "MAKE THE DEAL IN...

Glastonbury Act Leads 'Death to the IDF' Chants

Bob Vylan performance was livestreamed by the BBC

(Newser) - British police said they're examining videos of an act at Saturday's Glastonbury Festival that led chants of "death, death to the IDF"—Israel Defense Forces. Rapper Bobby Vylan, of rap punk duo Bob Vylan, also led the crowd in chants of "free, free Palestine."...

Kneecap Plays Glastonbury Despite Terrorism Charge

Trio leads crowd in 'Free Palestine' chants

(Newser) - Irish-language rap group Kneecap performed to tens of thousands of people Saturday at England's Glastonbury Festival despite criticism by British politicians and a terror charge for one of the trio. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, has been charged under the Terrorism...

They Went From a Family of 12 to Just 2 After Israeli Strikes

Doctor Alaa al-Najjar, 11-year-old son move to Italy after assault kills all 9 of her other kids, husband

(Newser) - A Gaza doctor who lost nine of her 10 children to an Israeli airstrike last month has landed in Italy with her surviving child, an 11-year-old boy who was badly injured in the attack. The Guardian reports that pediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, her son Adam, and other critically ill patients were...

General Assembly Demands Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

US had vetoed a measure in the UN Security Council

(Newser) - UN member nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held by Hamas, and unrestricted access for the delivery of food to 2 million Palestinians. The vote in the 193-member General Assembly was 149-12 with 19 abstentions, the AP reports. It was...

2 More Hostages&#39; Remains Recovered
2 More Hostages'
Remains Recovered
Jun 11, 2025 5:08 PM CDT

2 More Hostages' Remains Recovered

Yair Yaakov was killed during the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023

(Newser) - Israeli forces have recovered the remains of two more hostages held in Gaza, the office of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. One of the hostages, Yair Yaakov, was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, during Hamas' attack on southern Israel, and his body was taken into Gaza, the...

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