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Security specialists believe that the Islamic fundamentalist group managed to break through Israeli defenses due to its ability to combine different assault methods

Two former Armed Forces chiefs from opposition parties join the war cabinet, while shelling ravages the periphery of the Palestinian strip to pave the way for battle tanks

His presence underscored growing concerns about cracks in international backing for Kyiv against Russia’s invasion, and worries that Ukrainian forces haven’t made measurable progress as winter closes in

The director of the SOAS Middle East Institute says that the Palestinian militia does not have the capacity to act without the support of Iran

Shelling on the Strip intensifies and Hamas responds with a barrage of rockets on Ashkelon. Syria and Lebanon fire shells on Israeli territory

The escalation of clashes along the border with Lebanon threatens to open a new front for the Israeli Army in the midst of an open war against Hamas

The U.S. president, who considers the Hamas attack ‘sheer evil,’ is in constant conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel claimed to have found 1,500 dead bodies of militiamen on its soil, as 200,000 Palestinians in Gaza sought refuge. An Israeli attack killed two senior Hamas officials

The organization said it expects global economic growth to slow to 2.9% in 2024 from an expected 3% this year. The forecast for next year is down a notch from the 3% it predicted back in July

The former Israeli foreign minister considers the attack by the Palestinian militia one of the greatest crimes against peace and accuses Netanyahu of having strengthened Hamas by ignoring the Palestinian National Authority

Negotiations are focused on stopping the spiral of violence and releasing the hostages held in Gaza, but the magnitude of the current crisis makes any progress difficult

According to several intelligence services, Iran — whose shadow looms over the attack on Israel — has provided money, weapons and military training to the fundamentalist militia since the 1990s

Islamic movement says it will begin executing Israeli civilian hostages for every new unannounced Israeli airstrike

The Republicans are preparing to meet Monday evening at the Capitol as the vacancy severely limits America’s ability to quickly respond to the crisis in Israel

The EU’s most populous member, Germany, and its neighbor Austria, also said they were suspending development aid for Palestinian territories

An undetermined number of U.S. citizens remain missing and unaccounted for, according to the State Department

Republicans have accused the Biden administration of indirectly financing the Hamas offensive through the unfreezing of funds to Iran in prisoner swap deal

Analysts believe the success of the surprise operation by the Gaza militias lies in Israel’s overconfidence and the lack of intelligence information and preparation in the middle of the Jewish holiday

The high death toll, multiple captives and slow response to the onslaught pointed to a major intelligence failure and undermined the long-held perception that Israel has eyes and ears everywhere

The potential for prolonged and expanding violence could test Biden’s leadership on both the world stage and at home as he tries to navigate between demonstrating unflinching support for Israel and fostering a broader peace in the combustible Mideast

The Israeli Army has still not regained control of the entire territory and continues to fight against Palestinian militia members who infiltrated the country

Gaza militia members are demanding the release of all Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the return of the captives. In the past, the Jewish state has paid a high price in swaps for soldiers, living or dead

Previous conflicts brought widespread death and destruction in Gaza and days of rocket fire on Israeli towns. The situation is potentially more volatile now, with Israel’s far-right government stung by the security breach and with Palestinians in despair over a never-ending occupation in the West Bank and suffocating blockade

The Islamic militia launches a surprise attack on Israel during a Jewish holiday 50 years after the Yom Kippur War. The violent offensive ends a decade of relative calm in Gaza, during which the Islamist movement appeared to pivot to realpolitik