Gazans, as Bombs Fall, Say Escape Is Impossible
As bombs fell in the background, Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled territory recounted a struggle to survive.
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As bombs fell in the background, Palestinians in the Hamas-ruled territory recounted a struggle to survive.
Israel’s leaders vowed to destroy Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, after the deadly Oct. 7 attack, and Israeli ground forces are closing in on the city from three directions.
The divisions are erupting as the House weighs a G.O.P. bid to censure the only Palestinian-American member of Congress for criticizing Israel and votes on a large aid bill to back Israel in the war in Gaza.
After an air campaign that killed thousands of Palestinians, Israel has begun a ground assault, but it took hours for outside observers to understand what was happening. The ambiguity was intentional.
Israeli officials completely underestimated the magnitude of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas, shattering the country’s once invincible sense of security.
As Israeli forces entered Gaza on Friday to fight Hamas, phone and internet service was severed, sowing chaos for Palestinian civilians and leaving rescuers driving blindly toward explosions.
The kingdom is embracing business as usual, hosting an investment forum, concerts and even fashion shows. But grief, fear and outrage over Israel’s bombardment of Gaza simmer just below the surface.
The comedian, whose remarks about the Israel-Hamas war last week made headlines, returned to the subject at a show in North Carolina.
Wael al-Dahdouh, described by his colleagues as “the voice of Palestinians in Gaza,” lost his wife, son, daughter and infant grandson, Al Jazeera said.
A U.N. agency that has offered a wartime lifeline to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians warned of “tough decisions” ahead if it cannot get fuel.