Gaza
Packed Gaza hospitals warn that thousands could die as supplies run low and ground offensive looms
World News Israeli officials said the goal of their Gaza offensive was to destroy Hamas. A man wounded in Israeli military strikes is brought to Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) AP By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press October 15, 2023 | 11:44 AM KHAN […]
Local family remains stuck in Gaza as U.S. evacuation deal falters
Local News An estimated 500 to 600 Palestinian Americans like the Okal family are in Gaza. With no way out, families have pleaded for help from U.S. officials. From left, Wafaa Abuzayda, Yousef Okal, and Abood Okal. Family Photo By Joanna Slater, Samantha Schmidt and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post October 15, 2023 | 8:24 AM […]
Palestinians stream south in Gaza as Israel urges mass evacuation and conducts brief raids
World News The U.N. and aid groups have said such a rapid exodus would cause untold human suffering, with hospital patients and others unable to relocate. The bodies of Israelis killed in an unprecedented Hamas attack are gathered for identification at a military base in Ramla, Israel, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Israeli officials say 1,300 […]
Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms
World News The U.N. warned that so many people fleeing en masse — with just a 24-hour deadline — would be calamitous. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. AP Photo/Fatima Shbair By ISABEL DeBRE, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA, Associated Press October 13, 2023 | 7:57 AM […]
Israeli strikes demolish entire Gaza neighborhoods as only power plant in territory runs out of fuel
World News The war, which has already claimed at least 2,200 lives on both sides, is expected to escalate. Destruction from Israeli aerial bombardment is seen in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Adel Hana / AP JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians in the sealed-off Gaza Strip struggled to find any safe area Wednesday, as Israeli strikes demolished entire […]
Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
World News Palestinians remove a dead body from the rubble of a building after an Israeli airstrike Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. AP Photo/Ramez Mahmoud By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN, Associated Press October 9, 2023 | 4:38 PM JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed […]