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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Much of the world voiced concern on Friday following Israel’s early-morning strikes on over 100 targets in Iran, urging both nations to avoid further escalation. Iran responded with a drone counterattack, and Israel declared the strikes were only the first wave in a broader campaign to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Secretary of …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel released footage of its air force striking Iranian ballistic missiles that it says were aimed at the Jewish state. Before Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, the Mossad set up a drone base in Iran, according to a senior Israeli security official. Once Israel’s strikes began, the drones were activated and launched …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel’s targeted attacks on Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure early Friday took out at least 20 senior Iranian commanders, inflicting a significant blow to Tehran’s governing theocracy. The Israel Defense Forces strikes took out Gen. Hossein Salami, the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who had a history of threatening the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Thursday wouldn’t say an attack by Israel on Iran was imminent, but warned it “could happen” as the U.S. continues to pressure Tehran on a nuclear deal, but simultaneously prepares evacuations from the Middle East.  “I don’t want to say imminent, but it looks like it’s something that …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s (GHF) new chairman is ignoring critics and keeping his focus on what he calls the group’s “singular mission” of making sure the people of Gaza have food. “Our mission has nothing to do with Hamas. It has nothing to do with Israel. It has everything to do with …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE – Sixteen Palestinian children, 10 of whom are cancer patients, were evacuated from Gaza on Wednesday as part of an ongoing Jordanian initiative to help civilians amid the war, Fox News has learned. The humanitarian effort is part of a larger initiative called the “Jordan Medical Corridor” that was developed by …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Israeli navy on Tuesday issued an unprecedented strike against the Houthi terrorist network in Yemen, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) official confirmed to Fox News.  The long-range precision strikes were issued from a Sa’ar 6 vessel, which hit the port of Hudaydah “to stop the use of the port for military …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran’s refusal to play ball with the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog, which is charged with monitoring all nations’ nuclear programs, has meant the body cannot verify whether Tehran’s program is “entirely peaceful” despite the regime’s claims. Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, on Monday issued a warning …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding Iran and the ongoing negotiations. In speaking to reporters after the call he said he reiterated to Netanyahu Washington’s push to make a deal to avoid direct conflict.  “We’re trying to make a deal so that there’s …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli forces early Monday detained an aid boat bound for Gaza while carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists.  The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed that it detained the Madleen, along with all its passengers, and diverted the vessel to Israel.  Activist Greta Thunberg, center, waits to board the Madleen boat, before setting sail …