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Israel: People in Rafah Will Be Sent to 'Humanitarian Islands'

Military is planning offensive in town that holds 1.4M displaced Palestinians

(Newser) - The Israeli military said Wednesday it plans to direct a significant portion of the 1.4 million displaced Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip's southernmost town of Rafah toward "humanitarian islands" in the center of the territory ahead of its planned offensive in the area. The fate of...

How the Floating Pier Off Gaza Will Take Shape

Inside the complicated logistical effort

(Newser) - US Army boats are en route to the Mediterranean holding the equipment needed to build a floating pier off Gaza . The eventual goal is to be able to get the equivalent of 2 million meals into Gaza each day. Nearly all of Gaza's 2.3 million people are said...

US-Israeli Citizen Thought to Be Hostage Actually Died on Oct. 7

Itay Chen's family says Israeli military informed them of their son's death

(Newser) - Another American-Israeli citizen thought to be one of the hostages still held by Hamas is actually dead, his parents said Tuesday. Itay Chen, 19, was about a year into his service with Israel Defense Forces when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, and his parents say IDF has now informed...

Palestinian Town Honors US Airman Who 'Sacrificed Everything'

Jericho names a street after Aaron Bushnell, who set himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

(Newser) - An American airman who shouted "Free Palestine" as he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, last month has had a street named after him in a Palestinian town. Abdul Karim Sidr, the mayor of Jericho, said Aaron Bushnell "sacrificed everything" to support Palestinians,...

Bibi Defies Biden's 'Red Line,' Vows to Keep Fighting

Netanyahu also rejects 2-state solution to war in Gaza, predicts fighting will be over in 2 months

(Newser) - Late last month, President Biden predicted we'd see some sort of ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war within days . That break has still not come to pass, and now the US president is warning Israel's leadership on the attacks in Gaza, where deaths continue to mount, including by starvation...

Protesters at Oscars Call for Ceasefire in Gaza

Russia's war with Ukraine is also a topic at Academy Awards

(Newser) - Protest and politics intruded on an election-year Academy Awards on Sunday, where demonstrations for Palestinians raged outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the AP reports. Protests over Israel's war in Gaza snarled traffic around the Academy Awards on Sunday, slowing stars' arrival on the red carpet and turning...

'The Child Deaths We Feared Are Here'

Children, elderly succumb to hunger in Gaza amid war, issues with aid delivery

(Newser) - After months of warnings over the risk of famine in Gaza under Israel's bombardment, offensives, and siege, children are starting to die. Hunger is most acute in northern Gaza, which has been isolated by Israeli forces and has suffered long cutoffs of food supply deliveries, per the AP . At...

Airdropped Aid Ends Up Killing 5 in Gaza

The incident happened in a refugee camp Friday morning

(Newser) - Airdrops of humanitarian aid have been criticized as ineffective, costly, and dangerous—with that last point coming into focus with news that at least five people were killed Friday when an airdropped aid package fell on them in Gaza. CBS News reports by way of the Hamas-run Ministry of Health...

US Will Build Temporary Port in Gaza

Biden will announce move in SOTU to get more aid into trapped Palestinians

(Newser) - The first big detail has leaked ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address Thursday night: The US will build what is being described as a temporary port on the Gaza coast in order to ship in more relief supplies, reports Politico . Details were still sparse, but the...

US Decision to Drop Aid Over Gaza Was an Odd One

NPR delves into how atypical it is to go that route when overland transport is happening

(Newser) - The US made its first airdrop of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Saturday afternoon, and the New York Times reports a second airdrop of similar size occurred Tuesday, with 36,800 ready-to-eat meals delivered by parachute. Humanitarian aid veterans have criticized the drops as ineffective, costly, dangerous, and an option...

Biden&#39;s &#39;Uncommitted&#39; Problem Is Growing
Biden's 'Uncommitted'
Problem Is Growing
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Mar 6, 2024 2:32 PM CST

Biden's 'Uncommitted' Problem Is Growing

Minnesota in particular registered a sizable protest vote over his support of Israel on Super Tuesday

(Newser) - If President Biden thought Michigan's sizable "uncommitted" protest vote in the state's primary last month was a fluke, he learned otherwise on Super Tuesday. In Minnesota, for example, about 19% of voters checked the "uncommitted" option, largely in protest of Biden's support of Israel in...

Latest Houthi Attack on Ship Ends in Fatalities

It's the rebels' first fatal assault on shipping since they launched assaults over war in Gaza

(Newser) - Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war have ended in fatalities for the first time. US officials say two crew members were killed in a missile strike on the Liberian-owned, Barbados-flagged True Confidence in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday. Survivors were forced to abandon...

UN Team Finds Reason to Believe Hamas Raped Victims

Envoy reports 'inhumane forms of torture and other horrors'

(Newser) - A team of United Nations experts reported Monday it found reason to believe that during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, women in Israel were sexually assaulted, raped, and gang raped. In calling for a full investigation, the report said the attacks took place in at least three places, including the...

Inmate's Generosity Just Made Him $100K Richer

Prisoner donated $17 paycheck—an entire month's worth of work—to Gaza; then people gave to him

(Newser) - A longtime California inmate had to put in a month's worth of work just to earn enough to buy a couple of Starbucks drinks. What he did with those earnings, however, has since made him $100,000 richer as he prepares to reenter the world upon being paroled later...

She Longed for Babies for a Decade, Lost Them Both in Seconds

Palestinian woman lost her husband, newborn twins, other family members in Israeli strike

(Newser) - It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu Anza to become pregnant, and only seconds for her to lose her five-month-old twins, a boy and a girl. An Israeli strike hit the home of her extended family in the southern Gaza city of Rafah...

Israel Does a 180, Will Change Eurovision Song Lyrics

Leading submission to international contest appeared to reference Hamas attack

(Newser) - Contestants in the Eurovision Song Contest can be disqualified if their songs are not politically neutral—and because of that rule, Israel will see to it that the lyrics to its top submission possibility are amended. The leading song, "October Rain" by Eden Golan, seems to reference Hamas' October...

US Delivers 38K Meals in First Gaza Airdrop

Water and medical aid aren't included in Air Force mission

(Newser) - The US made its first airdrop of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Saturday afternoon, when three Air Force cargo planes delivered 66 pallets by parachute, a total of 38,000 ready-to-eat meals. US Central Command said the mission was carried out with Jordan's air force, the New York Times...

Ship Abandoned After Strike by Houthis Sinks in Red Sea
Houthis Sink Their First Ship
Mar 2, 2024 11:30 AM CST

Houthis Sink Their First Ship

Yemen calls loss of the Rubymar in the Red Sea an 'environmental disaster'

(Newser) - A ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The sinking of the Rubymar,...

US Will Start Airdropping Aid Into Gaza

Operation to start within days, Biden says in attributing shortages to Israel

(Newser) - With the delivery of supplies into Gaza diminishing and the political pressure over the crisis increasing, President Biden announced Friday that the US will begin airdrops of humanitarian aid. The UN had warned that "famine is almost inevitable" unless something changes, per Axios , and a UN official said Friday...

More Than 100 Killed After Troops Fire on Gaza Crowd

IDF claims most of the casualties were the result of a stampede after aid trucks arrived

(Newser) - This story has been updated with new developments. Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed, according to health officials. Hospital officials initially reported an Israeli strike on the crowd, but witnesses later said...

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