Pakistan has conducted missile strikes inside Iran, targeting separatist Baloch militants, two days after Tehran said it had attacked the bases of another group within Pakistani territory.
Who would protect Palestinian civilians during a “humanitarian pause?"
The Pentagon is sending the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower and its strike group to the Middle East in an effort to deter others from escalating the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Concerns are growing that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. directly aids Israel in the war with Hamas or tightens sanctions on Iran. About a fifth of the world’s oil passes through the Strait daily.
The militant group that is an ally of Hamas and took part in the Oct 7 cross-border attack, denies Israel’s accusations that it is behind a strike on a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds of people.
Hamas is one of the wealthiest terrorist groups in the world, with an annual turnover estimated at $700 million, flowing in from taxes, financial aid, and donations from regional powers.
President Biden must seek justice for the 1983 Lebanese attack victims.
