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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

SAM MEDNICK

Israeli forensic experts work on bodies of Israelis killed by Hamas terrorists in the National Center for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2023.(AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
December 1, 2023, 11:11 am
Nearly two months after Oct. 7, for many Israelis, fate of relatives still a mystery
Many families left in limbo, not knowing if loved ones are among the hostages in Gaza or were killed in the Hamas assault, with some bodies almost impossible to identify
By SAM MEDNICK
Staff work at the Magen David Adom's (MDA) Marcus National Blood Services Center, in Ramla, October 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
November 4, 2023, 8:17 am
Underground blood bank proves its worth amid rocket barrages
Fortified structure in Ramla has molecular lab, air-filtration system to let staff work even during chemical or biological warfare, safe room to shield against missile attacks
By Alon Bernstein and SAM MEDNICK
This video grab shows the spokesperson for the mutinous soldiers speaking on state television as they announce that they had seized power in Libreville, August 30, 2023. (GABON 24 via AP)
August 30, 2023, 1:12 pm
Gabon military seizes power hours after long-serving president wins election
Gunfire heard in the capital; no word from president, whose family is under investigation in France for corruption; soldiers vow to ‘dissolve all institutions of the republic’
By SAM MEDNICK
Ukrainian police conduct a security check on passengers before boarding the Kherson-Kyiv train at the Kherson railway station, southern Ukraine, Nov. 26, 2022 (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
November 27, 2022, 8:53 am
Civilians flee recently recaptured Kherson as Russian shells slam city
Intense onslaught targets infrastructure and buildings in key southern city that had been occupied by Moscow; Ukraine scrambles to restore heat, power in Kyiv, elsewhere
By SAM MEDNICK and Jamey Keaten
A woman walks past a recently damaged building due to a Russian strike on the recently-liberated Kherson, southern Ukraine, November 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
November 26, 2022, 12:51 pm
Ukraine works to restore water, power to millions after Russian strikes
Zelensky says half of 12 million residents left without power have had electricity restored; country marks 90th anniversary of Holodomor, famine that killed millions under Stalin
By Jamey Keaten and SAM MEDNICK
A sniper unit aims towards Russian positions during an operation, Kherson region, southern Ukraine, November 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
November 24, 2022, 12:39 pm
Ukrainian military plans its next steps after Russian forces retreat from Kherson
Kyiv is striking back at Russian troops and Ukrainian officers say they want to capitalize on their momentum, amid Moscow army’s artillery barrages
By SAM MEDNICK
In this photo provided by the Zaporizhzhia region military administration, Ukrainian firefighters work at damaged hospital maternity ward in Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine,, Nov. 23, 2022. (Zaporizhzhia region military administration via AP)
November 23, 2022, 1:56 pm
Newborn killed in Russian strike on Ukrainian maternity hospital, officials say
Baby’s mother pulled alive from the rubble after rocket attack on Vilniansk; death adds to gruesome toll suffered by hospitals and other medical facilities during Russian invasion
By John Leicester and SAM MEDNICK
Vitaliy Mysharskiy, 14, left, and his grandmother Tanya Babii sit in the yard of the family house in the recently liberated village of Kyselivka, outskirts of Kherson, southern Ukraine, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
November 18, 2022, 1:41 pm
‘I thought I was going to die’: Ukrainians recount kidnappings, torture
As violence escalates in Ukraine, reports of abuses perpetrated by Russia become widespread, especially in the recently liberated Kherson region
By SAM MEDNICK and HANNA ARHIROVA
Russian troops guard an entrance of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
November 9, 2022, 9:13 pm
Russia announces retreat from occupied Kherson; Ukrainian officials doubtful
Inability to supply troops in city occupied since opening days of invasion cited as reason for withdrawal, but Kyiv says ‘no signs’ troops leaving and warns of Russian ‘theater’
By SAM MEDNICK and ToI Staff
Vadym Zherdetsky stands amid the wreckage of his house destroyed by fighting in the village of Moshun, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, November 4, 2022. (AP Photo/ Andrew Kravchenko)
November 7, 2022, 10:13 pm
Six months after Russian retreat, Kyiv region still struggling to rebuild
A million residents have returned to towns around capital, but many no longer have jobs, cannot afford to fix their homes, and say they need more assistance
By SAM MEDNICK
A man sits in a caffe during a blackout in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 4, 2022. (Andrew Kravchenko/AP)
November 7, 2022, 7:47 am
As Russia pounds infrastructure, Kyiv readies for winter without heat, water, power
Mayor warns residents in Ukrainian capital that enemy is throttling power supplies, wants them all to die; future of country depends on being ready for ‘different situations’
By SAM MEDNICK
One-month old Haboue Solange Boue, awaiting medical care for severe malnutrition, is held by her mother, Danssanin Lanizou, 30, at the feeding center of the main hospital in the town of Hounde, Tuy Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, June 11, 2020. With the markets closed because of coronavirus restrictions, her family sold fewer vegetables. Lanizou is too malnourished to nurse her. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
July 28, 2020, 4:24 am
Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 global child deaths each month
Coronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry communities over the edge, cutting off meager farms from markets and isolating villages from food and medical aid
By Lori Hinnant and SAM MEDNICK
Girls walk towards the site of an aerial food drop by the World Food Program (WFP) in the town of Kandak, South Sudan, May 2, 2018. (Sam Mednick/AP)
November 21, 2018, 7:26 pm
Child bride auction in South Sudan goes viral, sparking anger
Highest bidder for 17-year-old is a man three times her age who pays 500 cows, 2 cars and $10,000 for her hand in marriage
By SAM MEDNICK
Former child soldiers stand in line waiting to be registered with UNICEF to receive a release package, in Yambio, South Sudan, February 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
February 9, 2018, 10:27 am
‘They told me to kill my mother,’ says freed child soldier in South Sudan
Boy, kidnapped at age ten, one of more than 300 child soldiers released by armed groups in South Sudan out of estimated 19,000 recruited by all sides
By SAM MEDNICK
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley arrives in Juba, South Sudan, Wednesday, October 25, 2017. (AP Photo)
October 26, 2017, 12:15 am
US ambassador to UN evacuated from volatile South Sudan camp
Nikki Haley removed from refugee camp as demonstration against President Salva Kiir leads to guards firing tear gas
By SAM MEDNICK
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