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Israel’s latest strikes in Gaza kill at least 38 people including children

May 25, 2025 at 11:18 a.m.

Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday killed at least 14 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including a mother and her two children who were inside a tent that was struck,...

Palestinians inspect a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrikes in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The UN says no aid that has entered Gaza this week has reached Palestinians

May 21, 2025 at 2:18 p.m.

The U.N. said Wednesday it was trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians amid delays because of fears of...

Palestinians carry the bodies of their relatives killed in an Israeli army airstrike, during their funeral in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel says it will allow ‘basic’ aid into Gaza after nearly 3 months of blockade

May 18, 2025 at 5:50 p.m.

Israel announced Sunday it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade, days after global experts on food security warned of famine.

FILE – Varda Ben Baruch holds a picture of her grandson Edan Alexander, who is held hostage in Gaza, gathers with other families to call out on loudspeakers in hopes that their loved ones will hear them, near the Gaza border in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Hamas releases Israeli-American hostage in goodwill gesture toward Trump administration

May 12, 2025 at 3:32 p.m.

Hamas on Monday released an Israeli-American soldier who had been held hostage in Gaza for more than 19 months, offering a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay...

Palestinians mourn their relatives who were killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Trump envoy confirms that Hamas has agreed to release the last living US hostage in Gaza

May 11, 2025 at 6:19 p.m.

Hamas said Sunday that the last living American hostage in Gaza, Edan Alexander, will be released as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire, reopen crossings into the Israeli-blockaded territory...

Palestinian children scrape a pot for leftover food after all meals were distributed at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Friday, May 9, 2025.

Israeli airstrikes kill 23 in Gaza as outcry over aid blockade grows

May 10, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

Health officials say Israeli airstrikes overnight and into Saturday have killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza.

Palestinians receive humanitarian aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

UN official urges Israel to lift Gaza blockade, calling it ‘cruel collective punishment’

May 1, 2025 at 6:01 p.m.

The United Nations’ emergency relief coordinator is urging Israel to lift its blockade of aid into the Gaza Strip.

The Al-Najjar family eats peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families

April 27, 2025 at 12:42 p.m.

For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.

Mourners grieve over the body of Palestinian child Mohammad Abu Nada, killed in an Israeli army airstrike, during his funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in 48 hours, Palestinians say

April 19, 2025 at 7:46 a.m.

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, as Israeli troops ramp up attacks to pressure Hamas to release its...

Mourners carry white sacks covering the bodies of members of the Abu Al-Rous family, killed when an Israeli airstrike struck their displacement tent overnight, during their funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador

April 18, 2025 at 7:37 p.m.

Gaza hospitals say among the dead early Friday were 10 people in the urban Jabaliya refugee camp, including eight from the same house.

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