Live updates | Israeli warplanes hit refugee camp in Gaza Strip, killing at least 33 people

Israeli airstrikes hit a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip early Sunday, killing at least 33 people, health officials said. The strikes came a day after the U.S. urged Israel to take a humanitarian pause from its bombardment of Gaza, where Palestinians reported multiple fatalities on Saturday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made … Read more

The best strip lights of 2023

If you are all about setting vibes and creating aesthetic spaces, strip lights add the ultimate detail to any room. Perfect to place inside or outside your home, you can add powerful and colorful lighting wherever you’d like. I’m talking behind computer screens and TV screens, above or below shelves and cabinets, along your mirror … Read more

A spiderweb of Hamas tunnels in Gaza Strip raises risks for an Israeli ground offensive

JERUSALEM — As an Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip looms in its most devastating war yet with Hamas, one of the greatest threats to both its troops and the 2.3 million Palestinians trapped inside the seaside enclave is buried deep underground. An extensive labyrinth of tunnels built by the Hamas militant group stretches … Read more

Live updates | Israel says it’s stepping up attacks on the Gaza Strip

Aid deliveries have begun moving into the besieged Gaza Strip, two weeks after the militant group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes. Israel says Hamas has freed two American hostages who had been held in Gaza since the war began Oct. 7. Israeli airstrikes continued to hit southern Gaza, an area … Read more

Live updates | Israel plans to step up attacks on the Gaza Strip

Aid deliveries have begun moving into the besieged Gaza Strip, two weeks after the militant group Hamas rampaged through southern Israel and Israel responded with airstrikes. Israel says Hamas has freed two American hostages who had been held in Gaza since the war began Oct. 7. Israeli airstrikes continued to hit southern Gaza, an area … Read more

What is the Gaza Strip, and who controls it?

Palestinians searching for survivors after an Israeli airstrike on the refugee camp of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2023. Mahmud Hams | Afp | Getty Images The Gaza Strip has been the epicenter of heavy bombardment for more than a week after Israel launched retaliatory airstrikes for the unprecedented terror attack by … Read more

Israel orders Gaza Strip evacuations, Hamas tells residents to stay put

Comment on this storyComment JERUSALEM — Israel’s military ordered the evacuation Friday of more than 1 million Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip, a move that the United Nations described as potentially “calamitous” amid heavy airstrikes and a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation. As Israeli troops massed along the enclave’s border, the 24-hour warning provoked a … Read more

Israel-Gaza war live updates: Israel says northern Gaza Strip residents must evacuate south

Israel told the United Nations that the entire population of northern Gaza Strip, about 1.1 million people, should move south within the Palestinian territory in 24 hours — an order the U.N. said would be impossible “without devastating humanitarian consequences.” Hamas described the Israeli warning as psychological warfare and urged people not to comply. The … Read more

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Israel masses troops near Gaza Strip ahead of offensive

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