Tag: Blockades
Analysis: Israel, Hamas race to claim victory before truce
JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas know that a fourth Gaza war, like the three before, would be as inconclusive as it is devastating for...
EXPLAINER: Why is Gaza almost always mired in conflict?
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Gaza Strip was pounded this week by hundreds of Israeli strikes from sea, land and air, while the...
DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass...
Beset by virus, Gaza’s hospitals now struggle with wounded
<p>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Just weeks ago, the Gaza Strip’s feeble health system was struggling with a runaway surge of coronavirus cases. Authorities...
Beset by virus, Gaza’s hospitals now struggle with wounded
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Just weeks ago, the Gaza Strip’s feeble health system was struggling with a runaway surge of coronavirus cases. Authorities...
May Day rallies in Greece halt ferries, disrupt flights
ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of striking workers and other protesters blocked traffic in Athens and cities across Greece Thursday to mark rescheduled May Day...
May Day rallies in Greece halt ferries, disrupt flights
<p>ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of striking workers and other protesters blocked traffic in Athens and cities across Greece Thursday to mark rescheduled May Day...
Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability
The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...
Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability
<p>The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...
Radical Islamist party frees 11 Pakistani police hostages
LAHORE, Pakistan — An outlawed Pakistani Islamist political group freed 11 policemen almost a day after taking them hostage in the eastern city of...