Hamas has said it was motivated to launch the attack essentially as the culmination of long-building anger over Israeli policy, including recent outbreaks of violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, but more generally over the treatment of Palestinians and the expansion of Israeli settlements....
Hamas's deadly attack on Israel is the latest in a long line of bloody conflicts between two deeply divided political rivals. But what isHamas, why is it in conflict withIsrael, and why have its militants decided to launch an attack now? Follow live updates from th...
But even in northern Gaza, the first target of the offensive, Hamas has regrouped in some areas and continued to launch attacks. Israel says Hamas has four battalions in Rafah and that it must send ground forces to topple them. Some senior militants could also be hiding in the city. WHY...
The U.S. and U.K. missile launch on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen was the culmination of weeks of warnings for the group to cease their attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
WASHINGTON— For most of the 1,250 attendees gathered at The Park at 14th, a four-story nightclub in Washington's Franklin Park neighborhood, many of the pro-Harris crowd sided believed the presidential debate was effectively over less than an hour in. “Did anyone enjoy ...
It could also be a holding pattern before a major attack, where the decision to launch may be contingent on how far Israeli forces go in Gaza. Hezbollah, although a Shiite group - Hamas is Sunni - has long aligned itself with the Palestinian cause. ...
giving speeches. As a former prosecutor, she was always good when cross-examining a witness in a Senate hearing, but her big set-piece speeches weren’t as good. Whether it’s practice from her time as vice president or having better speechwriters, she did a solid job at the...
The incumbent made a passing reference to that failed effort on Tuesday. His win was "a message that candidates should run for something, and not against someone," Beshear said. He did not mention Biden by name in his brief speech. He also struck a bipartisan tone in his speech. ...
Steve would call the Vision Pro a “hobby,” just as he did with the original Apple TV. You know I’m correct about this. And the fact that Apple hasn’t gone for the H-word and no other writers are suggesting it is the topic of this column, not the Vision Pro, itself. It...
s death on Friday, but he only dared to call on Muslims to “stand by the people of Lebanon” without making any specific threat to mobilise Iran’s own forces. The supreme leader of Iran fears any rhetoric could be used by Israel as an excuse to launch ...