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Today, some of the engineering forces and their vehicles have been brought back from the tough battles in Gaza. I drove down to the Erez Crossing to meet with members of the unit.

Satellite imagery and radar images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite are being used to map the damage in the Gaza Strip. It shows that the tempo and intensity of bombing and destruction outpace anything seen so far in the 21st century, leading to a predictably high number of civilian casualties.

Introduction: Right from the Beginning The Editor of this newspaper has never shied away from taking unpopular positions that were certain to alienate...

Iranian strategy in the Middle East has long centered on nurturing regional proxies and partners — a so-called “Axis of Resistance” — to mount an existential threat to Israel by encircling it in a ring of fire. The bloody war between Israel and Hamas sparked by the latter’s Oct. 7 massacre is the first large-scale implementation of this Axis of Resistance doctrine. Quds Force commander Esmail Ghaani’s lasting contribution will be the network’s entry into the battlefield in a compre...

Why has it taken so long for a replacement? Has the priority changed for the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the government? — Bob Orban

Why has it taken so long for a replacement? Has the priority changed for the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the government? — Bob Orban

Hundreds of people gathered in Winnipeg to pay their respects and honour the life of Israeli-Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver, 74, a Winnipeg-born activist who was killed in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Israel.

Qatar would exert a lot of influence to maintain its role in Gaza in the “day after,” yet Israel should seek to diminish this role as far as possible.

Gaza acts as a mirror reflecting their own local resistance for different dispossessed groups.

Engaging in a tame hostage-prisoner exchange shows Israel’s war against Hamas has not entirely proceeded on the lines envisaged. Whereas the example of Gaza has stigmatised the two-state solution, the region can ill afford to drift without a political settlement