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They Sent Help to Girl Who Saw Relatives Killed. Then Silence.
Missing Palestinian
Girl, 6, Found Dead
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Feb 10, 2024 7:00 AM CST

Missing Palestinian Girl, 6, Found Dead

Hind Rajab, 2 medics who tried to save her were killed in Gaza City

(Newser) - The search for a missing 6-year-old Palestinian girl has come to a sad close. Al Jazeera reports that the body of Hind Rajab was found Saturday, in the car she was traveling in with her family on Jan. 29 when they were apparently hit by Israeli tank fire. The two...

Country Bans Wonder Woman Over Israeli Star

Lebanon cites boycott of Israeli exports

(Newser) - Wonder Woman is expected to have a massive opening weekend, but not in Lebanon: The country has officially banned the superhero movie because star Gal Gadot is an Israeli who carried out mandatory military service, the New York Times reports. Lebanon is officially at war with Israel and boycotts the...

UN-Run School Hit in Gaza, 10 Dead

UN official blames Israel, says it's impossible strike was a mistake

(Newser) - A United Nations school sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip was hit today by what appeared to be an Israeli airstrike, as the military struck the Hamas-ruled territory despite signaling a possible scaling back of its 27-day offensive.Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said at least 10 people...

Ariel Sharon's Son: 'Flatten All of Gaza'

Jerusalem Post slammed for extremist op-ed

(Newser) - As Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and Palestinian rocket fire continue, the son of comatose former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has sparked outrage with an extremist op-ed in the Jerusalem Post . Israel must step up its assault on Gaza without worrying about civilian casualties, Gilad Sharon writes, arguing that the...

Netanyahu Warns of Possible 'Expansion' in Gaza Assault
Obama: Israel Has Right
to Fire Back at Gaza
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Nov 18, 2012 7:44 AM CST

Obama: Israel Has Right to Fire Back at Gaza

As Netanyahu warns of possible 'expansion' in Gaza assault

(Newser) - President Obama, who started a three-day Asia tour today , took time at a news conference in Bangkok today to address the Israel-Gaza conflict, the AP reports. "No country on earth would tolerate missiles raining down" on its people, he said, and Israel does have the right to defend itself...

Israel Freeing 1K Palestinians to Bring Soldier Home

Government strikes deal with Hamas for Gilad Shalit

(Newser) - After more than five years as a captive of Palestinian militants, soldier Gilad Shalit will be home within days, the Israeli government says. Shalit, now 25, was 19 when he was captured during a cross-border raid in 2006, and his captivity has long been an emotional issue in Israel. To...

Israel Arming Settlements as Protests Loom

Settlers get tear gas, stun grenades ahead of statehood debate

(Newser) - The Israeli military, expecting widespread confrontations in the West Bank as the United Nations debates recognizing a Palestinian state, is training Jewish settlers to repel protests. Settlement security chiefs are being given tear gas and stun grenades, and the military is mapping out firing zones around settlements, according to leaked...

Israeli Troops Kill Unarmed Palestinian

Farm laborer was reportedly carrying a glass bottle

(Newser) - Tensions in the West Bank came to a head yesterday, when an unarmed Palestinian man was shot at an Israeli checkpoint. The Israeli military says Ahmad Maslamani, a 24-year-old farm laborer, was holding a glass bottle and ignored orders to stop, and that soldiers followed the rules of engagement when...

Bolton: Israel Has 3 Days to Attack Iran

Before nuclear reactor is unsafe to attack

(Newser) - Israel only has three days to launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear reactor before it contains live fuel, and it should probably take the shot, former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton told Israeli radio today. Russia has announced that it will begin installing fuel rods in...

LiLo Spotted With New Gal Pal
 LiLo Spotted With New Gal Pal
Jul 6, 2010 8:13 AM CDT

LiLo Spotted With New Gal Pal

Israeli military veteran Eilat Anschel could also be her bodyguard

(Newser) - As if Samantha Ronson weren't enough drama for a lifetime, Lindsay Lohan is now hanging with a female Israeli military vet—but are they just friends or something more? According to TMZ, LiLo is "totally obsessing" over Eilat Anschel. The two were first spotted together last month, and "...

Israeli Soldier Dance Yanked From YouTube

Troops bust moves on West Bank patrol

(Newser) - A quickly-viral video showing Israeli soldiers on patrol breaking into dance was yanked from YouTube, and disciplinary action threatened against the high-spirited hoofers. Six soldiers brandishing machine guns can be seen on the video creeping down a Hebron street as a Muslim call to prayer is heard. Suddenly, the crew...

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