Middle East

World leaders condemn Israeli airstrike on disaster relief workers in Gaza

4:42pm April 02, 2024

by Carrie Kahn

Fallout continues over the Israeli airstrike on a convoy of World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, killing seven. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologized.

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Survivors recount horrors of Israeli siege on Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital

4:24pm April 02, 2024

by Aya Batrawy

Isreali forces concluded a two-week siege of Gaza's largest hospital. Survivors say forces destroyed the complex beyond repair, killed medics, detained hundreds of innocent people and burnt homes.

Israeli troops round up Egyptian soldiers captured during fighting in 1956 in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip, which was controlled by Egypt at the time. Israel, Britain and France invaded Egyptian territory after Egypt moved to nationalize the Suez Canal. But U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower intervened, leading to the withdrawal of foreign troops, including the Israeli forces in Gaza.

This isn't the first time the U.S. and Israel have disagreed over Gaza

11:59am April 02, 2024

by Greg Myre

The U.S. and Israel are close allies, but they've had sharp disagreements. Are the current differences over the war in Gaza a short-term dispute or a fundamental change in the relationship?

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Iran's embassy in Syria is attacked — Iran blames Israel

10:46am April 02, 2024

Tehran says Israel is responsible and reserves the right to retaliate — putting the region are on high alert for what might come next.

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Workers with World Central Kitchen are reported killed in airstrike in Gaza

8:11am April 02, 2024

The strike comes as aid groups are desperately trying to find more ways to deliver food and other assistance to Gaza amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.

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The U.S. and Israel disagree over what should come next in Gaza

7:13am April 02, 2024

by Greg Myre

Does the growing friction between the U.S. and Israel over the war in Gaza mark a fundamental change in the countries' relationship?

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Morning news brief

5:11am April 02, 2024

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Celebrity chef Jose Andres meets with senators at the U.S. Capitol about getting humanitarian aid to Gaza on March 14. Andres said Monday that his organization has lost "several" of its international volunteers in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

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An Israeli airstrike has killed World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, founder says

10:13pm April 01, 2024

by James Hider

José Andrés, the founder of the organization that feeds people in war and disaster zones, said Monday that "several" international volunteers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

The challenges of investigating war crimes in the conflict between Israel and Hamas

6:44pm April 01, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

Almost six months into the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Justice Department has been nearly silent on the topic of possible war crimes.

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Emergency services work at a building hit by an air strike in Damascus, Syria, Monday. Iran's consulate in Damascus was demolished and two Iranian generals were among those killed, Syrian and Iranian officials said.

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Iranian officials accuse Israel of a deadly attack on Iran's consulate in Syria

6:40pm April 01, 2024

An Israeli airstrike on Iran's consulate in Damascus killed two Iranian generals and five others, Iranian state media said Monday. Israel has not yet commented on the attack.

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