Tag: Israel
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Israel kills Hamas leader in Gaza strike
CAIRO • An Israeli airstrike on Gaza killed the chief of Hamas’ military wing, the most senior official from the Palestinian militant group killed by Israel since a U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in October that was meant to halt fighting. The Israeli military said on Saturday that Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed in what it described…
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Palestinian elections give some Gazans first chance to vote in years
CAIRO/RAMALLAH • Palestinians voted in local elections on Saturday that for the first time in two decades include Gaza and are a gauge of the political mood as Israel’s government seeks to destroy any future for a Palestinian state. The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority has said it hopes the inclusion of the Gazan city of…
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US service member missing after Iran shot down fighter jet has been rescued, US officials say
JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the U.S. had rescued an aviator nearly two days after he was shot down over Iran. The extraction came after a frantic search in what appears to be a remote, mountainous region of Iran. A second crew member had been rescued Friday, soon after the F-15E Strike Eagle…
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Colorado universities’ antisemitism responses receive mixed grades
Some Colorado colleges’ antisemitism responses received mixed reviews, according to a recent study. The Anti-Defamation League compiled its third annual “Campus Antisemitism Report Card,” an evaluation that ranks colleges according to their antisemitism responses, and found low grades among two Colorado schools. Four Colorado schools were included in the study. Colorado College and Colorado State University each received…
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Hopes and fears: Colorado Iranians speak out on widening war
Group talks about young people protesting against the Islamic Republic, and Reza Pahlavi and the monarchy When Denver area real estate agent Fara Novin dined out for her birthday Friday night, Feb. 27, she blew out a candle on a cake and made a wish. Early next morning, news broke that a joint U.S.-Israeli strike…
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Israel steps up attacks on Iran as Mideast conflict widens
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates • Israel said it launched airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site Tuesday, and Iran struck back against Israel and across the Gulf region, targeting U.S. embassies and disrupting energy supplies and travel. Nearly 800 people have been killed in Iran four days into the war, including some that President Donald…
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What to know about U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran
The attack The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in what President Donald Trump said was a massive operation to destroy the country’s military capabilities and eliminate the threat of it creating a nuclear weapon. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said it would defend its homeland and its Revolutionary Guard said it launched counterattacks, firing drones and missiles…
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World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes on Iran
BRUSSELS • World leaders reacted warily to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on Saturday that triggered worries of a broader conflict. European leaders held emergency meetings and took measures to protect their citizens in the Middle East, with key leaders calling for a negotiated settlement between Iran and the U.S. Australia and Canada were more open…
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US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran and Trump urges Iranians to ‘take over your government’
The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and President Donald Trump called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. Some of the first strikes appeared to hit areas around the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Iranian media…
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Palestinian man kills 2 in car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel, police say
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel Friday, killing both, police said, as the Israeli defense minister quickly ordered military retaliation on what he said was the assailant’s West Bank hometown. The attack began Friday afternoon in the northern city of…