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An armed conflict between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [x] has been taking place in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. It is the fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflict since 2008, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. [146]
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. [22] [23] [24] Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, [25] the permit regime, Palestinian ...
This is a list of modern conflicts in the Middle East ensuing in the geographic and political region known as the Middle East. The "Middle East" is traditionally defined as the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Levant, and Egypt and neighboring areas of Arabia, Anatolia and Iran. It currently encompasses the area from Egypt, Turkey and Cyprus in ...
The 2021 Gaza War, sometimes called the Unity Intifada, [ 34 ][ 35 ][ 36 ] was a major outbreak of violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict that mainly commenced on 10 May 2021, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on 21 May. It was marked by protests and police riot control, rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas and Palestinian ...
One year after Hamas attacks, hostage families are living life in limbo but trying to find hope. Avital Dekel Chen, Ruby Chen, Yifat Zailer and Yehuda Beinin spoke to NBC News about their trauma ...
Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have exchanged fire along the Israel–Lebanon border and in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 8 October 2023. Israel has also carried out airstrikes against Hezbollah throughout Lebanon and in Syria. The conflict is part of the spillover of the Israel–Hamas war and is the largest ...
How the region can step back from the brink. By Alexander Cornwell, Matt Spetalnick and Jonathan Saul. JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With Israel poised to attack Iran, having already blindsided ...
President Joe Biden has directed the Pentagon to "assess and adjust as necessary U.S. force posture" in the Middle East, the White House said on Friday after Israeli strikes in Beirut that Israel ...