Middle East

Israel still plans to mount an offensive against Hamas at the Rafah border

7:24am February 19, 2024

Despite international pressure against the move, Israel's military is planning a ground invasion of Rafah. The southern Gaza city is currently sheltering over a million displaced Palestinians.

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National

Morning news brief

5:10am February 19, 2024

Russian forces now occupy a strategically important town in Ukraine's east. Israel still plans an offensive in Rafah. A controversial state military base camp is being built in Texas near the border.

The U.S.S. Gravely destroyer is seen in the south Red Sea on Tuesday, Feb. 13. CENTCOM said U.S. forces repelled five Houthi attacks on Saturday.

World News

The U.S. military says it struck a Houthi underwater vessel in the Red Sea

5:50pm February 18, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

U.S. Central Command said it was the first time the Iranian-backed rebel group had been observed using an uncrewed underwater vessel since starting a series of attacks in the region in October.

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The U.S. is barring funding to UNRWA, the only international organization aiding Gaza

8:28am February 18, 2024

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. has paused funding to the UN organization that delivers food and aid to Palestinians. Some lawmakers want to keep it that way.

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Rising tensions in the Middle East could force the U.S. out of Iraq

8:28am February 18, 2024

by Jane Arraf

The war in Gaza is creating tensions across the Middle East, nowhere more so than Iraq, where Iran-backed militias are attacking US bases and forcing a dangerous confrontation.

A view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Jan. 26, 2024.

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U.N. court to hold hearings on legality of the occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands

12:27am February 18, 2024

by The Associated Press

The United Nations' highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.

Dr. Khaled al-Serr, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.

World News

Worries grow over fate of Palestinian doctor after Israeli troops raid Gaza hospital

5:27pm February 17, 2024

by D. Parvaz

The last messages sent by Dr. Khaled al-Serr were on Thursday night from a Gaza hospital raided by the Israeli military. Colleagues fear he has been detained by the Israeli military.

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Israeli troops take control, cut power in one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals

8:03am February 17, 2024

Israeli troops have taken command of a hospital in southern Gaza while negotiations for a cease fire are ongoing but substantial disagreements remain.

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Netanyahu's foreign policy adviser comments on Israel's possible invasion of Rafah

8:03am February 17, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks about the war in Gaza with Ophir Falk, a foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

With Palestinian laborers shut out of Israel, Indian workers line up for jobs there

5:01am February 17, 2024

Israel is recruiting skilled laborers from India after suspending work permits for most Palestinian workers following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas-backed militants.

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