Israeli strikes on Gaza leave orphans, childless parents
By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Reem Abu Hayyah, just three months old, was the only member of her family to survive …
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Netanyahu’s visit to Congress sparks boycotts, protests
By Ellen Knickmeyer, Farnoush Amiri and Ashraf Khalil | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded U.S.-Israeli unity and praised President Joe Biden in a fiery speech …
Israel orders new evacuations as war toll nears 40,000 Palestinians
By Wafaa Shurafa and Melania Lidman | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military ordered the evacuation Monday of part of a crowded area in the Gaza …
Life and death under fire in Gaza’s ‘safe zones’
By Wafaa Shurafa | Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of …
Experts warn that 755,000 people at risk of famine in the coming months in war-torn Sudan
CAIRO — International experts portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan in a report Thursday warning that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between …
Misery deepens in Rafah as Israel presses military operation
By Wafaa Shurafa, Joseph Krauss and Samy Magdy | Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Aid workers struggled Monday to distribute dwindling food and other supplies to hundreds of thousands …
S. Africa again asks world court to restrain Israel in Gaza
By Molly Quell | Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands — South Africa urged the United Nations’ top court Friday to issue more emergency measures to restrain Israel, saying its military …
A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine’
WASHINGTON — A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe …
How will a floating dock in the sea facilitate Gaza aid?
By Lolita C. Baldor | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. and allies are scrambling to pull together a complex system that will move tons of humanitarian aid into Gaza …
UN report says 282M people faced acute hunger in 2023, with worst famine in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS — Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the largest number of people facing famine, …