With tensions spiking in the Middle East, U.S. forces in the region are facing increasing threats as a Navy warship shot down missiles appearing to head toward Israel Thursday and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks. The USS Carney, a Navy destroyer in the northern Red Sea, intercepted three
The eyes of the world are on Gaza ahead of a looming Israeli ground offensive, but what people are looking for might be hidden deep underground in a maze of tunnels. The potential offensive comes following a surprise attack by Hamas — the militant group that controls Gaza — in Israel on Oct. 7. The
Israel has used white phosphorus in Gaza and in two rural locations near the border with Lebanon, Human Rights Watch alleged in a recently released report amid escalating conflict. The allegation comes after Israel retaliated with airstrikes following a deadly attack by Hamas that started Oct. 7, which has left roughly 1,300 dead in Israel and
One Reuters journalist has been killed and two others injured in southern Lebanon, the news wire service says. “We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed. Issam was part of a Reuters crew in southern Lebanon who was providing a live signal,” a Reuters spokesperson said on Friday.“We are
WARNING: This article includes descriptions of graphic and disturbing subject matter. The in-text link in the third line goes to a social media post by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that shows the images described in this article. Reader discretion is advised. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday released images on social media that
Temima Silver is waiting for the call to report for duty in the Israeli military. Born and raised in Ottawa, the 21-year-old moved to Israel in 2020 to join the Israel Defense Forces. Released from service last year, Silver said she recently responded to a call asking members of her former platoon to voluntarily return
More than 2,000 people have been killed in the past five days following the unprecedented surprise attack by Hamas on Israel and the resulting Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. The Israeli military says more than 1,200 people have been killed in Israel and Gaza’s health ministry says there are more than 1,050 people dead in the
The United Nations’ human rights commission of inquiry says it is investigating “war crimes committed by all sides” of the rapidly escalating violence in Israel and Gaza following Saturday’s surprise attack by Hamas militants, which has ignited fears of a bigger regional escalation. Tuesday’s announcement from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied
Hamas is currently holding a “substantial” number of people hostage, according to Israel’s military, as fears grow that those could include foreign nationals from up to 12 different countries who are missing after the militant group’s unprecedented attack. Israel’s military said Saturday that the number taken hostage in a surprise attack launched by Hamas the
The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea, catching the country off guard on a major holiday. Several hours after the invasion began