As the enemy drone was flying in at a low altitude, a U.S. drone was returning to the small military installation, according to a preliminary report cited by two officials.
War in Israel
Spc. Kennedy Sanders, of Georgia, was killed by a weekend drone strike on a base in Jordan near the Syrian border.
An Israeli document obtained Monday spelled out allegations against a dozen U.N. employees the country says took part in Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack.
U.S. negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages.
Israel said “significant gaps” remain after cease-fire talks on Sunday with the United States, Qatar and Egypt, but called them constructive.
President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. “shall respond” after three American troops were killed in an overnight drone strike in northeast Jordan.
The tanker carried Russian-produced naphtha, a flammable oil, drawing Moscow further into a conflict that so far it had blamed on the U.S.
Nine countries have suspended their funding following Israel’s allegations that a number of Gaza staff members participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack that sparked the war.
“The court is acutely aware of the extent of the human tragedy that is unfolding in the region and is deeply concerned about the continuing loss of life and human suffering,” court President Joan E. Donoghue said.
A vast majority of UNRWA’s 30,000 staff is Palestinian, with 13,000 of those in Gaza. The U.S. State Department said Friday that 12 UNRWA staff had been accused of links to the attacks.
Thousands of Indians flocked to a recruitment center on Thursday for jobs that would take them to Israel despite the three-month Israeli-Hamas war.
Six Israeli soldiers were killed in the operation and dozens were injured when a tank shell prematurely ignited explosives before the soldiers had cleared the area.
Qatar on Wednesday said it was “appalled” by leaked remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he criticized the country’s mediation efforts with Hamas.
A 72-year-old Israeli woman held captive by Hamas terrorists for nearly 50 days told an Israeli TV channel Wednesday that she was held at length in a dark, humid tunnel.
The U.S. strikes hit militia facilities in Jurf al-Sakhar, which is south of Baghdad, al-Qaim and another unnamed site in western Iraq, two U.S. officials said.