UN Official Warns of ‘Huge Disaster’ in Gaza
Water and electricity supplies have been cut off, and the status of emergency humanitarian aid is unclear, said a spokesman for a U.N. agency working in Gaza.
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Why Hamas’s Attack Will Change Israel As We Know It
OPINION — Many analysts of global affairs play fast and loose with the term “game changer.” My somewhat curmudgeonly analysis of events like UAE-Israel normalization […] More
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No power, water or fuel to Gaza until hostages freed, says Israel minister
After fifth night of bombardment concerns grow over dwindling water, food and fuel supplies in stripIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesIsrael has said there will be no humanitarian break to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages are free…
Labour claims Lisa Cameron’s defection to Tories shows SNP ‘falling apart’ – UK politics live
‘This bizarre move shows that the SNP is falling apart before our eyes,’ says shadow Scottish secretaryHere is Severin Carrell’s report on the defection of the SNP MP Lisa Cameron to the Conservatives.Severin says the SNP is challenging Cameron to resi…
Israel Ziv, a Retired General, Grabbed His Pistol to Take on Hamas
By rushing to confront the attackers himself, Israel Ziv has become a public symbol of Israel’s former military successes — and its failure this time.
Israel Forms Unity Government and Bombs Gaza in the Wake of Hamas Attack
Following the deadliest assault on Israel in half a century, the country is vowing to crush Hamas, and both sides are bracing for an escalating war.
Hamas attack ‘deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust’, says Biden, as Israeli jets pound Gaza
US president decries ‘campaign of pure cruelty’ and warns Iran to tread carefully as Israel conducts significant airstrikes on Palestinian enclaveSee further Israel-Hamas war coverageJoe Biden has condemned the attack by Hamas militants on Israel at th…
Hamas attack exposes deteriorating ties between Russia and Israel
Vladimir Putin fails to condemn attack on Israel, instead blaming the situation on failed US diplomacyIsrael’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has long portrayed himself as a friend of Vladimir Putin. In a memoir published during Russia’s war on Uk…
Biden Confirms Hamas Beheading Children In Israel; Assures Jewish Community, Warns Iran
Washington: In his latest show of support for Israel, US President Joe Biden on Wednesday addressed Jewish community leaders at a roundtable in the White House and called the attacks by Hamas a "campaign of pure cruelty"."I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children," Biden said in broader remarks about his administration’s support for
‘I Feel Guilty’: Retired Israeli General Visits Site of Hamas Attacks
Four days after Hamas massacred more than 250 people at a music festival, Israel Ziv, a retired Israeli Army general, went back to the site of the rave.