Exploding pagers kill Hezbollah members, others; thousands wounded
Thousands of people were wounded when Hezbollah members' pagers exploded in the Iran-backed group's Beirut and south Lebanon strongholds.
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Thousands of people were wounded when Hezbollah members' pagers exploded in the Iran-backed group's Beirut and south Lebanon strongholds.
Hezbollah began using seemingly outdated pagers to protect themselves from Israeli surveillance, and now, Hezbollah blames Israel for causing those pagers to detonate. Charlie De Mar reports.
Amit Ganish said the Oct. 7 attacks had a profound and lasting impact on everyone in Israel, particularly given that there are still hostages in Gaza.
Amit Ganish, 24, survived Hamas' Oct. 7 attack at the Nova musical festival last year.
There were demonstrations across five cities, including Tel Aviv.
The strike leveled a part of the facility that around 12-thousand Gazan civilians had been using as a shelter.
The death toll in the Israel-Hamas War is growing as the call for a cease-fire and to bring hostages home is getting louder.
The family of Aysenur Eygi, a U.S. citizen who was shot and killed in the West Bank on Friday, is demanding an independent investigation into her death.
A nonprofit from France entertained children in Gaza with song and dance as they waited for polio vaccinations. Organizers said it was intended to provide a brief moment of relief and joy amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Pressure is building from all sides for Israel to end the war in Gaza and for Hamas to return the hostages. Hamas wants Israel to withdraw all of its troops out of Gaza, but Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists the military has to stay to seal the southern border.
That's according to documents obtained by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. The report adds fuel to growing anger at the prime minister.
In Tel Aviv, family members of hostages vowed on Wednesday to remain in the streets until their loved ones are freed. The protesters are stepping up calls on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire and hostage release deal after the recent killings of six hostages in Gaza --including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin'.
Their anger has grown now that the terrorist organization publicly said it will execute more, unless the Israeli government agrees to its terms for a ceasefire deal without further negotiation.
the justice department announced charges against senior Hamas leaders for killing more than 40 Americans.
Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against Hamas leaders for the deaths of American citizens in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against senior Hamas leaders for the deaths of at least 43 American citizens in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday.
A defiant Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing back against pressure to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, despite tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets in Israel following the killing of six hostages, and President Biden saying he’s not doing enough to end the war in Gaza.
Pressure is building for a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas, after the bodies of six hostages were recovered from Gaza.
Israel's biggest union goes on strike as Benjamin Netanyahu faces a surge of anger and demands to nail down a cease-fire with Hamas.
Thousands of mourners gathered in Israel on Monday to pay respects to one of the six hostages found dead in Gaza on Saturday. Meantime, overwhelming grief turned to anger in Tel Aviv, as protests evolved into a general strike, with organizers blaming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming the hostages would be alive if he hadn’t stalled a ceasefire deal.
On Sunday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris personally spoke to the grieving parents.
Mourners gathered in Jerusalem on Monday for the funeral of 23-year-old Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of six hostages killed in Gaza over the weekend. His death brings a crushing end to a high-profile international campaign by his parents to bring him home.
On Sunday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris personally spoke to the grieving parents.
After the deaths of six Israeli hostages, including one whose parents are originally from Chicago, protesters say a ceasefire may be their only hope of finding the remaining captives alive.
The mass demonstration erupted after the Israeli military announced they had recovered the bodies in a tunnel under the Gaza city of Rafah on Saturday.
