Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed back against a new wave of pressure to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested and went on strike and U.S. President Joe Biden said he needed to do more after nearly 11 months of fighting. In his first public address since … Read more
A political action committee founded by Republicans is running digital ads in Michigan arguing Vice President Kamala Harris “stands with Israel” amid Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza. The ads also link to a video saying Harris put “supporters of a free Palestine” “in their place.” The ad campaign seems to be aimed at convincing … Read more
Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licenses with Israel because there was a risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, foreign minister David Lammy said on Monday. Lammy said the decision to suspend the licenses did not amount to a blanket ban or an arms embargo, but … Read more
Tens of thousands of angry Israelis surged into the streets after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a ceasefire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home. The mass outpouring on Sunday appeared to be the largest such demonstration since the conflict escalated 11 months ago, … Read more
On Thursday, the United Nations announced a plan to try to address one of the most terrifying consequences of Israel’s U.S.-backed offensive war in the Gaza Strip: the return of the feared poliovirus to the Palestinian territory. Health experts call the U.N. campaign a hugely important bid to protect hundreds of thousands of children in … Read more
Israeli forces have killed a local commander of the Islamist movement Hamas in the flashpoint city of Jenin, the Israeli military says, as they pressed a major operation in the occupied West Bank for a third day. The military said Border Police forces had killed Wassem Hazem, who it said was the head of Hamas … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday evening she would not approach the Israel-Hamas war in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza significantly differently than President Joe Biden, who has, with one exception, refused to impose additional conditions on U.S. aid or weapon sales to Israel. In her first interview as the Democratic presidential nominee, CNN’s Dana … Read more
Jerusalem: The Israeli military says it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank, including a well-known local commander. There was no immediate Palestinian confirmation of the death of Mohammed Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa, a commander in the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Nur Shams refugee camp. … Read more
A 19-year-old social media star who shared his daily life in Gaza with the world has been killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike, as his family were trying to raise enough money to flee the war zone. Mohammad “Medo” Halimy will never be able to go to college as he had planned after being struck … Read more
A four-year-old boy accidentally smashed a Bronze Age jar at an archaeological museum in Haifa, Israel. The ancient artefact, which experts say was at least 3500 years old, was on display without a glass case near the institution’s entrance at the time of the incident. In a statement emailed to CNN on Wednesday, the Hecht … Read more
