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Jewish summer camp staff, alumni mourn Israeli friend killed in attack

Jewish summer camp staff, alumni mourn Israeli friend killed in attack

Staff and alumni of a local Jewish summer camp are mourning the death of an Israeli man killed in the Hamas attack on Saturday. The website TC Jewfolk reports that Netta Epstein, 21, died in his apartment just outside the Gaza Strip while protecting his girlfriend from an exploding grenade.
by Matt Sepic

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Minnesota Israeli and Palestinian reflect on violence in Israel and Gaza

Minnesota Israeli and Palestinian reflect on violence in Israel and Gaza

Minnesota is home to communities on both sides of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. We talked someone from each side about their personal experience watching this all unfold from thousands of miles away.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Israel vows complete siege of Gaza as it strikes Palestinian territory after incursion by Hamas

Israel vows complete siege of Gaza as it strikes Palestinian territory after incursion by Hamas

Israel has vowed to lay total siege to the Gaza Strip, as its military scours the country’s south for militants, guards breaches in its border fence and pounds the impoverished, Hamas-ruled territory in the wake of an unprecedented weekend incursion.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota officials closely watch events in Israel

Minnesota officials closely watch events in Israel

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said her office is helping dozens of her constituents that are in Israel get back to the United States.
by Ellie Roth

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Israel declares war, goes after Hamas fighters and bombards Gaza

Israel declares war, goes after Hamas fighters and bombards Gaza

The Israeli government formally declared war and gave the green light for “significant military steps” to retaliate against Hamas for its surprise attack from the Gaza Strip. 
by Associated

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Israel is trying to regain full control of its territory a day after Hamas attack

Israel is trying to regain full control of its territory a day after Hamas attack

The Israeli military said Sunday that it is still battling Hamas militants in several Israeli communities a day after they broke through the Gaza border to launch an unprecedented wave of attacks.
by Daniel Estrin, Peter Kenyon and Larry Kaplow

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Over 2,000 feared dead after powerful earthquakes hit Afghanistan

Over 2,000 feared dead after powerful earthquakes hit Afghanistan

Images shared by Afghan journalists showed at least one village reduced to rubble after a series of quakes flattened stone and mudbrick homes in the country's west.
by Diaa Hadid

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Biden decries the 'unconscionable' Hamas attack and warns Israel's enemies not to exploit the crisis

Biden decries the 'unconscionable' Hamas attack and warns Israel's enemies not to exploit the crisis

Biden said at the White House on Saturday that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States “stands with the people of Israel in the face of these terrorist assaults. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people, full stop."
by The Associated Press

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