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As World’s Eyes Shift, Ukraine and Russia Look to Sway Opinions
Kyiv says Russia is looking to leverage the Israel-Hamas war to dampen support for Ukraine, while Moscow is calling it a failure of the West.
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The Retired Israeli General Who Grabbed His Pistol and Took 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.
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Seeking a Moral Compass in Gaza’s War
The terror attacks by Hamas against civilians who were in their homes and dancing at a concert are being called Israel’s Sept. 11, and that’s a fair comparison. Let’s hope that Israel responds to this outrage more wisely than we in the United States ...
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Why Tensions Are Rising on Israel’s Border With Lebanon as it Fights Hamas in Gaza
As Israeli forces finish securing southern towns after the Hamas-led incursion and assembles forces on the border with Gaza, attention is also falling on the country’s volatile northern frontier with Lebanon, where the Israeli Army has been engaged ...
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Early Intelligence Shows Iranian Leaders Surprised by Hamas Attack, U.S. Says
The information has fueled doubts in the United States that Iran, a longtime supporter of the Palestinian militant group, played a direct role in planning the assault in Israel.
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Yellen Says Nothing Is ‘Off the Table’ as U.S. Considers New Sanctions on Iran and Hamas
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said on Wednesday that the Israel-Gaza war represents a new concern for the global economy and signaled that additional U.S. sanctions could be coming in response to the attack on Israel by Hamas. Ms. Yellen offered ...
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The Gaza Trap
Four days after Hamas’s attack, Israel appeared poised to order a full-scale ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. With more than 1,000 killed in Israel and 2,600 wounded in the most deadly incursion on Israeli territory in its history, the government ...
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How Israel’s Feared Security Services Failed to Stop Hamas’s Attack
Israel’s military and espionage services are considered among the world’s best, but on Saturday, operational and intelligence failures led to the worst breach of Israeli defenses in half a century.
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Israel Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This Moment
I have covered this conflict for almost 50 years, and I’ve seen Israelis and Palestinians do a lot of awful things to one another: Palestinian suicide bombers blowing up Israeli discos and buses; Israeli fighter jets hitting neighborhoods in Gaza ...
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‘I Just Hope That They Are Alive’: How Hamas Abducted 150 Israelis
Palestinian militants kidnapped scores of Israelis in an unprecedented attack that took the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into unknown territory. Their relatives recount how they were captured.