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.
Dallas artist Roberto Marquez traveled to the Rafah Crossing in Egypt, the U.S. capital and will attend this weekend's statewide protest in Austin.
"Aluminum foil is kept around the babies to protect them from the cold weather," says the director general of Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.
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.
The top U.S. diplomat spoke after Israel agreed to daily humanitarian pauses in the fighting in northern Gaza. Meanwhile, Hamas claims an Israeli strike on Gaza's largest hospital killed at least 13.
Painting to protest for peace, Dallas artist Roberto Marquez wasted no time traveling as close as he could get to the suffering felt by those directly impacted by the Israel-Hamas war.
More than 100 Democratic lawmakers asked President Biden to allow Palestinians living in the U.S. without permanent legal status to gain deportation protections.
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.
Since the October 7 attack, the Gaza Ministry of Health says at least 9,400 Palestinians including more than 3600 children have been killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes.
"We believe that there are still a number of Americans inside Gaza," deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said Sunday.
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.
As the war rages in Israel, The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum said it is causing uncertainty within many North Texas communities.
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.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation that Israel has opened a "new phase" in the war by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea.
A man whose mother is among hundreds of Americans trapped in Gaza as Israel tries to "destroy" Hamas says the U.S. government has "betrayed" his family.
Since the Israel-Hamas war began Oct. 7, the number of antisemitic incidents rose 388% compared to the same period last year, according to the ADL.
U.S. officials said no evidence has emerged that Israeli munitions were the source of the blast.
Two more hostages taken by Hamas during the deadly Oct. 7 attack, identified by Israeli officials as Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, have been released.
Deadly, ongoing Israeli airstrikes are fueling anger across the region and fear for 222 Hamas hostages in Gaza as the U.S. tries to delay an invasion.
The Hamas militant group's coordinated terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7 was the deadliest assault in the region in decades, and prompted Israel to declare war.
"We are standing, marching together against evilness."
However, no U.S. citizens or other foreign nationals who have been stranded in Gaza since the war began were allowed to cross into Egypt.
