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Jan 19, 2024 · Israeli army tank moves near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) Demonstrators hold orange balloons at a rally in solidarity with Kfir Bibas, an Israeli boy who spent his ...
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Oct 20, 2022 · Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful under international law due to its permanence and the Israeli government’s de facto annexation policies, a UN-appointed Commission of Inquiry said in its first report, published on Thursday. The three-member Commission is pushing for the issue to be referred to the International Court ...
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, Egypt, the Gaza Strip and the Red Sea to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Tel Aviv is the country's financial, economic, and technological center. Israel's governmental seat is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, though recognition of Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is limited internationally.
Apr 19, 2024 · Israel-Iran tensions updates: Calls for calm as ‘drones downed’ in Isfahan. Tensions have soared in the Middle East more than six months into Israel’s war on Gaza.
UN Security Council demands Iran-backed Yemen rebels halt their attacks on ships in Mideast waters. The U.N. Security Council has demanded that Yemen’s Houthi rebels halt all attacks on ships and urged that disruptions to maritime security be addressed, without mentioning the link between the Iran-backed rebels and the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
This is a list of wars and other major military engagements involving Israel.Since its declaration of independence in May 1948, the State of Israel has fought various wars with its neighbouring Arab states, two major Palestinian Arab uprisings known as the First Intifada and the Second Intifada (see Israeli–Palestinian conflict), and a broad series of other armed engagements rooted in the Arab–Israeli conflict.
