Becky Sullivan

Becky Sullivan appears in the following:

U.N. report finds grounds to believe attacks in Israel included rapes

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

The report finds convincing evidence that sexual violence took place during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, and that some Israeli hostages experienced such violence while in captivity in Gaza.

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Almost 2 million people are displaced in Gaza. Tents for makeshift homes dwindling

Monday, January 22, 2024

In Gaza, where nearly two million people have been displaced from their homes, tents and materials to make them are in short supply.

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Holiday spending is up, another good sign for the economy

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Data show consumer spending from November 1 through Christmas Eve rose 3.1% year over year — a figure in line with the decade leading up to the pandemic and another positive sign for the economy.

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Families of hostages speak out as Congress debates aid to Israel

Wednesday, December 06, 2023

Family members of hostages held by Hamas held a news conference in Washington, D.C., as Congress debates sending billions more dollars of aid to Israel.

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Israel says it will allow limited deliveries of fuel to Gaza for aid needs

Friday, November 17, 2023

Israel will allow 140,000 liters of fuel into Gaza every two days for the United Nations' use to distribute aid and for telecommunications provider Paltel to keep phone and internet service available.

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A communications blackout in Gaza is slowing aid as officials press for hostage deal

Thursday, November 16, 2023

President Biden said he was "mildly hopeful" about a deal to free dozens of hostages, including a 3-year-old American. Israel dropped leaflets urging the evacuation of parts of southern Gaza.

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Israeli troops enter Gaza's largest hospital and report finding Hamas weapons there

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Hamas denounced the actions by the Israeli military. The group denied the assertion by Israel and U.S. officials that militants were embedded in Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital.

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Israel says its troops have entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

The Israeli military said in a posting on social media that it was launching "a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area" of the Gaza Strip's largest medical facility.

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The war in Gaza is impacting Israeli employers and Palestinian workers alike

Saturday, November 04, 2023

The war between Israel and Hamas has disrupted a long-standing labor arrangement between employers in Israel and Palestinian workers from the occupied West Bank.

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Israel's war with Hamas disrupts Palestinian workers and Israeli employers alike

Saturday, November 04, 2023

The Israeli construction industry has long relied on the labor of tens of thousands of Palestinians. But Israel has revoked their permits, paralyzing job sites and upending the West Bank's economy.

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Americans leaving Gaza report chaos, relief — and worry for people staying behind

Thursday, November 02, 2023

Hundreds of Americans appeared on a list of passport holders approved to leave the territory, as President Biden called for a "pause" in hostilities to allow for the release of hostages held by Hamas.

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First Americans and other foreign nationals leave besieged Gaza

Wednesday, November 01, 2023

It's the first time people have been allowed to exit the Palestinian territory since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Ambulances took dozens of seriously wounded people to hospitals in Egypt.

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Israeli military hits Gaza's largest refugee camp

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

The attack on northern Gaza's Jabalia camp caused widespread damage, injuries and deaths, Gaza officials say. Israel describes Jabalia as a Hamas stronghold and says it was targeting a Hamas leader.

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In the West Bank city of Jenin, Israeli raids and strikes leave Palestinians wary

Monday, October 30, 2023

In Jenin, at least 11 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes and raids in just over a week, officials say. The heightened pace of violence has frightened residents.

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Israel presses into Gaza as pro-Palestinian protests spread worldwide

Monday, October 30, 2023

Since the intensified operation began Friday night, Israeli airstrikes have hit more than 600 Hamas targets, Israel said, and about 1,000 people in Gaza were killed, the Gaza health ministry said.

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Israeli airstrikes are targeting Palestinians in the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp

Sunday, October 29, 2023

An Israeli airstrike hit the northern city of Jenin, a rare attack on the occupied West Bank.

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Israel's Netanyahu calls Gaza expansion the second phase of a 'long war'

Saturday, October 28, 2023

As Israel intensified its attacks on the militant group Hamas, Gaza remained under a near-total communications blackout. More than 1.4 million people in Gaza are displaced, the U.N. estimates.

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Israel says it's 'expanding' ground activities in Gaza as internet blackout takes hold

Friday, October 27, 2023

Israel's military has escalated operations in Gaza over the past few days. Internet and phone service were out in Gaza after a barrage of airstrikes, a Palestinian telecommunications company reported.

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Red Cross says it has sent a surgery team into Gaza, as a rocket strike hits Tel Aviv

Friday, October 27, 2023

Along with the war surgery team, six trucks ferrying medical supplies and water purification tools were allowed into Gaza, the ICRC said. And a rocket strike in Tel Aviv injures at least three people.

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Israel incursion into Gaza targeted Hamas leaders to prepare for 'next stages of war'

Thursday, October 26, 2023

The Israeli military said the overnight raid involved tanks and troops and killed Hamas leaders. Meanwhile, the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 7,000 as fuel supplies reach a crisis point.

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