In what was only the second Oval Office address of his presidency, which came after his trip to Israel amid its war with Hamas, Mr. Biden said that Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people, just as Putin denies Ukrainian statehood. He warned that when terrorists and dictators don'...
He described how the lack of a land bridge between the two territories saw them go on "very different trajectories", with the Islamic forces headed by Hamas becoming predominant in the Gaza Strip and Arafat's Fatah movement - dominant in the PLO - predominant in the West Bank. In 20...
Some also claimed to hear tanks roll in, which Hamas said had pulled back towards the border, while other Gazans said a road by the coast in the west had been hit from the air and sea. Israeli advances have put their forces on both sides of Gaza City and surrounding areas of...
9, 2023, at 12:15 p.m. Save More Death Toll in Gaza From Israeli Attacks Rises to 17,700 - Health Ministry in Gaza More Reuters People mourn next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Isla...
according to gaza officials. the war was launched in response to an attack by hamas-led fighters who killed 1,200 people and captured more than 250 hostages in israel on oct. 7, 2023, israel has said. months of attempts to negotiate a ceasefire have yielded s...
The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, taking another 250 people hostage. Around 100 captives are still inside Gaza, about a third of whom are believed to be dead. Israel’s retaliatory...
Hamas is not getting anything in return for the release of these hostages. ... We have not released any prisoners, the government of Israel has not released any prisoners, I'm not aware of any release of any prisoners. We have called on Hamas to do this because it should not be holdin...
Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas' attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.■...
Israel says its campaign is to destroy Palestinian militant group Hamas, whose fighters had regrouped to the area in the year-long war. Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel killed 1,200 people and more than 250 hostages were captured and taken into Gaza, accord...
Palestinians see the West Bank as central to a future independent state. Allies of Israel backing its war against Hamas militants in Israeli-occupied Gaza have urged restraint, including punishing Israeli settlers in the West Bank accused of armed attacks on Palestinians. ...