US airstrikes target Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for recent drone attacks

The U.S. wants to hit Iranian-backed groups suspected of targeting the U.S. as strongly as possible to deter future aggression, while also working to avoid provoking a wider conflict.

Increase in harassment against Muslim, Jewish Americans reported since Hamas attacks

Muslim and Jewish civil rights groups say they’ve seen large increases in reports of harassment against members of their communities since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

Israel launches 400 strikes across Gaza, where health officials say hundreds of Palestinians killed

The Health Ministry in Gaza says hundreds of people were killed in the past day as a result of Israeli airstrikes. Israel has been striking Gaza since Hamas militants attacked southern Israeli towns on Oct. 7.

Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the 'hell' of harrowing Hamas assault, frightening capture

Yocheved Lifschitz spoke a day after Hamas released her and another hostage. Lifschitz's husband remains a hostage in Gaza. She was among the more than 200 Israelis and foreigners taken hostage on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants.

Audience walks out on Dave Chappelle after he criticizes Israel during show in Boston: Report

Members of the audience at a Dave Chappelle show on Thursday reportedly walked out after he criticized Israel's bombing of Gaza and said students supporting Palestinians shouldn't be losing jobs over it.

Gaza border crossing opens to deliver trickle of desperately needed aid

Just 20 trucks were allowed in to besieged Gaza, an amount aid workers said was insufficient to address the unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

Pro-Palestine protestors call for a ceasefire, march to the White House

Hundreds gathered in front of Capitol Hill Friday afternoon calling for a ceasefire in Israel, just days after hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors were arrested inside the Cannon Rotunda Wednesday. 

CAIR moves Virginia banquet over bomb and death threats

A national Muslim civil rights group said Thursday it is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel that received bomb and death threats possibly linked to the group's concern for Palestinians caught in the Israel-Hamas war.

Biden uses oval office speech to declare backing of Israel, Ukraine in time of war

President Joe Biden will deliver only the second Oval Office address of his term on Thursday night to make the case for U.S. backing of Ukraine and Israel in a time of war.

Hamas likely used some North Korean weapons in attack on Israel, evidence shows

Hamas has published images of their fighters with rocket launchers that have a distinctive red stripe across their warheads, likely from North Korea.

Hundreds arrested after Pro-Palestinian demonstrators flood Cannon Rotunda, Capitol complex

Hundreds were arrested Wednesday after pro-Palestinian protests broke out on Capitol Hill, with demonstrators flooding into the Cannon House Office Building and large crowds gathering with flags and signs around the Capitol complex.