World News
Israel strikes Gaza after truce expires, in clear sign that war has resumed in full force
By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue And Julia Frankel (), The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli fighter jets hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday shortly after a weeklong truce expired, the military said, as the war resumed in full force. Airstrikes hit southern Gaza, including the community of Abassan east of the town of Khan Younis, the Interior Ministry in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel announces strikes on Gaza after truce expires, clear sign that war has resumed in full force
By Wafaa Shurafa, Bassem Mroue And Julia Frankel (), The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli fighter jets hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday shortly after a weeklong truce expired, the military said, as the war resumed in full force. Airstrikes hit southern Gaza, including the community of Abassan east of the town of Khan Younis, the Interior Ministry in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel announces resumption of combat in Gaza Strip as truce with Hamas expires
By The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s military said it had resumed combat operations in the Gaza Strip minutes after a temporary truce with Hamas expired Friday, blaming the militant group for breaking the cease-fire. The truce expired at 7 a.m (0500 GMT) Friday. The halt in fighting began a week ago, on Nov. 24. It initially lasted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gaza truce expires without word of extension, raising possibility of return to fighting
By The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
DOHA, Qatar (AP) – A temporary truce in the Israel-Hamas war expired Friday morning, without immediate word from mediator Qatar on an extension, raising the possibility of renewed fighting. The truce expired at 7 a.m (0500 GMT) Friday. The halt in fighting began a week ago, on Nov. 24. It initially lasted for four days, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More Israeli hostages freed and more Palestinian prisoners released under tenuous Gaza truce
By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel released another group of Palestinian prisoners Friday, hours after Hamas freed additional Israeli hostages under a last-minute agreement to extend their cease-fire by another day in Gaza. But any further extension renewal, now in its eighth day, could prove more challenging as Hamas is expected to set a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Latest Palestinian prisoners released by Israel under truce arrive in West Bank city of Ramallah
By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – A busload of Palestinian prisoners released by Israel has been welcomed home in the West Bank. The bus arrived early Friday in the city of Ramallah, hours after Hamas militants released eight Israeli hostages after eight weeks of captivity in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of men, some holding green ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military confirms release of 8 more Israeli hostages from captivity in Gaza Strip
By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas freed eight Israeli hostages Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of more Palestinian prisoners under a last-minute deal to extend their cease-fire in Gaza by another day. But any further renewal of the truce, now in its seventh day, could prove more daunting since Hamas is expected to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military confirms release of eight more Israeli hostages from captivity in Gaza Strip
By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas freed eight Israeli hostages Thursday in exchange for the release of more Palestinian prisoners under a last-minute deal to extend their cease-fire in Gaza by another day. But any further renewal of the truce, now in its seventh day, could prove more daunting since Hamas is expected to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military confirms release of six more Israeli hostages from captivity in Gaza Strip
By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas freed eight Israeli hostages Thursday in exchange for the release of more Palestinian prisoners under a last-minute deal to extend their cease-fire in Gaza by another day. But any further renewal of the truce, now in its seventh day, could prove more daunting since Hamas is expected to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli military confirms release of six Israeli hostages from captivity in Gaza Strip
By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffery And Melanie Lidman, The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – The Israeli military says six Israeli hostages have been released from captivity in the Gaza Strip. The army said the Red Cross transferred the hostages to Egypt late Thursday. They arrived hours after two additional hostages were turned over to Israel separately. From Egypt, the newly-freed freed hostages were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oklahoma executes man who claimed self-defense in a 2001 double killing
By Sean Murphy And Jake Bleiberg, The Associated Press on November 30th, 2023
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) – Oklahoma executed a man Thursday who claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two men in Oklahoma City in 2001. Phillip Dean Hancock, 59, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was declared dead at 11:29 a.m. His execution went forward after Republican Gov. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
