Middle East
Israel intensifies strikes on Rafah ahead of threatened invasion
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israel stepped up airstrikes on Rafah overnight after saying it would evacuate civilians from the southern Gazan city ...Israel gears up for Rafah civilian evacuation ahead of promised assault
By Dan Williams Reuters Israel has procured tens of thousands of tents for Palestinian civilians it intends to evacuate from Rafah in ...Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
BY NICK PERRY, MICHELLE L. PRICE and DAVE COLLINS AP Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York ...Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 18, mostly children
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY The Associated Press Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 18 people, ...Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza city of Rafah kills at least 9 Palestinians, including 6 ...
BY MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY REUTERS An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city killed at least nine people, ...Israel launches retaliatory strikes against Iran
Iran’s state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out ...Oil jumps after Israel launches strikes on Iran
Oil prices rallied and equities fell Friday as reports said explosions had been heard in Iran and Syria, fuelling fears of an ...UN agency helping Palestinians in Gaza seeks support against Israel’s demands for its dissolution
By EDITH M. LEDERER AP The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the West ...Israeli tanks push back into northern Gaza, warplanes hit Rafah
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israeli tanks pushed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday which they had left weeks ...Israel vows retaliation over Iran attack after calls for restraint
BY JOSEF FEDERMAN AP Israel’s military chief said Monday that his country will respond to Iran’s weekend attack, but he did not elaborate on ...