State Department pauses visitor visas for Gazans in need of medical care in U.S.
The State Department announced over the weekend it will be pausing visitor visas from Gaza over claims some recipients may have ties to terrorist groups.
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The State Department announced over the weekend it will be pausing visitor visas from Gaza over claims some recipients may have ties to terrorist groups.
Heal Palestine, which has evacuated at least 63 injured children and 148 total people from Gaza, released a statement, saying they're distressed and emphasized, "This is a medical treatment program, not a refugee resettlement program."
Protesters across Israel and the world are demanding an end to the war.
Israel's military targeted and killed five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza on Sunday, including Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif.
This includes well-known correspondent Anas Al Sharif, who's been covering the war from inside Gaza. The attack hit a media tent that was marked as "press" outside Al Shifa hospital.
Israel's military targeted and killed five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, including Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif.
Israel’s air and ground war has already displaced most of the population and killed more than 61 thousand Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz has been a strong supporter of Israel for decades, but Merz said that while Israel has the right to defend itself, a ceasefire must be the top priority.
Tina Kraus reports it's a decision that stops short of seizing control of the entire territory, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for.
In a statement, Netanyahu's office said the Israel Defense Forces would prepare to take over Gaza City while providing humanitarian aid to the civilian population outside of combat zones.
Quigley is the first Illinois politician to call for such an action.
A UN-backed food security agency warned last week that “the worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in the region.
U.S. officials, including Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, were in Gaza on Friday as more Palestinians said they were shot at while awaiting aid.
Hecklers who said they opposed the war in Gaza repeatedly interrupted a town hall meeting at Aurora University on Tuesday night for U.S. Rep Bill Foster (D-IL).
Hecklers who said they opposed the war in Gaza repeatedly interrupted a town hall meeting at Aurora University on Tuesday night for U.S. Rep Bill Foster (D-IL).
The leading international authority on food crises predicted "widespread death" in Gaza without immediate action.
Israel is facing mounting international condemnation and pressure over the hunger crisis in Gaza.
The local pause in fighting came days after ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas appeared to be in doubt.
Both aid groups and people with family in Gaza described the situation as the worst it has ever been.
This comes as Israel faces a wave of international criticism over how they are handling the now 21-month war, especially as starvation deaths are rising in Gaza.
The Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry said at least 54 people have starved to death in Gaza just this week. Twenty-eight western nations, more than a hundred humanitarian aid organizations, and top UN officials have all said Israeli policies are to blame.
The UN's World Food Program said nearly 100,000 women and children urgently need treatment for malnutrition, but medicine is running out.
At least 85 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid in one of the deadliest days for aid-seekers since the war began, Gaza's Health Ministry said.
At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said, in one of the deadliest days yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war.
Israel claims Hamas is the hold up right now after refusing to give key data about how many Palestinians would be released in exchange for Israelis. Hamas claims Israel is not talking seriously about a permanent ceasefire, making a deal difficult.
