To grasp why, you have to understand what happened on October 7th.When Israelis talk about Hamas’s attack as an existential threat they mean it literally, not as a figure of speech. Because of pogroms and the Holocaust, Israel has a unique social contract: to create a land where Jews kn...
As Israel's war with Hamas burns, millions of people are caught in the middle. CBS News senior correspondent Charlie D'Agata looks at what motivated Hamas' attack. Plus, Steven Cook, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins
Tensions between Israel and Iran’s proxies were already running high before the killing of Haniyeh, which took place the day after an Israeli strike in Beirut killed Fuad Shukr, a top-ranking commander of Hezbollah. The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said after the Bei...
More than a year before Hamas killed some 1,200 residents of Israel and kidnapped more than 200, Israeli intelligence officers reportedly learned about plans for the attack inextraordinary detailbut couldn’t convince their leaders to take preventative action. How...
And Iran is how the conflict spirals. Israel is convinced Hamas's unprecedented attack is not just inspired by Iran but funded by Iran and equipped by Iran. Image:Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi Note what Israel's Ambassador to the UN said in New York this weekend: "T...
Since Israel declared war in response to Hamas’ deadly cross-border attack on Oct. 7, Netanyahu has said a central goal is to destroy the Islamic group’s military capabilities. Israel says Rafah is Hamas’ last major stronghold in the Gaza Strip, after operations elsewhere dismantled 18 out...
Hundreds of people have died following Hamas's surprise attack on Israel on Saturday - the latest in a long line of conflicts between the two.
Oct. 25, 2012 — -- Two big questions have emerged in the aftermath of a mysterious explosion at a weapons factory in Sudan: Was the factory the target of an Israeli air strike? And, if so, could the attack be seen as a demonstration of the same capabilities Israel may one day use ...
Why Not Attack Iraq? (the Next War)Bush administration officials are making plans for a major air war and ground invasion of Iraq that could come as early as this fall but more likely will occur in early 2003. The advocates of attacking Iraq say that the military overthrow of Saddam ...
The drone managed to evade Israel's sophisticated Iron Dome defence system and impact a dining hall full of soldiers eating.