Israel

American citizens wait to board a boat from Haifa to Cyprus on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Eliyahu Freedman)

Americans waiting to evacuate Israel by sea hope for safety and respite

Some of the people to board the rescue ship said they had mixed feelings about leaving Israel during a time of crisis.

‘We failed,’ Smotrich and other Israeli lawmakers concede as rage simmers over government’s handling of attack

“In the name of the government of Israel, and in the name of the whole State of Israel, we ask your forgiveness for what happened,” one minister said.

After their synagogue is vandalized, Porto Jews brace for antisemitism during Israel-Hamas war

Black graffiti scrawled over the white gate to the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue read “Free Palestine” and “End Israel Apartheid.”

Hundreds of Germans form ‘human shield’ to protect synagogue as residents report antisemitic incidents

Egypt’s president: ‘Jews in Egypt … have never been subjected to any form of oppression’

Israel restores water to southern Gaza, US evacuating citizens from Israel by boat as ground war looms

Pete Davidson reflects on Israel-Hamas war in somber opening of ‘Saturday Night Live’

Israeli troops and armored vehicles near the Gaza border in Sderot on October 14, 2023. (Metin Yuksel Kaya/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel strikes airports in Syria and retrieves some hostages’ bodies as it prepares to invade Gaza

At New Hampshire event, Republican presidential candidates point to Iran and Biden in aftermath of Hamas attack

Family members of missing Israelis speak about their loved ones on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (Deborah Danan)

How relatives of Israel’s missing are making sure their loved ones aren’t forgotten

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