Gaza couple celebrate wartime wedding: ‘We love life’

Agence France Presse 01/14/2024

Surrounded by family and friends, clapping and cheering, Gaza woman Afnan Jibril beams a brilliant smile on her wedding day, determined to celebrate even as war rages. “We are a people that love life, despite death, murders…

Israel signals tactics shift, troop pullback as US carrier heads home

Reuters 01/02/2024

JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA —Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza City districts on Monday, residents said, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers, but fighting raged elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave along with…

World rings in 2024 after war, bots and Barbie

Agence France Presse 01/01/2024

Jubilant crowds bid farewell on Sunday to the hottest year on record, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and devastating wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Much of the world’s population — now…

World prepares to ring in 2024

Agence France Presse 12/31/2023

SYDNEY — Jubilant crowds will bid farewell to the hottest year on record Sunday, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and wrenching wars in Gaza and Ukraine. The world’s population — now over eight…

Israel and Hamas war: Gazans ‘exhausted’ as fighting rages on

Agence France Presse 12/30/2023

Fighting raged Saturday across Gaza, where displaced Palestinians are “exhausted” with no end in sight to war between the besieged territory’s Hamas rulers and Israel, now in its 13th week. Smoke billowed over the Gaza Strip’s southern…

Israel troops ignored pleas for ‘help’ before hostage killings

Agence France Presse 12/29/2023

Israeli soldiers ignored cries for “help” when they stormed a Gaza building holding three hostages just days before killing them by mistake, said a military investigation published on Thursday. The soldiers also heard “hostages” shouted in Hebrew…

Israel pounds central Gaza, thousands of Palestinians try to escape

Reuters 12/28/2023

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM — Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air on Wednesday and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths, with the U.N. health agency saying thousands of people were trying to flee the fighting. Reflecting…

Israel ground offensive in Gaza expands into urban refugee camps

Associated Press 12/27/2023

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces on Tuesday expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate.  Gaza’s main telecom provider announced another “complete…

Pope calls for end to Gaza, Ukraine conflicts as world celebrates Christmas

Agence France Presse 12/25/2023

VATICAN CITY– On Monday, people worldwide adorned Santa hats while celebrating Christmas on beaches, ski slopes, and streets, as Pope Francis called for an end to the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, which have overshadowed this beloved…

Christmas in Gaza: ‘No Joy,’ say Palestinians as bombing continues

12/25/2023

Palestinian Territories—Palestinians said they felt “no joy” this Christmas as Israel bombed Gaza on Monday, December 25, 2023, with no end in sight to the war that Hamas says has claimed more than 20,000 lives. Festivities were…

Pope laments war in Holy Land on solemn Christmas Eve

Reuters 12/25/2023

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM — Pope Francis lamented war in the land of the birth of Jesus on Sunday, where Christmas Eve brought only fresh bloodshed and an intensification of fighting across the length of the Gaza Strip. Hours before…

Israel presses ahead in battle against Hamas in southern Gaza

12/11/2023

GAZA/CAIRO—Israeli tanks were trying to push further west in their battle against Hamas in and around Khan Younis on Monday, as they met resistance amid intense combat in a war that has now entered its third month…

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