Israel, on the other hand, has the Iron Dome, a defense system designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells.Israeli Strikes Hit Hezbollah CommandersSince the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah has increased its involvement by firing ...
The spokesperson added, “The topics of Israel and Palestine were not discussed in this lecture as this unit focuses on Indigenous Australia.” Noting the “deliberate erasing of Israel” and calling on the university to amend the “tainted” slide which “accuses Israel of being a foreign invad...
New missile silos pop up across China.War against Vietnam: China decides to end all disputes with Vietnam permanently. War is declared and Chinese forces rush past the border. Using naval bombardment along the coasts and air strikes throughout major cites, the Vietnamese economy is cripple. ...
s failure to use its stockpile of battlefield chemical weapons was at least in part due to coalition air strikes, which destroyed chemical stocks as well as aircraft and artillery delivery systems. Another likely consideration for Saddam and Iraqi commanders was the very real possibility that ...
Israel strikes weapon and missile depots in Syria - report•Dec. 16, 2024, 10:39 PM ET (Jerusalem Post) Dayr al-Zawr, town, easternSyria. The town is situated on the right bank of theEuphrates River; its name, meaning “monastery of the grove” (zawr, “tamarisk”), is probablyder...
The next day, Israel declared itself in a state of war for the first time since theYom Kippur Warin 1973. The war began with theIsrael Defense Forces(IDF) conducting air strikes on the Gaza Strip, followed weeks later by the incursion of ground troops and armored vehicles. By November 202...
Fighting initially picked up in early 2020 as the Houthi fighters stepped up their missile strikes and the Saudis increased their air strikes. But, as theCOVID-19pandemic took hold around the world, Saudi Arabia faced economic uncertainty due to the dramatic fall in the global price of oil,...
Russia-Ukraine WarA child on a swing outside an apartment building damaged by a Russian missile in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2022. [2022–present] Also known as: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Written by Michael Ray Michael Ray is an assistant managing editor who has worked at Britannica...
Millions of Ukrainians fled the country as Russia indiscriminately targeted civilian populations with rockets and artillery strikes. On March 16 as many as 600 people were killed in the besieged city of Mariupol when a Russian air strike leveled the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater. It was ...