Tag: Gaza

FILE - In this Monday, July 21, 2014, file photo, a Palestinian family watches rescuers searching for bodies and survivors under the rubble of homes which were destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City. Disagreement over whether to lift the Gaza blockade is a key stumbling block to ending more than two weeks of fighting between the Islamic militant Hamas and Israel. Some in Gaza say they would rather endure more fighting than return to life under blockade. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Gaza blockade key to any Israel-Hamas truce deal

Karin Laub · July 22, 2014 7:47 pm

Washington Secrets

Israel’s ambassador: ‘WWAD?’ What would America do?

Paul Bedard · July 22, 2014 3:55 pm

Smoke from an Israeli strike rises over Gaza City, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. A police spokesman said Israeli aircraft have hit dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip, including the home of the late leader of Hamas' military wing, several mosques and a football stadium. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Israeli aircraft hit more than 70 targets in Gaza

Karin Laub · July 22, 2014 5:36 am

Palestinians search for survivors under the rubble of a house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2014. On Sunday, the first major ground battle in two weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and over a dozen Israeli soldiers and forcing thousands of terrified Palestinian civilians to flee their devastated Shijaiyah neighborhood, which Israel says is a major source for rocket fire against its civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Gaza death toll rises as truce effort intensifies

KARIN LAUBYOUSUR ALHLOU · July 22, 2014 1:21 am

Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon make statements to reporters in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 21, 2014. Kerry has returned to the Middle East as the Obama administration attempts to bolster regional efforts to reach a cease fire and sharpens its criticism of Hamas in its conflict with Israel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

National Security

US urges global push for Israeli, Hamas cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 21, 2014 9:51 pm

Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Staff Sgt. Moshe Melako, 20, during his funeral at the Mount Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, July 21, 2014. Melako was one of 13 soldiers killed in several separate incidents in Shijaiyah on Sunday, as Israel-Hamas fighting exacted a steep price, killing scores of Palestinians and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers. In Israel, a country where military service is mandatory for most citizens, military losses are considered every bit as tragic as civilian ones. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli mood turns dark with mounting casualties

ARON HELLERDAN PERRY · July 21, 2014 9:25 pm

Beltway Confidential

Politician with 40+ years experience forgets to watch out for hot mics: What John Kerry had to say about Israel

Becket Adams · July 21, 2014 1:19 pm

President Obama's fundraising swing through the West Coast will include events in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, where he will deliver remarks on the importance of job-driven skills training at a community college in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Obama continues midterm money chase amid challenges in Ukraine, Gaza

Susan Crabtree · July 21, 2014 12:29 pm

Palestinian U.N. Ambassador Riyad Mansour speaks during an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the worsening situation in Gaza at United Nations headquarters, Sunday, July 20, 2014. A Jordan-drafted resolution obtained by The Associated Press expresses "grave concern" at the high number of civilians killed in Gaza, including children, and it calls for an immediate cease-fire, "including the withdrawal of Israeli occupying forces from the Gaza Strip." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

UN Security Council holds urgent meeting on Gaza

Alexandra Olson · July 21, 2014 4:08 am

National Security

Kerry heads to Mideast in bid for cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 21, 2014 3:59 am

Israeli soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade mourn over the grave of Sgt. Bnaya Rubel during his funeral at the military cemetery in Holon, Israel, Sunday, July 20, 2014. Rubel was killed while fighting Palestinian militants in Gaza on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Scores dead in first major ground battle in Gaza

KARIN LAUBTIA GOLDENBERG · July 21, 2014 2:01 am

Palestinian medics carry a wounded woman to an emergency room at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Sunday, July 20, 2014. In the heart of Gaza City, as its citizen again find themselves under fire from Israeli airstrikes and artillery, the wounded and their wailing families stream into Shifa Hospital without end. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Amid bloodshed, frenetic Gaza hospital improvises

Karin Laub · July 21, 2014 12:18 am