As Israel unleashed a sweeping military response to the brutal Oct. 7, 2023, assault by Hamas, it aimed punch after punch at the power of Iran, the group’s longtime sponsor, and its other proxies and allies in the region.

With artillery, ammunition and bulldozers being moved into position, commanders are just awaiting order to attack

At the same time as it was handing over Israeli hostages, Hamas was this week undertaking another task at the core of its survival strategy – visibly deploying armed fighters and police across parts of Gaza. The show of strength was interpreted by some ...

Lebanon's health ministry says 31 people were killed by Israeli strikes, while there are no reports of casualties in Israel.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People gather as Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam tours areas in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel that the Lebanese army says it has been cleared of the armed presence of ...

Such assessments of Netanyahu sound absurd today, as Israel wages war on Iran for the second time, having dismantled the regime’s proxy armies—Hamas and Hezbollah—and assassinated its supreme leader.