Arkansas police investigate deaths of newborns found in suitcase

The comments by Khalil al-Hayya in an interview Wednesday came amid a stalemate in months of talks for a cease-fire in Gaza.

The building of a new port in the Gaza Strip is well underway, according to satellite images analyzed Thursday by The Associated Press.

Some U.S. universities called in police to break up demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war, while others appeared content to wait out student protests Thursday.

Police bulldozed into student protesters at a Texas university, arresting over a dozen people, while new student encampments sprouted at Harvard and other colleges.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the White House meeting with Abigail and her family was “a reminder of the work still to do” to win the release of dozens of people who were taken captive by Hamas terrorists in an Oct. 7 attack on Israel and are still believed to be in captivity in Gaza.

A United Nations spokesperson said credible investigators should get access to the graves found at two hospitals in the Gaza Strip that were raided by Israeli troops.