• Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war

    Editor’s notes: The list below is CPJ’s most recent and preliminary account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not include all of these casualties until we have completed further investigations into the circumstances surrounding them. For more information, read our FAQ. The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since

  • The US doctor who cannot forget what he saw in Gaza

    Dr Sam Attar found himself having to decide who could be saved, and who was beyond hope.

    • WNYC

    A Harsh Critique of President Biden on Gaza

    Nicholas Kristof, opinion columnist for The New York Times and author of several books, including the forthcoming memoir Chasing Hope (Penguin Random House, 2024), shares his critique of how he says President Biden has mishandled the United States' role in Israel's war in Gaza, what he sees as Biden's reasoning, the political implications and what the United States could do moving forward to end the war.

  • Egyptian President and UNSG hold talks on Gaza

    Cairo, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed on Thursday the situation in the Gaza Strip amid Israeli threats to escalate its ground offensive. The post Egyptian President and UNSG hold talks on Gaza first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Sweden's Eurovision brings kitsch in the shadow of Gaza

    After a run-up in the shadow of the war in Gaza, the Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway on Saturday in Sweden's Malmo, where representatives from 26 countries will compete.

  • EU staff protest Gaza war in Brussels

    More than 100 employees of European Union institutions gathered in front of the European Commission in Brussels on Wednesday to protest against the Gaza war. Protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, holding a symbolic funeral ceremony and writing slogans such as “international law,” “EU treaties,” and “genocide convention” on placards. […]

  • US completes Gaza aid pier construction

    The United States military has completed the construction of the Gaza aid pier. However, due to weather conditions, it is currently unsafe to relocate the two-part facility, Deputy Pentagon Press Secr

  • UBC president addresses Gaza encampment demands

    The president of UBC says its endowment fund doesn't directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment.

  • Why Biden's Gaza refugee plan is a hard hell no

    As President Biden considers bringing Gaza war refugees into the United States, he would do well to recall what happened when other good-hearted people took a similar chance – and paid with their blood.

    • WLNS

    ‘Misery and the resilience’: Docs share Gaza stories

    Crowds held back tears as three Michigan doctors shared horrific stories of treating the wounded in Gaza Monday night in East Lansing Public Library.

  • Former Gaza Hostage Drafts Into Israeli Army

    (JNS) – Seven months after being freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Noga Weiss enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces on Monday morning. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Weiss, 18, was kidnapped by Hamas from her home in Kibbutz Be’eri during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 massacre, along

  • Letter: Student protests over Gaza are sign of hope

    The notion of student protest perceived as an essential element of higher education, as presented in Serge Schmemann’s article (“Student protest an essential element of higher education,” Star-Advertiser, Insight, May 1) is intriguing — seeing disruption as a byproduct that also shapes and enhances education. Long engendered both by feelings of shame and an extension of the educational process, discourse and debate of issues, there was a rise in social service, idealism and faith in change.