The gross domestic product shrank 4% in the West Bank and Gaza in the war’s first month, sending over 400,000 people into poverty — an economic impact unseen in the conflicts Syria and Ukraine, or any previous Israel-Hamas war, the U.N. said. The rapid assessment of economic consequen...
More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israel invasion that seeks to eliminate Hamas’ leadership after its deadly incursion.
Likening the brutality of the recent Hamas offensive to that of actions perpetrated by terror group IS, he added, "Anyone who wants peace and justice must condemn Hamas' reign of terror" and stressed that Israel has "the right, indeed, the obligation to defend itself." In the same speech,...
The IDF is now a week into its "second phase" of its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel's forces are supplementing heavy aerial bombardment of the besieged territory with what's been described as a ground incursion, thedetails of which have been kept closely guarded. A ground off...
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The Israeli military, which has come under mounting international criticism for the thousands of children that have been killed in Gaza, did not immediately offer comment on the target of its attack in Nuseirat. The Israel-Hama...
— Find more of AP’s coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war. Here’s the latest: FREED ISRAELI HOSTAGE SAYS SHE MET A HAMAS LEADER IN A TUNNEL AMID DIRE CONDITIONS JERUSALEM — A 72-year-old Israeli woman held captive by Hamas militants for nearly 50 days has told an ...
A cease-fire agreement between the Hamas militant group and Israel has been confirmed by both parties.
The Israel-Hamas war has entered its 14th day, raising questions about violations of the rules of war. In the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes, people walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings and roads in the al-Zahra district of Gaza City, searching for their belongings. ...
Turkey has become more critical of Israel over the course of the war. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that Hamas is not a terror organization, though the U.S., the U.K., the European Union, Canada and many other countries have designated it to be one. ...