In building Gaza's new port, US forces face varied threats
An expert in the region says the U.S. sees Hezbollah as an immediate threat during the mission, but the militant group may never attack.
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An expert in the region says the U.S. sees Hezbollah as an immediate threat during the mission, but the militant group may never attack.
Hamas is an acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement and means “zeal” in Arabic. This wordplay foreshadowed the October 7 disaster, in which 1,200 people
Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns has emerged as the main player in US efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas, tapping decades of contacts and leveraging his ability to move through the region quietly to tackle one of the US’s gravest foreign-policy crises.
Israeli officials dismissed Hamas's detailed attack plan, a year before it led to a devastating assault, marking a grave intelligence failure.
Experts determined that an attack of that scale and ambition was beyond Hamas’ capabilities, according to documents and officials.