Tag: Gaza
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Muslim group endorses Harris despite opposition to her Gaza policy
One of the nation’s largest Muslim political groups endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday despite fierce opposition to her Middle East policy, saying that stopping former President Donald Trump is paramount. “We feel it’s our obligation to speak truthfully to our communities as they grapple with perhaps the most difficult electoral choice they’ve ever…
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Israel sends unidentified bodies to Gaza as Palestinian officials demand answers
CAIRO — Israel returned the bodies on Wednesday of 88 Palestinians killed in its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which the territory’s health ministry refused to bury before Israel discloses details about who they are and where it killed them. The bodies were brought into Gaza in a container loaded on a truck through…
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Who are the American hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza?
Nearly a year since Hamas and other militant groups kidnapped at least 251 people from Israel into Gaza, a cease-fire deal most likely to get them out alive and end the soaring death toll among Palestinians has remained elusive. Last month’s recovery of six hostages who were killed by their captors shortly before they were…
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Hezbollah commanders among 37 killed in Beirut strike; Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 22, officials say
And a senior officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said the region was on the brink of war. Calling Israel’s airstrike “another major crime,” Mohsen Rezaee raised the prospect of widening conflict, saying “it is possible that after Lebanon, they may extend their crimes toward Iraq, Syria, or, with an even bigger mistake,…
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Harris targets digital ads spotlighting her words about ‘human suffering in Gaza’
Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is running new digital spots targeting voters in heavily Muslim neighborhoods in the Detroit area, emphasizing Harris’ saying she “will not be silent about human suffering in Gaza.” The ads, which began running Tuesday on Snapchat and Google, according to records made available by the companies, include clips of…