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Sergio Amiti/Getty Images (WARSAW, Poland) — From 7 a.m. onward Sunday, ballot boxes in Poland started filling up so fast that spare ones had to be dusted off and more ballots needed to be printed. No one had anticipated such long lines throughout the country. Voting was to end at 9 p.m., but by law, […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 1,400 people have died, and 3,400 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Oct. 7, Israeli authorities said. In Gaza, at least 2,750 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes from Israel […]
belterz/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — With the eyes of the world glued to Israel and Gaza, Russia is waging a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine, mounting the largest push it has attempted since last winter. Thousands of Russian troops and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles have been sent into the offensive operations, which […]
Amel Safi, a resident of Gaza, speaks with ABC News by video during the ongoing conflict with Israel, Oct. 13, 2023. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — Amel Safi did not say goodbye to her brothers before she fled Gaza because it would have made it harder to leave, the 22-year-old Palestinian told ABC News. […]
-/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which was centered about 30 kilometers (18 miles) north-northwest of Herāt, followed a series of powerful tremors that killed more than a thousand. “This earthquake was preceded by three other M 6.3 earthquakes […]
Maha Barakat, an American citizen stuck in Gaza, tells ABC News on Oct. 15, 2023, her agonizing ordeal attempting to flee the war-torn territory. — Maha Barakat (NEW YORK) — Terrified by constant bombings all around her and with food and water running out, American Maha Barakat said Sunday that her desperate attempts to flee […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 1,300 people have died and 3,227 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Oct. 7, Israeli authorities said. In Gaza, at least 2,329 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes from Israel […]
ABC News/Courtesy of Tala Imad Herzallah (LONDON) — Tala Imad Herzallah says she remembers every bombardment she has witnessed in her 21-year-old life in Gaza. At 1 p.m. last Saturday, she heard the pounding sound of a strong one, close to her house in Tel Elhawa. “It was terrifying, I did not want those memories […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 1,300 people have died, and 3,227 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Saturday, Israeli authorities said. In Gaza, at least 1,799 people have been killed in retaliatory strikes from Israel with […]
ABC News (GAZA) — When the sun goes down, many Gazans say they lie awake in fear. The only light they see comes from the airstrikes raining down around them, the booming sounds of explosions keeping them up throughout the night. “Nights here in Gaza are scary as hell,” Omar Alnajjar, a 26-year-old living in […]
