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- Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, who was held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza Strip, meets his relatives and friends after arriving in the Khirbet Karkur village, near Rahat, southern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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An Israeli freed from Gaza returns to a village where 70% of homes are targeted for demolition
By MELANIE LIDMAN - Associated Press
Wed,08/28/24-2:47PM , 322 Reads
KHIRBET KARKUR, Israel (AP) — An Israeli hostage rescued from Gaza returned to a hero’s welcome tinged with a bitter reality: Much of the small village he calls home, Khirbet Karkur, is targeted for demolition.
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- Family, friends and supporters of Ariel Bibas, who is held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, release orange balloons to mark his fifth birthday in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Ariel Bibas, who along with his 1-year-old brother Kfir, has become a symbol of the struggle to free the hostages who remain captive in Gaza. The orange balloons are meant to symbolize Ariel and Kfir's bright red hair. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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Hundreds in Israel mark the 5th birthday of a child held hostage in Gaza
By MELANIE LIDMAN - Associated Press
Mon,08/05/24-1:20PM , 536 Reads
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hundreds of Israelis sent orange balloons into the air Monday to mark the fifth birthday of one of two children held captive by militants in the Gaza Strip.
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- A horse belonging to Israeli settler Yinon Levi is seen at his farm in the West Bank outpost of Meitarim, Sunday, May 12, 2024. The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars in security support for small, unofficial Jewish outposts in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which is enabling the expansion of Jewish settlements while circumventing the official planning process, according to a human rights group. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
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Israeli government quietly sends millions to unauthorized West Bank settler outposts
By MELANIE LIDMAN - Associated Press
Mon,07/22/24-11:04PM , 180 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has budgeted millions of dollars to protect small, unauthorized Jewish farms in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, underwriting tiny outposts meant to grow into full-fledged settlements, according to an anti-settlement monitoring group.
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- Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, speaks to the media surrounded by right wing activists as they gather for a march in Jerusalem, April 20, 2022. Ben-Gvir visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site Thursday, July 18, 2024, a move that could threaten the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
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Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who visited a contested Jerusalem holy site?
By MELANIE LIDMAN - Associated Press
Thu,07/18/24-5:22AM , 669 Reads
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that could threaten the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks.
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