Hamas said it had fired 5,000 rockets in a first barrage. Israel's military said 2,500 rockets were fired. Smoke billowed over residential Israeli areas and people sheltered behind buildings as sirens sounded overhead. At least one woman was reported killed by the rockets. DAWN INFILTRATION ...
Had all these measures been taken, the entire event would have turned into a monumental failure for Hamas.Footnote8 How can this be? How could Israel’s top security echelons so callously betray the country’s border communities and the soldiers tasked with their protection, many of whom were...
The agency says it's fired nine employees with links to Hamas, but many more are suspected. It doesn't deserve Canada's funding
At the time, Hamas had an arsenal of some 10,000 rockets and many of them were destroyed or used in the war. Iron Dome was now increasingly a key to Israel’s defenses as the volume of rocket fire increased in each conflict. For instance, Hamas fired more rockets in just a few hours...
National security advisor Jack Sullivan, on the eve of the October 7 Hamas massacres of Jewish citizens, claimed the Middle East was at last calm. Now it is on the verge of a theater-wide war, once Iran sensed that the Biden team would appease and beg it to behave. ...
By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to ourTerms of UseandPrivacy Policy. A video purporting to show Hamas firing rockets into Israel was taken from Syria in 2020. (You get the picture: Videos are especially prone to being taken out of context.) ...
Israel’s Iron Dome system has been in the headlines often since the country began its military offensive in Gaza in response to the October 7 Hamas attacks inside Israel that sparked the current hostilities in the region. The Iron Dome is the bottom layer of Israel’s missile defense, accor...
Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024. Amir Cohen/Reuters Iran gave 72 hours notice ahead of that attack, which was widely seen as designed to minimize casualt...
Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024. Amir Cohen/Reuters Iran gave 72 hours notice ahead of that attack, which was widely seen as designed to minimize casualties while maximizing spect...
Crew Dragon, Starliner and NASA’s own Orion capsule — designed to return humans to the moon later this decade — all launch atop rockets rather than being strapped to the side of them. In this new era of rocketry with commercial companies largely leading the way, Hale said the challenge ...