Israel-Hamas war

Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to the hospital in Deir al Balah on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (APPhoto/Adel Hana)

Fighting between Israel and Hamas rages in Gaza鈥檚 second-largest city, blocking aid from population

Israeli troops say they are battling Hamas militants in the center of the Gaza Strip鈥檚 second-largest city, Khan Younis.

FILE - Men wave after being released from prison by Israel, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in the West Bank town of Ramallah. (APPhoto/Nasser Nasser, File)

Generation after generation, Israeli prison marks a rite of passage for Palestinian boys

The Commissioner-General of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, speaks during an interview with APat the UNRWA headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Lazzarini said there is no haven in Gaza for civilians, including U.N. shelters and "safe zones" designated by Israel. (APPhoto/Bilal Hussein)

Senior UN official denounces 鈥榖latant disregard鈥� in Israel-Hamas war after many UN sites are hit

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington, as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, looks on. (APPhoto/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Justice Department is investigating the deaths and kidnappings of Americans in the Hamas attack

A woman in conservative dress walks past a menorah standing outside a Jewish synagogue ahead of the start of Hanukkah, in Miami Beach, Fla., Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Daily life for many Jews has been upended by the surprise attack on Oct. 7 in Israel, when Hamas militants killed about 1,200, mostly civilians, and by the rise in antisemitism worldwide during the ensuing war, in which more than 15,800 Palestinians have died. (APPhoto/Rebecca Blackwell)

Hanukkah message of light in darkness feels uniquely relevant to US Jews amid war, antisemitism

This Nov. 12, 2018 photo shows The USS Carney in the Mediterranean Sea. The American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war. "We're aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available," the Pentagon said. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan U. Kledzik/U.S. Navy via 麻豆传媒app)

Who are the Houthis and why hasn鈥檛 the US retaliated for their attacks on ships in the Middle East?

When Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched missiles and hit three commercial ships in the Red Sea, it triggered an immediate question: Will the U.S. military strike back?

Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the southern Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (APPhoto/Yousef Masoud)

APPHOTOS: In 2023, calamities of war and disaster were unleashed again on an unsettled Middle East

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (麻豆传媒app) 鈥� War and natural disasters ravaged an increasingly unsettled Middle East throughout 2023, further straining countries already hit by worsening economic conditions and affected by extreme weather fueled by climate change.

FILE - President Joe Biden walks to the podium to deliver remarks on the war between Israel and Hamas after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. Democratic views on how President Joe Biden is handling the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians have rebounded slightly, according to a new poll from 麻豆传媒app-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci, File)

Democratic support for Biden ticks up on handling of Israel-Hamas war, 麻豆传媒app-NORC poll says

President Joe Biden is getting slightly more support among Democrats for his handling of the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

A Christmas tree stands in front of the west steps of the California Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. California will not have an in-person tree lighting ceremony this year. Instead, Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife will host a pre-recorded ceremony that will be released Wednesday. Demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza have protested at the California Capitol and other public places. The Governor's Office said it was concerned about security. (APPhoto/Adam Beam)

Gaza protests prompt California governor to hold virtual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony

California Gov. Gavin Newsom won鈥檛 host an in-person Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the state Capitol this year.

Michigan university bars student vote on issues related to Israel-Hamas war

The president of the University of Michigan has barred students from voting on two resolutions related to the Israel-Hamas war.

FILE - Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., listens to fellow speakers before President Joe Biden speaks during an event at SUNY Westchester Community College, May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, N.Y. Rep. Bowman will face a primary challenge from a veteran, pro-Israel Democrat who has announced his candidacy for the New York district. Westchester County Executive George Latimer, who for months has mulled a run amid encouragement from Jewish community leaders, entered the race with an ad on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 that in part criticized Bowman's stance on the Israel-Hamas war. (APPhoto/John Minchillo, File)

Pro-Israel Democrat to challenge US Rep. Jamaal Bowman in primary race next year

A pro-Israel Democrat has announced he will challenge U.S. Rep. Jamaal Brown in the primary race for his congressional seat next year.

Palestinians flee the Israeli ground offensive in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. (APPhoto/Mohammed Dahman)

Live updates | Fighting in southern Gaza city as Israel widens its offensive

The center of Gaza鈥檚 second-largest city has seen fighting amid Israel鈥檚 widening air and ground offensive in the southern part of the territory that has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and worsened dire humanitarian conditions.

FILE - The site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Israeli officials say victim testimony and evidence gathered by rights groups indicate that Hamas militants carried out widespread sexual and gender-based crimes during their Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel. (APPhoto/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

New signs emerge of 鈥榳idespread鈥� sexual crimes by Hamas, as Netanyahu alleges global indifference

New testimony and evidence gathered by a rights groups indicate that Hamas militants carried out widespread sexual and gender-based crimes during their Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.

UN food agency stops deliveries to millions in Yemen areas controlled by Houthi rebels

The United Nations food agency says it鈥檚 stopping food distribution in areas of war-torn Yemen controlled by the Houthi rebels, a move that will impact millions of people.

2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai poses for a photograph following an interview with the Associated Press in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Yousafzai urged the world to recognize the "gender apartheid" against women and girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban and called for collective and urgent action (APPhoto/Jerome Delay)

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges world to confront Taliban鈥檚鈥榞ender apartheid鈥� against women

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says the world needs to recognize and confront the Taliban鈥檚鈥済ender apartheid鈥� against women and girls in Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden walks to board Air Force One for a trip to Boston to attend campaign fundraisers, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (APPhoto/Evan Vucci)

Biden calls reports of Hamas raping Israeli hostages 鈥榓ppalling,鈥� says world can鈥檛 look away

President Joe Biden is calling reports of sexual violence by Hamas militants against Israelis 鈥渁ppalling.鈥�

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington. (APPhoto/Mark Schiefelbein)

Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend actions in combatting antisemitism on campus

The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they are taking steps to combat antisemitism 鈥� and Islamophobia 鈥� on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

FILE - People enjoy the day on the beach in the Mediterranean Sea during a heat wave in Gaza City, Friday, June 2, 2023. Gaza is tucked between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. The strip is 25 miles (40 kilometers) long by some 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide. It has a population of 2.3 million people living on an area of 139 square miles (360 square kilometers), according to the CIA Factbook. (APPhoto/Adel Hana, File)

The Gaza Strip: Tiny, cramped and as densely populated as London

The war between Israel and Hamas has involved fierce Israeli bombardment that has flattened swaths of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas officials join Nelson Mandela鈥檚 family at ceremony marking 10th anniversary of his death

Hamas officials have joined members of Nelson Mandela鈥檚 family in laying wreaths at a statue of the statesman and Nobel Peace Prize winner in South Africa to mark the 10th anniversary of his death.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators participating in a protest against the Israel-Hamas war hold a sign at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (APPhoto/Peter Dejong)

At COP28 summit, activists and officials voice concern over Gaza鈥檚 environment, devastated by war

As leaders, officials and activists descend on Dubai for United Nations climate talks to discuss saving Earth, another environmental crisis is nearby.

French gendarmes patrol the Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel Tower after a man targeted passersbys late saturday, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. Police subdued the man, a 25-year-old French citizen who had spent four years in prison for a violent offense. After his arrest, he expressed anguish about Muslims dying, notably in the Palestinian territories. (APPhoto/Christophe Ena)

Senior EU official warns of huge security risk in Europe over Christmas as Israel-Hamas war rages

European Union Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson is warning that Europe faces 鈥渁 huge risk of terrorist attacks鈥� over the Christmas holiday period.

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the annual meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, via video conference, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via 麻豆传媒app)

Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a quick trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused on the Israeli-Hamas war and also host the Iranian president in Moscow this week.

Palestinians look at the destruction by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (APPhoto/Hatem Ali)

Israel moves into Gaza鈥檚 second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war

Israel says its troops have entered Gaza鈥檚 second-largest city as intensified bombardment sends streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians.

A woman mourns the bodies of her child and her husband killed in an Israeli army bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. (APPhoto/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Netanyahu says Israel must retain control of security in Gaza after the war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the military would have to retain open-ended security control over the Gaza Strip long after the war against Hamas ends.

A soldier walks through the mailroom in Kibbutz Nir Oz, where mailboxes are labeled with the status if it's residents - killed, captured, or recovered - near the Israel-Gaza border on Nov. 21, 2023. An Associated Press review of Hamas instruction manuals shows the group planned ahead of time to target civilians. (APPhoto/Maya Alleruzzo)

How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy

The recent release of dozens of Israeli hostages is bringing new focus on the Hamas rampage through the kibbutz of Nir Oz.

Reported cancellation of Virginia menorah lighting draws rebuke from governor

Virginia political leaders, including Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, are condemning the reported cancellation of a menorah lighting at a community event in Williamsburg over apparent concerns related to the Israel-Hamas war.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Yardley, Pa., Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. A protest in Philadelphia calling for the end of the siege in Gaza drew criticism from Shapiro as being a 鈥渂latant act of antisemitism鈥� after protesters gathered at a Jewish restaurant. (APPhoto/Matt Rourke)

Governor rebukes Philadelphia protesters for chanting outside Israeli restaurant

Gov. Josh Shapiro is labeling a demonstration outside of an Israeli-owned restaurant 鈥渁ntisemitic鈥� after protesters marched against the bombardment of Gaza.

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip gather at a tent camp, in Rafah, southern Gaza strip, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes as Israel moves ahead with a ground offensive against the ruling Hamas militant group. (APPhoto/Fatima Shbair)

Global journalist group says Israel-Hamas conflict is a war beyond compare for media deaths

A journalist or media worker is killed every day on average in the Israel-Hamas war. The head of the global organization representing the profession says this has become a conflict beyond compare.

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (APPhoto/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Dutch lawyers seek a civil court order to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

Human rights lawyers have gone to court in the Netherlands to call for a halt to the export of fighter jet parts to Israel that are being used in attacks on Gaza.

Live updates | Israel鈥檚 military calls for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens offensive

Israel鈥檚 military has called for more evacuations in southern Gaza as it widens its offensive aimed at eliminating the territory鈥檚 Hamas rulers.

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Ali Alqam, 32, during his funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Qalandia, south of Ramallah, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. The Palestinian health ministry said the Alqam was killed during an Israeli army raid in Qalandia this morning. (APPhoto/Nasser Nasser)

Israel orders evacuations as it widens offensive, but Palestinians are running out of places to go

Israel鈥檚 military has renewed calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, as it widened its ground offensive and bombarded targets across the Gaza Strip.

FILE - Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Sanders and a robust group of Democratic senators say they're done 鈥渁sking nicely" for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in its war against Hamas in Gaza. (APPhoto/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Biden鈥檚 allies in Senate demand that Israel limit civilian deaths in Gaza as Congress debates US aid

Sen. Bernie Sanders and a robust group of Democratic senators say they鈥檙e done 鈥渁sking nicely鈥� for Israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

FILE - People look at Israeli police officers and volunteers from the Zaka rescue service work at the shooting attack in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. The shooting death of an Israeli man who raced to confront Palestinian attackers has raised questions about the use of excessive force among Israeli security forces and the public. The man's shooting mirrors previous incidents where Israeli security forces or civilians have opened fire on attackers who no longer appear to pose a threat or on suspected assailants or unarmed civilians. (APPhoto/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

An Israeli raced to confront Palestinian attackers. He was then killed by an Israeli soldier

The shooting death of an Israeli man who raced to confront Palestinian attackers has raised questions about the use of excessive force among Israeli security forces and the public.

Commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea and US warship downs 3 drones

The attack Sunday potentially marks a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

Two women hug as Muslim and Jewish women gather at an interfaith workshop on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Rutgers University on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in New Brunswick, N.J. The latest violence, triggered by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, is prompting some to question such dialogue, its role, impact -- or how to even have it-- while steeling the resolve of others to connect and wrestle together with the challenges. (APPhoto/Andres Kudacki)

In US, some Muslim-Jewish interfaith initiatives are strained by Israel-Hamas war

The Israel-Hamas war and its polarizing reverberations in America are straining some Muslim-Jewish interfaith relationships in the U.S. more than ever.

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