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Middle East latest: Defense minister acknowledges Israel killed Hamas leader

Dec. 23, 2024 19:19 PM EST

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. The comments by Israel Katz appeared to mark the first time that Israel has...

2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

Dec. 22, 2024 21:11 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels. Both...

Middle East latest: Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 7 people, including 4 kids

Dec. 20, 2024 17:09 PM EST

An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Gaza killed at least seven Palestinians, including four children, and wounded 16 other people Friday afternoon, health officials said. Israel faces heavy international criticism over the unprecedented levels of civilian...

For thousands of Jews, Israel still doesn't feel safe after the Oct. 7 attacks. So they're leaving

Dec. 20, 2024 03:44 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Leaving Israel is easier, Shira Z. Carmel thinks, by saying it's just for now. But she knows better. For the Israeli-born singer and an increasing number of relatively well-off Israelis, the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack shattered any sense of safety and along with it,...

Middle East latest: Israeli strike on a Gaza school kills 17 people sheltering there

Dec. 19, 2024 19:51 PM EST

Israeli airstrikes slammed into two schools sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Thursday, a Health Ministry official said, killing at least 17 people including five children in one of the schools. Rescue workers said at 30 people were also wounded across both locations. ...

Israel and Hamas appear close to a ceasefire deal. These are the sticking points

Dec. 19, 2024 15:19 PM EST

CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas appear closer than they have been in months to agreeing to a ceasefire that could wind down the 14-month war in Gaza and bring home dozens of people held hostage there. But the sides have come close before, only to have talks collapse over various...

Human Rights Watch says Israel's restriction of water supply in Gaza amounts to acts of genocide

Dec. 19, 2024 13:05 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of causing the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by systematically restricting and targeting Gaza’s water supply in a campaign that amounted to “acts of genocide.” The rights group was the latest among a growing...

Syrian villagers near the Golan Heights say Israeli forces are banning them from their fields

Dec. 19, 2024 13:03 PM EST

Israeli forces have set up a position in an abandoned Syrian army base in the village of Maariyah and prevented local farmers from accessing their fields, residents said Thursday. Associated Press journalists who visited the area saw the Israeli troops from a distance and watched a...

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen's rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel

Dec. 19, 2024 08:31 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel. Thursday’s strikes risk further...

Middle East latest: Israel orders another Gaza evacuation ahead of an offensive

Dec. 18, 2024 19:11 PM EST

The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered Palestinians to evacuate another section of central Gaza ahead of an offensive in the built-up Bureij refugee camp, even as Israel and the Hamas appeared to inch closer to a ceasefire in the 14-month war. Israeli President Isaac Herzog said...