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Hamas Says It Released 2 More Hostages
Hamas Releases
2 More Hostages
UPDATED
Oct 23, 2023 3:15 PM CDT

Hamas Releases 2 More Hostages

Militants say Egypt, Qatar secured women's release

(Newser) - This story has been updated with new developments. Hamas says it has released two more female civilian hostages on "humanitarian and poor health grounds." In a statement on Telegram, Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the group's armed wing said the women were released in response to mediation...

Fans Walk Out Over Chappelle's Israel Comments

Some shouted in anger, others in support at Boston show

(Newser) - Sources say recently controversial comedian Dave Chappelle sparked shouts of anger (as well as some of support) and even walk-outs while performing in Boston Thursday night. Toward the end of his stand-up routine, Chappelle started talking about the Israel-Hamas war, according to sources who spoke to the Wall Street Journal...

Aid Reaches Gaza as US Issues a Warning
Aid Reaches Gaza as
US Issues a Warning
the rundown
Oct 22, 2023 5:15 PM CDT

Aid Reaches Gaza as US Issues a Warning

Austin, Blinken say military is ready if Americans are attacked

(Newser) - On a day of stepped-up clashes , US officials said they expect the Israel-Hamas war to widen—warning that if that happens, they'll answer any attacks on Americans. Gaza received humanitarian aid on Sunday, and a UN official said more will arrive Monday. Developments include:

International Rallies Support Cease-Fire, Fight Antisemitism

Chancellor decries attacks on Jews 'here in Germany, of all places'

(Newser) - Thousands of people joined vigils in Berlin and London on Sunday to oppose antisemitism and support Israel, while in Paris and other cities, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators demanded a cease-fire and relief for people in the besieged Gaza Strip. Those gathered in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate carried Israeli...

Israel Strikes in Gaza, Syria, West Bank

Blinken says Hamas bears responsibility for civilian deaths

(Newser) - Fighting in the two-week-old war intensified and broadened Sunday, with Israel's warplanes striking targets in Gaza, two airports in Syria, and a mosque in the occupied West Bank, and its troops reportedly battling Hamas fighters in Gaza. The ground combat, reported by Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades, would be among the...

Father Speaks to Freed Hostage
Father
Speaks
to Freed
Hostage
Oct 22, 2023 10:05 AM CDT

Father Speaks to Freed Hostage

Uri Raanan says his teenage daughter should be home for her birthday

(Newser) - The father of freed American hostage Natalie Raanan said Friday she's doing well following two weeks in captivity after she and her mother were abducted in Israel by Hamas and held in Gaza. Uri Raanan told the AP that he spoke to his daughter Friday by telephone. "She'...

Hezbollah Says It's Trying to 'Weaken the Israeli Enemy'

Security official says Israeli government faces pressure from residents in the north to attack

(Newser) - A Hezbollah leader said Saturday that the militant group already is "in the heart of the battle" against Israel, which is being pressed by the US and other nations not to attack the Lebanon-based militia for fear of widening its war with Hamas. Hezbollah said six of its fighters...

Israeli Strike Killed Relatives, Former Congressman Says

Justin Amash posts that family members had taken refuge in a church

(Newser) - Justin Amash, a former US House member from Michigan, has posted that several of his relatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza. Amash, who was the first Palestinian American in Congress, said they had sought shelter at a Greek Orthodox church when the complex was hit late Thursday,...

Egypt Border With Gaza Opens, to a &#39;Trickle&#39; of Aid
'The Situation
Is Catastrophic'
Oct 21, 2023 6:30 AM CDT

'The Situation Is Catastrophic'

'Trickle' of aid begins as trucks move from Egypt into Gaza, but some say much more aid is needed

(Newser) - The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off in the wake of Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago. Gaza's 2.3 million Palestinians, half of...

State Department Issues Rare Worldwide Alert

All Americans overseas should 'exercise increased caution'

(Newser) - All Americans overseas should "exercise increased caution," the State Department said in a rare worldwide alert issued Friday. The notice cited "increased tensions in various locations around the world" and "the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against US citizens and interests." In...

Hamas Says It Freed US Woman, Daughter Held Hostage
American Woman, Daughter
Freed by Hamas
UPDATED
Oct 20, 2023 2:37 PM CDT

American Woman, Daughter Freed by Hamas

Judith Tai Raanan and Natalie Shoshana Raanan of Illinois were taken captive at a kibbutz on Oct. 7

(Newser) - Hamas announced Friday that it had freed two of its hostages in Gaza: an American woman and her daughter. "Judith Tai Raanan and Natalie Shoshana Raanan were released from the hands of the terrorist organization Hamas," a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in a statement....

Troops Told to Prepare to See Gaza 'From the Inside'

Trucks with aid are waiting at Rafah crossing

(Newser) - Israel is bombarding Gaza and evacuating a sizable town near the Lebanese border in the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil. Palestinians in Gaza reported heavy airstrikes in Khan Younis in the south, where people had been told to seek safety, and...

Biden References Two-State Solution in Oval Office Speech

President also references World War II in speech calling for $105B in aid

(Newser) - In his Thursday night speech calling for $105 billion to fund aid related to the Israel-Hamas war, the Russia-Ukraine war, and other global conflicts, President Biden mentioned the long-discussed two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians. "As hard as it is, we cannot give up on peace....

How Biden's $105B Request for War Aid Breaks Down

About $75B would be military assistance of Israel and Ukraine

(Newser) - President Biden addressed the nation in prime time Thursday to make his case for the US to provide more money and assistance to both Israel and Ukraine in their respective wars. He drew a comparison between Vladimir Putin's actions and those of Hamas, and said both conflicts have relevance...

The Facts Surrounding the Gaza Hospital Blast Are a Mess

Each side continues to blame the other, as outside experts attempt to assess evidence

(Newser) - Two days after an explosion rocked a hospital in Gaza, the finger-pointing continues over who's responsible. Israel blames an errant rocket from the Islamic Jihad. But the latter group and Hamas blame an Israeli airstrike. President Biden is siding with Israel on the matter. For those making definitive claims...

Israeli Airstrikes Hit 'Safe' Zones in Gaza

Israeli military says it killed top militant

(Newser) - Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared safe zones, heightening fears among more than 2 million Palestinians trapped in the territory that nowhere was safe. The bombardments came after Israel agreed Wednesday to allow Egypt to deliver limited...

Biden Plans Address to US on Both Wars

President to speak from Oval Office after return from Israel

(Newser) - President Biden plans to address the nation from the Oval Office on Thursday night about the newly declared Israel-Hamas war and the ongoing one in Ukraine, which is fighting a Russian invasion. Biden was in Israel on Wednesday, and the speech was announced by White House aides before his plane...

US Blocks Resolution on Israel-Hamas War

Russia charges hypocrisy while Thomas-Greenfield urges waiting

(Newser) - The US vetoed a United Nations resolution Wednesday to condemn all violence against civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and to urge humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, saying it was too early to craft an appropriate Security Council response to the crisis. US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the council needs...

Another Law Firm Rescinds Job Offers Over Israel Letters

Davis Polk slams law students whose groups signed statements condemning Israel

(Newser) - An elite law firm has withdrawn job offers to three law students from Harvard and Columbia, saying those students were part of groups that signed public statements regarding the Israel-Hamas war. "These statements are simply contrary to our firm's values," so "rescinding these offers was appropriate...

We Don't Have an Ambassador to Israel Right Now

Senate is now reviewing nomination of former Treasury secretary Jack Lew

(Newser) - President Biden's nominee to be ambassador to Israel told senators Wednesday that he would "ensure Israel has what it needs to defend itself" and would work with the US ally to end the attacks by Hamas if he were confirmed. Jack Lew, a treasury secretary under President Obama,...

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