Gaza
A month into war, Netanyahu says Israel will have an ‘overall security’ role in Gaza indefinitely
World News Entire city blocks have been reduced to rubble, and around 70% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have fled their homes, with many heeding Israeli orders to head to the southern part of the besieged territory, which is also being bombed. Palestinian firefighters extinguish fire caused by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis refugee […]
Israeli forces sever north Gaza from the rest of the territory ahead of expected push into Gaza City
World News Food, medicine, fuel and water are running low, and U.N.-run schools-turned-shelters are beyond capacity, with many sleeping on the streets outside. Fire and smoke rises from buildings following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. AP Photo/Abed Khaled By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press November 6, 2023 | 7:57 […]
Warplanes strike Gaza refugee camp as Israel rejects US push for a pause in fighting
World News Airstrikes hit the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza overnight, killing at least 40 people and wounding 34 others, the Health Ministry said. Palestinians comfort a crying man after losing relatives under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled) AP […]
Plymouth couple told they can leave Gaza — but not their kids
Local News The Shafai family, of Plymouth, was visiting family in Gaza when the war broke out. From left, Sharaf Shafai, Yasmeen Shafai, who are the children of Hani Shafai of Rapid City, S.D., posed for a photo with their aunt and uncle, Massachusetts residents Sanaa Shafai and Hazem Shafai of Plymouth. In front of […]
Blinken presses for pause in Gaza fighting on visit to Israel amid fears war could widen
World News Around 800 people left Gaza over the past two days — the first time people departed the besieged territory other than four hostages released by Hamas and another rescued by Israeli forces. Palestinians look at the apartment of Khaled Kharousha that was destroyed by the Israeli military in Nablus, West Bank, Friday, Nov. 3, […]
After nearly a month, Medway family escapes Gaza
Local News After a evading bombs and scrounging for supplies for weeks, a Medway couple and their young son escaped the war zone Thursday. From left, Wafaa Abuzayda, Yousef Okal, and Abood Okal. A family from Medway that has been trapped in Gaza for almost a month amid the Israel-Hamas war finally made it through […]
Watch: Medway family stuck in Gaza describes increasingly dire situation
Abood Okal, Wafaa Abuzayd and their 1-year-old child have been trapped in Gaza for weeks. Reporter John Hilliard is tracking them as they try to get home. The post Watch: Medway family stuck in Gaza describes increasingly dire situation appeared first on Boston.com.
Israeli airstrikes level apartments in Gaza refugee camp, as ground troops battle Hamas militants
World News Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in the Nusseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Doaa AlBaz / AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A flurry of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City leveled apartment buildings, leaving craters where they once stood, as ground […]
Gaza Strip’s tunnels loom large for Israel’s ground forces
World News Hamas is believed to hide weapons, fighters, and even command centers in miles of subterranean pathways and chambers. The entrance to a tunnel that was discovered by Israeli forces near Kissufim, Israel, in 2017. The Israeli military regularly trains infantry on how to destroy tunnels. Uriel Sinai / The New York Times By […]
Israeli forces battle Hamas around Gaza City, as military says 800,000 have fled south
World News The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, says nearly 672,000 Palestinians are sheltering in its schools and other facilities — four times their capacity. Palestinians inspect the demolished family home of Saleh al-Arouri, in the West Bank village of Arura, northwest of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. AP Photo/Nasser Nasser By […]