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Yousef Masoud/SOPA Images via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Israel warns of an imminent ground assault in Gaza, one challenge that awaits a potential ground invasion involves a widespread underground tunnel system designed to conceal and cover Hamas militants and execute surprise attacks, experts say. Hamas has previously claimed to have built 500 kilometers […]
Sergei Guneyev/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (HONG KONG) — While one war continues to rage in Ukraine and another is threatening to boil over in the Middle East, Chinese President Xi Jinping held court in Beijing for visiting dignitaries, presenting his vision of “an open, inclusive and interconnected world” through his signature global infrastructure project, the […]
FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Spontaneous protests have erupted overnight across the Middle East and North Africa following a deadly explosion at Gaza’s Al-Ahil Arabi Baptist Hospital in Gaza City Tuesday night which claimed the lives of at least 500 Palestinians. Al-Ahil Arabi Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals in Gaza City, […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In Israel, at least 1,400 people have died and 3,400 others have been injured since the terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Oct. 7, according to Israeli authorities. Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation against Hamas. In Gaza, 3,000 people have been killed and […]
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Joe Biden said he was “deeply saddened and outraged” by the deadly hospital strike in Gaza, and seemed to determine that Israel was not to blame, saying it was “done by the other team.” The comments came shortly after […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In Israel, at least 1,400 people have died and 3,400 others have been injured since the terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Oct. 7, according to Israeli authorities. Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation against Hamas. In Gaza, 3,000 people have been killed and […]
Mahmoud Khaled/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people are seeking refuge at the Rafah crossing at the border of Egypt as Israeli retaliatory airstrikes continue to pummel Gaza, while tons of humanitarian aid await entry on the other side. Egypt is preparing for the possible opening of the Rafah border crossing after it was hit […]
Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The recent U.S. military moves related to the Israel-Gaza conflict have raised questions about the American mission. Here’s why they’re about deterrence: 2,200 US Marines aboard 3 ships Where are the Marines? The 2,200 Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are aboard three U.S. Navy ships as […]
South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine has used U.S.-supplied ATAMCS long-range missiles for the first time in its war against Russia, hitting two Russian airbases in occupied Ukrainian territory in strikes that Ukraine and some Russian sources said had caused significant damage. The missiles hit a Russian military airfield in […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 1,400 people have died, and 3,400 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Oct. 7, Israeli authorities said. In Gaza, 3,000 people have been killed and another 12,500 were injured, according to […]
