Israel Hamas war

Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, warning that the war might expand to other parts of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle, and that would make Israel suffer “a huge earthquake."

Thousands of people gathered in San Francisco on Saturday to march in support of Palestine in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. 

Americans previously stuck in Israel are starting to return to the U.S. after flights were grounded there due to terrorist attacks about a week ago. Americans are being evacuated out of Israel to Germany and Greece, and then flown to American soil, the State Department said.

Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza on Saturday after Israel ordered nearly half the population to flee south and carried out limited ground forays ahead of an  expected land offensive , as the war appeared set to escalate a week after Hamas'  bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel.  

One wick at a time, a small group of faithful gathered to light candles at the Congregation Chevra Thilim in San Francisco, as Jewish people around the world do each Friday before sundown to usher in the Sabbath.

Organizers of a rally in the city's South of Market neighborhood by self-proclaimed anti-Zionist Jews who say they are opposed to Israeli air strikes and bombings in Gaza.

In the wake of a reported "Day of Jihad" threat by a former Hamas leader, less than a week after a surprise attack in Israel, there was a wide range of responses by Bay Area Hebrew schools.

Stanford University is supposed to be a safe place for discourse. But students say when it comes to Israel and Gaza, it's anything but.

Stanford University has placed an instructor on leave after reports surfaced that the person separated Jewish students from the class and called at least one a “colonizer."

Police from San Jose, Calif., to New York City say they are increasing patrols at Jewish schools and places of worship on Friday, the day a Hamas leader described as "Day of Jihad," when he asked his followers to take to the streets and deliver a message of anger.

The human toll of the Israel-Hamas war is heartbreaking for people on both sides of the conflict. 

Security concerns are growing over a threat from Hamas encouraging a 'Day of Jihad' around the world.

The US State Department announced plans to begin chartering flights on Friday for Americans stranded in Israel.