Video shows 3 Israeli hostages being handed over to Red Cross
The release of the hostages was the first hurdle in the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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The release of the hostages was the first hurdle in the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The new sparked joy in Gaza, but many are anxious that the fragile agreement could fall apart.
The ceasefire and hostage release agreement will halt more than a year of fighting in the Gaza Strip.
After 15 months of fighting, Israel and Hamas agreed on a plan exchanging hostages for prisoners and opening Gaza to aid organizations. As Sara Machi reports, both Jewish and Palestinian groups in Chicago are expressing hope, but it is tempered with a year and three months of pain.
There is a conflicting feeling—with a sense of optimism, but also concern that the ceasefire deal will last, and that both Palestinians and Jews can really heal. Sabrina Franza reports.
Among both Jews and Palestinians in Chicago, there was a sense of relief in the wake of the news Wednesday. As Sabrina Franza reports, many are also feeling cautiously optimistic that the deal will be carried out in the terms that were outlined.
Advocates are cautious because there have been ceasefire talks that have failed in the past, but they are optimistic nonetheless.
Advocates are cautious because there have been ceasefire talks that have failed in the past, but they are optimistic nonetheless. Sara Machi reports.
A dramatic rise in hate crimes across the nation and state is prompting representatives from different racial, ethnic, religious and gender communities to join forces.
Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, of Darien, Illinois, was charged with two felony hate crime counts and one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
A 64-year-old woman from Chicago's western suburbs is facing hate crime charges and accused of assaulting a Palestinian-American couple in a video that went viral.
The 64-year-old woman from Chicago's western suburbs is facing hate crime charges, accused of assaulting a Palestinian American couple in a Panera in Downers Grove. Tara Molina reports.
Advocates for the Palestinian cause have called Rapaport a "racist Zionist."
Advocates for the Palestinian advocates have called Rapaport a “racist Zionist,” pointing to jokes and comments he made onstage and online in support of Israel.
Organizers of the protest said the current administration was warned of a Trump win if the War in Gaza persisted and U.S. funding to Israel continued.
Organizers of the protest said the current administration was warned of this out come if the War in Gaza persisted and U.S. funding to Israel continued. Meanwhile, as Charlie De Mar reports, immigrants' rights advocates are also concerned about what will happen in the new Trump administration.
Two Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza killed at least 78 Palestinians, many of them women and children, according to Gaza's health ministry.
In a post on the café's Instagram account, four windows were broken—one where the Palestinian flag was hanging after being moved following the first incident.
Motaz Azaiza took the picture of Jood that was shared worldwide and caught the attention of the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, which helped save his family.
A 2-year-old Palestinian boy who was rescued from Gaza and brought to the Chicago area amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war was reunited on Monday with the photographer who took a viral photo that helped him get the attention of a non-profit and get the care he desperately needed.
"It's not just a number. You're talking about people who have dreams, who have ambitions, who have life, who have work, and you know, they're flesh and blood. They're not just a number," Alaa Abusaman said.
It's been a year since Hamas' attack on Israel killed 1,200 people and another 250 taken hostage. Israel's response was immediate, relentlessly bombing Gaza, and killing nearly 42,000 Palestinians over the past year. In Chicago, Palestinian families are mourning their loved ones who have been killed in the war in Gaza.
Vigils were held for the Palestinian cause in Uptown and Logan Square Monday night. Darius Johnson reports.
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution Friday honoring the life of a 6-year-old Palestinian-American Wadee AlFayoumi of Illinois. AlFayoumi died after he was stabbed 26 times in front of his mother in October 2023.
The complaint alleges "a pattern of discrimination that has caused an increasingly hostile environment at UChicago for Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students and students associated with them."
