Israel has rejected the idea of halting its offensive, even for brief humanitarian pauses proposed by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his current tour of the region.
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Families of Israel hostages fear the world will forget. So they’re traveling to be living reminders
Families of hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack fear the world’s focus on them is fading, as is the impetus to free some 240 people held.
Blinken shuttles from the West Bank to Iraq trying to contain the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war
A senior American official traveling with Blinken stressed the U.S. commitment to pressing Israel to protect civilians in Gaza, increase humanitarian aid supplies, and rein in and punish extremist Jewish settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Israeli rescuers release aftermath video of Hamas attack on music festival, adding chilling details
The graphic and harrowing scene unfolds in a roughly 100-second clip of police body camera footage released Saturday by a first-responder team in southern Israel.
Israeli strikes kill civilians at shelters in Gaza combat zone, as Blinken seeks more aid
Israel has encircled Gaza City, the target of its offensive to crush Hamas, but offered a three-hour window for residents to flee south.
Israel deports thousands of Palestinian workers back to Gaza’s war zone
Late Thursday, Israel announced it was revoking the workers’ permits and would deport them.
Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah leader threatens escalation with Israel as its war with Hamas rages on
The United States, Israel’s strongest backer, has warned Hezbollah and its patron Iran against entering the fray and has sent warships to the Mediterranean, a move Nasrallah said ‘will not scare us.’
Israel resists U.S. pressure to pause the war to allow more aid to Gaza, wants hostages back first
Israel is warning that it is on high alert for attacks on its border with Lebanon as fears grew that the conflict could widen.
Biden says 74 U.S. dual nationals have left Gaza Strip as he dispatches Blinken to Mideast
Blinken will be introducing a new element to the U.S. list of priorities: the need for Israel and its neighbors to begin to consider what a post-conflict Gaza will look like, who will govern it, how it can be made secure and how to establish an independent Palestinian state.
Former speaker Nancy Pelosi defends support for Israel’s response to Hamas
She also reiterated her support for a two-state solution and her criticism of the Israeli government’s settlement policies.