The US Defense Department believes the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is developing a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. That is, a heavy, multi-stage missile that leaves the Earth’s atmosphere and travels around the world at huge velocities before re-entering and descending toward its target at 20 times the speed of sound. Such missiles normally have a […]
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No place in Gaza is safe as Israel hits refugee camp
Israeli airstrikes caused significant damage to a large refugee camp in Jabalia, just north of Gaza City, on Tuesday. The Israeli military confirms it was targeting the area, which it says is a Hamas “stronghold,” including underground tunnels and a command center. Photos from the scene showed large craters and other damage at the camp, […]
China erases Israel from online maps
Israel’s country name is not appearing on online maps run by Chinese tech giants, causing confusion and anger as the country fights to defend itself from terrorist attacks by Hamas. The name Israel does not appear on online maps run by two of China’s largest internet companies, Alibaba and Baidu. City names in the country […]
U.N. warns of ‘breakdown of Civil order’ in Gaza
The UN warns “civil order” is breaking down in Gaza after weeks of siege and bombardment, with people breaking into warehouses in search of survival essentials. “People are scared, frustrated and desperate,” said the director of the main UN agency in the strip.Israel says the next stage of its war with Hamas has begun after […]
Israel expands it’s ground operation into Gaza
Israel on Saturday expanded its ground operation in Gaza, sending in tanks and infantry backed by massive strikes from the air and sea. Israel’s defense minister said that “the ground shook in Gaza” and that the war against the territory’s Hamas rulers entered a new stage. The bombardment, described by Gaza residents as the most […]
US F-16’s strike Iranian backed militia in Syria
The U.S. military conducted strikes against two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed groups in retaliation for recent attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria. “The United States does not seek conflict and has no intention nor desire to engage in further hostilities, but these Iranian-backed attacks against U.S. forces are unacceptable and […]
Biden doubts death toll, Palestine publish names
The health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza has published a report listing the names of more than 6,000 “documented deaths” in Gaza since the October 7 terror attacks on Israel, after US President Joe Biden questioned the reliability of Palestinian casualty figures. The report stated that between October 7 and 26, 7,028 Palestinians were killed, including […]
2 dozen soldiers injured by Drone Attacks
Two dozen American military personnel were wounded last week in a series of drone attacks at American bases in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Central Command told NBC News on Tuesday. The Pentagon confirmed the attacks last week, but the number of U.S. casualties has not been previously disclosed. Twenty American personnel sustained minor injuries on […]
Israel’s Air Strikes Intensify; Strain Gaza Hospitals
At the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in central Gaza, they are running out of material to cover the dead with. The bodies are stacked in a courtyard outside, prayers are said, and relatives collapse to the floor wailing in grief. Inside the hospital, doctors battle to patch up the walking wounded and save the gravely injured […]
Israel will wipe Iran ‘off the face of the earth’
Israel’s Minister of Economy Nir Barkat issued an ominous threat to Iran and Lebanon in an interview published on Saturday, saying his country would “wipe” them “off the face of the Earth” if Hezbollah opens up a northern front in the Hamas war. On October 7, Hamas, which the United States designates as a terrorist […]
Egypt-Gaza border crossing opens for aid
The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off following Hamas’ bloody rampage two weeks ago. Just 20 trucks were allowed in, an amount that aid workers said was insufficient to address the […]
Gaza Greek Orthodox Church hit by Israel IDF
An explosion rocked a historic Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City on Thursday night amid Israel’s continued bombardment of the Gaza Strip, as the country’s military prepared to enter the Palestinian territory to destroy the Hamas militant group. Videos emerged early on Friday of apparent damage and casualties at the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in […]