The paramedics and rescue workers killed in an Israeli shooting in Gaza last month died mainly from gunshots to the head or chest, while others had shrapnel injuries or other wounds, according to autopsy reports obtained by The New York…
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Russia Launches Deadly Attack on Sumy in Ukraine
Russian missile strikes killed at least 21 people on Sunday in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, local officials said — the latest in a string of attacks on urban centers that have caused heavy civilian casualties. Ukraine’s interior minister,…
Dozens Die in Floods Hitting Congo’s Capital
Dozens of people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rains flooded the capital, Kinshasa, in the last few days, and destroyed hundreds of homes. The Ndjili River running through the megacity of 17 million people, one…
Guterres, at U.N., Denounces Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade
The U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, on Tuesday sharply criticized Israel’s renewed blockade of aid to Gaza as a violation of its obligations under international law and said it had opened “the floodgates of horror.” “Gaza is a killing field…
An Explosive Clock Is Ticking on Iran and Its Nuclear Program
Talks between the United States and Iran, which President Trump said on Monday would begin on Saturday in Oman, face considerable problems of substance and well-earned mistrust. But time is short for what is likely to be a complicated negotiation.…
Video Shows Search for Missing Gaza Paramedics Before Israelis Shoot Rescuers
The Palestine Red Crescent Society on Monday gave new details of the Israeli attack on its paramedics and other emergency responders in the Gaza Strip that killed at least 15 people last month, saying Israeli forces had targeted them in…
Eyewitnesses Recount Deadly Israeli Attack on Medics in Gaza
Mr. Abed said he was relieved when the Israelis brought another Red Crescent paramedic, Asaad al-Nasasra, still alive, over to the group of detainees. In handcuffs and a blindfold, Mr. al-Nasasra, whispered to him what he knew about their colleagues,…
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights on
A video recording, discovered on the cellphone of one of the paramedics who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a mass grave in the Gazan city of Rafah in late March and obtained by The New York…
Some Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Were Shot Multiple Times, Officials Say
Days after the United Nations accused Israel of killing 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza, officials who recovered the bodies or carried out the autopsies said some of the rescue workers were shot multiple times before being buried in a mass…
Desperation Grows in Gaza as U.N. Shutters Bakeries
Bilal Mohammad Ramadan AbuKresh has lost his home, his job, his wife and seven other relatives during the war in Gaza. Now, as the United Nations closes 25 bakeries across the territory, he is also losing his only reliable source…