Gaza

Latest Stories

Palestinians watch a bulldozer trying to remove a destroyed car after an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Israeli forces battle Hamas around Gaza City, as military says 800,000 have fled south

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Palestinians resort to the sea water to bathe and clean their tools and clothes due the continuing water shortage in the Gaza Strip, on the beach of Deir al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)

Live updates | Israel deepens military assault in the northern Gaza Strip

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Mourners embrace during the funeral of Meni and Ayelet Godard, in Kibbutz Palmachim, Israel Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. The Israeli couple were killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, in Kibbutz Be'eri near the border with the Gaza Strip. More than 1,400 people were killed and some 220 captured in an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel by the militant group that rules Gaza. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel expands ground campaign in Gaza, as fears of widening regional war rise

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Palestinians leave their homes following Israeli bombardment on Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

An Israeli ministry, in a ‘concept paper,’ proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt’s Sinai

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Thailand’s Foreign Ministry, Thai and Israeli officials including the Thai Ambassador to Israel Pannabha Chandraramya, left, pay respect to the bodies of eight Thai nationals killed in Israel during the Israel-Hamas war, at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 19 2023, before the bodies are sent back to Thailand. (Thailand’s Foreign Ministry via AP) **FILE**

High number of hostages drags Thailand into faraway fight

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israeli troops kill ‘dozens’ of Hamas terrorists as fighting ramps up in Gaza: IDF spokesman

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Hamas Strategy of Human Sacrifice Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Hamas’ strategy? Human sacrifice

By Sean Durns

Palestinians stand around a building destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Israel expands ground assault into Gaza as fears rise over airstrikes near crowded hospitals

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy and Lee Keath - Associated Press

A member of the Lebanese Islamic group kicks a burning Israeli flag during a rally organized by the Islamic Group in Lebanon and the Islamic militant group Hamas in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

What does Hamas actually want? Illegitimacy of the Israeli state among core tenets of militant group

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Israeli tanks take position along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israeli forces engage in gunbattles in northern Gaza as invasion questions loom

By Seth J. Frantzman

Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment on Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

U.S. faces balancing act as Israeli campaign builds against Hamas

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Internet, phone service gradually returns after vanishing for most of Gaza amid heavy bombardment

By Najib Jobain and Samya Kullab and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Palestinian supporters shout slogans as they cross the Brooklyn Bridge during a demonstration demanding a cease-fire on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens ground offensive

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Palestinians inspect the damage of destroyed buildings caused by the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

Live updates | Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, hospital damaged by nearby bombs

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Protesters hold signs at Grand Central Terminal during a rally calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

NYC protesters demand Israeli cease-fire, at least 200 detained after filling Grand Central station

Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks to the attendees during a rally to show their solidarity with the Palestinians, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Israel is reassessing diplomatic relations with Turkey due to leader’s ‘increasingly harsh’ remarks

Associated Press

In this May 29, 2014, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, introduces the SpaceX Dragon V2 spaceship at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile are teaming up to help provide voice and data services anywhere by having satellites connect with cellphones using T-Mobile’s wireless spectrum. The plan, called Coverage Above and Beyond, looks to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellites that are in low Earth orbit and T-Mobile’s wireless network to reach people even in remote areas of the U.S. that typically don’t receive traditional cell signals. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Musk offers Starlink services to aid organizations in Gaza amid intensifying ground war

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers walk through a tunnel discovered near the Israel-Gaza border Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. An extensive labyrinth of tunnels built by Hamas stretches across the dense neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip, hiding militants, their missile arsenal and the over 200 hostages they now hold after an unprecedented Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

A spider web of Hamas tunnels in Gaza Strip raises risks for an Israeli ground offensive

By Jon Gambrell and Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Muslim Rutgers University's student wears a Palestinian scarf on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in New Brunswick, N.J. For many of the university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war, the needs are acute, the days intense. The bloodshed has roiled campuses in the United States, sparking rival rallies and competing demands.(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Jewish and Muslim chaplains navigate U.S. campus tensions, help students roiled by Israel-Hamas war

By Mariam Fam - Associated Press

Palestinians carry a child killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip during his funeral at a UN-run school in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Mahmoud)

Live updates | Israel pounds Gaza Strip, dismissing calls for cease-fire

By The Associated Press - Associated Press