MIDDLE EAST

The Hamas attack of Oct. 7 has spurred many liberal Israelis to reassess their relationship with the state.

The original party platform of Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party insists that “between the Sea and the Jordan there will be only Israeli sovereignty.”

After an exhaustive search scouring 21,000 square miles off the coast of Somalia, two Navy SEALs reported missing during the boarding of a ship carrying Iranian weapons to Houthi fighters were declared dead by the Pentagon.

The Biden administration is planning a sustained military campaign targeting the Houthis in Yemen, administration officials told The Washington Post.

The attack against Ain al-Asad Air Base injured at least one Iraqi service member, Centcom said. Some U.S. personnel were evaluated for traumatic brain injuries.

Denial of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel is spreading. The untrue narrative seeded on social media from TikTok to Reddit is bleeding into the real world.

Tawfic Hafeth Abdel Jabbar, a 17-year-old who grew up in the New Orleans area, was killed Friday in the West Bank, according to a relative.

Most of the missiles fired at al-Assad Air Base in Iraq were intercepted by air defenses, while others landed on the base, according to U.S. officials.

Doctors and aid workers say infant and maternal mortality have spiked.

U.S. officials say they don’t expect operations in Yemen to last years, but they acknowledge it’s unclear when the Houthis’ military capability will be eroded.

In just a few months, Yemen’s Houthis have taken an outsize bite out of global shipping — and have begun to threaten economically their stated target, Israel.

The gruesome procedure highlights the daily horrors facing Gazans amid the collapse in their health-care system.

Mr. Zamir directed Mossad operations against Palestinian militants after 11 Israeli Olympic team members were killed at the 1972 Games in Munich.

U.S. strikes in Yemen Friday targeted “Houthi missile launchers that were ready to launch attacks,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.

A member of the war cabinet said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is selling “illusions.”

As strikes cascade in the Middle East, experts warn that a simple miscalculation in the “dangerous game” could quickly spiral out of control.

As Israeli forces start to withdraw from Gaza, the U.S. is working to head off a full-scale war in Lebanon, with Israel warning that time for diplomacy is running out.

For both Iran and Pakistan, Baluchistan, a region that straddles their border, presents a thorny security challenge.