A satellite image shows a closer view of aid trucks waiting at the Rafah-Egypt border, January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza has received a major influx of aid and goods, with 915 trucks crossing into the territory on the second day of the ceasefire, the United Nations said. UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq…
All but four of the hostages were taken during the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Ninety-eight hostages remain in Gaza, according to Israeli authorities. They include Israelis and foreigners, civilians and soldiers, men, women, two children and elderly. Around half of them are believed to be alive. Four, including two deceased…
Families and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, gather to demand a deal that will bring back all the hostages held in Gaza, on the day of a meeting between hostage representatives and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem, on January 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he pressed ahead on Tuesday with the latest diplomatic mission to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, even as Hamas and Israel signaled that challenges remain. The militant Hamas group called the latest proposal presented to it a “reversal” of what it had…
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 19 people overnight, including a woman and her six children. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 19 people overnight, including a woman and her six children, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region on Sunday (August 18, 2024) to try to seal a…
Thousands of activists are expected to converge on Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention, hoping to call attention to abortion rights, economic injustice and the war in Gaza. While Vice President Kamala Harris has energized crowds of supporters as she prepares to accept the Democratic nomination, progressive activists maintain their mission remains the…
Mr. Blinken is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister to talk about Gaza ceasefire | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to arrive in Israel on Sunday (August 18, 2024) as part of Washington’s intensifying diplomatic push to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza that will end the 10-month-old war…
U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein meets with Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Beirut, Lebanon August 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Visiting U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein warned on Wednesday (August 14) the clock was ticking for a Gaza ceasefire that could also help end 10 months of cross-border exchanges between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and…
Only a ceasefire deal in Gaza stemming from hoped-for talks this week would hold Iran back from direct retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on its soil, three senior Iranian officials said. Iran has vowed a severe response to Haniyeh’s killing, which took place as he visited Tehran late last…
Vice President Kamala Harris, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive before a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, on July 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Kamala Harris sharply pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about the humanitarian situation in Gaza in “frank”…
