Image Source | Image Source | Getty Images People looking to help those affected by the Israel-Gaza crisis can consider donating to charities working on the ground. Here’s what to know. Verify charities to avoid scams Look for organizations ‘with a clear plan’ Laurie Styron, CEO and executive director of CharityWatch, said her organization looks … Read more
People carry their belongings around destroyed buildings and debris at the Al-Karama neighborhood after an Israeli airstrike that has been going on for five days in Gaza City, Gaza on October 11, 2023. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Satellite images depict the scale of the devastation in Gaza following a barrage of … Read more
Comment on this storyComment SDEROT, Israel — As the Israeli military prepares for an expected ground invasion of Gaza, civilians on both sides are bracing for the worst. In Israel, people were told to stockpile enough supplies in their bomb shelters to last three days — prompting a run on staples in supermarkets. But in … Read more
Israel is massing troops near the Gaza Strip as it calls up reservists ahead of an offensive against Hamas militants in the densely populated Palestinian territory. Hamas said Wednesday that Israeli strikes targeted the leader of its military wing, killing his brother, as Israel pledged to focus its fire on Hamas leaders following Saturday’s unprecedented … Read more
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Over 180,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into U.N. shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of 2.3 million people after their Hamas militant rulers launched an unprecedented weekend attack on Israel. Among them is 27-year-old Sabreen al-Attar. She sprang into action when she heard rocket after … Read more
KFAR AZA, Israel — On the road approaching this rural village, the bodies of militants lie scattered between the shells of burned-out cars. Walls and doors of what used to be neatly kept stucco homes are blasted wide open. As bags holding the bodies of slain residents await identification, the smell of death hangs thick … Read more
Palestinian members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a gathering on January 31, 2016 in Gaza city to pay tribute to their fellow militants who died after a tunnel collapsed in the Gaza Strip. Mahmud Hams | Afp | Getty Images Hamas launched a devastating and coordinated … Read more
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S. launched major wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, as Israel reels from a surprise attack by Hamas that the country has come to describe as its own 9/11, it is beginning a new war in Gaza, the Palestinian territory ruled by the militant group. … Read more
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis is following the situation in Gaza after the latest flare-up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with regular calls to the local Catholic priest, Vatican media reported on Tuesday. Gaza’s parish priest Gabriel Romanelli has received two phone calls from Francis since hostilities started at the weekend with an attack on … Read more
Israel is at war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, and hundreds of civilians have been killed in the days since the group’s surprise attack on Saturday signaled a major escalation of the conflict between the two sides and engulfed the region in chaos. As images and videos of the devastation come out of Israel, … Read more