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Israel's map and evacuation messages for Gaza are adding to the chaos

11:55am December 07, 2023

The U.S. said Israel should create safe zones to minimize civilian deaths from Israeli airstrikes. But Palestinians and international aid groups say the zones have been inadequate or nonexistent.

President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass funding for Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 6, 2023.

Senate fails to advance Ukraine aid despite dire warnings from Biden

5:43pm December 06, 2023

by Lexie Schapitl

Republicans blocked a procedural vote on a national security funding bill over demands for additional border security measures.

A protestor wearing a keffiyeh waves a Palestinian flag during a rally in support of Palestinians in Lisbon in October.

What is a keffiyeh, who wears it, and how did it become a symbol for Palestinians?

1:26pm December 06, 2023

by Linah Mohammad

Since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel's bombardment of Gaza in response, the keffiyeh has drawn increased attention in the United States.

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Israeli men, armed with U.S.-made M16 automatic assault rifles, walk in a shopping center in Jerusalem on Oct. 25, amid the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas.

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Israel is trying to arm more citizens with guns since the Hamas attack

11:02am December 06, 2023

Israel was already known for having lots of firearms. But since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the Israeli government has moved to loosen gun restrictions and fast-track permits for civilians.

A photo taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, shows smoke billowing during an Israeli bombardment in Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

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Israel says it is engaged in the heaviest fighting yet in Gaza

7:45am December 06, 2023

Israel's intensified combat operations throughout Gaza come as Palestinian civilians are being pushed farther south to escape the fighting.

An Israeli artillery unit is pictured near the border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

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Israel is expanding its offensive in Gaza, forcing more Palestinians to flee south

6:52pm December 05, 2023

The apparent drive to encircle Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis was forcing people to flee further south to escape the fighting.

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Palestinian Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish with four of his five surviving children in Gaza in May 2009. Several months earlier, an Israeli tank shell killed three of his daughters in their home. Abuelaish has worked in Israeli and Palestinian hospitals and is an outspoken advocate for peace. He now lives in Canada, but on Nov. 7, an Israeli airstrike killed 22 members of his extended family in Gaza.

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A Palestinian doctor pushes for peace, but suffers a devastating blow from war

8:10am December 05, 2023

by Greg Myre

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish has served in both Israeli and Palestinian hospitals. He's an outspoken advocate of peace. None of this has spared him from terrible tragedies in the conflict.

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Palestinians look for survivors of the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, on Sunday.

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Israeli forces push into southern Gaza, as humanitarian crisis worsens

8:01am December 04, 2023

As Israel's military begins to concentrate its siege in southern Gaza, a United Nations agency warns that the people there could soon begin dying from diseases as well as Israel's bombardment.

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, attends a demonstration held to mark Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, a commemorative day in support of the Palestinian people celebrated annually on the last Friday of the Muslim month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on April 14.

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The shadowy Hamas leader behind the war against Israel

6:01am December 03, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is widely believed to have helped mastermind the unprecedented Hamas attack that changed the course of Israeli-Palestinian history.

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Journalists, relatives and friends pray over the bodies of journalists Sari Mansour and Hassouna Esleem after they were killed in an Israeli bombardment at Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on Nov. 19.

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Gaza war is deadliest conflict for journalists in over 30 years, press advocates say

6:00am December 03, 2023

by Fatima Al-Kassab

More than 60 journalists and media workers have been killed so far, most of them Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Gaza's journalists have reported while also suffering personal losses.

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