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Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians, including children, in a bloody new phase of the war. ...
Live updates | Netanyahu says Israel must retain control of security in Gaza after the war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the military would have to retain open-ended security control over the Gaza Strip long after the war against Hamas ends. The remarks came as Israel's military said its troops had entered Gaza's second-largest city in its its...
'Widespread' sexual and gender-based crimes committed during Hamas attack, Israeli officials say
JERUSALEM (AP) — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open, her pants pulled down, and what...
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges world to confront Taliban's 'gender apartheid' against women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Tuesday that the world needs to recognize and confront the “gender apartheid” against women and girls imposed by the Taliban since they seized power in Afghanistan more than two years ago. She urged the...
Biden calls reports of Hamas raping Israeli hostages 'appalling,' says world can't look away
BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday forcefully denounced the reported rape and sexual violence against Israeli girls and women by Hamas militants following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, calling on the world to condemn such conduct “without equivocation” and “without exception.” ...
Hamas officials join Nelson Mandela's family at ceremony marking 10th anniversary of his death
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Hamas officials joined members of Nelson Mandela's family in laying wreaths at a statue of the statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner in South Africa on Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of his death. Former Hamas government minister Basem Naim is...
Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend actions in combatting antisemitism on campus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Tuesday that they were taking steps to combat antisemitism on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, including increasing security and providing additional...
'We are officially hostages.' How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The engineer and his family cowered in the safe room, dark except for a red remote-control light because they feared the gunmen outside the door would notice anything brighter. Eyal Barad had just reconfigured the settings on a homemade traffic camera from his...
Senior EU official warns of huge security risk in Europe over Christmas as Israel-Hamas war rages
BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe faces a “huge risk of terrorist attacks" over the Christmas holiday period due to the fallout from the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the European Union's home affairs commissioner warned Tuesday. The warning came as French...
Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a quick trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
MOSCOW (AP) — Seeking to reassert Russia's role in the Middle East, President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to focus on the Israeli-Hamas war and then will host Iran's president in Moscow this week, the Kremlin said Tuesday. ...
