DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians say Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza's main hospital after a 2-week raid, leaving vast destruction.
US secretary of state says Hamas is the ‘only thing standing between people of Gaza and ceasefire’
Pregnant woman and four-year-old among those injured in the deadly strike
The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon blasted the Shiite militant group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed Lebanon without making a dent in Israel’s crushing offensive in the Gaza Strip. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday night, Samir Geagea of the Lebanese Forces Party said Hezbollah should withdraw from areas along the border with Israel and the Lebanese army should deploy in all points where militants of the Iran-backed group have taken positions.
Tel Aviv threatens to invade southern Rafah city where over a million Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombardment are sheltering
Israel will attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of whether or not a ceasefire and hostage release deal is reached, Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
Fireworks shot into pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA as stick-wielding counter-demonstrators try to break down barricades
Clashes broke out on Wednesday at pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, as dozens of universities around the United States struggle to contain similar protests.The unrest at UCLA comes after police cleared Columbia University's campus in New York City late Tuesday and evicted a building occupied by pro-Palestinian student protesters.
STORY: Reuters eyewitnesses saw some police officers physically attack protesters, who threw eggs and bottles at them, before using tear gas and water cannon to force demonstrators from the area outside the Soviet-built parliament building.Earlier, riot police used pepper spray and batons to clear some protesters who were trying to prevent lawmakers from leaving the back entrance of parliament. Some protesters shouted "Slaves" and "Russians" at police.The bill has deepened divisions in the deeply polarized southern Caucasus country, setting the ruling Georgian Dream party against a protest movement backed by opposition groups, civil society, celebrities and Georgia's figurehead president.Parliament, which is controlled by the Georgian Dream and its allies, is likely to approve the bill, which must pass two more readings before becoming law. Lawmakers ended Tuesday's session without a vote and the debate will resume on Wednesday.The bill would require organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents."
The Vermont senator upped his rhetoric against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the U.S.-funded military offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
University says move is ‘to ensure safety on campus’ after talks to reach compromise fail
US colleges have been using law enforcement – along with academic suspensions and, for at least one school, expulsion – to try to bring to heel student demonstrations.
Israel plans on opening a major humanitarian aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday. Israel's war against Hamas has flattened huge swaths of Gaza's north, and famine is imminent for the hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain. Blinken is back in the Mideast this week to advance cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, as talks appear to be gaining momentum.
José Andrés, celebrity chef and founder of nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK), called on Israel to “step up” in a new op-ed, where he said his organization will resume aid trips in Gaza after seven workers were killed. In the piece, Andrés said returning to Gaza is both the hardest and easiest decision to make,…
Mediators renew efforts to secure a truce ahead of invasion of city, where more than 1 million people are sheltering
A police officer has been charged under the Terrorism Act after allegedly publishing two images of a Hamas headband on WhatsApp.
NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian student protesters who forced their way into an academic building at Columbia University Tuesday now face expulsion, university administrators announced a day after the school suspended students who ignored an order to break up their encampments. The occupation began shortly after midnight at Hamilton Hall, Columbia’s main administrative building. It prompted the ...
One sent in the police, the other struck a deal with students. But why have responses been so wildly different?
The open letter Monday represented one of the largest shows of support among progressive groups for the burgeoning student protests.
NEW YORK — In a video shared widely online, a leader of the pro-Palestinian student movement at Columbia University stands near the center of a lawn on the campus and calls out, “We have Zionists who have entered the camp.” Dozens of protesters, who have created a tent village called the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” repeat his words back to him: “We have Zionists who have entered the camp.” “Walk and take a step forward,” the leader says, as the students continue to repeat his every utterance,
Authorities clear two buildings at Cal Poly Humboldt overnight, arresting students and faculty and detaining at least one journalist
