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The Houthis said they intend to support the Palestinians with missile and drone strikes FILE PHOTO. The Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree holds a press conference in Sanaa, Yemen, March 11, 2022. ©  Military Spokesperson of Houthis / Getty Images   The Houthi government in Sanaa said on Tuesday that it has launched drones and missiles against Israel in support of the …

For the past four decades, Israel’s experience of fighting paramilitary militias has been grim. Its last major operation was in southern Lebanon, which started with Operation Peace for Galilee in 1982. While initially successful, the subsequent occupation of southern Lebanon led directly to the rise of the Hezbollah Shia militias, persistent losses for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), a withdrawal to …

The Israelis want to save their hostages, avoid a major ground offensive and crush Hamas. Those objectives are mutually exclusive   A woman looks on during a protest asking for the release of Israeli and German people held by Hamas in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, 25 October (AP) By Meron Rapoport in Tel Aviv, Israel Three weeks into the war, the Israeli public has …

Bodies of Palestinians killed by an Israeli airstrike at the Ahli Arab hospital are gathered in the front yard of the al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. [AP Photo/Abed Khaled] On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) delivered a statement announcing its intent to attack “schools, mosques, and hospitals” in Gaza, amid a systematic campaign …

A section of the 500,000 strong March for Palestine demonstration in London assembling at Victoria Embankment Saturday’s “March for Palestine” in London, UK was the largest since the beginning of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. Following marches of 150,000 and 300,000 in the last two weeks, an estimated 500,000 participated in a massive repudiation of the war.   Assembling at Victoria Embankment, …

Protesters march in Sydney on October 29, 2023 Tens of thousands of workers and youth took to the streets in Australia over the weekend, marching in protest to the Israeli regime’s genocidal war against Gaza. In Sydney more than 15,000 marched and Melbourne around 25,000 attended a rally on Sunday. About 500 joined a vigil in Brisbane on Friday. A …