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Falls Church community gathers to remember victims of Oct. 7 attack
Residents of Falls Church came together to honor the memories of those killed on Oct. 7 on the eve of the one-year anniversary. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Jewish community in Silver Spring gathers to remember slain doctor and victims of Oct. 7 attack
A gathering at a home in Silver Spring on Sunday marked nearly one year since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, when Hamas militants killed 1,200 people in Israel and took another 250 hostage. In the year since nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The gathering was small, intimate and powerful. For those in…
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Jewish community in Silver Spring gathers to remember victims of Oct. 7 attack
Members of the Jewish community held an intimate gathering to remember victims of the Oct. 7 attack. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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A displaced family's year of fleeing across the devastated Gaza Strip
The Abu Jarad family lost the stability and comfort of their northern Gaza home when Israel launched its campaign in retaliation for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
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A year from Oct 7, tens of thousands dead and fears of a ‘forever war'
One year after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, hopes that it could be a catalyst for peace have shredded.
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A strike on a mosque kills 19 as Israel bombards northern Gaza and Beirut
Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a mosque in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 19 people. Israel meanwhile intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Beirut on Sunday in its widening war on Iran-allied militant groups across the region.
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Pro-Palestinian crowds call for ceasefire in Gaza ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Saturday near the White House calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, their protest just one of many large gatherings planned across the country this weekend ahead of Oct. 7. One demonstrator attempted to set himself on fire and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. A year later, pro-Palestinian demonstrators are remembering what they are calling one year…
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Pro-Palestinian crowds call for ceasefire in Gaza ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in D.C. to call for a ceasefire ahead of the one-year anniversary of Oct. 7. News4’s Arielle Hixson reports.
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Thousands join pro-Palestinian rallies around the globe as Oct. 7 anniversary nears
Police have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent demonstrators in Rome as tens of thousands pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets in European cities and around the globe, calling for a cease-fire as the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel approached.
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Virginia man charged with defacing monument during Netanyahu protests in DC
A Virginia man has been arrested on a charge that he spray-painted graffiti on a monument in the nation’s capital during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in July. Zaid Mohammed Mahdawi was arrested Friday on a charge of destroying federal property. He was among thousands of protesters who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 24...
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Death toll increases in Lebanon as Israel expands aerial and ground offensive
The Lebanese Health Ministry says that 1,974 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in the country since Oct. 8, 2023.
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What to know about Iran's missile barrage and Israel's ground operations in Lebanon
Iran launched at least 180 missiles at Israel, though Israeli authorities said there were no injuries and scattered damage and fires from falling shrapnel.
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Judge rules UMD must allow pro-Palestinian students to hold Oct. 7 vigil
A federal judge ruled the University of Maryland must allow pro-Palestinian students to hold an interfaith vigil Oct. 7, the day marking one year since the Hamas attack in Israel. The group Students for Justice in Palestine sued UMD for civil rights violations after the school banned all student-run events for Oct. 7, citing safety concerns. “Free speech as guaranteed…
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Federal judge rules in favor of UMD students' vigil for Palestinians
A federal judge ruled the University of Maryland must allow pro-Palestinian students to hold an interfaith vigil Oct. 7, the day marking one year since the Hamas attack in Israel. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.
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Israel begins ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military on Tuesday said it had begun a “limited, localized” operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, opening a new front in its war against the Lebanese militant group.
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Netanyahu, not Biden, is setting the agenda in the Middle East
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is setting the agenda in the Middle East in recent months, with a frustrated Biden White House unable to shape events or defuse a spreading conflict.
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Who was Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime Hezbollah leader killed by Israel?
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah led the group since 1992 turning it into Lebanon’s most powerful force. He was killed in an Israeli airstrike Friday afternoon.
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Israel strikes Hezbollah in a huge blast targeting the militant group's leader
The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that targeted the leader of the militant group and leveled multiple high-rise apartment buildings.
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Protesters seek return near Blinken's home as police cost tops $340K
Using a Freedom of Information Act request, the I-Team found Virginia State Police spent $339,642 on the Chain Bridge Road Operation from July 26 – the day they removed protesters – until September 10.
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The taxpayer cost for policing outside the Secretary of State's home after protests
Earlier in 2024, protesters started camping outside Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Arlington home. In July, Virginia State Police removed the protesters and kept up a round-the-clock presence to prevent their return. News4’s Ted Oberg took a look at how much that enforcement has cost Virginia taxpayers.