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Israeli Military 'Expanding' Activity of Ground Forces in Gaza

Army is moving closer to an expected full-fledged ground invasion

(Newser) - The Israeli military on Friday said its ground forces were "expanding their activity" in the Gaza Strip, as the army moved closer to a full-on ground invasion of the besieged territory. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the army's spokesman, said aerial attacks had been targeting Hamas tunnels and other...

Israeli Military Says Gaza Raid Was to 'Prepare the Battlefield'

UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns that it is running out of fuel

(Newser) - Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to "prepare the battlefield" ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of devastating air raids. The Israeli military said soldiers...

Why the Ground Invasion of Gaza Hasn't Happened Yet

A roundup of theories

(Newser) - It's been nearly a week since Israel's defense minister ordered troops to prepare to see Gaza "from the inside," and more than two weeks since it called up 360,000 Israel Defense Forces reservists and readied tanks along the border. The expected ground invasion has yet...

US Preps Mass Evacuation of Americans From Mideast
US Preps Mass Evacuation
of Americans From Mideast
the rundown
Oct 24, 2023 12:30 PM CDT

US Preps Mass Evacuation of Americans From Mideast

Report comes as Israel's bombardment of Gaza escalates

(Newser) - Israel has significantly ramped up its airstrikes on Gaza in anticipation of a ground invasion, with the military saying it has hit more than 720 targets in the last two days, reports the New York Times . The Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, meanwhile, said it logged more than 700 Palestinian deaths...

Egypt Border With Gaza Opens, to a &#39;Trickle&#39; of Aid
'The Situation
Is Catastrophic'
Oct 21, 2023 6:30 AM CDT

'The Situation Is Catastrophic'

'Trickle' of aid begins as trucks move from Egypt into Gaza, but some say much more aid is needed

(Newser) - The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off in the wake of Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago. Gaza's 2.3 million Palestinians, half of...

Troops Told to Prepare to See Gaza 'From the Inside'

Trucks with aid are waiting at Rafah crossing

(Newser) - Israel is bombarding Gaza and evacuating a sizable town near the Lebanese border in the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil. Palestinians in Gaza reported heavy airstrikes in Khan Younis in the south, where people had been told to seek safety, and...

Biden: Israel Will Allow Humanitarian Relief to Gaza

But only through the border with Egypt, and with inspections

(Newser) - President Biden said Wednesday that Israel had agreed to allow humanitarian assistance to begin flowing into Gaza from Egypt with the understanding it would be subject to inspections, and that such aid should go to civilians and not Hamas militants. In remarks from Tel Aviv, where the president had gone...

Egypt&#39;s Border Crossing With Gaza Remains Closed. Why?
Egypt's Border Crossing
With Gaza Remains
Closed. Why?
the rundown
Oct 18, 2023 12:30 AM CDT

Egypt's Border Crossing With Gaza Remains Closed. Why?

It remains closed as thousands wait on one side, and aid is stuck on the other side

(Newser) - As Israel bombards Gaza in retaliation for Hamas' attacks on Israel, thousands of Palestinians are lined up on the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing—the only crossing at the Egypt-Gaza border. On the Egypt side sit trucks full of aid supplies for the devastated region. Yet the crossing remains...

Dozens Dead in Gaza Area Where Civilians Sought Refuge

Israel bombs southern Gaza after telling civilians to flee there; Hamas says top commander killed

(Newser) - Israel bombed areas of southern Gaza, where it had told Palestinians to flee to, ahead of an expected ground invasion, killing dozens of people on Tuesday in attacks it says are targeted at Hamas militants that rule the besieged territory, reports the AP . With no water, fuel, or food being...

Israel Is Tracking Those Fleeing Gaza

As it prepares to invade Gaza in attempt to drive Hamas out

(Newser) - As Israel prepares for a ground invasion of Gaza amid its war with Hamas, the Israeli military is using cellphone data to track those who are fleeing the area. The Israeli Defense Force allowed the New York Times to observe the system in what the paper paints as an attempt...

Thousands Flee North Gaza
Palestinians Try
to Escape Gaza
Oct 14, 2023 5:30 PM CDT

Palestinians Try to Escape Gaza

Israel tells residents to leave, Hamas says to stay

(Newser) - Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a worsening water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive, a week after Hamas' attack on Israel. Israel renewed calls on social media and in leaflets dropped from the air for...

Israel Orders Half of Gaza to Leave Homes

Hamas tells residents to ignore evacuation order for northern half of territory

(Newser) - The United Nations says Israel has told all civilians in the northern half of Gaza to evacuate to the southern half of the territory within 24 hours, an unprecedented order applying to around 1.1 million people ahead of an expected ground offensive. "Civilians of Gaza City, evacuate south...

Bodies of 1.5K Hamas Militants Found in Israel

Israel's military also says Gaza's parliament, civilian ministries are legitimate targets

(Newser) - Around 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants have been found in Israeli territory, the Israeli military said Tuesday after announcing it had largely gained control in the south and "restored full control" over the border on the fourth day of fighting following an unprecedented surprise attack. Spokesperson Richard Hecht...

Israeli Airstrike Kills 19 Members of Palestinian Family

Including children, surviving family member says

(Newser) - The evacuation warning came shortly after dark. The Israeli military fired the shot just a short distance from Nasser Abu Quta's home in the southern Gaza Strip, a precautionary measure meant to allow people to evacuate before airstrikes. Abu Quta, 57, thought he and his extended family would be...

Major Question Being Asked: How Did Israel Not Know?

The intelligence failure will be examined for years to come

(Newser) - As war unfolds in the Middle East following the unprecedented surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants, one question is being asked repeatedly: How did Israeli intelligence—and that of its Western allies—have no idea this was coming? Some takes, which in many cases assume the form of further...

22 Dead in Israel in 'Unprecedented' Attack

Hamas incursion from Gaza Strip also left hundreds injured, per Israel's rescue service

(Newser) - The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multifront attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off guard on a...

Israel Kills 3 Islamic Jihad Commanders in Gaza Strikes

Palestinian health officials say 12 people were killed in total

(Newser) - Israel killed three senior commanders of the militant Islamic Jihad group in targeted airstrikes early Tuesday, the military said. Palestinian health officials said 12 people were killed in all, including the commanders, their wives, several of their children and others nearby, the AP reports. The strikes hit the top floor...

Israeli Airstrikes Risk 'All-Out War'

At least 8 are killed, 40 hurt in Gaza; Israel says it was targeting Islamic Jihad

(Newser) - Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, killing at least eight people, including a senior militant, and wounding another 40, according to Palestinian officials. Israel said it was targeting the Islamic Jihad militant group in response to an "imminent threat" following the arrest of a senior...

Farmer Working His Fields Makes an Ancient Find

Limestone head is thought to represent the Canaanite goddess Anat

(Newser) - A farmer in the Gaza Strip went to work on Monday and found himself the subject of international news stories days later, all thanks to what he found in the ground. Nidal Abu Eid was plowing his land when he turned up a 4,500-year-old limestone head thought to represent...

After Incendiary Balloons Launched, Israel Breaks Ceasefire

The balloons, in turn, were launched from Gaza in response to an Israeli march

(Newser) - Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, the first such raids since a shaky cease-fire ended the war with Hamas last month, the AP reports. The airstrikes targeted facilities used by Hamas militants for meetings to plan attacks, the Israeli...

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