Hamas

Benjamin Netanyahu

The Latest: Biden tells Netanyahu he expects de-escalation

14:21 05/19 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has called for “significant de-escalation” from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

General News

Israeli strikes kill 6 in Gaza; rockets fired from Lebanon

13:54 05/19 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people across the Gaza Strip and destroyed the home of an extended family early Wednesday. The military said it widened its strikes in the Palestinian territory’s south to blunt continuing rocket fire from Hamas, while a separate barrage also came from Lebanon.

General News

Officials: Several rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel

13:37 05/19 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Lebanese security officials say several rockets have been fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel.

General News

Israeli airstrikes kill 6, level large family home in Gaza

06:55 05/19 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people across the Gaza Strip and destroyed the home of a large extended family early on Wednesday. The military said it widened its strikes on militant targets to the south amid continuing rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled territory.

Middle East

GOP seeks political opening amid tense Israel-Hamas fighting

04:47 05/19 WASHINGTON — Republicans trying to drive a wedge between Democrats and chip away at President Joe Biden’s support are zeroing in on the violence in the Middle East, laying blame on his administration and aiming to make his liberal critics the face of the party heading into the midterm elections.

Europe

The Latest: France seeks UN Security Council resolution

23:35 05/18 UNITED NATIONS -- China’s U.N. ambassador says France is seeking a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants who control Gaza.

General News

Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages

21:31 05/18 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective protest Tuesday as Israeli missiles toppled a building in Gaza and militants in the Hamas-ruled territory fired dozens of rockets that killed two people.

Government and politics

AP source: US encouraging Israel to wind down Gaza offensive

19:53 05/18 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and administration officials have encouraged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to wind down the bombardment of Gaza, a person with knowledge of the discussions said Tuesday, as the Israeli and Palestinian death tolls mounted and pressure grew on Biden to move more forcefully to stop the fighting.

General News

Strike from Gaza kills 2 as Israel topples 6-story building

13:30 05/18 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A strike launched from Gaza killed two Thai workers inside a packaging plant in southern Israel on Tuesday, police said, hours after Israeli airstrikes toppled a six-story building in the Palestinian territory that housed bookstores and educational centers.

General News

Israeli police: 2 killed in strike launched from Gaza

12:30 05/18 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A strike launched from Gaza on Tuesday killed two Thai workers inside a packaging plant in southern Israel, police said, as Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers continued to trade attacks throughout the day.

General News

Israeli medics: 10 wounded, 4 seriously, in strike from Gaza

11:57 05/18 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli medics say that a strike from Gaza has wounded 10 people, four of them seriously.

General News

Palestinians go on strike as Israel, Hamas trade fire

10:23 05/18 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective action against Israel's policies on Tuesday as Israeli strikes rained down on Gaza and militants fired dozens of rockets from the Hamas-ruled territory.

General News

Israel, Hamas trade fire in Gaza; Palestinians go on strike

09:14 05/18 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza, leveling a six-story building, and militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Tuesday.

World News

EXPLAINER: Are Israel, Hamas committing war crimes in Gaza?

07:00 05/18 JERUSALEM — More than a week into their fourth war, Israel and the Hamas militant group already face allegations of possible war crimes in Gaza. Israel says Hamas is using Palestinian civilians as human shields, while critics say Israel is using disproportionate force.

General News

Israel, Hamas trade fire in Gaza as war rages on

06:55 05/18 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza, leveling a six-story building in downtown Gaza City, and Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel early Tuesday, the latest in the fourth war between the two sides, now in its second week.

Middle East

Israel, Hamas trade fire in Gaza as war enters 2nd week

06:31 05/18 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza, leveling a six-story building in downtown Gaza City, and Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel early Tuesday as the war entered a second week.

General News

Biden raises cease-fire, civilian toll in call to Netanyahu

00:28 05/18 President Joe Biden expressed support for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers in a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, but stopped short of demanding an immediate stop to the eight days of Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rocket barrages that have killed more than 200 people, most of them Palestinian.

Middle East

The Latest: Biden expresses ‘support’ for Gaza cease-fire

21:47 05/17 WASHINGTON — The White House says President Joe Biden has expressed “support” for a cease-fire during a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

General News

Israel strikes Gaza tunnels as truce efforts remain elusive

17:48 05/17 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military unleashed another heavy wave of airstrikes Monday on the Gaza Strip, saying it destroyed militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders. International diplomacy to end the weeklong war that has killed hundreds appeared to be making little headway.

General News

Israeli strikes hit Gaza tunnels as diplomats work for truce

11:56 05/17 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Monday, saying it destroyed 15 kilometers (9 miles) of militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders, as international diplomats worked to end the week of fighting that has killed hundreds of people.

General News

Israel says Gaza tunnels destroyed in heavy airstrikes

07:17 05/17 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Monday, saying it destroyed 15 kilometers (nine miles) of militant tunnels and the homes of nine alleged Hamas commanders.

General News

Israeli warplanes stage more heavy strikes across Gaza City

02:00 05/17 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes unleashed a new series of heavy airstrikes at several locations of Gaza City early Monday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza's Hamas rulers would rage on.

General News

Israel stages new round of heavy airstrikes on Gaza City

23:26 05/16 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli warplanes unleashed a series of heavy airstrikes at several locations of Gaza City early Monday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza's Hamas rulers would rage on.

General News

The Latest: Israeli jets stage heavy airstrikes in Gaza City

23:07 05/16 GAZA CITY — Israeli warplanes have unleashed a series of heavy airstrikes at several locations of Gaza City.

Middle East

Calls mount for Gaza-Israel cease-fire, greater US efforts

20:32 05/16 The U.N. Security Council and Muslim nations convened emergency meetings Sunday to demand a stop to civilian bloodshed as Israeli warplanes carried out the deadliest single attacks in nearly a week of unrelenting Hamas rocket barrages and Israeli airstrikes.

Middle East

AP’s top editor calls for probe into Israeli airstrike

16:38 05/16 WASHINGTON — The Associated Press’ top editor on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the Israeli airstrike that targeted and destroyed a Gaza City building housing the AP, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media, saying the public deserves to know the facts.

General News

Israel kills 42 in Gaza as Netanyahu warns war will go on

15:19 05/16 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people Sunday, medics said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza would rage on despite international efforts to broker a cease-fire.

General News

Israeli strikes kill 42, topple buildings in Gaza City

14:38 05/16 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 42 people Sunday, medics said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fighting between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza would continue despite international efforts to broker a cease fire.

General News

Israeli strikes kill 37, topple buildings in Gaza City

14:00 05/16 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 37 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.

General News

Israeli strikes kill 33, topple buildings in Gaza City

12:03 05/16 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 33 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.

Europe

Islamic nations hold emergency summit on Israel-Gaza attacks

10:15 05/16 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation opened an emergency meeting Sunday over the heavy fighting between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s militant Hamas rulers, the first major move among Mideast nations still grappling with how to address the conflict.

General News

Israeli strikes kill 26, topple buildings in Gaza City

10:00 05/16 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.

General News

Medics: Israeli airstrikes kill 26 in downtown Gaza City

08:45 05/16 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.

General News

Medics: Israeli airstrikes kill 23 in downtown Gaza City

08:14 05/16 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 23 people on Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.

General News

Israel bombs home of Gaza’s top Hamas leader

06:48 05/16 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military said Sunday it destroyed the home of Gaza’s top Hamas leader, the third such attack in as many days, after nearly a week of heavy Israeli airstrikes on the territory.

Middle East

Israeli military targets home of Gaza’s top Hamas leader

04:56 05/16 JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has targeted the home of Gaza’s top Hamas leader after nearly a week of heavy airstrikes and rocket fire into Israel from the territory ruled by the Islamic militant group.

Israel

The Latest: China calls for UN council action, slams US

03:40 05/16 The Latest on the continuing violence between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers amid the latest escalation in the Middle East:

General News

‘Shocking and horrifying’: Israel destroys AP office in Gaza

02:55 05/16 JERUSALEM — An Israeli airstrike on Saturday destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press office in the Gaza Strip, despite repeated urgent calls from the news agency to the military to halt the impending attack.

General News

Israel strikes Gaza home of Hamas leader, destroys AP office

22:04 05/15 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Saturday, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp — most of them children — and pulverizing a high-rise that housed The Associated Press and other media.

Middle East

Media demand Israel explain destruction of news offices

21:19 05/15 NEW YORK — News organizations demanded an explanation Saturday for an Israeli airstrike that targeted and destroyed a Gaza City building housing the offices of The Associated Press, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media outlets.

General News

Israel strikes Gaza home of Hamas leader, AP office

21:01 05/15 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel slammed the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Saturday, in a dramatic escalation that included bombing the home of a senior Hamas leader, killing a family of 10 in a refugee camp — most of them children — and pulverizing a high-rise that housed The Associated Press and other media.

General News

Israeli strike destroys Gaza building with AP, other media

15:29 05/15 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike on Saturday targeted and destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. AP’s president said the agency was “shocked and horrified” at the strike.

General News

Israel strike in Gaza destroys building with AP, other media

12:42 05/15 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets on Friday, the latest step by the military to silence reporting from the territory amid its battle with the militant group Hamas.

General News

Military: Building housing Gaza AP office to be targeted

11:39 05/15 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The owner of a Gaza high-rise housing the AP and other media outlets says he has received a call from the Israeli military that the building would be targeted.

Media

Israeli military accused of using media to trick Hamas

08:16 05/15 JERUSALEM — Early Friday, just after midnight, the Israeli military put out an ominous statement to the media: “IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip.”

General News

Israeli airstrike on Gaza home kills 10, mostly children

07:58 05/15 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least 10 Palestinians, mostly children, early Saturday in the deadliest single strike since the battle with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers erupted earlier this week.

General News

Israeli strike on Gaza kills 10, unrest spreads to West Bank

06:42 05/15 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least 10 Palestinians, mostly children, early Saturday in the deadliest single strike since the battle with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers erupted earlier this week.

Middle East

Israeli strike on Gaza kills 7, unrest spreads to West Bank

06:07 05/15 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least seven Palestinians early Saturday in the deadliest single strike since the battle with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers erupted earlier this week.

World News

The Latest: Israeli airstrike on Gaza house kills at least 7

00:30 05/15 JERUSALEM — The Latest on the stepped-up fighting between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers (all times local):

Middle East

DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home

21:03 05/14 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass of metal and splintered trees. An Israeli bomb had slammed into the yard, carving a crater into the dirt and leaving rubble in its wake.