Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave NAIROBI — The paramilitary force fighting the Sudanese government has entered a major city in the heart of nation’s grain-producing region, the United Nations said, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee. Wad Madani, just south of the war-torn capital of Khartoum, had been an area … Read more
I woke up Sunday morning, Dec. 3, 2023, to frantic texts from B, a college student I mentor in Gaza through We Are Not Numbers, an organization that helps young adult writers publish stories in English. I’m calling him “B” because Palestinians in Gaza fear retaliation from the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) if they publicly … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — Fighting intensified in southern Gaza Wednesday, further dashing hopes that a section of the enclave where hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled in search of refuge would be spared the scale of combat that leveled much of northern Gaza. Israel Defense Forces said it … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave AMMAN, Jordan — Israeli ground forces tightened their grip on the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Monday, establishing a new checkpoint outside the key city of Khan Younis as residents scrambled to stay clear of the advancing army and intense bombardment Israel says is aimed … Read more
If Elon Musk is actively trying to drive advertisers away from his floundering social media site X, then he’s doing a really fantastic job of it. Fresh off spurring a maelstrom of criticism over a tweet that was broadly decried as antisemitic (and which led to an outflux of advertisers), Musk has now decided to … Read more
Fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in northern Gaza caused another 200,000 people to flee south in the past 10 days, the U.N. humanitarian office said Tuesday. The humanitarian office, known as OCHA, said only one hospital in the north is capable of treating patients. Some of the fighting is around hospitals where patients, … Read more
Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants outside Gaza’s largest hospital has prompted thousands of people to flee from the sprawling medical facility, but hundreds of patients and others displaced by the war remained inside, health officials said Monday. Shifa hospital has been without electricity and water for three days, and gunfire and bombings outside … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Thousands of people appear to have fled from Gaza’s largest hospital as Israeli forces and Palestinian militants battle outside its gates, but hundreds of patients, including dozens of babies at risk of dying because of a lack of electricity, remained inside, health officials said Monday. With only intermittent communications, it … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave RAMALLAH, West Bank — Since the war’s early days, the Israeli army has been telling Nisreen Amour to leave her home in Gaza City and head south. She tried to stay. Even after 45 relatives from further north crowded into her home. Even after her husband died … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Gaza are fleeing in buses, cars and on foot, crowding onto narrow roads leading south after Israel’s evacuation warning. The Israeli military said it is preparing a “wide range” of offensive plans “for the next stages of the war, with an emphasis on significant ground operations,” though it … Read more