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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.