Expectations of an Israeli ground assault into Gaza City were growing early Saturday, as the end of a 24-hour evacuation warning by the Israeli military for Gazans to evacuate the northern part of the enclave approached. The potential Israeli operation heightens the risk to the safety of the hundreds of thousands of civilians in the … Read more
Palestinians began a mass exodus from northern Gaza Friday after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern part of the besieged territory, an unprecedented order ahead of an expected ground invasion against the ruling Hamas militant group. The U.N. warned that so many people fleeing en masse — almost half … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Rep. Randy Weber (R-Tex.) was eager to show a reporter his tie. It wasn’t just that it was an Israeli flag tie, a symbol of his unwavering support. He wanted her to see the back of the tie too, where a frayed tag served to indicate its age. “I didn’t order … Read more
Comment on this storyComment TEL AVIV — Israel’s army said Thursday that it would seek the end of Hamas in Gaza as airstrikes on the besieged enclave targeted the group’s senior leaders and caused widespread civilian casualties. The intensifying conflict with Hamas comes as a shaken Israel wrestles with the aftermath of an attack that … 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
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
Stocks rose on Friday, coming back from losses after a stronger-than-forecast US jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates again. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) was up 0.1%, or about 50 points, as all the major stock gauges emerged from the red. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) hovered above the … Read more
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak listens to a speaker address delegates at the annual Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, northern England, on October 2, 2023. Oli Scarff | Afp | Getty Images MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — U.K. Prime Minster Rishi Sunak appears a leader on rocky ground as growing disunity from within his Conservative government is … Read more
JERUSALEM (AP) — A video that shows ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on the ground beside a procession of foreign Christian worshipers carrying a wooden cross in the holy city of Jerusalem has ignited intense outrage and a flurry of condemnation in the Holy Land. The spitting incident, which the city’s minority Christian community lamented as the … Read more
Maryland deputies are under fire after two shocking videos emerged of them detaining a paralyzed Black man, causing him to fall out of his car and forcing him to sit on the ground. Sources say the officers mistook him for a different suspect and reacted before verifying his identity. The two viral videos of the … Read more