(WASHINGTON) -- A day after the Hamas-led Gaza Health Ministry claimed Israel had attacked the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, saying some 500 Palestinians had been killed, Israeli and U.S. officials, explosives experts and President Joe Biden said Wednesday available evidence shows the destruction was caused instead by…
(NEW YORK) -- With two deadly acts of terrorism confirmed in Western Europe in the last six days, the European Union's top law enforcement official said she is worried about what might happen in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's military response. "I am concerned," executive…
(NEW YORK) -- An "unprecedented catastrophe" is unfolding for civilians in Gaza, according to the United Nations, which is pleading for Islamic leaders to allow humanitarian efforts into the territory to help those trapped there. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) released…
(NEW YORK) -- In the wake of a devastating blast at the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds of people and injured many others, chaos, finger-pointing and massive demonstrations around the world intensified Wednesday. Israeli authorities blame the hospital blast on a misfired rocket launched by militants in…
(NEW YORK) -- Israel has blamed Palestinian Islamic Jihad for a deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza City Tuesday night. Hundreds of people were reported killed in the explosion at al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, which the Israel Defense Forces said was caused by a failed rocket launch…
(HONG KONG) -- While one war continues to rage in Ukraine and another is threatening to boil over in the Middle East, Chinese President Xi Jinping held court in Beijing for visiting dignitaries, presenting his vision of "an open, inclusive and interconnected world" through his signature global infrastructure project, the…
(LONDON) -- Spontaneous protests have erupted overnight across the Middle East and North Africa following a deadly explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahil Arabi Baptist Hospital in Gaza City Tuesday night which claimed the lives of at least 500 Palestinians. Al-Ahil Arabi Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals in Gaza City,…
(NEW YORK) -- As Israel warns of an imminent ground assault in Gaza, one challenge that awaits a potential ground invasion involves a widespread underground tunnel system designed to conceal and cover Hamas militants and execute surprise attacks, experts say. Hamas has previously claimed to have built 500 kilometers --…
(WASHINGTON) -- During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Joe Biden said he was “deeply saddened and outraged” by the deadly hospital strike in Gaza, and seemed to determine that Israel was not to blame, saying it was “done by the other team.” The comments came shortly after…
(NEW YORK) -- A hostage video released by Hamas terrorists of 21-year-old Israeli woman Mia Schem left her family relieved that after 10 days of knowing nothing of her fate, they could see she is still alive, but the footage also left them concerned that she is living in agony…
