DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Heavy fighting was reported in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Tuesday, a day after Israel said it was withdrawing thousands of troops from other areas in a potential shift away from the massive air and ground operations that have devastated the Hamas-ruled enclave. Israeli Prime Minister […]
Israel’s army said several thousand troops would be taken out of Gaza in the coming weeks, though it has not said publicly whether the withdrawal reflects a new phase of the war. The move is in line with the plans that Israeli leaders have outlined for a low-intensity campaign, expected to last for much of […]
Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza City districts on Monday, residents said, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers, but fighting raged elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave along with intense bombardment. Israel says the war in Gaza, which has reduced much of the territory to rubble, killing thousands […]
A young man is fighting for his life while police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck the victim over the weekend in the Pico-Union neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident occurred on Dec. 29 around 6 p.m. near the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Westmoreland Avenue, authorities with the Los Angeles Police Department […]
An explosion is seen in an apartment building after Russian’s army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022.Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo Russia’s months-long siege and bombardment of Mariupol saw the city reduced to rubble. Interviews with two Ukrainians — a soldier and the mother of two soldiers — revealed scenes of intense combat. The […]
Israel’s military has announced a four-hour tactical pause in fighting in a camp in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Military activities there would be temporarily suspended for humanitarian reasons, an army spokesman announced in Arabic on the X platform. The pause is so that the population can obtain supplies, he […]
(Bloomberg) — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a surprise visit to troops in the town of Avdiyivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, the site of months of intense fighting against Kremlin troops. Most Read from Bloomberg “Visited the positions of the 110th separate mechanized brigade,” Zelenskiy said on Telegram in a post that included a video […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, residents said, after nearly 200 people were reported killed in 24 hours in Israel’s campaign against Hamas militants. The sound of shooting indicated fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the positions of Ukraine’s 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade in embattled Avdiivka on Dec. 29 as Russia tries to encircle the eastern town just kilometers from Russian-occupied Donetsk. The brigade’s commander briefed Zelensky on the operational situation on the battlefield and the status of defensive actions, the Presidential Office wrote. “According to […]
The Kansas Highway Patrol is appealing a federal injunction that will block its troopers from using the “two step” traffic stop tactic that a judge ruled had resulted in the agency violating the constitutional rights of motorists. The appeal signals the statewide law enforcement agency will resist in court a mandatory overhaul of its practices. […]
Texts and emails released long after the so-called Arizona “audit” ended proved — beyond a doubt — the effort was encouraged, funded and carried out by loyalists to Donald Trump. Those details could have remained hidden without The Arizona Republic fighting for more than two years for information about the 2020 ballot review. What Arizonans […]
Israel’s military will act to remove Hezbollah from the border with Lebanon if its attacks continue, an Israeli minister has warned. Benny Gantz said Israel Defense Forces would intervene if the world and Lebanese government did not stop militants firing on northern Israel. Time for a diplomatic solution was running out, he added. Cross-border exchanges […]