With infants at risk, Biden says Gaza hospitals "must be protected"
Biden calls for Gaza hospitals to be protected as Israeli troops surround the biggest medical facility, and infants' lives are caught in the middle of the war with Hamas.
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Biden calls for Gaza hospitals to be protected as Israeli troops surround the biggest medical facility, and infants' lives are caught in the middle of the war with Hamas.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unfolding. Natalie Brand is following the latest from Washington, D.C. today.
Activists protesting corporate profits, environmental abuses, poor working conditions and the Israel-Hamas war marched in downtown San Francisco on Sunday.
Youth 4 Palestine and allies held a protest and march throughout Midtown Sacramento to demand a cease-fire in the Middle East.
A cease-fire would be possible only if the more than 200 hostages held by militants in Gaza are released, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address.
Harrowing new video shows what the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry claims are conditions inside Al-Shifa hospital as Israeli forces pummel northern Gaza in what the IDF says is an effort to wipe out the Islamist militant group.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the four-hour pauses would begin Thursday.
The possible cease-fire deal is being brokered by the United States, Egypt and Qatar, a Persian Gulf country that mediates with Hamas, according to the Associated Press.
Aid agencies say thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza are trapped and facing the risk of "death by starvation" amid Israel's war with Hamas.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been one of the most vocal critics of Israel in Congress, but her latest comments went too far for some of her colleagues.
Protestors in Sacramento are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas War enters its second month.
U.N. says 70% of Gaza's population has been displaced a month into the Israel-Hamas war, as Gaza officials say more than 10,300 are dead, almost half of them children.
Hamas officials say the death toll is over 10,000 as Israel ignores rising calls for a cease-fire and Israeli troops surround the Gaza Strip's largest city.
The U.S. secretary of state held firm to the U.S. position that a cease-fire would harm Israel's right and obligation to defend its citizens after the surprise attack by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken also reiterated Washington's long-standing support for the eventual recognition of a Palestinian state.
Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israeli war in Gaza blocked a U.S. military supply ship leaving the Port of Oakland for hours Friday by locking themselves to the vessel.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memo that pauses Defense Department support for congressional travel to Israel at this time and restricts visits by defense and military leaders.
Israel says its forces faced fierce resistance from Hamas militants at Gaza City as hundreds of Americans looked set to depart Gaza and cross the border into Egypt.
The president is under growing pressure from those who say Israel's bombardment of Gaza is collective punishment.
Foreign nationals continued to cross over the Rafah border crossing into Egypt for the first time since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
The Israeli leader said any pause in hostilities would just give Hamas time to regroup, so "that will not happen."
The White House said it will deploy cybersecurity experts to schools amid a sharp rise in antisemitic threats and incidents at campuses across the country.
Despite growing outcry over the huge civilian death toll in Gaza, Israel is pressing ahead with the "next stage" of its war on Hamas.
Hamas released a video showing 3 hostages, with one woman lambasting Israel's leader for failing to protect them or secure their release.
German-Israeli Shani Louk, 22, was among those killed by Hamas militants after they stormed a trance music festival on Oct. 7, her family has learned.
