Israel-Hamas War

Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others.

The White House on Friday requested that Israel investigate the death of a 26-year-old American woman, Aysenur Eygi, in the occupied West Bank.

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other militants in connection with the Oct. 7 rampage in Israel.

An Israeli-American family that became an international symbol in the struggle to free hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza laid their son to rest on Monday after the discovery of his body and those of five others brought a fresh outpouring of grief.

An Israeli-American family that became an international symbol in the struggle to free hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza laid their son to rest on Monday after the discovery of his body and those of five others brought a fresh outpouring of grief. JC Navarette has the story.

A rare general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to disruptions around the country.

Tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets Sunday night after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza, chanting “Now! Now!” as they demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home.

Hundreds of people in north suburban Skokie marched to remember and mourn the lives of the six hostages whose bodies were recovered from a tunnel in the southern Gaza strip.

Hundreds of people in north suburban Skokie marched to remember and mourn the lives of the six hostages whose bodies were recovered from a tunnel in the southern Gaza strip. NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Following the death of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, numerous Illinois officials are reacting to the tragedy.

Six hostages were killed by Hamas this weekend, and NBC Chicago’s Jenn Schanz has more details on their deaths.

Following the death of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, President Joe Biden issued a statement, writing in part he was “devastated and outraged.”

Israel on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including a young Israeli-American man who became one of the most well-known captives held by Hamas as his parents met with world leaders and pressed for his release, including at the Democratic convention last month.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American-Israeli citizen with Chicago ties who was kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, has died, his family announced late Saturday.

The Israel Defense Forces said it has located “a number of bodies” in Gaza on Saturday.

The U.N. is about to launch an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza against polio, a disease that doctors fear has spread in the territory due to the massive humanitarian catastrophe unleashed by Israel’s military offensive there.

Hundreds of online tributes have been left for a content creator known for sharing videos on social media about his life in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s war with Hamas.

Students for Gaza SFSU announced Thursday that San Francisco State University has pulled investments from three companies the university claims do not meet its human rights standards following demonstrations from pro-Palestinian activists and groups.  

The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with its deadliest operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza.

Israeli forces launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants, carrying out arrests and sealing off the volatile city of Jenin.