World News Airstrikes hit the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza overnight, killing at least 40 people and wounding 34 others, the Health Ministry said. Palestinians comfort a crying man after losing relatives under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled) AP … [Read more…]
World News Around 800 people left Gaza over the past two days — the first time people departed the besieged territory other than four hostages released by Hamas and another rescued by Israeli forces. Palestinians look at the apartment of Khaled Kharousha that was destroyed by the Israeli military in Nablus, West Bank, Friday, Nov. 3, … [Read more…]
World News A worsening fuel shortage, meanwhile, threatened to paralyze the delivery of humanitarian services across Gaza and shut down the mobile phone and internet network. Palestinians look at destruction after Israeli strikes on Rafah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2023. AP Photo/Hatem Ali By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press November 15, 2023 … [Read more…]
Local News Rent control is banned in Massachusetts, so Brookline would have to get state approval to cap rent increases. An article in Brookline proposes capping annual rent increases. Can it get past Town Meeting and the state Legislature? Matt Rourke / AP, File Rents can’t seem to stop climbing in metro Boston, up by … [Read more…]
World News Some 1.5 million Palestinians, more than two thirds of Gaza’s population, have fled their homes. Palestinians line up for food during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, November 13, 2023. AP Photo/Hatem Ali By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY, Associated Press November 14, 2023 | 8:43 AM … [Read more…]
Politics In recent days, fighting near Shifa and other hospitals in the combat zone of northern Gaza has intensified and supplies have run out. Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to a treatment room of al Aqsa Hospital on Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP … [Read more…]