JERUSALEM — Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the cutting-edge rocket-defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. The system has given residents a sense of security, and Israelis can often be seen watching the projectiles flying through the skies and destroying their targets overhead. But the current war … Read more
Footage of the explosion at al-Ahli Hospital suggests it was caused by a missile fired from within Gaza, open source analysts have claimed. The strike on Tuesday killed hundreds of Palestinians, with horrifying images of the aftermath showing victims being lined up in body bags. The health ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory blamed Israel for … Read more
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel October 9, 2023. Amir Cohen | Reuters Israel is once again relying on its Iron Dome to fend off attacks from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, orchestrating its missile defense system to protect its citizens … Read more
Ukrainian forces have destroyed one of Russia’s advanced T-90M Proryv-3 (Breakthrough-3) main battle tanks in dramatic fashion, as recent video footage shows. The T-90M in question ended up losing its turret as a result of the catastrophic destruction — something which plagues Soviet and Soviet-derived tank designs, in particular, where ammunition is stored directly underneath … Read more
Comment on this storyComment The sound of air raid sirens reverberated through southern Israel again on Sunday, a day after an unprecedented attack took Israeli security forces by surprise. Palestinian militants — including from Hamas — launched more than 3,000 rockets, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in an update Sunday. About 650 of them … Read more
HROZA, Ukraine — U.N. and local investigators searched for answers on Saturday at the site of a Russian missile strike on a small Ukrainian village that days earlier turned its sole cafe to rubble and killed nearly 52 people gathered for a dead soldier’s wake, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials in … Read more
HROZA, Ukraine — The cafe had been closed throughout the war but reopened especially for a dead soldier’s wake, and almost every household in the village sent someone to mourn the native son. When the gathering to honor Andrii Kozyr was struck by a precision missile that Ukrainian officials said was fired by Russia, almost … Read more
KHARKIV, Ukraine — A Russian missile strike killed a 10-year-old boy and injured two dozen other people Friday in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials said, a day after a strike in the same region killed at least 51 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in the war in months. Associated Press reporters … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the Russian attack on the Ukrainian village of Hroza that killed 51 people as proof that Russia was “absolute evil.” He said Russian forces “couldn’t have been unaware of where they were striking.” The attack, which struck a grocery store and a cafe, was one of the war’s deadliest missile … Read more
Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military has repeatedly used missiles to blast civilian targets across the country, with devastating consequences. One of the deadliest such attacks happened Thursday when a Russian rocket struck a village cafe and store in the village of Hroza in eastern Ukraine, killing at least … Read more