Melanie Lindman

Melanie Lindman is an author at Religion News Service.

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Israelis stage largest protest since war began to increase pressure on Netanyahu

By Melanie Lindman, Wafaa Shurafa, and And Samy Magdy — April 1, 2024
JERUSALEM (AP) — Protesters blame Netanyahu for the failures of Oct. 7 and say the deep political divisions over his attempted judicial overhaul last year weakened Israel ahead of the attack.

Famine is said to be imminent in northern Gaza as Israel raids the main hospital again

By Wafaa Shurafa, Tia Goldenberg, and Samy Magdy — March 18, 2024
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The ministry said around 30,000 people are sheltering at the hospital, including patients, medical staff and people who have fled their homes seeking safety.

An effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead. But the first ship is still waiting in Cyprus

By Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa — March 11, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel says it welcomes the sea deliveries and would inspect Gaza-bound cargo before it leaves Cyprus.

Ramadan begins in Gaza with hunger worsening and no end to the war in sight

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy — March 11, 2024
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) —

Israeli officials to meet on a proposed pause in Gaza while the Cabinet is set to OK a Rafah plan

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy — February 26, 2024
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Negotiators face an unofficial deadline of the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan around March 10.

Internet, phone networks collapse in Gaza, threatening to worsen humanitarian crisis

By Wafaa Shurafa, Lee Keath, and Jack Jeffery — November 17, 2023
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 11,470 Palestinians have been killed, two-thirds of them women and minors, according to Palestinian health authorities.

Israel orders the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, the UN says

By Joseph Krauss and Wafaa Shurafa — October 12, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) — International aid groups warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis after Israel halted deliveries of food, water, fuel and electricity to Gaza.
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