In the early morning hours of Sept. 27, as Hurricane Helene descended over the Appalachian Mountains, Chris Griffin noticed a creek near his North Carolina home was higher than normal. An hour ...

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Israel has barred six medical NGOs with operations in Gaza from entering the besieged enclave, where the health-care system has collapsed, the World Health Organization said Thursday. The WHO said ...

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From the arid deserts of the Negev to the lush forests of Galilee, Israel is home to a variety of unusual wild animals that thrive in its diverse ecosystems. Located at the crossroads of Europe ...

By SHAKED SADEH Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar seen over a photo of a blast in the Gaza Strip (illustrative) (photo credit: FLASH90/CANVA) Micha Kobi, a former senior member of the Shin Bet (Israel ...

Instead, Israel has agreed to focus its next attack on military targets in Iran, the officials said. By Patrick Kingsley and Ronen Bergman Reporting from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv The Israeli ...

Israel expects its “Iron Beam” laser defense system to be operational within one year, saying it will bring “a new era of warfare” as it engages in a war of drones and missiles with Iran ...

JERUSALEM – President Biden’s top Middle East advisers are scrambling to mediate a temporary cease-fire deal between Israel and the Lebanon-based terrorist movement Hezbollah that would ...

It was the first time in the current war that Israel announced its troops operated in Syrian territory. Israel has carried out airstrikes in Syria multiple times over the past year, targeting ...

Israel announced Sunday that it carried out a special ground operation in Syria "in recent months," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. The IDF also said ...

Israel bombed a target in a Syrian coastal city on Thursday and the United States conducted strikes in Yemen nearly a month into Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Syria, the Huthi rebels in ...