JERUSALEM — The Israeli military announced on Tuesday that the remains of one of its soldiers presumed to have been killed on Sunday in Gaza had still not been found or identified, two days after Hamas's military wing said it had kidnapped a soldier. Israeli fighter planes hit homes and a high-rise tower in Gaza … Read more
CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. is sending $47 million in humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip to help tens of thousands of Palestinians there who have been forced from their homes since war broke out two weeks ago. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip signaled Monday … Read more
Hamas claimed it captured an Israeli soldier Sunday, resulting in gunfire and cheers erupting in Gaza in apparent celebration, CNN reporters on the ground said. Hamas Claims It Captured an Israeli Soldier, Celebrations Thousands of Palestinian protesters and sympathizers demonstrated today in downtown Chicago at the Israeli Consulate. The protestors demanded an immediate halt to … Read more
JERUSALEM — The Gaza-based interior ministry advises its supporters in a YouTube video that whenever talking about the dead, “always add 'an innocent citizen.' ” In Israel, the message is quite different: Those same victims are described as “human A high-level attempt by the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state to end deadly … Read more
Earlier Sunday, the IDF said in a statement that Carmeli, 21, a sergeant, was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip. Carmeli was from South Padre Island, Texas, said Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Southwest Maya Kadosh. She said Carmeli moved to It's the question that brought a conservative journalist and a far-left … Read more
The resolution, obtained by The Associated Press, expressed "grave concern" at the high number of civilians killed in Gaza, including children, and called for an immediate cease-fire, "including the withdrawal of Israeli occupying forces from the Gaza The resolution, obtained by The Associated Press, expressed "grave concern" at the high number of civilians killed in … Read more
Updated at 4:25 p.m. ET. Nearly 340 people have been killed and nearly 2,400 wounded in 11 days of fighting in the Gaza Strip, as tens of thousands have been displaced in the conflict, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory. Ashraf In a funeral procession Saturday in the Gaza Strip, men carry the … Read more
I enter Gaza on the first day, seeing the first air strike from the car park on the Israeli side before crossing the border. The war at its beginning seems a random series of events. Bombs and missiles burst in the street, but as events they seem Ordered to stay indoors for another day as … Read more
Israeli troops uncovered more than a dozen cross-border tunnels and battled Gaza militants on the second day of an open-ended ground operation Saturday, as the Palestinian death toll climbed past 330 and diplomats scrambled to revive cease-fire efforts. Israel launched a ground campaign Thursday to target and eliminate a series of tunnels around the Gaza … Read more
An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod July 8, 2014.(Reuters / Baz Ratner). IDF has confirmed that a rocket launched from Gaza hit Jerusalem, as air raid sirens continue to As the Israeli military's “Operation Protective Edge” entered its third day, the death toll in Gaza continued … Read more