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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Israel's retaliation has escalated after Gaza's militant Hamas rulers launched an unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday, killing over 1,200 Israelis and taking captive dozens. Heavy Israeli airstrikes on the enclave has killed over 1,200 Palestinians. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms

By Isabel Debre, Edith M. Lederer and Wafaa Shurafa - Associated Press

This satellite photo provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the damage to the Erez border crossing separating the Gaza Strip from southern Israel after a Hamas attack Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Satellite images analyzed Tuesday, Oct. 10, by The Associated Press show the damage done to the Erez border crossing by Hamas militants at the start of the current war with Israel. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Hamas practiced in plain sight, posting video of mock attack weeks before border breach

By Michael Biesecker and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported hundreds of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel orders evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, UN says

By Joseph Krauss and Wafaa Shurafa - Associated Press

Pro-Israel demonstrators sing a song during a protest at Columbia University, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in New York. Hamas militants launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Saturday killing hundreds of Israeli civilians, and kidnapping others. The Israeli military is pulverizing the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with airstrikes. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) **FILE**

Democrats pressed to unseat legislator who refused to condemn Hamas at rally

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Thursday, Oct.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Blinken cautions Israel against strike on Gaza civilians; shaken by images of atrocities

By David R. Sands and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Hamas clash throws U.S. regional diplomacy into question

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Palestinians evacuate wounded people after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

In its quest to crush Hamas, Israel will confront the bitter, familiar dilemmas of Mideast wars

By Joseph Krauss

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi speaks during his transition ceremony with the prime minister, defense minister, and the outgoing chief, in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo, Pool) ** FILE **

Israel’s top general admits intel, readiness failures ahead of Hamas attacks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Protestors chant slogans during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, in Paris, Thursday, Oct.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France has banned pro-Palestinian protests and vowed to protect Jews from resurgent antisemitism

By Angela Charlton and Jeffrey Schaeffer - Associated Press

The icon for the video-sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, on Feb. 28, 2023. European Union regulators sent a strongly worded warning to TikTok over hosting "illegal" violent and misleading content on its site surrounding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

EU regulators call out TikTok for spreading violent Israel-Hamas content

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 4, 2018 file photo, Palestinian members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad group, march with their weapons to show loyalty for the Iranian-backed Palestinian movement's newly elected leader Ziad al-Nakhalah in the streets of Gaza. Islamic Jihad is the smaller of the two main Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip, and is vastly outnumbered by the ruling Hamas group. But it enjoys direct Iranian backing, both financially and militarily, and has become the driving force in rocket fire and confrontations with Israel. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

U.S., Qatar put hold on Iranian $6 billion fund after Hamas attack

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - Then-Vice President Joseph Biden visits the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. President Joe Biden has spent decades as a stalwart supporter of Israel, a connection rooted in dinner table conversations with his father about the Holocaust. Now his devotion is back in the spotlight after last week's Hamas attacks that caused the largest loss of Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

A ‘Zionist in my heart’: Biden’s devotion to Israel faces a new test

By Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at the U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Israeli official: No power or fuel for Gaza until hostages released

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Twitter CEO Elon Musk, center, speaks with Linda Yaccarino, chairman of global advertising and partnerships for NBC, at the POSSIBLE marketing conference, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Miami Beach, Fla. Musk announced Friday, May 12, 2023, that he's hiring Yaccarino to be the new CEO of San Francisco-based Twitter, which is now called X Corp. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

X CEO responds to EU letter demanding action on Israel-Hamas information

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Mourners gather in grief around the bodies of Danielle Waldmann and her partner Noam Shai during their funeral in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Tivon Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The couple was killed when Hamas militants went on a brutal rampage through southern Israel last Saturday, part of an unprecedented, multi-front attack on the country.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Some in U.S. media still sympathize with Hamas over Israel

By Tim Murtaugh

Mourners gather in grief around the bodies of Danielle Waldmann and her partner Noam Shai during their funeral in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Tivon Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The couple was killed when Hamas militants went on a brutal rampage through southern Israel last Saturday, part of an unprecedented, multi-front attack on the country.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas fighters had ISIS flags amid massacre, Israel says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: Gaza civilian deaths are on Hamas

Hundreds of pro Palestinians protestors are seen outside the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg South Africa, Wednesday, Oct, 11, 2023. Protestors staged demonstrations in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict that has already claimed more than 2200 lives on both sides. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Ex-Hamas leader calls for worldwide protests to back Palestinians

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Illustration on strong versus Biden weak leadership by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s weakness putting the rest of the world at risk

By Scott Walker

The Face of Hamas and Iran Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Iran’s terrorist war: Hamas and Hezbollah are wholly controlled proxies of the Tehran regime

By Jed Babbin