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DC activist says World Central Kitchen worker killed in airstrike was ‘a warrior for humanity'
Bryan Weaver, Adams Morgan-based activist and former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, spoke with News4 about his friend Zomi Frankcom, one of the World Central Kitchen workers killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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Friends remember Zomi Frankcom, World Central Kitchen worker killed in Israeli airstrike
The loss of seven workers from World Central Kitchen has hit the nonprofit community hard. One of the women killed had made and kept friends around the world — including in Adams Morgan.
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Residents call for Alexandria to pass Gaza ceasefire resolution
Demonstrators held a vigil for Gazans in Alexandria, Virginia, and they want the city to pass a resolution demanding an end to the war. But, that’s not something the city council is currently considering. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Gaza cease-fire protester rushes DC mayor
Security had to block a protester who rushed D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser as she spoke at an event Friday morning. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.
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US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation
U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an emergency humanitarian assistance authorized by President Joe Biden after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops.
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Israel's Netanyahu rejects any Palestinian sovereignty in post-war Gaza, rebuffing Biden
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he “will not compromise on full Israeli control” over Gaza and that “this is contrary to a Palestinian state.”
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Palestinians are using donated eSIM cards to stay in touch with the outside world
Palestinians have faced numerous internet and phone blackouts throughout the months-long war.
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Desperate families in Gaza cling to a routine for survival
Palestinians seeking refuge in southern Gaza say every day has become a desperate struggle to find food, water, medicine and working bathrooms.
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Americans beg for help getting family out of Gaza. ‘I just want to see my mother again,' a son says
The State Department says some 300 U.S. citizens, green-card holders or close family members are trapped in Gaza by the fighting between Israel and Hamas militants.
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Protesters for ceasefire in Gaza arrested in Capitol Rotunda
As senate negotiations continued for aid to Israel, a group of demonstrators from across the country demanded an end to military aid to Israel, and were arrested during a protest in the Rotunda.
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‘She was a very sweet girl:' Palestinian restaurant owner in Falls Church grieves family killed in Gaza
Khalid Mekki, a restaurant owner in Falls Church, knows firsthand what the heartbreak of watching the Israel-Hamas War feels like. He recently found out his niece and her three daughters had been killed by a bomb.
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Massachusetts family with 1-year-old pleads US for help as they try to escape Gaza
A Palestinian-American family from Medway, Massachusetts, is among those fleeing northern Gaza.
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Hamas threatens to kill civilian hostage any time Israel hits civilian areas without warning
The group said the statement was a “warning” after Israel issued a “full siege” of Gaza.
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Archaeologists unearth rare lead sarcophagi in 2,000-year-old Roman-era cemetery in Gaza
Archaeologists say they have discovered dozens of ancient graves including two rare sarcophagi made of lead in an ancient cemetery in the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Continue as Hopes for a Cease-Fire Grow
Israeli airstrikes against Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip have continued for a third day. The Palestinian death toll has risen to 30 as foreign mediators press ahead with efforts to reach a ceasefire.
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Israel Kills 12, Including 3 Senior Commanders From Islamic Jihad in Targeted Gaza Strikes
The Israeli military says it has killed three senior commanders of the militant Islamic Jihad group in targeted airstrikes.
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Israeli Military Strikes Syrian Army Sites After Rocket Attack
The rocket firings came after days of escalating violence on multiple fronts over tension in Jerusalem and an Israeli police raid on the city’s most sensitive holy site.
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Israel Launches Rare Air Strikes in Lebanon and Gaza as Netanyahu Vows to Extract ‘Heavy Price'
Israel struck targets in southern Lebanon early Friday and resumed air strikes in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said, marking a further escalation in the region following violence this week at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.
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Israeli Police Raid Jerusalem Holy Site as Tensions With Palestinian Worshippers Rise
Israeli-Palestinian violence has surged over the last year, as the Israeli military has carried out near-nightly raids on Palestinian cities, towns and villages and as Palestinians have staged numerous attacks against Israelis.
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Israel and Palestinian Militants Exchange Strikes After Deadly West Bank Raid
Palestinian militants in Gaza launched rockets at southern Israel and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the coastal enclave early Thursday after a deadly gun battle with Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank killed 10 Palestinians.