The videos released late last week by militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad show two skeletal hostages pleading for their lives.| Los Angeles Times
'Our human ask is that people give a damn when we die,' said one rabbi. Amid the Israel-Hamas war, many U.S. Jews feel betrayed by people they thought were allies.| Los Angeles Times
Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas appear set to go head-to-head on the ground in Gaza. What's each side's endgame?| Los Angeles Times
President Biden condemns the militant group Hamas for its attack on Israel, and confirms that Americans are believed to be among the hostages.| Los Angeles Times
'Every single Israeli friend of mine knows someone who was there, someone who was murdered,' said one L.A. DJ. 'No one deserved this.'| Los Angeles Times
It looks like any other scrappy Tel Aviv tech start-up, with staff in hip clothing huddled around laptops and downing espressos, but they are the volunteers in a "war room" assembled to help Israel bring…| France 24
Throughout history, dehumanization preceded and justified atrocities. And the hungrier and more deprived people become, the less 'like us' they appear.| Los Angeles Times
Abeer and Fadi Sobh spend their days in Gaza seeking food for themselves and their six children.| Los Angeles Times
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Israel-Hamas war: In Israel, a quest to identify unrecognizable bodies. In Gaza, bodies are piled and some stored in ice cream trucks as power fails.| Los Angeles Times
On Israel's border with Lebanon, residents are worried that groups like Hezbollah will join a war that eventually spirals into a regionwide conflict.| Los Angeles Times
Biden issued an apparent warning to Hezbollah: “To any country, any organization, anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation, I have one word: Don’t."| Los Angeles Times
