What’s in the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and what are some of the challenges to the deal holding? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains. This episode features: Diana Buttu | Palestinian lawyer and former legal adviser to the Palestine Liberation Organization Beverley Milton-Edwards | Non-resident senior fellow, Middle East Council on Global Affairs … Read more
Deal between Israel and Hamas seeks to end 15 months of war. Israeli attacks have killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza after mediators announced that a ceasefire agreement was reached to end 15 months of war. The ceasefire is expected to come into effect on Sunday, a day before US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to … Read more
Deaths from bombs and other traumatic injuries during the first nine months of the war in Gaza may have been underestimated by more than 40 percent, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet. The peer-reviewed statistical analysis, led by epidemiologists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, used modeling in an … Read more
Hopes are running high that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza might finally be reached. Negotiators in Doha, Qatar appear to be on the brink of breaking a deadlock in ceasefire talks to end 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza. In his final foreign policy speech, the outgoing US President Joe … Read more
American journalist Ryan Grim says it may be risky for Israel to reject a ceasefire in Gaza, even if just to placate Trump. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bet his political future on waiting for President-elect Donald Trump to assume office, argues Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News. Grim tells host Steve Clemons that … Read more
Israeli attacks have killed more than 200 Palestinians across Gaza over the last three days as the military continues to hit residential buildings, people gathering in the streets, marketplaces, and shelters. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Deir el-Balah, said although Israel claims it is targeting Hamas fighters, most of the victims are innocent people. … Read more
Dozens of Israeli strikes pounded the Gaza Strip over the weekend as Israeli and Hamas officials resumed indirect cease-fire talks through mediators in Qatar. Israel’s military said on Sunday that it had hit more than 100 targets across the enclave over the weekend, including sites from which militants had fired projectiles toward Israeli territory. It … Read more
Days of heavy rains have flooded hundreds of makeshift shelters across Gaza, piling more misery on displaced Palestinians as Israel continues to restrict the entry of humanitarian aid amid its genocide. Forcibly displaced families across Gaza are struggling to keep their children warm and save what few belongings they are left with. While the weather … Read more
Ismail’s last message to the world Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed in an Israeli air attack on July 31, 2024. The reporters were killed when their car was hit in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, according to initial information. Ismail and Rami were wearing … Read more
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi lit Hanukkah candles on Monday with injured soldiers from the war in Gaza at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, the IDF announced Monday. IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi lights Hanukkah candles with injured soldiers at Sheba Medical Center. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT) “I … Read more