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Families of Israeli Hostages Demand They Not Be Forgotten
Israeli officials say Hamas is still holding 136 Israelis who were taken hostage Oct. 7, the start of the war in Gaza. Families of some of those hostages are in the United States to raise awareness about an issue they fear has been fading since the collapse of a November cease-fire. VOA’s Natasha Mozgovaya has our story.
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As Gaza Crisis Intensifies, Israel Says Aid Distribution Problems on Gazan Side
The Palestinian Health Ministry says the death toll in Gaza has passed 25,000, while U.N. officials are warning of growing hunger and disease in the Gaza Strip. However, Israel says it is allowing food into Gaza and the problem is the distribution on the Gazan side. Linda Gradstein reports for VOA from Jerusalem. Camera: Ricki Rosen.
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Why Iran Doesn’t Want a War
Iran is asserting its military strength amid the widening regional turmoil in the Middle East. That doesn’t mean its leaders want to be drawn into a wider war.
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US, UK Launch More Strikes Targeting Weapons in Houthi-Controlled Yemen
PENTAGON — U.S. and British warplanes, backed by surface ships and submarines, launched a series of strikes into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen late Monday, aimed at further degrading the capabilities of Iranian-backed Houthi militants who have sought to carry out attacks against key shipping lanes in the Middle East.
U.S. defense officials said the strikes hit multiple targets across eight locations, including an underground storage facility as well as missile launch sites and other...
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Iran 'Directly Involved' in Yemen Houthi Rebel Ship Attacks, US Navy Official Says
Jerusalem — Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen's Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel's war against Hamas, the U.S. Navy's top Mideast commander told The Associated Press on Monday.
Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of the Navy's 5th Fleet, stopped short of saying Tehran directed individual attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
However, Cooper acknowledged that attacks associated with Iran have expanded from...
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Iran Holds Funerals for Revolutionary Guards Killed in Alleged Israeli Strike
Tehran, Iran — Hundreds of mourners gathered Monday in Tehran for the funerals of Revolutionary Guards commanders killed in Syria, in what Iran called an Israeli strike.
It was the latest incident adding to regional tensions and fears of wider conflagration during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
The strike in Damascus on Saturday killed five members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the military force said. Iranian media later reported the victims included the group's...
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Pakistan, Iran Agree to Resume Full Diplomatic Ties
Islamabad — Envoys of Pakistan and Iran will return to their posts by the end of this week, Pakistan and Iran announced Monday.
The latest sign of de-escalation comes almost a week after Iran struck alleged terror targets inside Pakistan and Islamabad responded with counterstrikes against purported terror hideouts across the border. The strikes killed at least 11 civilians, 9 in Iran and 2 in Pakistan.
Amid unprecedented tensions Islamabad recalled its ambassador from Tehran last...
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US Navy Now Says 2 Missing SEALs Are Deceased
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Israel OKs Plan for Norway to Hold Gaza Tax Funds
Jerusalem — Israel's cabinet approved a plan for frozen tax funds earmarked for the Hamas-run Gaza Strip to be held by Norway instead of transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA), officials said Sunday.
Under interim peace accords reached in the 1990s, Israel's finance ministry collects tax on behalf of the Palestinians and makes monthly transfers to the Western-backed PA, which exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
But there have been constant...
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Ex-Iraq Premier Meets With US Envoy After Missile Strike
Baghdad, Iraq — The U.S. ambassador to Iraq met Sunday with former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi politician's office said, a day after pro-Iran militants struck U.S. forces in the country.
The meeting in Baghdad with Ambassador Alina Romanowski comes amid soaring regional tensions, the fallout from more than three months of war between U.S. ally Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, supported by Tehran.
Ballistic missiles were launched Saturday at a base hosting...
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Netanyahu Rejects Hamas’ Call to End Gaza War
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Iranian Soldier Kills 5 Comrades Where IS Attack Killed Dozens
Tehran, Iran — An Iranian soldier opened fire on fellow soldiers Sunday, killing five of them in the southeastern city of Kerman, where 94 people were killed in a bombing attack earlier this month, Iranian state TV reported.
State TV said the shooting happened when the soldier arrived at a barracks dormitory and opened fire on the resting soldiers. It said the motive wasn't immediately clear and the suspect, who wasn't identified, was at large. No other details were released.
The...
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After Syria, Iraq Attacks, Tensions in Middle East Flare
With the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, a combination of regional attacks and controversial statements over the weekend have stirred the already tense environment in the Middle East. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias, explains.
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Analysts: Assassination Plot Shows Extremes Iran Employs to Target Critics
Washington — A thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate two journalists working for a Persian TV network in London has renewed focus on the ways hostile governments try to target critics outside their jurisdiction.
Details of the plot, uncovered by the British news outlet ITV News late last year, included a plan to kill the journalists Sima Sabet and Fardad Farahzad.
The details “are a shocking reminder of the sinister lengths that the Iranian regime is willing to go to silence critical...
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White House Taking Iran-Backed Attacks on Its Iraq-Based Forces ‘Extremely Seriously’
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French Warship Treats Around 1,000 Injured Gazans Off Egyptian Shore
AL-ARISH, Egypt — About 1,000 people from Gaza have been treated in a French field hospital aboard a ship off the coast of Egypt, its captain said, providing care for some as health infrastructure in the war-devastated enclave collapses.
The Dixmude, a French helicopter carrier, has been docked in the Egyptian port of al-Arish, 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the Gaza Strip, since November. The vessel is equipped with wards, operating theaters and 70 medical staff.
Nearly 120 injured...
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