Hamas leaders say an Israeli crackdown on militants in the West Bank, continued construction of settlements — which the international community considers to be illegal — thousands of prisoners in Israeli jails, and its ongoing blockade of Gaza pushed it to attack. Its leaders say hundreds...
[01:10.08]Reports say Gaza had a strong health care system [01:14.20]with 36 hospitals and 25,000 doctors, nurses and specialists [01:21.00]before Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. [01:26.24]Now, the WHO says,...
The drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan and was apparently launched by Iran-backed militants was the latest in a flurry of attacks and reprisals across the Middle East.
Early on Saturday, Hamas militants broke through theborder between Israel and Gaza,launching a massive attack that left more than 1,200 Israelis dead, most of them civilians, and another 2,700 wounded. The attack triggered a swift response by the Israeli military and at least 900 people have ...
The Houthis claim the attacks are aimed at ending the air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip following the 7 October attacks byHamas. Several ships have been attacked with drones, rockets and in some cases helicopters have been used to drop militants on to commercial vessels....
Reports say Gaza had a strong health care system with 36 hospitals and 25,000 doctors, nurses and specialists before Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. Now, the WHO says, about 15 hospitals are partially operating. That makes getting care difficult for the more than 50,000 injured...
Rafael D. Frankel Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Hamas is one of the two major Palestinian political parties, alongside Fatah. Who governs Gaza and the West Bank? The Gaza Strip and the much larger, Israeli-occupied West Bank are the two primary Palestinian territories, but they are run separately. ...
Afterward HTS clashed with independent Islamist militants who opposed the merger, further emboldening al-Golani and and his group as the leading power in northwestern Syria, able to rule with an iron fist. Advertisement With his power consolidated, al-Golani set in...
since the Israeli bombardment of Gaza began in response to the attack by Hamas militants last month,” NPR reported Nov. 4. Days later, supporters of the victims of Hamas’s attack met in the nation’s capital for “the largest pro-Israel gathering in the U.S. since the start of the ...