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'They bombed everything': Palestinian woman describes her life under siege in Gaza
ABC News/Courtesy of Tala Imad Herzallah(LONDON) -- Tala Imad Herzallah says she remembers every bombardment she has witnessed in her 21-year-old life in Gaza. At 1 p.m. last Saturday, she heard the p...
Oct 13, 2023
Hospitals in Gaza are in a dire situation, health care workers say
Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images(GAZA) -- Hospitals in Gaza are in a dire situation as the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, putting the lives of civilians and health care workers at risk. Do...
Oct 13, 2023
Russia mounts largest assault in months in eastern Ukraine
belterz/Getty Images(KYIV) -- Ukrainian forces are trying to hold off a major new Russian offensive operation in the strategic city of Avdiivka. Russia sent dozens of tanks and armored vehicles and th...
Oct 13, 2023
How to help victims of the deadly Israel-Hamas conflict
pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the horrendous carnage emerges from the Israel-Hamas conflict, people in the United States and around the globe are clamoring for ways to help those caught in t...
Oct 13, 2023
Humanitarian crisis for food insecurity, lack of water supply about to begin in Gaza, experts say
Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An already precarious situation regarding food and water supplies for the residents of Gaza has exacerbated into a humanitarian crisis due to the ongoin...
Oct 13, 2023
African leaders react as Israel declares war on Hamas
Protesters shout slogans and wave flags during a pro Palestinian demonstration near the US consulate in Sandton, Johannesburg, on October 11, 2023. -- Afp Contributor#afp/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) ...
Oct 13, 2023
Gay and targeted in Uganda: Inside the extreme crackdown on LGBTQ rights
ABC News(LONDON) -- At a small shelter in Uganda, members of the LGBTQ community seek refuge from persecution after their government enacted one of the world's harshest anti-homosexuality laws earlier...
Oct 12, 2023
Palestinian-American family stuck in Gaza despite pleas to US officials: 'We feel abandoned'
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images(GAZA) -- Haneen Okal, a Palestinian-American who lives in New Jersey, reunited in recent months with family in the Gaza Strip for the first time in more than 10 y...
Oct 12, 2023
Bombarded by Israeli airstrikes, conditions in Gaza grow more dire as power goes out
Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With communities across the Gaza Strip already laid to waste by a relentless barrage of airstrikes in retaliation for the Hamas surprise attack on Israel, co...
Oct 12, 2023
Music festival survivor recounts harrowing escape from Hamas terrorists: 'They hunted us for hours'
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A woman who fled for her life as Hamas terrorists gunned down festivalgoers in southern Israel is sharing the terrifying details of her survival. Daniel Levi, who was working at ...
Oct 12, 2023