The attacks have heightened fears that the cross-border exchanges of fire will escalate into all-out war.
Israel
Posted inNation & World, News
Israeli soldiers pushed three apparently lifeless bodies from roofs during a West Bank raid
An Associated Press journalist witnessed Israeli soldiers push three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the occupied West Bank.
advertisement
Posted inPolitics
Bernie Sanders preparing resolutions to block $20 billion in U.S. arms sales to Israel
While it’s doubtful the Senate would pass the measures, the move is designed to send a message to the Netanyahu regime that its war effort is eroding longtime bipartisan support for Israel.
Posted inNation & World, News
Hezbollah hit by wave of exploding pagers, killing at least 9 and injuring thousands
The group says it’s holding Israel ‘fully responsible for this criminal aggression.’
Posted inNation & World, News
Houthis fire missile from Yemen into central Israel, warn of more strikes
The missile caused no direct injuries, Israel said, though the country’s Magen David Adom emergency services said it was treating nine people who were injured on their way to shelters after sirens sounded.
Posted inNation & World, News
Israeli military says 3 hostages recovered months ago were likely killed in November airstrike
All three of the hostages were kidnapped in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Their bodies were recovered in December, but the cause of death was only recently determined.
Posted inNation & World, News
An American activist killed by Israeli fire is buried in Turkey as Israel strikes Gaza
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old woman from Seattle, was shot dead on Sept. 6 by an Israeli soldier during a demonstration against Israeli West Bank settlements, according to an Israeli protester who witnessed the shooting.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.N. agency says 6 of its staff among those killed in Israeli strikes
The workers were killed when 2 airstrikes hit a Gaza refugee camp, said UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Israel said it targeted Hamas militants.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Gaza is vaccinating against polio. Is the virus a threat to the U.S.?
A campaign is ongoing to vaccinate children in Gaza after its first polio case in 25 years. The threat to the United States is only in communities with low vaccination levels.
Posted inNation & World, News
Biden ‘outraged’ by U.S. activist’s death; Israel kills dozens in Gaza strikes
Witnesses say Aysenur Eygi, 26, was fatally shot in the head last week by Israeli soldiers who opened fire while she was participating in a protest of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.