(NEW YORK) -- The family of an American-Israeli couple believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas when it attacked Israel on Oct. 7 is recounting the agonizing details of what they know from that day and pleading for them to be released. David Siegel, who told "Good Morning America"…
(SDEROT, Israel) -- An Israeli fighter jet roared overhead as it dropped a bomb near where Lena Beseiso and her family were hunkered down in the war-torn Gaza Strip. The 57-year-old Palestinian-American citizen, who has been trapped there for weeks, is now no stranger to the sound of explosions, but…
(NEW YORK) -- Some people in Gaza have been given clearance to leave for the first time via Egypt's Rafah border crossing since Oct. 7, when the terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel and Israeli forces later began its retaliation on the Gaza Strip. At least 8,700 people have been killed…
(WASHINGTON) -- After weeks of negotiations on the matter, President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that some Americans trapped inside Gaza have left and more would be allowed to exit in the coming days -- a possible light at the end of the tunnel for the hundreds of U.S. citizens that…
(NEW YORK) -- Gazan Younes Elhallaq is hiding from airstrikes in a home with 30 of his family members -- seven families housed in four rooms under one roof. Many of them evacuated to the south of the Gaza Strip looking for safety from the onslaught of Israeli retaliatory airstrikes…
(NEW YORK) -- Earth is already on the brink of surpassing an internationally agreed-upon threshold for climate warming, relative to pre-industrial levels, which could bring disastrous consequences to regions around the world, according to researchers. A study published Monday in Nature Climate Change, which assessed the size and uncertainty of…
(HANOI, Vietnam) -- In Hanoi, Vietnam, remnants of its centuries of colonialism and war are scattered among the city's more modern structures. An ancient gate hides amongst urban noodle stalls, a statue of Russia's Communist forefather Vladimir Lenin overlooks a skateboard park, and a decaying French colonial apartment building still stands…
(TOKYO) -- Amid the tranquil landscapes of Japan, where the haunting howls of real wolves fell silent in the echoes of the past, an eerily familiar sound now resounds. "You're not getting away with this!" warns the synthetic wolf in a chilling human voice at 60 decibels. Its mechanical neck…
(TEL AVIV, Israel) -- Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant believes his country has "no other choice" but to defend itself and that Hamas underestimated just how "tough and stubborn" the people of Israel are. Echoing the sentiments of other Israeli leaders, he says Israelis have nowhere to go, saying,…
(WASHINGTON) -- Freeing the American, Israeli and other hostages in Gaza is still a priority as Israel expands its ground assault in the territory in an effort to defeat Hamas in the wake of the group's terror attack on Israel, the White House's national security adviser said Sunday. "We are continuing…
