Latest Gaza Strip News

Hostages freed from Gaza meet with Pope Francis and press campaign to bring remaining captives home

Nov. 14, 2024 13:54 PM EST

ROME (AP) — A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives met Thursday with Pope Francis and expressed hope that the incoming and outgoing U.S. administrations would work together to bring the remaining hostages home. The freed hostages included Yelena...

Middle East latest: 3 young siblings killed in Gaza as Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 6

Nov. 13, 2024 21:24 PM EST

An Israeli strike on a home in northern Gaza killed three siblings aged 6 and under, among at least six people killed in airstrikes in the war-ravaged territory, Palestinian medics said. In Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building south of Beirut on Wednesday killed at least six...

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?

Nov. 13, 2024 12:54 PM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States decided not to punish Israel over the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip after giving it an ultimatum to increase aid entering the territory. But the flow of food, medicine and other supplies to Palestinians is still at nearly its lowest level of the...

Middle East latest: US won't halt any weapons to Israel over Gaza humanitarian aid situation

Nov. 12, 2024 22:14 PM EST

Eight international aid groups said Tuesday that Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands for greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where hunger experts say the north may already be experiencing famine. However, the Biden administration said Tuesday it won't limit...

Israeli strikes kill 46 people in the Gaza Strip and 33 in Lebanon, medics say

Nov. 12, 2024 20:13 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut’s southern suburbs and killed 33 people elsewhere in...

US says it will not limit Israel arms transfers after some improvements in flow of aid to Gaza

Nov. 12, 2024 17:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that Israel has made some good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza and will not limit arms transfers to Israel as it had threatened to a month ago if the situation had not improved. Relief groups say...

Yemen's Houthi rebels launch drones and missiles at US warships near the Red Sea but do no damage

Nov. 12, 2024 16:00 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted two U.S. Navy warships with multiple drones and missiles as they were traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but the attacks were not successful, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press...

US says it will not change policy on Israel arms transfers after limited improvements in Gaza aid situation

Nov. 12, 2024 14:03 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — US says it will not change policy on Israel arms transfers after limited improvements in Gaza aid situation.

Aid groups say Israel misses US deadline to boost humanitarian help for Gaza

Nov. 12, 2024 02:26 AM EST
JERUSALEM (AP) — Aid groups say Israel misses US deadline to boost humanitarian help for Gaza.

Gaza medical officials say 2 Israeli airstrikes killed at least 14 Palestinians, including 2 children and a woman

Nov. 12, 2024 01:44 AM EST
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza medical officials say 2 Israeli airstrikes killed at least 14 Palestinians, including 2 children and a woman.