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ABC News/Department of Defense (WASHINGTON) — The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer in the northern Red Sea, on Thursday shot down multiple missiles and drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen that the Pentagon said were potentially headed toward targets in Israel. It is the first time in recent memory that a U.S. […]

Courtesy Raanan Family (WASHINGTON) — The long nightmare in captivity for two of the hostages taken by Hamas during its deadly surprise attack on Israel has ended, Israeli authorities said. The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed to ABC News that two American women were released by Hamas to the Red Cross and are now back in […]

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more were injured after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with a bombing campaign and total siege of the neighboring Gaza Strip, leaving the region on the verge of all-out […]

A truck driving around Harvard’s campus identifies people who signed onto a controversial letter supporting Palestinians in the wake of an attack by Hamas. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — The man leading the doxxing campaign of pro-Palestinian Harvard students said his group is going to take it a step further. Adam Guillette, 42, the […]

Courtesy Galit Dan (TEL AVIV, Israel) — An Israeli woman received an unthinkably tragic update on the fate of her daughter, who has autism, and her elderly mother 12 days after they were taken by Hamas: their bodies were found at the Gaza border, authorities told the family. Galit Dan’s daughter Noya, 12, and her mother […]

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LONDON) — A journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failure to register as a foreign agent, the news outlet said Wednesday. Alsu Kurmasheva, who serves as an editor for the outlet’s Tatar-Bashkir Service, is a dual U.S.-Russian citizen, RFE/RL said. “Alsu is a highly respected […]

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In Israel, at least 1,400 people have died and 3,400 others have been injured since the terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Oct. 7, according to Israeli authorities. Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation against Hamas. In Gaza, 3,478 people have been killed and […]

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In Israel, at least 1,400 people have died and 3,400 others have been injured since the terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Oct. 7, according to Israeli authorities. Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation against Hamas. In Gaza, 3,478 people have been killed and […]

Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An “unprecedented catastrophe” is unfolding for civilians in Gaza, according to the United Nations, which is pleading for Islamic leaders to allow humanitarian efforts into the territory to help those trapped there. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) released […]

Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the wake of a devastating blast at the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds of people and injured many others, chaos, finger-pointing and massive demonstrations around the world intensified Wednesday. Israeli authorities blame the hospital blast on a misfired rocket launched by militants in […]