Tag Archives: israel-hamas-conflict

In the aftermath of a blast at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, which killed hundreds of Palestinian patients and refugees in the medical complex, rampant misinformation has once again clogged online information avenues. As has been observed since the outbreak of the conflict last week, instances of misinformation have …

S everal hours after the gates opened for the Israeli music festival Supernova, Amit Bar and her boyfriend Nir Jorno arrived with their friend Ziv Hagbi, excited for the event. The devoted electronic-music fans had traveled from Matzliah, some 60 miles away. “We really waited for this event,” the 27-year-old …

On Tuesday, Mohammed Abdallah was taking care of his wheelchair-bound mother in the dark. Constant Israeli air strikes regularly shook her Gaza city apartment building. He was in mourning for four cousins killed by Israeli bombs that flattened a market in the Jabalia Refugee camp earlier. Out of power and …

Reuters journalist Issam Abdullah was killed by an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese village of Alma al Shaab on Friday, the media outlet confirmed in a statement. Two other Reuters journalists were injured when their vehicle was struck and are seeking medical care. “We are deeply saddened to learn that …

Donald Trump has used the Israel-Hamas conflict — which has claimed hundreds of lives on both sides — to push his false claims that the 2020 election was rigged against him. While delivering a speech to his supporters at a club event Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump claimed …

The trance music festival in southern Israel where Hamas militants killed 260 people on Saturday was supposed to be an escape — a tightknit community’s peaceful celebration of love, nature, and electronic dance music, event staffers who spoke to Rolling Stone say. It turned into hell on Earth. Offering new …

Community Notes, Elon Musk‘s solution to combating misinformation on X (formerly Twitter), is barely able to keep up with a wave of graphic media, false claims, and hateful content relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict. The fact-checking feature depends on approved volunteers to suggest and then vote on notes that can …

Family members of U.S. citizens believed to be taken hostage during Hamas‘ Israel incursion this past weekend are wondering what the Biden administration is doing. Speaking at a Tuesday press conference in Tel Aviv, Ruby Chen expressed frustration that he had not heard from government officials about efforts to find …

President Joe Biden addressed a roundtable of Jewish community leaders at the White House on Wednesday, calling the Hamas attack “the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust” and reporting photos of “terrorists beheading children.” The president called the attack an act of “sheer evil,” and emphasized his administration’s support …

President Joe Biden confirmed on Tuesday that Americans are among the hostages held by Hamas, and that at least 14 U.S. citizens have been killed in the ongoing war between Israel and the militant Palestinian Islamic organization. Biden addressed the nation from the White House on Tuesday, stating that the …