Gaza The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began building a floating pier off the coast of Gaza to facilitate aid deliveries by circumventing delays delivering aid by land routes. It will take a few weeks …

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Gaza Israel appears to be moving towards a ground invasion of Rafah: its jets strafed the city over the past two days, and Israeli officials say plans for relocating civilians from Rafah to a new saf …

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Iran and Israel Israeli officials told the NYT they contemplated a broader strike on Iran in return for Iran's (mostly harmlessly intercepted) attempted strikes inside Israel, but settled for a limit …

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Coming Up This Week The Philippines and the U.S. begin annual joint military exercises today, but this time the exercises take place far from Philippine territorial waters in a part of the central So …

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Israel and Iran Israel launched at least one missile - and perhaps some drones - into Iran, and Iran's air defenses were heard in Isfahan and Tabriz provinces.Iran said its air defenses successfully …

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Middle East Israel's war cabinet met for a second time yesterday, but adjourned without finalizing a plan to respond to Iran's drone and missile attack over the weekend - and postponed a third meetin …

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