The last remaining exit for Gazans is through Egypt. Here’s why Cairo is reluctant to open it
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside...
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Gaza: Israel calls on 1.1 million people to evacuate south, in order UN warns is ‘impossible’
Gaza and Jerusalem CNN — Israel’s military has warned 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes,...
Israelis brace for war and try to put their differences aside
Jerusalem CNN — Michal Muszkat-Barkan is a natural leader. The kind of person who can rally the troops and knows...
Scrounging for weapons: An annotated look at Hamas’ deadly arsenal
CNN — Homemade rockets. Modified AK-47s. Decades-old Soviet machine guns. Cheap, second-hand, and purloined weapons comprised Hamas’ deadly makeshift arsenal...
Israel-Hamas war rages as Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises from attacks
The al-Aqsa compound was unusually empty on Friday as Israeli police appeared to have restricted access to some worshippers. Ivana...
In Gaza, Palestinians have no safe place from Israel’s bombs
CNN — When Hamas fires rockets at Israel, advanced warning detectors set off alarms in targeted neighborhoods, civilians flee to...
Thai death toll spotlights poor agricultural workers from Asia who toil in Israel’s fields
Bangkok CNN — Like his father Chumporn and dozens of other able-bodied men from their village in northeast Thailand, Manee...
Why have guns gone quiet on the Israel-Lebanon border?
Marjeyoun, Lebanon CNN — The silence on Lebanon’s border with Israel is deafening. After five days of near constant crossfire...
Hamas militants trained for its deadly attack in plain sight and less than a mile from Israel’s heavily fortified border
CNN — The footage is from the last two years, but it is chillingly prescient. In a December 2022 video,...
Gaza: International efforts to bring aid ramp up, as Israeli blockade crushes Palestinian health care system
CNN — Medical and relief workers are pleading for safe passage for the 2 million civilians in Gaza as Israel...
IDF reservists flock to border with Gaza as Israel prepares for ground incursion
Southern Israel CNN — The signs of Israel’s massive mobilization for a potential ground invasion of Gaza are all around...
Israeli official says government cannot confirm babies were beheaded in Hamas attack
Jerusalem CNN — The Israeli government has not confirmed the specific claim that Hamas attackers cut off the heads of...
Gaza crisis grows under intense bombardment as Israel retaliates to Hamas atrocities
Gaza and Jerusalem CNN — Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepened Thursday as Israeli jets continued to pound the densely populated enclave...
In Israel, ‘the place where you want your kids to grow up’ has suddenly turned into the front line
Dead Sea, Israel CNN — People from Be’eri sometimes used to say the reason the Israeli kibbutz was so close...
Israel hammers Gaza with airstrikes as Hamas' atrocities revealed
Israel is "conducting a large-scale strike" on Hamas targets in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said Thursday, as the conflict...
Israel Gaza war: How goes Hamas get its weapons? A mix of ingenuity, tenacity, resourcefulness and a key mentor, experts say
CNN — The brutal rampage by Islamist militant group Hamas on Israel last weekend involved thousands of rockets and missiles,...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Fast Facts | CNN
CNN — Here is a look at the life of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former president of Iran. Birth date: October 28,...
What is a kibbutz? A brief history of the communes targeted in the Hamas terror attack
CNN — The dozen refugees gathered at a spot just south of the deep blue waters of the Sea of...
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Mideast and US leaders tried to sweep the issue under the rug. That may not work anymore
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside...
Gaza’s sole power plant shuts down due to shortage of fuel under Israeli blockade
Gaza CNN — Gaza’s only power station has stopped working after the fuel needed for generating electricity ran out on...
