Two American hostages released as Israel-Hamas war rages
Hamas has released a US mother and her daughter as conditions in Gaza deteriorate ahead of an expected Israeli incursion. Follow for live updates.
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Hamas releases two hostages as questions deepen about delayed aid and looming incursion
The release of two American hostages from Gaza, the first since Hamas launched its brutal attack on Israel, has deepened questions about the fate of roughly 200 other hostages should … Read More
The war has forced Israel’s Arab citizens to explain that no, they are not Hamas
When 20-year-old Aya Najame, an Arab Muslim, was a little girl growing up in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, she would go on cultural exchange trips to Jewish … Read More
Aid worker describes ‘really dire’ conditions for those who have stayed in northern Gaza
Lit by the ghostly glow of a rapidly depleting mobile phone light, Mahmoud Shalabi says conditions in northern Gaza have become “really dire” without adequate access to medicine, clean water, … Read More
What is Israel’s post-invasion plan?
Tal and Zak have no idea how long they’ll be deployed in what the Israelis call “the Gaza envelope,” the area in southern Israel that was attacked by Hamas terrorists … Read More
CNN Investigates: Forensic analysis of images and videos suggests rocket caused Gaza hospital blast, not Israeli airstrike
In the days since a blast ripped through the packed Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of Palestinians, dueling claims between Palestinian militants and the Israeli government over culpability … Read More
Israel warns Gaza airstrikes will intensify and hits West Bank ahead of war’s ‘next stage’
Israel’s military vowed to increase airstrikes on Gaza and struck Hamas targets in the occupied West Bank as it signaled it was readying for a new phase of war against … Read More
Israel-Hamas war rages as US deploys additional missile defenses to Middle East
The Israeli military chief has told commanders that the military will “enter the Gaza Strip” and initiate an operation to take out Hamas, but he did not provide a specific … Read More
Israel ramps up Gaza strikes as spiraling humanitarian crisis dwarfs trickle of aid
Israel has widened its offensive against Hamas and its regional enemies, intensifying its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip, striking Hezbollah cells in Lebanon and targeting the occupied West Bank.
Names written on children’s bodies speak to the fears of Gazan parents amid the Israel-Hamas war
The bodies of three children lie on a steel tray inside what appears to be a Gaza hospital morgue, one leg of their trousers pushed up to reveal writing in … Read More