Tag: Israel

This undated photo shows Israeli Army 2nd. Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23 from Kfar Saba, central Israel. Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 that Goldin was apparently captured by Hamas militants who came through a tunnel from the Gaza Strip and another two soldiers were killed. An hour after Friday's cease-fire started, gunmen emerged from one or more Gaza tunnels and opened fire at Israeli soldiers, with at least one of the militants detonating an explosives vest, said Lerner. Goldin was apparently captured during the ensuing mayhem and taken back into Gaza through a tunnel. (AP Photo/YNet News)

Israel pounds Gaza as it searches for soldier

KARIN LAUBHAMZA HENDAWI · August 2, 2014 4:22 am

President Obama in a press conference Friday afternoon ripped into congressional Republicans for not passing big-ticket items before their summer recess but was left to defend his own relevance amid a series of mushrooming international crises. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama defends his relevance

Brian Hughes · August 1, 2014 8:00 pm

This undated photo shows Israeli Army 2nd. Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23 from Kfar Saba, central Israel. Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 that Goldin was apparently captured by Hamas militants who came through a tunnel from the Gaza Strip and another two soldiers were killed. An hour after Friday's cease-fire started, gunmen emerged from one or more Gaza tunnels and opened fire at Israeli soldiers, with at least one of the militants detonating an explosives vest, said Lerner. Goldin was apparently captured during the ensuing mayhem and taken back into Gaza through a tunnel. (AP Photo/YNet News)

A look at Israeli soldiers who have been captured

The Associated Press · August 1, 2014 7:47 pm

Did Iran Scuttle the Ceasefire in Gaza?

Lee Smith · August 1, 2014 7:40 pm

An Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket from the Gaza Strip in Tel Aviv on July 10. (AP/Dan Balilty)

National Security

Congress plans to send Iron Dome spending bill to Obama today

Susan Ferrechio · August 1, 2014 6:08 pm

Palestinian children wounded in Israeli shelling are treated in a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

Saudi king condemns Gaza war but not Israel

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 4:18 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announces a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire beginning Friday between Israel and Hamas, in New Delhi, India, Friday. (AP/Lucas Jackson)

Seriously, what is John Kerry doing?

David Harsanyi · August 1, 2014 2:55 pm

Midweek, the Times reported that 1,410 Palestinians have died and only 59 Israelis, while Israel had launched 3,577 rockets into Gaza compared to 2,753 fired by Hamas at Israel. (AP Photo)

Hamas’ propaganda victory

Linda Chavez · August 1, 2014 2:53 pm

Palestinians return to the heavily bombed Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyah, close to the Israeli border, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. A three-day Gaza cease-fire that began Friday quickly unraveled, with Israel and Hamas accusing each other of violating the truce. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

In brief lull, Gaza’s displaced survey devastation

Karin Laub · August 1, 2014 1:46 pm

Free Gaza From Hamas

Michael Warren · August 1, 2014 1:29 pm

After the ‘Ceasefire’

Michael Warren · August 1, 2014 12:51 pm

A Palestinian arranges empty cooking gas canisters in Gaza City, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Energy and Environment

Hamas keeps Gaza’s economic future bottled up by blocking natural gas development

Arthur Herman · August 1, 2014 11:34 am