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Here are Israel's post-election options on Iran's dangerous nuclear program

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Here are Israel's post-election options on Iran's dangerous nuclear program

With its attack on Iran this week, Israel missed a perfect opportunity to cripple Iran's nuclear weapons program. The actual targets chosen, air defense and missile production facilities, were entirely legitimate. Undoubtedly, both Iran's defensive and offensive capabilities suffered significant damage. But it wasn't enough. Under enormous pressure from the Biden administration, Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Israeli attacks kill 38 people in Gaza and 3 journalists in Lebanon

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Israeli attacks kill 38 people in Gaza and 3 journalists in Lebanon

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli attacks on residential areas in the southern Gaza Strip killed 38 people on Friday, including 13 children from the same extended family, Palestinian health authorities said. In northern Gaza, health authorities reported that Israeli forces had raided Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few remaining functioning medical facilities […]

Israel's war with Iran-backed Hezbollah escalates as IDF bombs financial institutions across Lebanon

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Israel's war with Iran-backed Hezbollah escalates as IDF bombs financial institutions across Lebanon

A new wave of Israeli airstrikes began Sunday evening on locations across Lebanon, some striking dangerously close to Lebanon's only international airport. Israel had announced it would launch a large-scale attack on a banking institution it considers to be Hezbollah's de facto financial arm, the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association. The attacks began a day after a […]

Yahya Sinwar: Israel says it killed Hamas leaders in Gaza

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Yahya Sinwar: Israel says it killed Hamas leaders in Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces have killed a Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwara key architect of last year's attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Apparently troops had unwittingly stumbled upon him in a battle, only to discover afterwards that a body in the rubble was Israel's most wanted man. […]

Sinwar's killing opens up opportunities and great uncertainty for the war in Gaza

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Sinwar's killing opens up opportunities and great uncertainty for the war in Gaza

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's killing of Yahya SinwarHamas' top leader and mastermind of the group's Oct. 7 attack, represents a dramatic turning point in the brutal, years-long war it sparked. Sinwar's killing on Thursday decapitates the already reeling Palestinian militant group Months full of attacks up and down his ranks. And it is […]

Who is Yahya Sinwar? What to know about Hamas leader after IDF confirms death

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Who is Yahya Sinwar? What to know about Hamas leader after IDF confirms death

Topline Israel said on Thursday it had killed Yahya Sinwar, the recently appointed head of Hamas' political bureau and the person the U.S. and Israel believe orchestrated the militant group's Oct. 7 attack on Israel last year – marking a major turning point in the years-long war between Israel and Hamas. Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar […]