Archives for December, 2023

An Israeli army tank shells the Gaza Strip from the border area in southern Israel

Israel tells top US official war will last 'months'

Agence France-Presse

Biden brought a message of support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Washington shows signs of strained patience with ally Israel

Agence France-Presse

Family members of American hostages held by Hamas speak to the press outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13, 2023, after a meeting with US President Joe Biden.

Biden meets with families of Americans held hostage by Hamas

As President Joe Biden meets at the White house with families of those kidnapped by Hamas, his administration keeps its efforts to jump-start negotiations for a new release deal.

Family members of American hostages held by Hamas speak to the press outside the White House

Biden meets with families of US hostages held in Gaza

Agence France-Presse

US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby speaks during the White House daily briefing

US expressed 'concerns' to Israel over civilian casualties: W.House

Agence France-Presse

Mousa Abu Marzouk is seen during a Nov. 7 interview with the BBC.

Interview

In shift, a top Hamas official floats Israel recognition

In an interview with Al-Monitor, senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk suggested the militant group would adhere to the Palestine Liberation Organization’s stance on Israel.

Mousa Abu Marzouk

Mousa Abu Marzouk

Senior Hamas official

Smoke billowing from the Jenin refugee camp during the Israeli raid

Israeli West Bank raid kills 7: Palestinian ministry

Agence France-Presse

A Yemeni coastguard member loyal to the internationally recognised government in a patrol boat in the Red Sea off of the government-held town of Mokha, close to the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, on December 12, 2023

'Gate of Tears': Iran-aligned Huthis a growing threat in the Red Sea

Agence France-Presse

The furore around alleged anti-Semitism on campus threatened to unseat Harvard's president, Claudine Gay

Harvard students, faculty hope for end to anti-Semitism row

Agence France-Presse

Family members of Americans who were taken hostage by Hamas during the terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, including (L-R) Yael Alexander, Orna Neutra, Adi Alexander and Liz Naftali, talk to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on Dec. 13, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Day 68 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Wednesday, Dec. 13

Signs criticizing the Iranian Islamic Regime's use of the death penalty are seen in Trafalgar Square on Sept. 16, 2023, in London, England.

Iran executions rise as world busy with Israel-Hamas war

A man accused of killing a powerful senior cleric was executed in Iran, as rights groups warn of a rising number of executions.

Young Palestinians sit outside on mattresses covered with plastic at a camp for displaced people in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip

Winter rain compounds suffering of displaced Gazans

Agence France-Presse

Sudan's war has pitted army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces

UN agency warns of food 'catastrophe' in war-ravaged Sudan

Agence France-Presse

Turkey to resume soccer league games as battered referee leaves hospital

Turkey’s soccer federation announced it will resume games after suspending them over an attack on a referee.

Families are sheltering tents in Rafah after fleeing bombings in the north

'Money has become meaningless' in war-battered Gaza

Agence France-Presse

Palestinians children pose outside their makeshift tent at a camp set up in a schoolyard in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip where most civilians have taken refuge, on December 13, 2023

Gaza health ministry says out of children's vaccines

Agence France-Presse