JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas was coming to an end but that the war would not end until the Islamist group no longer controls the Gaza Strip. Once the intense fighting is over in Gaza, Netanyahu said, it will allow Israel […]
A 25-year-old man was stabbed and two brothers were arrested following a bloody fight at a Randall’s Island migrant shelter that sparked a bigger brawl among its residents, police said Saturday. Dozens of cops were dispatched to the shelter on E. 125th St. following the 7:50 p.m. attack on Friday, cops said. The two brothers […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli forces pounded Rafah and other areas across the Gaza Strip and engaged in close-quarter combat with fighters led by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, residents and Israel’s military said. Residents said the Israelis appeared to by trying to complete their capture of Rafah, the city on the enclave’s southern […]
Jun. 19—Heavy rainfall on Wednesday complicated efforts to fight two Ruidoso-area wildfires as the threat of lightening and flash flooding prompted officials to pull back crews from the South Fork and Salt fires. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham also reported that two fire-related fatalities occurred in the first 24 hours of the fires that began Monday, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it’s a grinning Joe Biden as “Dark Brandon” or Donald Trump’s face superimposed onto a scene from HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” both presidential campaigns this year have embraced digital memes, the lingua franca of social media. The campaigns of the Democratic president and Republican former president enthusiastically create and share content […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was critical of plans announced Sunday by his military to hold 11-hour pauses in fighting along a main road into Gaza to facilitate getting aid into the bomb-stricken area. Reuters reported that the Israeli military announced daily pauses in battle from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time between Kerem […]
The Israeli military announced Sunday that it would pause fighting during the daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza so humanitarian aid can pass through and be delivered to Palestinians in need. The “tactical pause” will apply to about 7 miles of road near Rafah, the southern Gaza city where hundreds of thousands of […]
Israel’s military announced on Sunday that it will suspend fighting during daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries destined for desperate Palestinians enduring a humanitarian crisis sparked by the war, now in its ninth month. The “tactical pause” announced by the military, which applies to […]
Israel’s military announced on Sunday that it will suspend fighting during daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries destined for desperate Palestinians enduring a humanitarian crisis sparked by the war, now in its ninth month. The “tactical pause” announced by the military, which applies to […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) – Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said, as forces continued to push in and around the southern city of Rafah and strikes hit several areas of Gaza, killing at least 19 Palestinians. Earlier, the armed wing of Hamas […]
Rep. Tom Cole is the latest House Republican on defense this year, facing a primary challenger from the right in Oklahoma as GOP incumbents across the country have seen their margins of victory shrink in recent years. It’s the most competitive primary Cole has faced since he was first elected in 2002, and it’s been […]
Israel’s army says it is continuing its internationally criticized operations in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. Casualties were again reported Wednesday, the Israeli military said on Thursday. IDF troops carried out targeted raids in the area, located weapons and eliminated several terrorists in close combat, the army said in […]