The White House has said it's considering redesignating Yemen's Houthis as "terrorists" after the Houthis seized an Israeli-linked vessel in the Red Sea in response to the Israeli onslaught in Gaza. "In light of this, we have begun a review of potential terrorist...
UN Relief Chief Says Gaza War Is Worst Humanitarian Crisis He’s Ever Seen
Martin Griffiths, the UN's emergency relief coordinator, said in an interview on Tuesday that the Israeli onslaught in Gaza is the worst humanitarian crisis he's ever seen, even worse than the Killing Fields in Cambodia, where the Khmer Rouge killed over one million...
Biden Admin Worries the Pause in Gaza Will Give Journalists More Access to Expose Israeli Atrocities
There has been concern within the Biden administration that a pause in fighting in Gaza will give journalists the opportunity to expose more of the atrocities Israel has been committing, POLITICO reported on Tuesday. The concern was related to the hostage deal that...
US Launches Second Round of Airstrikes in Iraq
US warplanes hit targets in Iraq early Wednesday morning, marking the second round of US airstrikes in the country in just over 24 hours as the situation in the region continues to escalate. Pentagon officials said the airstrikes hit two facilities south of Baghdad...
Israeli Cabinet Approves Hostage Deal With Hamas
The Israeli cabinet voted early Wednesday morning to approve a Qatar-brokered hostage deal with Hamas that will free at least 50 Israelis in exchange for a four-day ceasefire and other steps. According to Axios, the first phase of the deal will involve Hamas releasing...
Ex-Obama Adviser Says Killing 4,000 Palestinian Children ‘Wasn’t Enough’
A former member of the Obama administration's National Security Council was caught on camera harassing a food truck vendor in New York City, saying that killing 4,000 Palestinian children "wasn't enough." Stuart Seldowitz was identified online after videos of him...
US Shared Location of Aid Groups With Israel. Israel Bombed Them Anyway.
POLITICO reported Tuesday that the US has been sharing with Israel the location of humanitarian groups in Gaza in an attempt to prevent strikes on the sites. But Israel has been bombing them anyway. The information has included GPS coordinates of a number of medical...
Gaza Health Officials Say They’ve Lost the Ability to Count the Dead
Health officials in Gaza have told The Associated Press that it's become impossible to count the dead due to a breakdown of communications and the presence of Israeli forces on the ground in northern Gaza. The last official update from the Health Ministry based in...
US AC-130 Gunship Launches Strikes in Iraq, Casualties Reported
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Tuesday that a US AC-130 gunship launched strikes in Iraq against people allegedly responsible for an earlier missile attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq, which houses US troops. The Pentagon said eight US troops were...
Israeli Strikes Kill Two Journalists in Southern Lebanon
Lebanese officials have said that two journalists were killed by Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, bringing the total number of journalists killed since October 7 to 53. The journalists worked for the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen. The media outlet said its...