Twenty-five nations, including Britain, Canada and Japan, issued a joint statement on Monday with “a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now.” The statement by the U.S. allies and partners across the globe and published online by the U.K. government condemns Israel’s tightly-controlled aid distribution method, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s U.S.-backed…
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which oversees the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City, said Thursday that several people were injured in “a raid” on the church, including the Parish Priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli. The patriarchate later said two people were killed in the incident. “With deep sorrow the Latin Patriarchate can…
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Tuesday that he had “asked Israel to aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet,” a Palestinian American national who was visiting family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank when “he was beaten to death.” “There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act,” Huckabee said in a social media…
The Israel Defense Forces said Friday it was aware of reports of a Palestinian civilian killed and a number of Palestinians injured and it said the matter was being looked into by Israeli authorities. Police told NBC News that several people from “both sides” had been detained at the scene on suspicion of involvement in…
Tel Aviv, Israel — Iran fired another wave of missiles at Israel early Monday, triggering air raid sirens across the country and killing at least eight civilians as a few of the weapons evaded Israeli air defenses, according to the Israeli military. The deaths came on the fourth day of open warfare between the regional…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Amy Klobuchar said that authorities believe Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old suspect in a pair of “politically motivated” shootings, is still in the Midwest, noting that “he may be” in Minnesota and that authorities have put out an alert in South Dakota. “We believe he’s somewhere in the vicinity and that they are…
