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11:41 p.m. ET, April 22, 2024 UNRWA neutrality must be strengthened, independent review finds From CNN’s Tim Lister An independent review of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has said the agency’s neutrality must be strengthened. Earlier this year, Israel accused at least 12 UNRWA staffers […]
5:15 p.m. ET, March 29, 2024 Israel admits killing 2 Palestinians and then burying them with a bulldozer after shocking video surfaces From CNN’s Tim Lister, Allegra Goodwin, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Abeer Salman, Alex Stambaugh and Paul P. Murphy A screen grab from a video obtained by Al Jazeera shows a man walking along a beach in […]
12:04 a.m. ET, March 10, 2024 Jordan says it airdropped aid into northern Gaza Saturday From CNN’s Mohammed Tawfeeq Aid packages fall towards northern Gaza after being dropped from a military aircraft on Saturday. Amir Cohen/Reuters/File The Jordanian Armed Forces made 10 airdrops of humanitarian relief into northern Gaza on Saturday. The airdrops were carried out in cooperation […]
1:06 p.m. ET, March 9, 2024 Why aid experts say the risks of airdrops outweigh their benefits From CNN’s Niamh Kennedy The US has joined several other countries in airdropping aid into Gaza, which is grappling with a humanitarian crisis. Aid deliveries on land are severely restricted by Israel and falling far short of the numbers needed to […]
7:51 p.m. ET, March 5, 2024 Food aid convoy turned away by Israeli forces in Gaza, UN World Food Programme says From CNN’s Amy Cassidy and Sharon Braithwaite Israeli forces prevented a food aid convoy from traveling to northern Gaza on Tuesday, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) said. UN agencies and Palestinian officials have warned […]
7:25 a.m. ET, March 4, 2024 Israeli war cabinet member and Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz begins high-level meetings in Washington From CNN’s Lauren Izso in Tel Aviv Israeli cabinet minister Benny Gantz is pictured during a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 28. Abir Sultan/AFP/Getty Images Israeli war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main political rivals, is holding meetings […]
12:10 a.m. ET, March 3, 2024 UN Security Council expresses ‘deep concern’ over deadly Gaza aid convoy incident From CNN’s Richard Roth and Manveena Suri An injured Palestinian receives medical treatment in Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid trucks at Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City, Gaza on February 29. […]
6:31 a.m. ET, March 2, 2024 Large number of gunshot wounds among those injured at Gaza food aid site carnage, UN says From CNN’s Xiaofei Xu The United Nations say many of the Palestinian civilians injured during the carnage at a food aid convoy on Thursday suffered gunshot wounds, citing a UN team that visited […]
Fifteen years ago, the U.S. government spent over $5 million on what was then the largest immigration raid in the history of the country. They arrested 389 undocumented workers at the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant, approximately 20% of Postville’s population. Of those arrested, 290 were Guatemalan, 93 Mexican, four Ukrainian and two were Israeli. In […]
A Carroll County schoolteacher, her husband and her son were killed Friday night by a tornado-spawning storm system that tore its way through Mississippi. Carroll County Coroner Mark Stiles identified the dead as Helen Munford, 54; her husband, Danny, 52; and her son, JaDarrion Murphy, 14. Helen Munford was a fourth and fifth grade social […]