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Israel's army tells Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah

4:18pm May 06, 2024

The Israeli military on Monday ordered tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Rafah to evacuate, a move indicating Israel's offensive on Gaza's southmost area could be imminent.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 28, 2023. Netanyahu's government has voted to shut down Israel-based offices of Al Jazeera.

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Israel raids Al Jazeera office as Netanyahu government votes to shut channel down

5:02pm May 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera.

A relative points to a hole in the roof of Mohammed al-Hassouni's family home. It was caused by an Iranian missile fragment that injured his 7-year-old daughter on the night Iran attacked Israel.

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When rockets fall, Bedouin Israeli citizens have nowhere to hide

12:59pm May 05, 2024

While most buildings in Israel are required to have bomb shelters, a zoning catch-22 has left Bedouin villagers unprotected.

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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., spoke with students as a surrogate for the Biden-Harris reelection campaign at college campuses across Wisconsin, a state that had the highest youth turnout in the country in the 2022 midterms.

Six months out from the election, Wisconsin students weigh voting for Biden

5:01am May 04, 2024

Wisconsin's young voters — who have turned out in big numbers in recent elections — are key for either candidate to win the state. But Biden is facing some skepticism on the state's college campuses.

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Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade and sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble a floating pier off the shore of Gaza on April 26, 2024. The U.S. expects to have on-the-ground arrangements in Gaza ready for humanitarian workers to start delivering aid this month via a new U.S.-backed sea route.

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Senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in 'full-blown famine'

1:23am May 04, 2024

by The Associated Press

Cindy McCain, the American director of the U.N. World Food Program, became the most prominent official so far to declare that trapped civilians in northern Gaza had gone over the brink into famine.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is shown speaking during a joint statement to the media in Baghdad, on April 22, 2024.

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Turkey halts all trade with Israel over military actions in Gaza

3:55am May 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

The government described the step as the "second phase" of measures against Israel, adding the steps would remain in force until Israel allows a "sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza."

Colombian President Gustavo Petro (center right) attends an International Workers' Day rally in Bogotá, Colombia, on Wednesday.

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Colombia will break relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza, Petro says

5:05pm May 01, 2024

by Alex Leff

President Gustavo Petro announced his country will break diplomatic ties with Israel Thursday over its actions in Gaza. "If Palestine dies, humanity dies, and we are not going to let it die," he said.

A crowd gathers Tuesday evening by the gates in front of Columbia University's Hamilton Hall.

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Police enter Columbia University's Hamilton Hall amid pro-Palestinian protests

10:32pm April 30, 2024

by Ayana Archie

A steady stream of officers entered through a second story window using an NYPD armored vehicle with a mechanized drawbridge.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel will enter Rafah, the city in southern Gaza where more than a million displaced Palestinians have taken shelter, "with or without a deal" to free the remaining hostages.

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Israel will invade Gaza's Rafah 'with or without' a hostage deal, Netanyahu says

7:01pm April 30, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the vow Tuesday amid the negotiations mediated by Egypt that seek to reach a cease-fire deal that could see the release of some or all of the remaining hostages.

Elan Tiv drives a short distance home with her five-year-old son Hadar after going for a walk on March 26 with her older daughter and her mother, Aviva Siegel, on Kibbutz Gazit, the community where she lives in northern Israel. "I feel like because it's been so long, I can't even imagine how my dad looks," Tiv says. "It feels like he might be a person that I don't even recognize."

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A freed Israeli hostage waits with hope for her husband, still held by Hamas in Gaza

4:42pm April 30, 2024

by Tamir Kalifa

Aviva Siegel, 63, was taken hostage by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, along with her husband Keith. She was released after 51 days, but he was not. On Saturday, Hamas released a video showing Keith alive.