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U.S. hawks and Israel want the American ally to oust the Palestinian militants' political office. But rare HuffPost interviews with Hamas leaders suggest the move could fail to pressure them.
Following the arrests of students against Israel's offensive in Gaza, protesters have set up encampments at other universities across the country.
Sabreen Jouda came into the world at 30 weeks, after Israeli forces killed her father, sister and pregnant mother in an airstrike on their home in Rafah.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s retaliatory barrage of airstrikes on Israel a week earlier hit anything there.
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The Israel-Iran issue remains delicate for the president as he gears up his reelection effort amid tensions in the Middle East, Russia and Indo-Pacific.
Israel has carried out near-daily air raids on Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere.
Some Democrats voted against providing aid amid left-wing criticism of the U.S. administration’s policy on supporting Israel.
The House is preparing to vote on approval of $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies.
The strike late Friday hit a residential building in the western Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah.
An attack on Rafah, the last refuge in Gaza, appears imminent — and ongoing Israel-Iran tensions are complicating hopes President Joe Biden will stop it.