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Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Israel-Hamas conflict is taking a “horrendous toll” on families, humanitarian organizations decried this week, amid reports of the slaughter and kidnapping of children and attacks on civilian infrastructure that have killed, injured or displaced the most vulnerable. In the days since Hamas’ surprise assault on Israel, images from […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 1,200 people have died and 2,900 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Saturday, Israeli authorities said. Hamas fired thousands of rockets toward Israel and an estimated 1,000 fighters crossed into the […]
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken Western Afghanistan, just days after two quakes of the same magnitude left more than 1,200 dead. The quake struck 28 kilometers (17.39 miles) Northwest of Herāt, Afghanistan, according to the United States Geological Survey, which monitors worldwide earthquakes. No details were immediately available on the […]
Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the days after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel from Gaza, Israeli forces have also been engaging in skirmishes with Hezbollah along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. The Israeli Defense Forces said Tuesday that more than a dozen rockets were launched from Lebanese territory, and that the […]
Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images (TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, and LONDON) — “I think Gazans’ worst fear at the moment is the sun setting.” Nour Alsaqa, a 23-year-old from Gaza City, along with the 2.3 million people living in the Gaza Strip, is now living under siege. “Because once the sun sets and the night comes… [the] bombings […]
Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the days drag on since Hamas terrorists launched an attack on Israel, pressure is building for the U.S. and Israel to help the scores of hostages believed to be held by Hamas across Gaza — but both countries appear to have limited and very difficult options. President Joe Biden […]
Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hundreds of targets have been hit in Gaza by Israel following the Saturday incursion from Hamas terrorists, the group that controls the Palestinian territory of Gaza. More than 200 targets were struck in Gaza by Israeli forces in just one day, according to authorities. In Gaza, […]
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 900 people have died and 2,600 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea on Saturday, Israeli authorities said. Hamas fired thousands of rockets toward Israel and an estimated 1,000 fighters crossed into the […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Since her two sons, ages 12 and 16, were abducted Saturday by Hamas militants who burst into safe room at their father’s home, an Israeli mother says she has been unable to sleep or eat, haunted by the last words she heard before a phone call from her children was cut […]
200mm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A senior U.S. defense official on Monday said the Hamas attack on Israel is different from previous conflicts in Gaza, likening the violence by Hamas militants as “ISIS-like savagery” and said U.S. munitions are already en route to Israel, adding bluntly that sending the carrier USS Gerald R Ford was intended […]