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- First LookIsrael conducts airstrikes against Iranian military targets
Israel launched missile strikes against Iranian targets in retaliation for Iran’s attack on Tel Aviv earlier this month. Iran said the strikes caused only “limited damage.”
- Under deadly Israeli siege, north Gaza residents face terrifying ultimatum
Where can one find safety in war? That has been an especially agonizing question for Palestinians in Gaza, ordered to and fro by Israel for more than a year. With death everywhere, one community after another has been reduced to rubble.
- Netanyahu has high hopes of Trump. Might he be mistaken?
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu hopes Donald Trump will win the U.S. presidency. But Mr. Trump might well be just as demanding as his predecessor.
- First LookA terrorist attack in Turkey drew global condemnation. Then, Turkey struck back.
The strike came days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested parole for the PKK’s imprisoned leader and hours after a terrorist attack in Ankara. Turkey regularly conducts airstrikes against the PKK, who have power bases in Iraq and Syria.
- Is an Israel-Hamas cease-fire possible? Pressures mount on Netanyahu.
Benjamin Netanyahu initially described Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death as “the beginning of the end” to the war in Gaza. But are there any indications that pressures for a cease-fire will bear fruit?
- As Israel pounds Lebanon, Gazans empathize, yet feel forgotten
Gazans know what Lebanon is going through, as Israel attacks Hezbollah and as civilians are killed or forced from their homes. But they worry the world’s attention has been diverted.
- First LookDrone targeted house of Israeli prime minister, as IDF bombards Gaza
Hezbollah didn't claim responsibility for the drone attack, which inflicted no casualties, but said it carried out several rocket attacks on Israel. Israel carried out at least 10 airstrikes on southern Beirut suburbs that are home to Hezbollah’s offices.
- Hamas leader’s death revives hopes for a Gaza peace plan. Is that enough?
After a year of war in Gaza and the Middle East, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar rekindled hopes for a grand U.S.-led peace plan. But many obstacles, Israeli and Palestinian, remain.
- Hamas leader, Israel’s ‘most wanted,’ is dead. What happens to war in Gaza?
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is the heaviest blow the Islamic militant group has endured in a year of war in Gaza. Will it break the stalemate over a cease-fire with Israel?
- Slow and small, drones find cracks in Israel’s high-tech air defenses
Warfare requires constant adaptation, both offensive and defensive, in tactics and technology. Trends in innovation often point to modern sophistication, but sometimes older and simpler methods work best.
- First LookIsrael steps up attacks in Gaza as UN peacekeepers come under fire in Lebanon
Palestinians in northern Gaza are describing heavy Israeli bombardment in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people. A member of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon was in stable condition after being struck by gunfire in Naqoura.
- Where Hezbollah stands, and what’s at stake, after battering by Israel
Israel’s assault on Hezbollah in Lebanon represents a dramatic broadening of the yearlong war in the Middle East. How Iran’s most important regional ally responds will determine the postwar balance of power.
- ‘Enough is enough’: In Israel, rationale for war trumps distrust of leaders
To endure war, a society usually needs both unity and trusted leadership. Yet as Israel takes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, the public consensus seems to be based mostly on a blend of confidence and caution – without faith in a government plan.
- Biden and Netanyahu – and the diminished US standing in Middle East
Over the past year of war, many critics of the Biden administration say its inability to restrain Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has damaged U.S. stature and credibility in the Mideast.
- In Gaza or Ukraine, peace can look impossible. Here, there’s hope.
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