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Associated Press Videos57 minutes agoIsraeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. (AP Video by Immad Isseid)
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- 0:49West Bank Al Jazeera bureau chief on Israeli raid and office closureAssociated Press VideosIsraeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. (AP Video by Immad Isseid)57 minutes ago
- 0:45Gaza authorities say children among those killed in Israeli strikeReuters VideosSTORY: ::September 21, 2024 ::Gaza's health ministry says an Israeli strike on a school killed women and children ::Gaza City, Gaza ::Israel's military says it struck a Hamas command center embedded in a former school compound The Hamas-run government's media office said at least 13 children, including a three-month-old baby, and six women were among at least 22 people dead. Israel's military said it hit a Hamas command center embedded in the compound that previously served as a school, repeating an accusation that Hamas uses civilian facilities for military purposes - a charge Hamas denies.17 hours ago
- 2:06Hezbollah leaders, and children, among dozens dead in Beirut strikeReuters VideosSTORY: :: WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT Several children were among those killed in an Israeli strike on a Beirut suburb, according to Lebanon's health ministry, who said the death toll rose to dozens on Saturday (September 21). Overnight, Hezbollah confirmed that 16 of its members, including senior leader Ibrahim Aqil and top commander Ahmed Wahbi were killed in the Friday afternoon strike. It marks the second time in less than two months that Israel has targeted a leading Hezbollah military commander in Beirut. ::July 2024 An airstrike in July killed Fuad Shukr, the group’s top military commander. It also sharply escalates the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group. Speaking to reporters at the scene on Saturday, Hezbollah-aligned transport minister Ali Hamieh said many people were still missing. He also accused Israel of “taking the region to war.” Friday’s strike is the deadliest in a year of clashes between Hezbollah and Israel and the worst conflict since the two fought an all-out war in 2006. ::September 17, 2024 It has also inflicted another blow on Hezbollah following two days of attacks earlier this week, in which pagers and walkie-talkies used by its members exploded. The total death toll in those attacks is now in the dozens, with more than 3,000 having been injured. The attacks are widely believed to have been carried out by Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement. In a brief statement on Friday evening carried by Israeli media, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's goals were clear and its actions spoke for themselves. His comments come as Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that Israel is launching a new phase of war on the northern border. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from homes on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border since October 2023. That’s when Hezbollah began firing rockets at Israel in sympathy of Palestinians in Gaza, as the Israeli war against Hamas approaches a year.17 hours ago
- 1:03Biden says he still has hope for a cease-fire and hostage deal between Israel and HamasAssociated Press VideosPresident Joe Biden said Friday his administration must keep working at trying to win a cease-fire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas as tensions rise along the Israel-Lebanon border.2 days ago
- 2:26Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on BeirutReuters VideosSTORY: This is the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in a Beirut suburb on Friday, in which Israel claimed it killed a top Hezbollah commander. UPSOUND HAGARI Israeli military spokesperson Danial Hagari said the attack killed Ibrahim Aqil, the acting commander of the group's elite Radwan force. Hagari said the strike also killed other senior members of that unit. Lebanon's health ministry gave a preliminary toll of 12 dead and 66 wounded. The country's civil defense said its rescue teams were searching for people under the rubble of two buildings hit in Friday's strike. Friday's attack caps of a week that saw a stunningly deadly campaign appearing to target Hezbollah figures. On Tuesday thousands of electronic pagers used by the group detonated. A day later, hand-held radios exploded. The consecutive attacks killed 37 people, including at least two children, and injured more than 3,000 people. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday blamed Israel for the blasts, saying it had crossed all red lines and vowing retribution. Israel did not comment on the detonation of the electronics. A Lebanese source familiar with the electronics components told Reuters the batteries of the walkie-talkies were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN. It is still unclear how explosives made their way into so many communications devices used by the Lebanese militant group. But two security sources told Reuters Hezbollah was handing out pagers to its members just hours before they blew up. And the devices had been checked for threats. Aqil, the commander killed on Friday, had a $7 million bounty on his head from the United States over his link to the deadly bombing of a U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983. It marks the second time in less than two months that Israel has targeted a leading Hezbollah military commander in Beirut. In July, an Israeli airstrike killed Fuad Shukr, the group's top military commander. Israel and Hezbollah have traded cross-border fire since October, when the Iranian-backed group fired rockets it said were in support the Hamas attacks on Israel from Gaza. Tens of thousands of civilians have had to leave homes on both sides of the border. Israel said it is committed to returning its civilians to their homes and said it is prepared for any eventuality.2 days ago
- 3:50Hezbollah attacks put spotlight on Israel's cyber warfare Unit 8200Reuters VideosSTORY: Widespread attacks on Hezbollah communication devices in Lebanon this week have turned the spotlight on Israel's secretive Unit 8200. On Tuesday, Hezbollah pagers detonated across the country simultaneously when a coded message was sent to them. The next day, hand-held radios used by the armed group exploded in Beirut’s suburbs and the Bekaa Valley. The combined attacks killed at least 37 people and wounded over 3,000 more. Although Israel has so far remained silent on the surprising attacks, security sources told Reuters they were likely carried out by its Mossad spy agency. However, one Western security source said that a secretive cyber intelligence unit that is not part of the Mossad was also involved in planning the operation, which the source said was over a year in the making. Unit 8200 is the largest single military unit in the Israel Defence Forces. It functions in a similar way to the U.S. National Security Agency– and according to sources was involved in the development stage of the Hezbollah devices– specifically the technical side of testing how explosive material could be inserted in them when they were manufactured. Although the IDF rarely comments on 8200’s activities, in 2018 it said the unit's operations ran from intelligence gathering and cyber defense to "technological attacks and strikes." Reuters on Wednesday interviewed Kobi Samboursky, a former member of the unit. Samboursky said he had no knowledge that Unit 8200 was involved in the attacks in Lebanon, but said the sophisticated operation seemed like the sort of projects that drive its members. "So of course I don't know anything about it and even if I knew I could not say anything, but to me that's a great example of a can-do attitude. If someone told you yesterday or the day before this event that something like this could have happened, you would say 'yeah, I don't think it's possible', it looks like something from a science fiction movie. I think those are exactly the kind of challenges that make such young people excited and a great example how smart minds could work to achieve a challenge that looks, again, crazy when you just think of it the first time." Samboursky also says a hallmark of the unit is its high turnover of young, hand-picked recruits replacing veterans. "People get to the unit mostly at the age of 18, which is of course very young, and they have zero experience." "Innovation is almost an integral part of the culture, and it's very exciting, specifically in our day and time when things are moving so dramatically, so wherever the organisation learned to do, after a few years you want to rotate it and you want to learn new stuff, so with this flow of new and very talented people, you get this almost automatically.” Some graduates of Unit 8200 have gone on to build Israel's private tech sector and some of its biggest companies. Samboursky himself is now a managing partner at an early stage fund investing in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. :: October 7, 2023 Unit 8200 also handles signals intelligence, and effectively functions as Israel's early warning system. As such, it shouldered some of the blame for failing to detect Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel. Last week, the unit's commander said he was stepping down. In his resignation letter, carried by Israeli media, he said he hadn't fulfilled his mission.2 days ago
- 2:46Hezbollah says Israel crossed 'red lines' with pager blastsReuters VideosSTORY: The leader of the powerful Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon on Thursday blamed Israel for a stunning wave of deadly attacks that detonated thousands of electronic devices across the country. In a speech broadcast from an undisclosed location, Hassan Nasrallah called the attack "unprecedented" in the militant group's history. "...thousands of pagers were targeted by the Israeli enemy, and they were all detonated at the same time. The enemy violated, through this attack, all the regulations, laws, and red lines." Lebanon and Hezbollah have blamed Israel for attacks on Hezbollah's communications equipment that killed at least 37 people and wounded around 3,000. Nasrallah acknowledged the attacks represented what he called a major security and military blow. Dozens of funerals show the reach of the strike. On Tuesday, pagers used by Hezbollah began exploding, seemingly detonated remotely. A day later, hand-held radios began to explode, sometimes at funerals of those killed in the first wave. On Thursday, the Lebanese army conducted what it said was the controlled demolition of a battery from inside a communications device. Israel has not directly commented on the attacks, which security sources say were probably carried out by its Mossad spy agency. But as Nasrallah spoke, the roar of Israeli jets could be heard over Beirut. Sonic booms as the aircraft broke the sound barrier thundered over the city. Israel said its warplanes struck southern Lebanon overnight. Hezbollah reported that airstrikes resumed in the border area in the afternoon. :: October 10, 2023 The cross-border strikes between the combatants have escalated since Oct. 7 when Hezbollah fired on Israel in support of Hamas's attack on Israeli communities from Gaza. :: August 25, 2024 Israel says its conflict with Hezbollah, like its war in Gaza against Hamas, is part of a wider regional confrontation with Iran, which sponsors both groups as well as armed movements in Syria, Yemen and Iraq. :: Qatar TV The conflict has repeatedly threatened to spread. Iran has promised to hit back at Israel for what it says was an Israeli strike that killed a Hamas leader in Tehran. Iranian state media reported the commander of the country's Revolutionary Guards told Hezbollah's Nasrallah that Israel will face "a crushing response from the axis of resistance" for its attack on the group's communications devices.3 days ago
- 2:17Palestinians deprived of Israeli work permits turn to farmingReuters VideosSTORY: Mazen Abu Jaish is among the roughly 200,000 Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank who had crossed daily into Israel to work. But that was before October 7, 2023. In the wake of the Hamas attack on Israeli communities and the subsequent war in Gaza, Abu Jaish and hundreds of thousands like him lost their work permits. And faced with unemployment and no end in sight to the brutal war in Gaza, Abu Jaish has turned to these greenhouses to replace his lost income. In his village of Beit Dajan, with some fertile land and modest means available, Abu Jaish and a group of workers sought support from local authorities to launch an agricultural project in the area. "This will become more common, in the end everyone is looking for a source of income and everyone is going to farm. This will create better economic conditions, but we need marketing, and the concerned parties are working on exporting and marketing it. This year the produce has doubled compared to previous years." The income is modest, but better than nothing, and it's benefited the area. Nasr Abu Jaish is the head of the Beit Dajan village council. "People started believing in farming again, in working the land, people now are not only thinking of greenhouses but also planting citrus trees, and to farm regularly with what is called 'uncovered farming' in order to earn an income." A report from the International Labour Organization this week projected unemployment in the West Bank and Gaza rising above 50 percent - with a total of half a million jobs lost. The loss of wages has compounded the economic impact from the war in Gaza and unrest in the West Bank. There is some talk of letting Palestinian workers return. Some Israeli security officials worry that the loss of earnings in the West Bank could fuel even greater strife.3 days ago
- 1:32Examining the wider impact of the Hezbollah attacksCBS News VideosHezbollah militants in Lebanon were targeted in two large-scale and sophisticated attacks this week. Margaret Brennan takes a look at the possible implications of those attacks on cease-fire talks in the Israel-Hamas war, and on the Middle East as a whole.3 days ago
- 2:04White House tight-lipped about exploding devices in LebanonYahoo News VideoAt the White House press briefing on Wednesday, national security communications adviser John Kirby offered few details about reports of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon over the past two days. Reports say that the explosions targeted devices used by Hezbollah. The Israeli military has not commented on the explosions. At the briefing, Kirby said the United States was not involved in the explosions "in any way." He also said the U.S. doesn't want to see an escalation "of any kind" in the region, and doesn't believe the way to solve the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon is through more military actions, but through negotiations.3 days ago
- 1:35White House says US working to prevent Israel-Lebanon escalationReuters VideosSTORY: :: The White House says the U.S. was 'not involved' with explosions in Lebanon :: September 18, 2024 :: John Kirby White House National Security Spokesperson “ What I can tell you is we were not involved in yesterday's incidents or today's in any way. And I don't have anything more to share." REPORTER: Has the Israelis let you know about these operations?” “I don't have anything more to share today.” REPORTER: Can you confirm that it’s the U.S. assessment that the Israelis were behind all this? “Nothing more to share.” (flash) REPORTER: How do these events move forward any diplomatic solution here? “It’s difficult for me to stand up here, Gabe, and tell you exactly how incidents over the last couple of days are going to affect outcomes in the next few days. All I can tell you is we're still putting our shoulder to the wheel to get the hostages home and get a ceasefire in place. As daunting as that is today, and we are still involved in intensive diplomacy to try to prevent a second front from opening up on that border with Lebanon.” (flash) REPORTER: Why won't you make an assessment whether these operations that we're seeing in Lebanon indeed are in accordance with international humanitarian law? “I can appreciate that you all want answers to these questions, and you want them now. I get that. We're talking about incidents that allegedly happened today, apparently happened today and some that happened yesterday. I'm just not going to get into intelligence assessments one way or another about this. And I would also add that as we have said from the very beginning, Israel has a right to defend itself. How they do so matters to us, and we don't shy away from having those kinds of conversations with the Israelis as appropriate.” REPORTER: So you’re saying Israel did – is behind these operations? “I did not say that.” Hand-held radios used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions hit the group's pagers. Lebanon's health ministry said 14 people were killed and about 450 injured on Wednesday in Beirut's suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, while the death toll from Tuesday's explosions rose to 12, including two children, with nearly 3,000 injured. When asked if it was the United States' assessment that the Israelis were behind the exploding pagers, Kirby said "nothing more to share." Israeli officials have not commented on the blasts, but security sources said Israel's spy agency Mossad was responsible. Rising tensions may also complicate so far unsuccessful efforts by mediators Egypt, Qatar and the U.S. to negotiate a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and militant group Hamas, a Hezbollah ally also backed by Iran. Kirby said the U.S. was not involved in the device blasts, and said it was too soon to assess the impact of the blasts on ceasefire talks.3 days ago
- 1:02Analyst on how a detonator could 'theoretically' fit in a pagerReuters VideosSTORY: :: An explosive detonator could 'theoretically' fit within a pager, an electronics analyst says :: Apollo Systems HK :: Basel Halak, Associate Professor of Secure Electronics, University of Southampton "Explosive devices require five main components. You need a container, a battery, a triggering device, a detonator and an explosive charge. In this particular case, the pager already... a typical pager would already have the first three of this list..." :: Southampton, England "The job of the detonator is basically to create a spark. Now, the size of such a detonator could be between 5 to 10 centimetres. So it will theoretically fit within this component." :: September 18, 2024 "There is no single entity controlling the full supply chain. So if we take the whole process of actually building an electronic product, you start off by actually sourcing out some pre-designed component or IP, depending on what you're building, because most likely you're not going to build everything from scratch, you're going to use some pre-existing component. So there is the risk there that some of these components could be faulty, could be malicious.” The incident across Lebanon wounded nearly 3,000 people, including many of the militant group's fighters and Iran's envoy to Beirut. The model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon were made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting, Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday, adding it had only licensed out its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices. Images of destroyed pagers analyzed by Reuters showed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with pagers made by Gold Apollo. The company said in a statement that the AR-924 model was produced and sold by BAC. Israel's spy agency Mossad, which has a long history of sophisticated operations on foreign soil, planted explosives inside pagers imported by Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. Hezbollah, Iran's most powerful proxy in the Middle East, said in a statement it would continue to support Hamas in Gaza and Israel should await a response to the pager "massacre" which left fighters and others bloodied, hospitalized or dead. One Hezbollah official said the detonation was the group's "biggest security breach" in its history.4 days ago
- 0:59Amputees in Gaza Strip receive first prosthetic legs as part of Jordanian initiativeAssociated Press VideosSome Palestinians in Gaza gathered at the Jordanian Field Hospital in Khan Younis Tuesday to receive their first prosthetic limb since the Israel-Hamas war began 11 months ago in what Amman called the “Restoring Hope” initiative. (AP video shot by Mohammad Jahjouh. Production by Wafaa Shurafa)4 days ago
- 3:09How was Hezbollah attacked with exploding pagers?Reuters VideosSTORY: More details have emerged on Tuesday’s unprecedented attack on Hezbollah that saw thousands of pagers explode across Lebanon, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others, including the group’s fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut. Israel’s military has not commented on the blasts, but several sources told Reuters that a plot by the country’s Mossad spy agency appears to have been many months in the making. So what do we know about the attack so far? :: Exploding pagers A senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters that Mossad planted up to three grams of explosives inside 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered months ago by Hezbollah, which went undetected by the Iran-backed group. The senior Lebanese source said the devices had been modified by the spy service "at the production level." The source said 3,000 of the beepers exploded when a coded message was sent to them, simultaneously activating the explosives. People gathered at the Red Cross centre in Sidon after the attack to donate blood for the wounded. Hospital footage reviewed by Reuters showed men with missing fingers and gaping wounds at the hip where the pagers were likely worn. :: Who made the pagers? Images of destroyed pagers after Tuesday’s attack analyzed by Reuters showed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with those made by the Taipei-based company Gold Apollo. But the company’s founder, Hsu Ching-Kuang, told reporters on Wednesday that the firm did not make the detonated pagers. Hsu said they were made by a company in Europe, which he named as BAC, that had the right to use the Taiwanese firm's brand. “None of the components in that product belong to us, nothing was exported by us.” :: 'Biggest security breach' An effort by Hezbollah earlier this year to tighten security may have left them exposed to Tuesday’s attack, which one Hezbollah official said was the group's "biggest security breach" since the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hezbollah ally Hamas erupted last October. :: File In February, the group’s leader warned supporters that their phones were more dangerous than Israeli spies, saying they should break, bury or lock them in an iron box. The group distributed pagers to Hezbollah members as an alternative, apparently communicating with the low-tech devices in an attempt to evade Israeli tracking. :: File :: What’s next? Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate for the pager attack, which came at a time of mounting concern over tensions between it and Israel. :: Israeli Army Handout The two sides have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the start of the Gaza conflict. That has fueled fears of a regional conflict that could drag in Iran and the United States, which on Tuesday denied involvement in the attack. “I can tell you, you know, to my knowledge, there's no U.S. involvement in this at all.” Experts said they did not see the pager blasts as a sign that an Israeli ground offensive was imminent, but rather an indication of Israeli intelligence's apparently deep infiltration of Hezbollah.4 days ago
- 0:52Harris calls for end to war in Gaza, no Israeli reoccupationReuters VideosSTORY: :: Kamala Harris calls for a ceasefire at the National Association of Black Journalists forum :: September 17, 2024 :: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania “I support Israel's ability to defend itself, and I support the need for Palestinians to have dignity, self-determination and security as we move forward and get a two-state deal done. But right now, the thing we need to get done is this hostage deal and the ceasefire deal. We need a ceasefire. We need the hostage deal and the ceasefire deal. We need a ceasefire. We need the hostage deal.” // “I've had direct conversations with the prime minister, with the president of Israel, with Egyptian leaders, and with our allies. And I think we've made ourselves very clear this deal needs to get done in the best interest of everyone in the region.” Speaking in Philadelphia to the National Association of Black Journalists, she called for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, a two-state solution and Middle East stability in a way that does not empower Iran. Both Harris and Trump have made efforts to win over Black voters, whose support may be decisive in the closely fought Nov. 5 vote, especially in a handful of battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Georgia.4 days ago
- 1:11Hezbollah using pagers 'surprising' given history, says analystReuters VideosSTORY: :: A cybersecurity expert says it is 'surprising' that Hezbollah was using pagers after detonations in Lebanon :: New York :: Joseph Steinberg, Author, 'Cybersecurity for Dummies' "So, you know, it's somewhat surprising that Hezbollah would rely on pagers, knowing that Israel has a history going back decades of being able to detonate electronic devices. Ironically, there were reports in the media not that long ago that Hezbollah essentially broadcast to the world that they were downgrading from cell phones to pagers in order to prevent Israeli intelligence from tracking people using the GPS capabilities. Why they would broadcast something like that to the world, I cannot tell you." "Electronic devices such as cell phones and pagers are typically not manufactured in Lebanon or Syria or Iran. They are getting these products, Hezbollah is getting these products, from overseas manufacturers. And it is likely that Western entities have the ability to influence the supply chain, to put it mildly." "If this was Israel, which presumably it was, it should not be surprising that they have the capability to carry something like this out. The bigger question would be how did they manage to booby trap all of these pagers?" Joseph Steinberg, author of "Cybersecurity for Dummies," said Israel has a history of using technology, including remotely detonated devices, against its enemies, citing a cellphone used to kill a member of Hamas in Gaza in the mid-1990s. Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Makary condemned the late afternoon detonation of the pagers - handheld devices that Hezbollah and others in Lebanon use to send messages - as an "Israeli aggression." Hezbollah said Israel would receive "its fair punishment" for the blasts. The Israeli military, which has been engaged in cross-border fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah since the start of the Gaza war in October, declined to respond to questions about the detonations. A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the "biggest security breach" for the group in nearly a year of conflict with Israel.4 days ago
- 1:44Gazan creates solar devices to combat fuel, water shortagesReuters VideosSTORY: :: An engineer creates a solar cooker and a desalination system to combat fuel and water shortages in Gaza :: Khan Younis, Gaza :: Inas al-Ghoul, Palestinian agricultural engineer “This cooker is made of recycled materials. It is very simple, made of wood from a wooden box, broken glass from the glassmaker and mirrors that focus the sun’s rays on the tray or pot inside the cooker, which helps the cooking. The duration of cooking is the same as normal cooking. It can also fry - everything that you’d think of, this cooker can do.” “The good thing about this device is that it’s portable, it could be taken anywhere. Wherever I go, I take it with me. It works with solar energy, so I place it on rooftops. As you know, there are strikes, destruction and missiles passing by, which the cooker is subjected to. It's made of glass and mirrors and it was hit with strikes several times and it’s a little bit broken, but it still works perfectly.” “This is the salty water in the device. The sun's rays fall on the calm water, heating it and evaporating it. Then these drops start to show, which means there’s a condensation process. Can you see the drops? This is the condensation process of water.” “The fresh water coming out of the device goes through two stages of purification with activated charcoal. This is the first stage, then the water goes down here, this is the second stage, then it goes into this tank. The water in this tank is fresh and completely suitable for drinking, with no salt or pollutants.” Al-Ghoul said these machines helped her, her family and neighbors face severe shortages throughout the 11-month conflict. The 51-year-old mother of one wanted to offer an alternative to the pricey gas cylinders, which she said cost around $300, as well as provide fresh and potable water distilled from salt and pollutants. She made the two devices from wood, broken glass, and mirrors. The war started on Oct. 7 when Hamas, the group ruling Gaza, killed 1,200 people in Israel, according to Israeli tallies, and took another 250 or so to hold as hostages in Gaza, one of the most crowded places on earth. Israel's retaliatory offensive has not only killed more than 41,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave's health ministry, but created a humanitarian crisis with shortages of food, fuel and medicine as well as water in a territory whose housing and infrastructure is now little more than rubble.5 days ago
- 1:40Mother in Gaza longs for triplets in Jerusalem hospitalReuters VideosSTORY: These triplets in Jerusalem are video calling with their mother, who is in Gaza. It’s the only way they can see each other. They haven’t been physically together since shortly after the girls’ birth in August 2023... when their mother, 26-year-old Hanan al-Bayouk, traveled from Gaza to Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem for a high-risk birth. Her triplets – Najwa, Nour and Najmah – were born prematurely and underweight, and had to stay in intensive care. Israel's restrictions on the movement of Palestinians meant al-Bayouk – in fear of falling foul of the law – returned to Gaza while her babies were still in intensive care. By the time they were ready to go home, war had broken out and she got stuck. Doctors and nurses call al-Bayouk via WhatsApp, but at times she is unable to get internet in Gaza. When they do get a hold of her, they repeat “Mama, mama” to encourage the girls to focus on her small image on the phone. Where al-Bayouk's triplets are being cared for is worlds away from conditions for children in Gaza, which has been blockaded and pounded by Israeli forces since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. The director of the neonatal intensive care department at Al-Makassed Hospital, Hatem Khammash, says the babies are doing well. “We are happy with their development, the only thing that makes us sad is that they are far away from their mother,” he says.6 days ago
- 1:57Houthi missile reaches central Israel for the first timeReuters VideosSTORY: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would inflict a "heavy price" on the Iran-aligned Houthis after they reached central Israel with a missile on Sunday for the first time. Smoke billowed and a fire was seen in this open field near Kfar Daniel. Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and across central Israel just after 6:30 a.m. local time, sending residents running for shelter. No injuries were reported. :: Israeli Police handout After initially saying the missile had fallen in an open area, Israel's military later said it had probably fragmented in the air, and that pieces of interceptors had landed in the fields and near a railway station. :: GPO At a weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said the Houthis should have known that Israel would exact a "heavy price" for any attack on the country. :: July 20, 2024 "Whoever needs a reminder of that is invited to visit the Hodeidah port," Netanyahu said, referring to a deadly Israeli air strike against Yemen in July in retaliation for a Houthi drone that hit Tel Aviv. :: Houthi Military Media Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the group struck with a new hypersonic ballistic missile on Sunday that traveled nearly 1,300 miles in just 11-and-a-half minutes. :: October 7, 2023 :: April 2024 Sarea said Israel should expect more strikes in the future "as we approach the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 operation", referring to when Hamas militants launched a bloody attack in southern Israel that triggered the latest conflict in Gaza. :: Houthi Military Media Since the Gaza war began, the Houthis have fired missiles and drones at Israel repeatedly in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians. But previous Houthi missiles have not penetrated as deep into Israeli air space as this time.7 days ago
- 0:37Police scuffle with protesters at Tel Aviv hostage rallyReuters VideosSTORY: :: Police in Tel Aviv scuffle with protesters calling for the release of hostages held in Gaza :: September 14, 2024 Mounted police officers used horses to push the protesters back from a highway. One man was seen stumbling onto his back in front of an officer's horse during the attempts to contain the crowd. Elsewhere during the protest, a line of police officers were seen shoving protesters away, causing some to shout and scream. Hamas-led fighters took around 250 foreign and Israeli hostages when they burst into Israel on Oct. 7 and killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies. Israel's offensive in Gaza has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians since. Around 100 hostages remain in Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed dead.1 week ago
- 0:59Israeli airstrikes hit central and southern Gaza, killing at least 14Associated Press VideosIsraeli airstrikes hit central and southern Gaza overnight into Saturday, killing at least 14 people. The airstrikes in Gaza City hit one home housing 11 people, including three women and four children, and another hit a tent in Khan Younis with Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Civil Defence said Saturday.1 week ago
- 1:55CBS News tours Philadelphi Corridor with Israeli militaryCBS News VideosThe Philadelphi Corridor, a narrow strip of land along Gaza's southern border with Egypt, has become a sticking point in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire negotiations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to accept any agreement that calls for Israeli forces to pull out of the corridor. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer toured the corridor with the Israeli military.1 week ago
- 2:21Devastated part of Gaza lies at center of Israel-Hamas cease-fire stalemateABC News VideosThe IDF showed ABC News the destruction near the crucial Philadelphi Corridor on Friday, along the huge tunnels Israel says were used to hold hostages and smuggle weapons.1 week ago
- 1:11Gazans find relief in gym salvaged from rubbleReuters VideosSTORY: :: Gazans release stress and anger at a gym salvaged from the rubble :: Khan Younis, Gaza :: September 12, 2024 :: Adli al-Assar, Gym owner :: "The gym and the machines were targeted in an airstrike in their old location. The gym was located in the al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younis city. The machines were buried under the rubble. Due to the dire need of our youth and children in this area to find an outlet for stress and negative emotions, I went to the area and dug with my own hands, along with the help of my children and friends, until we were able to retrieve some of the equipment that was in the gym. We're now able to continue along our sports path." :: "There's a very high turnout and demand for working out - among young children, athletes, all ages even up to 70-year-olds. People come here to release their negative energy and to relieve the negative psychological state that they live in, in the tents and the hot weather. So they come here to exercise as an outlet." Nearly a year into a war which began with Hamas' deadly attack on Israel, that has led to an Israeli assault that has driven nearly all Gazans from their homes, there are few facilities for recreation. All schools are closed, public buildings are bombed out or shut.1 week ago
- 1:54New UN report outlines the economic toll of war in GazaReuters VideosSTORY: :: File :: Gaza City, Gaza Gaza's economy has shrunk to less than a sixth of its size when the Israel-Hamas war began nearly a year ago, according to a U.N. report released Thursday. The report also found that unemployment has nearly tripled in the occupied West Bank. “The Palestinian economy is in freefall.” Pedro Manuel Moreno is the Deputy Secretary General for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which authored the report. :: Khan Younis, Gaza “Gaza's GDP has dropped by an alarming 81 percent in the last quarter of 2023 alone. This has led to a 22 percent contraction in GDP for the entire year.” // “In Gaza, two-thirds of pre-war jobs, approximately 200,000, were lost by January 2024. In the West Bank, unemployment has risen from 12.9 percent before the conflict to a staggering 32 percent." :: Tulkarm, West Bank The U.N. trade body said the Palestinian Authority, or PA, is under "immense pressure" that is jeopardizing its ability to function. The PA exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank. Declining international aid and revenue deductions and withholdings by Israel are also adding to the strain on the Palestinians, the report said. :: Jenin, West Bank Israel also routinely deducts so-called "martyr payments" paid by the PA to families of militants and civilians killed by Israeli forces. Israel accuses the Palestinian Authority of supporting the October 7 attack on Israel. The PA denies promoting violence. “The report calls for the international community to halt this economic freefall, address the humanitarian crisis, and lay the groundwork for lasting peace and development.”1 week ago