Hostages Still Held in Gaza Cast Shadow Over Passover in Israel
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Hostages Still Held in Gaza Cast Shadow Over Passover in Israel

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Yona Schnitzer, a marketing writer from Tel Aviv, attended the traditional Passover Seder meal last year, he said a special prayer for the return of all of the hostages still being held by Palestinian militants in Gaza. He had thought their freedom…

Gazans Face an Excruciating Choice as Israel Orders Them to Evacuate
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Gazans Face an Excruciating Choice as Israel Orders Them to Evacuate

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Adding to the uncertainty, Arab mediators and the United States have struggled to bridge gaps between Hamas and Israel, to restore the cease-fire and to bring about exchanges of hostages for Palestinian prisoners. Over the course of the war, Palestinians have endured a…

Israeli Airstrike in Gaza City Leaves Many Dead, Health Officials There Say
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Israeli Airstrike in Gaza City Leaves Many Dead, Health Officials There Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines An Israeli airstrike on a home in a neighborhood in Gaza City left a heavy death toll on Wednesday and others missing, with rescuers struggling to pull people out of the rubble with little equipment, Gaza’s civil defense service said. The Israeli military…

What We Know About the Case of Gaza Aid Workers Killed by Israeli Gunfire
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What We Know About the Case of Gaza Aid Workers Killed by Israeli Gunfire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli military has acknowledged flaws in its initial accounts of its troops’ involvement in the killing last month of 15 people in southern Gaza who the United Nations said were all paramedics and rescue workers. The admission came on Saturday, the day…

Israeli Military Expands Ground Operations in Gaza City
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Israeli Military Expands Ground Operations in Gaza City

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli military pressed deeper into northern Gaza by ground on Friday after issuing a series of evacuation orders calling on Palestinians to flee, part of its escalating offensive against Hamas in the war-battered Gaza Strip. The expansion of ground operations came after…

Israel Announces Plans to Seize ‘Large Areas’ of Gaza as It Expands Offensive Against Hamas
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Israel Announces Plans to Seize ‘Large Areas’ of Gaza as It Expands Offensive Against Hamas

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday that Israel had seized territory in the Gaza Strip hours after his government laid out plans to take over large parts of the enclave. The announcement adds to the growing drumbeat from Israeli officials in recent…

‘I’m Here! Can You Hear Me?’: One Family’s Story of Death in Gaza
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‘I’m Here! Can You Hear Me?’: One Family’s Story of Death in Gaza

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There were times, before Israeli airstrikes on Gaza shattered the two-month-old cease-fire on March 18, when Huda Abu Teir and her family could almost believe things might go back to normal. After fleeing from their home to a shelter for displaced people, and…

Israel Issues Evacuation Order for Southern Gaza
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Israel Issues Evacuation Order for Southern Gaza

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli military issued a sweeping evacuation order for the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, signaling it could relaunch intensive operations in the area. The order — which came during the Eid al-Fitr holiday — heralded renewed hardship for Palestinians in the southernmost…

Israel Orders Residents in Neighborhood Near Beirut to Evacuate
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Israel Orders Residents in Neighborhood Near Beirut to Evacuate

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Israeli military ordered residents near the Lebanese capital of Beirut to evacuate on Friday for the first time since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire went into effect months ago after rockets were fired on northern Israel. Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli military,…