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

Mar. 28, 2024 12:44 PM EDT

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

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

Mar. 28, 2024 12:43 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...

An airstrip is being built on a Yemeni island during the ongoing war, with 'I LOVE UAE' next to it

Mar. 28, 2024 01:36 AM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue to target ships in a Mideast waterway, satellite pictures analyzed by The Associated Press show what appears to be a new airstrip being built at an entrance to that crucial maritime route. No country has publicly...

US sanctions online media site Gaza Now and its founder for allegedly supporting Hamas

Mar. 28, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on online media site Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa Ayash for allegedly supporting Hamas. U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control says that after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas against Israel — the online entity...

Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 16, militant rockets kill 1 Israeli as cross-border violence soars

Mar. 27, 2024 18:07 PM EDT

HEBBARIYE, Lebanon (AP) — A series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed 16 people and a barrage of rockets fired by the militant group Hezbollah killed one Israeli man, making Wednesday the deadliest day in more than five months of fighting along the border. Since the...

The Latest | Airstrikes and rocket fire on Lebanon-Israel border as death toll climbs

Mar. 27, 2024 17:50 PM EDT

The death toll from Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon has climbed to 16, including several militants and members of paramedic groups, according to Lebanese state media and the militant organizations. And in northern Israel, one man was killed by a barrage of at least 30...

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...