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Israel says it killed Hezbollah official who was set to be group's next leader
Hashem Safieddine was expected to succeed his cousin Hassan Nasrallah, one of the founding members of the Iran-backed Lebanese group, who was killed last month.
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Biden wants death of Hamas leader Sinwar to be an opportunity for ‘path to peace'
Speaking alongside German Chancellor Scholz in Berlin, President Joe Biden said he told the prime minister of Israel that he wants the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to be “an opportunity to seek a path to peace.”
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Biden in Germany speaks of hope of a cease-fire in Gaza after Sinwar death
Biden plans to send Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel early next week to discuss securing Gaza, recovering hostages and the future of the Palestinian people
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Who is Yahya Sinwar? What to know about the Hamas leader killed by Israel
Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in determining the war’s trajectory than the 61-year-old Hamas leader.
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At a time of despair in Gaza, a newborn brings hope
Islam Al-Qanou addressed her newborn son as she made her way back to the camp for displaced people in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis.
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U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon will not give in to Israeli demand to ‘get out of harm's way'
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL) will stay in “all its positions,” said the head of U.N. peacekeeping operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
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Parents of slain Hamas captive push for deal, warning remaining hostages won't ‘make it much longer'
In a wide-ranging and emotional interview in Jerusalem last week, they revealed the squalid conditions in which their son was kept, their exasperation at the failed diplomatic process and their fears of the war’s escalating further.
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Sen. Blumenthal returns from Middle East, supports sending military assets to Israel
On Friday, Senator Richard Blumenthal returned from his visit to the Middle East. He made stops in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and Israel. He says the trip was a part of a bipartisan effort to discuss diplomacy between Israel and its neighbors. “As dire and dangerous as the situation seems to be right now, there is…
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Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in separate strikes
An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three others on Friday, Lebanon’s military said, just hours after Israeli troops fired on the headquarters of United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time in as many days.
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UN-backed experts say Israel is destroying Gaza's health sector and both sides have tortured people
A U.N. commission has accused Israel of destroying Gaza’s health care system through “relentless and deliberate attacks” in its yearlong war with Hamas. It also said Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages have been tortured and sexually abused.
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Jewish community in Greater Hartford gathers to honor lives lost on Oct. 7
Monday marked one year since the terror attack against Israel and the start of Israel’s war with Hamas.
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Jewish community in Greater Hartford gathers to honor lives lost on Oct. 7
Monday marked one year since the terror attack against Israel and the start of Israel’s war with Hamas. Across the state of Connecticut, memorials and remembrance ceremonies were held to honor the victims. In West Hartford, the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford held a remembrance event at Beth El Temple. The event was sold out and the federation said...
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They were Israel's eyes on the border, but their warnings about Hamas went unheard
They were Israel’s eyes on the border with Gaza, but former soldiers from a military observation unit say their warnings about suspicious Hamas activity ahead of the Oct. 7 terror attacks were repeatedly ignored. A year later, they are still seeking answers.
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Connecticut woman remembers sister, brother-in-law killed in Oct. 7 Hamas attack
One year since the Hamas terror attack on Israel, Andrea Weinstein discussed the pain of losing her sister and her brother-in-law in the deadly assault on Oct. 7, 2023
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One year after Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel, tensions have only heightened
Monday marks a solemn milestone – one year since the October 7th Hamas terror attack attack in Israel when more than 1,200 people were killed and 251 kidnapped. NBC’s Alice Barr reports.
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Group holds walk to call for release of Israeli hostages
Greater Hartford for Israel organized a walk in West Hartford on Sunday to call for the release of Israeli hostages.
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Israelis, battling on multiple fronts, mark a year since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack
Israelis held somber ceremonies Monday to mark a year since the deadliest attack in the country’s history, The Hamas-led raid shattered Israelis’ sense of security and ignited wars on two fronts with no end in sight.
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Jewish community mourns lives lost in Israel-Hamas war
Members of Jewish Voice for Peace New Haven gathered on Sunday.
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Calls continue for hostages to be released one year after Oct. 7 attack
Dekel-Chen said his son, Sagui, was taken hostage during the Hamas terror attack on Israel back on Oct. 7, 2023. A group that has been meeting every week for a year, hoping the hostages will be released, held a walk in West Hartford on Sunday.
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Calls continue for hostages to be released one year after Oct. 7 attack
Monday marks one year since the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel. More than 1,000 Israelis were killed and there are still some 100 hostages being held in Gaza, including one with ties to Connecticut. “Time and the world in general can only begin again when my son, Sagui, is free,” Jonathan Dekel-Chen, a Bloomfield native, said. Dekel-Chen said his…