Tensions between Israel and the Hamas militant group grew into a full-out war after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks when around 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli officials. The attacks led to a war that has lasted a full year. 101 ...
many Palestinian and Middle Eastern scholars believe that what made this Hamas attack unique was its direct assault on Israeli soil. Some have even compared it to the 1973 Yom Kippur War, marking the first time since then that Israel was attacked so aggressively. ...
At about 6.30 a.m. (0430 GMT) Palestinian Islamist group Hamas fired a huge barrage of rockets across southern Israel, with sirens heard as far away as Tel Aviv and Beersheba. Hamas said it had fired 5,000 rockets in a first barrage. Israel's military said 2,500 rockets were fired. S...
The coalition agreement was led by a commitment to "advance and develop a settlement in all parts of the land of Israel" including "Judea and Samaria", the biblical names for the West Bank. Israel's settlements are considered illegal under international law,...
Israel-Hamas war Vishaka Chhetri Agarwal, chief product officer, said their costs have increased four-fold too: "For a container if you paid $1,000 to ship it from Sri Lanka to the UK, all of a sudden we have to now pay $5,000." ...
Hamas' use of U.N. buildings for its weapons and fighters is not new. During the group's last major war with Israel, between 2012 and 2014, aU.N. inquiry foundweapons had been placed inside an UNRWA school in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and that it was highly likely that an unidentified...
How the Israel-Hamas war upended online dating The morass of dating apps was already a nightmare to muddle through. Then came a terror attack, a war and a growing cultural chasm By Gabby Deutch January 12, 2024 SHARE The Frey that binds ...
How have small businesses been impacted by the Israel-Hamas war? In Ramat Hanegev, bordering the Eshkol Regional Council, small business owners Michal Hess, 53, and Nurit Portugez, 51, had to rethink their business concept following Oct. 7. The two owned a clothing and accessory shop-on-...
Image:Hamas gunmen shot and snatched people from the Supernova dance music festival near Re'im, in the desert region of Negev "But you don't have time to think, you just react to it," Hai adds. "After a few metres - something like 200, 300 metres ...
Sean Bell: Politicians are making Israel-Hamas war worse - not better Even before an anticipated ground assault into the Palestinian enclave, the war threatens to open new fronts. Deadly clashes are already erupting in theWest Bank, with the Israeli military launchin...