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Mourners attend the funeral of the Israeli man Sagiv Ben Svi, killed by Hamas militants while attending a music festival, at a cemetery in Holon, central Israel, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. More than 1,400 people were killed and over 200 taken captive in an multi-front attack by the militant group that rules Gaza on Oct. 7.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Palestinians plead 'stop the bombs' at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be 'obliterated'
By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press
Thu,10/26/23-5:51PM , 47 Reads
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — “Stop the bombs and save lives!” the Palestinian ambassador pleaded at an emotional U.N. meeting Thursday on the war in Gaza. But Israel’s envoy was adamant, declaring again, “We will not rest until Hamas is obliterated.”
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Mourners pray by the bodies of Salem Abu Quta family members, a Hamas fighter, during a funeral after they were killed in an Israeli strike on their house in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. As the fifth Israel-Hamas war rages, growing more deadly and devastating, international and local monitoring groups in besieged Gaza have been unable to keep up. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

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EXPLAINER: What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll?
By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press
Thu,10/26/23-1:40PM , 98 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — How many Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war between Israel and Hamas started?
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This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before bombing at the Beit Hanoun neighborhood, northern Gaza, May 1, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

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Parts of Gaza look like a wasteland from space. Look for the misshapen buildings and swaths of gray
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thu,10/26/23-1:17PM , 60 Reads
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — Apartment buildings are crumpled. Neighborhoods lie in ruins. Terrain is transformed into moonscape.

The destruction of areas of northern Gaza is visible from space in satellite images taken before and after Israeli airstrikes, which followed the raids carried out by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.
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A woman, with a photograph of a child who was abducted during the unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel, hands out yellow ribbons to passing drivers in central Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Yellow ribbons is the symbol for those who are actively asking for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Many Israelis are furious at their government's chaotic recovery efforts after Hamas attack
By RAVI NESSMAN AND AMY TEIBEL - Associated Press
Thu,10/26/23-10:34AM , 59 Reads
JERUSALEM (AP) — More than two weeks after Hamas militants rampaged through a string of sleepy farming towns, many Israelis are furious at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, not just for
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