Under Israeli bombardment for days, Jason Shawa couldn’t sleep in his home south of Gaza City, so he went to his window to light up a cigarette. There, the Palestinian-American heard shouting, and the sound of panicked cries from the street below.
The bodies of at least 52 people have been recovered from the Congo River after their boat capsized late last week, a provincial minister said on Monday, warning that the death toll could rise further with many still missing.
Saturday started out as a normal day, 32-year-old Hanaan Shahin told police, with breakfast in the home her family rented in Plainfield Township, Illinois.
A funeral and burial will be held Monday for the 6-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed when his Chicago-area landlord allegedly attacked him and his mother because the family is Muslim.
US leaders are mounting an urgent effort to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas and a resulting civilian catastrophe in Gaza from escalating into a widening regional conflict that could snowball into an even greater geopolitical crisis after this month’s horrific attacks.