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Israeli Air Strikes Kill Nearly 500 in Lebanon in One Day

Making it the deadliest day of conflict there since 2006

(Newser) - Monday was the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon since 2006, with Israeli air strikes killing at least 492 people, per Lebanon's health ministry. Among those were 35 children and 58 women, the BBC reports. Another 1,645 were wounded in the wave of air strikes, which Israel Defense...

US Adds to Deployment as Fighting Flares

Dozens of troops are going, official says

(Newser) - The US is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary,...

Israel, Hezbollah Declare &#39;New Phase&#39; as Missiles Fly
Israel, Hezbollah Declare
'New Phase' as Missiles Fly
the rundown
Sep 22, 2024 5:00 PM CDT

Israel, Hezbollah Declare 'New Phase' as Missiles Fly

Biden says US is working to prevent an expanded war

(Newser) - Against a backdrop of escalating missile and rocket attacks across the Lebanon border, Israel and Hezbollah declared their resolve Sunday to defeat the other and stoked fears that the Middle East is on the brink of a full-blown war. President Biden told reporters that he's worried but that "...

Hamas Leader's Low-Tech Solution: Coded Messages

Yahya Sinwar reportedly uses a system developed in Israeli prisons

(Newser) - The pager explosions in Lebanon this week put a spotlight on a low-tech communication method that Hezbollah reportedly turned to as a means of evading Israeli intelligence and their tracking of cellphones. The Wall Street Journal reports that another of Israel's foes, Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, has gone even...

Gaza Health Ministry: 22 Dead, 30 Hurt in Latest Israeli Strike

Israel counters that airstrike targeted Hamas 'command and control center ... that previously served' as school

(Newser) - An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Another 30 were wounded in the strike on the school in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City, the ministry said in a statement, per the AP . The Israeli army...

University Sued Over Canceled Oct. 7 Vigil

Students for Justice in Palestine group says First Amendment rights are being violated

(Newser) - A First Amendment lawsuit has been filed in federal court to challenge the University of Maryland's decision to cancel a vigil on Oct. 7, the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. The Students for Justice in Palestine group planned the vigil to...

Israeli Official: We Could Offer Hamas Leader Safe Passage

Hostage envoy says if Hamas returns all hostages, such a deal is possible

(Newser) - Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, architect of the October 7 attack on Israel, could be granted a safe exit out of Gaza in exchange for Hamas relinquishing control of the Gaza Strip and releasing the 101 hostages it still holds, an Israeli official says. "I'm ready to provide safe...

Military: Slain Hostages Were Held in 'Horrific Conditions'

Israeli military releases video of cramped Gaza tunnel where bodies of 6 hostages were found

(Newser) - Israel released video Tuesday of the tunnel under Gaza where six hostages were held in grim conditions before they were killed by their Hamas captors. The video shows Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari entering the tunnel, where the roof was too low for him to stand upright, Ynetnews reports. "...

Israel Admits It Likely Killed American, by Mistake

Secretary of State Blinken calls for 'fundamental' change in tactics after death of Aysenur Eygi

(Newser) - Israel acknowledged on Tuesday that it was "highly likely" one of its soldiers fired the shot that killed 26-year-old American citizen Aysenur Eygi last week. The development prompted what the Washington Post describes as an unusually harsh criticism of Israeli tactics by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
  • The American:
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Palestinians Say Israeli Strike on Gaza Tent Camp Killed 40

Israel claims only militants were targeted, a claim Hamas denies

(Newser) - An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted "significant" Hamas militants, allegations denied by the militant group. It was among the deadliest strikes...

Amid Mass Vaccine Effort in Gaza, Israel Keeps Striking

More than 12 are dead after Israeli air raids into Saturday, as health workers rush to control polio

(Newser) - Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday morning, hospital and local authorities said, as health workers were wrapping up the second phase of an urgent polio vaccination campaign designed to prevent a large-scale outbreak in the territory. The vaccination drive was...

Israel Accused of Fatally Shooting American Activist

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, of Turkish descent, was reportedly killed by troops in West Bank

(Newser) - An American woman was shot and killed in the West Bank on Friday, two doctors told the AP . Dr. Ward Basalat, an ER doctor, said that the 26-year-old woman was shot in the head and died after arriving at his hospital. Dr. Fouad Nafaa, the head of the hospital, also...

Israel Leaves Trail of Destruction in West Bank

Military appeared to withdraw from Jenin refugee camp on Friday

(Newser) - Israeli forces appear to have withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp and two others in the occupied West Bank after a more-than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction, per the AP . In the quiet morning Friday, Jenin residents took advantage of the lull to...

Netanyahu Takes Heat With Ceasefire Talks at Standstill
Biden Reportedly Sours
on Self-Serving Netanyahu
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Sep 4, 2024 6:41 AM CDT

Biden Reportedly Sours on Self-Serving Netanyahu

Reports suggest Israel's leader views ceasefire as a political loss

(Newser) - Last week, Biden administration officials said an agreement to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was close, with only minor details to iron out. But Saturday's discovery that six Israeli hostages were killed in Gaza as Israeli forces moved in "changed everything," one Israeli official tells...

Feds Announce Charges Against Hamas Leader

Charges against Sinwar, 5 others include conspiracy to murder US nationals

(Newser) - The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack. The seven-count criminal complaint filed in federal...

Has Netanyahu Done Enough? Biden Says No
Biden Adds
to Pressure
on Netanyahu
the rundown
Sep 2, 2024 4:35 PM CDT

Biden Adds to Pressure on Netanyahu

Prime minister insists he won't make concessions to Hamas after hostages' slayings

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again was dismissive on Monday of calls to do more to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, though this time one of the voices came from the White House lawn. Netanyahu did not yield to demands for an immediate ceasefire despite pressure including...

Hostage's Parents Fear He'll Die Next From 'Israel's Indifference'

Adi and Yael Alexander say their hope is 'running out' for son Edan

(Newser) - For more than 300 days, Adi and Yael Alexander have felt a bond with Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin. As parents of Edan Alexander, a 20-year-old US member of the Israel Defense Forces who's been held hostage in Gaza since Oct. 7, they...

Protests Across Israel Erupt in Grief, Anger
Protests Across Israel
Erupt in Grief, Anger
the rundown
Sep 1, 2024 5:00 PM CDT

Protests Across Israel Erupt in Grief, Anger

Demonstrations, strike pressure Netanyahu to reach a deal for hostages' release

(Newser) - Demonstrations erupted across Israel on Sunday, with hundreds of thousands of protesters blaming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not winning the return of the hostages held by Hamas and angrily demanding he strike a deal now. As the protests after the announcement that six hostages ' bodies had been found...

Israeli American Became Symbol of Families' Pain

Hersh Goldberg-Polin was supposed to have been freed

(Newser) - Hersh Goldberg-Polin's parents wore pieces of tape displaying the number of days he had been held hostage by Hamas—320 when they spoke to the Democratic National Convention less than two weeks ago. The number is frozen now, after the Israeli American 23-year-old was found slain in a Gaza...

Six Hostages Taken by Hamas Found Dead

All six, including a man with dual American citizenship, were found in a Gaza tunnel

(Newser) - Six of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas last year were discovered dead in a Gaza tunnel, reports the BBC . The six included Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old with dual American citizenship whose parents spoke at the Democratic National Convention in August, per the Washington Post .
  • The six: The Israeli military
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