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UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza

Mar. 28, 2024 15:40 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave. The International...

The Latest | Israel must open more land crossings for Gaza aid, UN court says

Mar. 28, 2024 15:33 PM EDT

In a legally binding order, the top United Nations court says Israel must open more land crossings into Gaza for food, water, fuel and other supplies. The International Court of Justice issued two new so-called provisional measures Thursday in a case brought by South Africa accusing...

Top UN court orders Israel to take measures to allow more humanitarian supplies including food and water into Gaza

Mar. 28, 2024 12:31 PM EDT
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Top UN court orders Israel to take measures to allow more humanitarian supplies including food and water into Gaza.

Palestinian Authority announces a new Cabinet as it faces calls for reform

Mar. 28, 2024 12:05 PM EDT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Authority has announced the formation of a new Cabinet as it faces international pressure to reform. President Mahmoud Abbas, who has led the PA for nearly two decades and remains in overall control, announced the new government in a...

Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

Mar. 28, 2024 06:24 AM EDT

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned. One toddler died from a brain injury caused by...

Talks resume on bringing Israeli officials to the US to discuss Gaza operation, the White House says

Mar. 28, 2024 02:48 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks have restarted aimed at bringing top Israeli officials to Washington to discuss potential military operations in Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a planned visit this week because he was angry about the U.S. vote on a U.N. cease-fire resolution, the...

They fled kibbutzim after Hamas attacked. Now, many Israelis must decide whether to go back.

Mar. 27, 2024 10:57 AM EDT

KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — For a few minutes on a recent afternoon, the sun-bathed silence that fills Nadav Tzabari’s neighborhood could almost be mistaken for peace. Then shelling from Israeli tanks dug in across the fence line in Gaza erupts again, sending shudders through...

Israel and Hamas dig in as pressure builds for a cease-fire in Gaza

Mar. 27, 2024 01:06 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday blasted a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a Gaza cease-fire that his country's top ally, the United States, chose not to block. He said the resolution had emboldened Hamas and he vowed to press ahead with...

As those who fled Israel's border villages weigh whether to return, what hangs in the balance?

Mar. 27, 2024 00:23 AM EDT

KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — Months after Hamas killed 1,200 people in an early-morning assault, Israeli communities ravaged in the attack remain mostly empty. Now the residents who fled these “kibbutzim” along the border with Gaza are wrestling with whether, how and when to return --...

The Latest | Israel won't accept Hamas demands after militant group rejects cease-fire plan

Mar. 26, 2024 21:34 PM EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his government will not accept Hamas’ “delusional” conditions for a cease-fire in Gaza. The militant group rejected the latest truce proposal because it says Israel is ignoring the group's core demands. Hamas wants an...