[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing Israeli strikes have tripled the population of Rafah, turning this small southern Gaza city on the Egyptian border…
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The Epicenter of Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Is This Border Town
[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fleeing Israeli strikes have tripled the population of Rafah, turning this small southern Gaza city on the Egyptian border…
Essay | When Israel’s Great Nemesis Accepted Peace
[ad_1] With Israeli and Palestinian forces likely to resume hostilities after the four-day pause starting Thursday, the prospects for a more lasting peace in the Middle East remain dim. Israel’s…
The Militia at the Center of the Darfur Genocide Kills Hundreds in Sudan
[ad_1] The gunmen arrived on motorcycles and in the backs of Toyota pickups, brandishing Kalashnikovs and dressed in the telltale, sand-colored uniforms of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces militia. Over three…
Gaza Receives First Aid Trucks Since Hamas Attack as Egypt Border Opens Briefly
[ad_1] Updated Oct. 21, 2023 1:18 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza for the first time since the Oct. 7 attacks in…
U.N., World Leaders Push to Get Gaza Aid Flowing After Biden Pledge
[ad_1] Updated Oct. 19, 2023 1:58 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) RAFAH, Gaza Strip—The United Nations and world leaders were pushing Thursday to get immediate aid flowing into…
American Grandmother Stuck in Gaza After Visit to Ailing Father
[ad_1] Updated Oct. 18, 2023 12:06 am ET RAFAH, Gaza Strip—When Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes on Gaza started last week, retired American schoolteacher Wafa al-Saqqa, who had come to visit her…
U.S. Push to Evacuate Americans from Gaza Falters Amid Egyptian Demands
[ad_1] Egypt wants deal for aid to enter Gaza before allowing foreigners to exit, officials said; Palestinians offered temporary travel corridor Palestinians with dual citizenship wait for permission to enter…
Sen. Bob Menendez Indicted on New Charge of Aiding Egypt
[ad_1] Updated Oct. 12, 2023 5:46 pm ET Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted Thursday on a new charge of conspiring to act as an illegal foreign agent of Egypt, adding…