Turkish president helps Sweden inch closer to NATO membership after delays
CNN — Sweden inched a step closer to joining NATO on Monday after Turkey’s president sent accession protocols to parliament....
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Gaza strip: 2,000 children killed, aid group says, as doctors warn of fuel shortage
Gaza and Jerusalem CNN — Aid agencies are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as doctors warn an Israeli blockade...
Hamas hostage describes kidnapping from kibbutz and captivity
CNN — Yocheved Lifshitz, one of two hostages recently freed by Hamas, has described her ordeal after being kidnapped by...
Israel-Hamas war rages, Gaza deaths mount, two Israeli hostages released
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in a phone call on Monday that “all countries...
Jeff Wilson: Washington state senator arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun through airport
Hong Kong CNN — An American politician has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun into the city,...
Hamas releases two more hostages as Israel ramps up Gaza strikes
Gaza and Jerusalem CNN — Hamas has released two more hostages following Qatari and Egyptian mediation, two Israeli officials and...
Names written on Palestinian children’s bodies speak to the fears of Gazan parents amid the Israel-Hamas war
Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic descriptions Gaza CNN — The bodies of three children lie on a steel tray...
Hamas and Israeli troops clash in Gaza as airstrikes intensify
CNN — Hamas fighters and Israeli forces engaged in limited clashes inside Gaza on Sunday as the Israeli military ramped...
October 22, 2023 Israel-Hamas war news
Many infants relying on ventilators would not survive an interruption of electricity in Gaza, a senior doctor in the besieged...
October 21, 2023 – Israel-Hamas war news
Palestinians assess the aftermath of the blast at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Abed Khaled/APIn the...
Hamas releases two hostages as questions swirl about delayed aid and looming incursion
Gaza and Rafah CNN — The first trucks carrying aid entered Gaza on Saturday, but international leaders have warned that...
Gaza hospital blast: Forensic analysis of images and videos suggests rocket was cause, not Israeli airstrike
CNN — In the days since a blast ripped through the packed Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of...
What is Israel’s post-invasion plan for Gaza?
Israel's border with Gaza CNN — Tal and Zak have no idea how long they’ll be deployed in what the...
American mother and daughter taken hostage by Hamas have been released
CNN — Hamas released two American hostages, Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, on Friday nearly two...
The war has forced Israel’s Arab citizens to explain that no, they are not Hamas
Haifa and Jerusalem CNN — When 20-year-old Aya Najame, an Arab Muslim, was a little girl growing up in the...
Humanitarian situation in northern Gaza ‘really dire,’ says aid worker before battery runs out on phone
CNN — Lit by the ghostly glow of a rapidly depleting mobile phone light, Mahmoud Shalabi says conditions in northern...
October 20, 2023 – Israel-Hamas war
Uri Raanan, the father of Natalie Raanan, one of the American hostages released Friday by Hamas, speaks during a press...
Protests across Mideast as US’ Arab allies warn against pushing Palestinians out
CNN — Protests erupted around the Arab world on Friday as the Gaza war raged and an Israeli ground operation...
On Chinese social media, Israel-Hamas war fuels debate and nationalist sentiment
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s...
October 19, 2023 – Israel-Hamas war news
In a primetime address, US President Joe Biden directly appealed to Americans for US support in the wars in Israel...
