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(NEW YORK) — At least 1,400 people have died, and 3,400 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Oct. 7, Israeli authorities said. In Gaza, at least 2,750 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes from Israel with another 9,700 more […]

(KYIV, Ukraine) — With the eyes of the world glued to Israel and Gaza, Russia is waging a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine, mounting the largest push it has attempted since last winter. Thousands of Russian troops and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles have been sent into the offensive operations, which began around […]

(NEW YORK) — Amel Safi did not say goodbye to her brothers before she fled Gaza because it would have made it harder to leave, the 22-year-old Palestinian told ABC News. Following Israel’s warning to evacuate northern Gaza Friday ahead of a potential ground incursion, Safi said her mother came to her and asked her […]

-/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which was centered about 30 kilometers (18 miles) north-northwest of Herāt, followed a series of powerful tremors that killed more than a thousand. “This earthquake was preceded by three other M 6.3 earthquakes […]

(NEW YORK) — Terrified by constant bombings all around her and with food and water running out, American Maha Barakat said Sunday that her desperate attempts to flee Gaza have been met with frustration and confusion. Barakat said U.S. State Department officials have contacted her twice, telling her they are doing all they can to […]

(NEW YORK) — At least 1,300 people have died and 3,227 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Oct. 7, Israeli authorities said. In Gaza, at least 2,329 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes from Israel with another 9,714 more […]

(LONDON) — Tala Imad Herzallah says she remembers every bombardment she has witnessed in her 21-year-old life in Gaza. At 1 p.m. last Saturday, she heard the pounding sound of a strong one, close to her house in Tel Elhawa. “It was terrifying, I did not want those memories to come back,” she told ABC […]

(NEW YORK) — At least 1,300 people have died, and 3,227 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Saturday, Israeli authorities said. In Gaza, at least 1,799 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes from Israel with an estimated 7,388 more […]

(GAZA) — When the sun goes down, many Gazans say they lie awake in fear. The only light they see comes from the airstrikes raining down around them, the booming sounds of explosions keeping them up throughout the night. “Nights here in Gaza are scary as hell,” Omar Alnajjar, a 26-year-old living in Gaza, told […]

(LONDON) — Fleeing Palestinians are facing fear and uncertainty after the Israeli military told all residents north of Wadi Gaza — 1.1 million people — to evacuate their homes within 24 hours and move south. The Israel Defense Forces made the announcement on Friday morning because it plans to “operate significantly in Gaza City in […]