(NEW YORK) -- Israel's geography and relatively small size have been some of the major factors behind the decades of conflict between it and surrounding nations, according to an expert. A special edition of "20/20" at 10 p.m., Wed., Oct. 11, on ABC looks at life under threat in Israel and…
(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of targets have been hit in Gaza by Israel following the Saturday incursion from Hamas terrorists, the group that controls the Palestinian territory of Gaza. More than 200 targets were struck in Gaza by Israeli forces in just one day, according to authorities. In Gaza, at…
(NEW YORK) -- A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken Western Afghanistan, just days after two quakes of the same magnitude left more than 1,200 dead. The quake struck 28 kilometers (17.39 miles) Northwest of Herāt, Afghanistan, according to the United States Geological Survey, which monitors worldwide earthquakes. No details were immediately…
(NEW YORK) -- The Israel-Hamas conflict is taking a "horrendous toll" on families, humanitarian organizations decried this week, amid reports of the slaughter and kidnapping of children and attacks on civilian infrastructure that have killed, injured or displaced the most vulnerable. In the days since Hamas' surprise assault on Israel,…
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has announced that the United States is "surging" additional military assistance to Israel, including missile interceptors "to replenish Iron Dome" as the air defense system struggles to fend off thousands of Hamas rockets. "We're going to make sure that Israel does not run out of…
(NEW YORK) -- In the days after Hamas' surprise attack on Israel from Gaza, Israeli forces have also been engaging in skirmishes with Hezbollah along Israel's northern border with Lebanon. The Israeli Defense Forces said Tuesday that more than a dozen rockets were launched from Lebanese territory, and that the probability…
(TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, and LONDON) -- "I think Gazans' worst fear at the moment is the sun setting." Nour Alsaqa, a 23-year-old from Gaza City, along with the 2.3 million people living in the Gaza Strip, is now living under siege. "Because once the sun sets and the night comes...…
(NEW YORK) -- Since her two sons, ages 12 and 16, were abducted Saturday by Hamas militants who burst into safe room at their father's home, an Israeli mother says she has been unable to sleep or eat, haunted by the last words she heard before a phone call from her…
(WASHINGTON) -- As the days drag on since Hamas terrorists launched an attack on Israel, pressure is building for the U.S. and Israel to help the scores of hostages believed to be held by Hamas across Gaza -- but both countries appear to have limited and very difficult options. President Joe…
(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of targets have been hit in Gaza by Israel following the Saturday incursion from Hamas terrorists, the group that controls the Palestinian territory of Gaza. More than 200 targets were struck in Gaza by Israeli forces in just one day, according to authorities. In Gaza, at…
