About 400 U.S. citizens along with their eligible family members are expected to begin leaving Gaza in stages Thursday through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, the only official exit point not controlled by Israel, according to a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter. Injured Palestinians, along … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — Kamal Masoud was at home with his wife and five children on Tuesday afternoon in the Jabalya refugee camp. They were talking about how to survive a bombardment when the Israeli missiles struck. “The entire area was wiped out,” Masoud told The Washington Post by … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — A small group of injured Palestinians was permitted to leave Gaza early Wednesday and receive medical care in Egypt, as Palestinian officials and medical workers said that Israel carried out another deadly strike on the Jabalya refugee camp, the third in less than 24 hours. … Read more
The Hamas-run government in Gaza says Israeli airstrikes have hit apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City for a second day in a row, causing many deaths and injuries. The toll from Wednesday’s strikes was not immediately known. Meanwhile, dozens of people with foreign passports entered the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt. … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — A series of Israeli strikes targeting a senior Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip left scores of dead and wounded in a crowded refugee camp Tuesday as Israel expands its assault by air and land. The Gaza Health Ministry and the director of Gaza’s … Read more
A lot of people were shocked by former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell’sguilty plea to misdemeanor charges linked to election interference in Georgia in 2020 ― but not as much as the Trump camp. New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN’sDana Bash on Thursday that Powell’s plea deal “caught Trump world by surprise, as … Read more
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military was accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin late Monday that killed more than 30 people, including 13 children, a human rights group and local media said. The attack on the Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in the northern part of … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The evacuation warning came shortly after dark. The Israeli military fired the shot just a short distance from Nasser Abu Quta’s home in the southern Gaza Strip, a precautionary measure meant to allow people to evacuate before airstrikes. Abu Quta, 57, thought he and his extended family would be safe … Read more
A 5-year-old Kansas girl was sexually assaulted and killedafter neighbors say her mother kicked her out of their home. Mickel W. Cherry, 25, was arrested on charges of murder and rape of a victim less than 14 on Tuesday in connection to the death of 5-year-old Zoey Felix, local news outlet WIBW reported. A day earlier, … Read more
Pinned high on the wall of Muhammad Zubair’s bamboo shelter is a photo of his murdered friend. Mohib Ullah was gunned down in Kutupalong refugee camp in southern Bangladesh two years ago in retribution for his community work on behalf of displaced Rohingya Muslims. It was advocacy that led the 48-year-old Mohib Ullah in 2019 … Read more