Israeli strikes have killed at least 28 Palestinians in southern Gaza and troops raided one of the last functioning hospitals in the north as the country pressed ahead with its war against Hamas. The offensive, launched in response to Hamas’ October 7 attack in Israel, has killed nearly 20,000 Palestinians, displaced some 1.9 million, demolished […]
Cydney Wallace, a Black Jewish community activist, never felt compelled to travel to Israel, though “Next year in Jerusalem” was a constant refrain at her Chicago synagogue. The 39-year-old said she had plenty to focus on at home, where she frequently gives talks on addressing anti-Black sentiment in the American Jewish community and dismantling white […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Friday said it was opening a military police investigation into the killing of two Palestinians in the West Bank after an Israeli human rights group posted videos that appeared to show Israeli troops killing the men — one who was incapacitated and the second unarmed — during a military raid […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinians on Friday paid tribute to Refaat Alareer, a prominent poet and scholar who sought to tell the stories behind the news headlines in the blockaded enclave of Gaza and was killed in an Israeli air strike, his friends said. The 44-year-old, who wrote in English, taught world literature and creative writing […]
By Ali Sawafta and Maggie Fick RAMALLAH, West Bank/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli forces unleashed an aerial and ground blitz against Hamas in Gaza after a cross-border rampage by the enclave’s ruling Islamist group on Oct. 7. At least 16,015 Palestinians have been killed since then, according to Gaza Health Ministry figures, while 1,200 people were […]
QAWAWIS, West Bank — Jibreen Abu Aram was born on this rocky land to be a shepherd. He planted an olive grove, married and had nine children. He buried his brother here in 1966 after an Israeli tank round fell on their fields. But, he said, nothing in all his time in the West Bank has […]
An Israeli artillery unit is pictured near the border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images An Israeli artillery unit is pictured near the border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, amid […]
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Umm Walid Hissi sat by a cart loaded with hastily packed belongings, waiting for her home to be bombed. Until Sunday morning, she lived in Hamad Town, a collection of residential towers in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis neighborhood. But on Saturday came the missiles, pounding down like a giant fist […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it was banning dozens of Jewish Israeli settlers from traveling to the U.S. because of their involvement in brutal attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank aimed at driving people from their homes and taking away their land. Extremist settlers suspected of violence who already have U.S. […]
A protestor wearing a keffiyeh waves a Palestinian flag during a rally in support of Palestinians in Lisbon in October. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images A protestor wearing a keffiyeh waves a Palestinian flag during a rally in support of Palestinians in […]
‘No place is safe’ Several of these worldwide groups have disagreed, however. Asked whether Israel’s map could be useful, Juliette Touma, director of communications of the U.N.’s Palestinian relief agency, gave a flat rejection of its premise. “No place is safe across the Gaza Strip including the south,” she told NBC News in an email. […]