Israel-Hamas War

Israel says that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the country’s north to allow its residents to return to their homes there is now an official war goal as it considers a wider military operation in Lebanon.

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing those displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 19 people and wounded 60.

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others.

The White House on Friday requested that Israel investigate the death of a 26-year-old American woman, Aysenur Eygi, in the occupied West Bank.

A vigil was held to mourn the lives of six Israeli hostages killed in Gaza over the weekend, including a man from Virginia. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. 

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other militants in connection with the Oct. 7 rampage in Israel.

A rare general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to disruptions around the country.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a young Israeli-American man, was one of the six hostages found dead by Israel military in Gaza. The 23-year-old was seized by militants at a music festival in Israel on Oct.7 last year. Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks shared their condolences to his friends and family. 

Tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, chanting “Now! Now!” as they demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home.

Israel on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including a young Israeli-American man who became one of the most well-known captives held by Hamas as his parents met with world leaders and pressed for his release, including at the Democratic convention last month.

The Israel Defense Forces said it has located “a number of bodies” in Gaza on Saturday.

The U.N. is about to launch an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza against polio, a disease that doctors fear has spread in the territory due to the massive humanitarian catastrophe unleashed by Israel’s military offensive there.

Hundreds of online tributes have been left for a content creator known for sharing videos on social media about his life in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s war with Hamas.

Students for Gaza SFSU announced Thursday that San Francisco State University has pulled investments from three companies the university claims do not meet its human rights standards following demonstrations from pro-Palestinian activists and groups.  

The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with its deadliest operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza.

Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants, carrying out arrests and sealing off the volatile city of Jenin.

The Israeli military says it has rescued an Arab citizen of Israel who was among scores of people abducted in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.

Nearly 11 months into the war with Hamas, Israel’s economy is struggling as the country’s leaders grind ahead with an offensive in Gaza that shows no signs of ending and threatens to escalate into a wider conflict.

Protesters at George Washington University picked up where they left off last semester with another demonstration against the Israel-Hamas war. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Israel’s military said its forces recovered the bodies in an overnight operation in southern Gaza, without saying when or how the six died.