It was aimed at “capturing wide areas [of Gaza] and adding them to Israel’s security zones” (see buffer zones on map), he continued ... Sign up to the Middle East Dispatch, a weekly ...

DUBAI — Israel has been fighting wars on several fronts in the Middle East since the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked communities in the country in October 2023 and triggered a conflict ...

Since the October 2023 outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel, a U.S. ally and defense partner, U.S. forces in the Middle East have been increasingly targeted by some of these groups—and have ...