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☆ Lloyd Austin Released From Hospital After Surgery Complications
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Photo: saul loeb/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital Monday, Pentagon officials said, after a two-week stay due to complications from prostate surgery last month. Austin is now recuperating at home, according to a Pentagon statement.

Persons: Lloyd Austin ., saul loeb, Lloyd Austin, Austin Organizations: Agence France, Getty, WASHINGTON —, Pentagon

Beneath Gaza, a labyrinth of tunnels used by Hamas has complicated Israel’s ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave. WSJ’s Rory Jones—who visited the tunnels in 2014—explains the unique challenge they pose for Israel. Photo: Yousef Mohammed/Zuma PressWASHINGTON—Israel has assembled a system of large pumps it could use to flood Hamas’s vast network of tunnels under the Gaza Strip with seawater, a tactic that could destroy the tunnels and drive the fighters from their underground refuge but also threaten Gaza’s water supply, U.S. officials said. The Israel Defense Forces finished assembling large seawater pumps roughly one mile north of the Al-Shati refugee camp around the middle of last month. Each of at least five pumps can draw water from the Mediterranean Sea and move thousands of cubic meters of water per hour into the tunnels, flooding them within weeks.

Persons: Rory Jones —, —, Yousef Mohammed Organizations: Zuma Press WASHINGTON, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel

As thousands of people are killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the United Nations is warning of even more deaths from dehydration and waterborne diseases. WSJ explains Gaza’s water crisis. Photo: Hatem Ali/Associated PressWASHINGTON—The U.S. is pressing Israel to modify its plans for the next phase of its campaign in Gaza to better protect civilians and rebut criticism that the White House has given Israeli forces carte blanche to wage its war with Hamas. The U.S. push to have Israel fight a more targeted war signals a shift away from President Biden’s full-throated support at the outset for the campaign to oust Hamas, and is the focus of intensive consultations between Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on how to handle the conflict—one that Washington has worked with Arab allies to prevent from broadening beyond Gaza.

Persons: Hatem Ali, carte, Biden’s, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: United, Associated Press WASHINGTON, White, Hamas, Israel, Biden Locations: Israel, Gaza, United Nations, The U.S, U.S, Washington

Weeks of secret hostage negotiations with Hamas were hanging by a thread when President Biden phoned the emir of Qatar, a key emissary to the militant group, to deliver an urgent message. Yahya Sinwar , the Hamas leader in Gaza, had gone dark after the Israeli military seized control of Al-Shifa hospital, a facility Israel said Hamas used as a command-and-control center. Now that the fighting at the hospital was over, Sinwar had re-emerged from the shadows, and he was ready to negotiate.

Persons: Biden, Yahya Sinwar, Sinwar Locations: Qatar, Gaza, Israel

☆ Release of Gaza Hostages Is Delayed Until Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Jared Malsin Summer Said | Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A planned release of 50 hostages held in Gaza along with 150 Palestinian prisoners and a pause in fighting has been delayed hours before it was set to begin on Thursday, Israeli, U.S. and regional officials said. “The start of the release will take place according to the original agreement between the sides, and not before Friday,” Israel’s national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said Wednesday. Hanegbi said contacts toward the release of the hostages continued.

Persons: “, ”, Tzachi Hanegbi, Hanegbi Locations: Gaza

☆ Israel’s War in Gaza Tests Limits of Biden’s Support
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Gordon Lubold | Vivian Salama | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Over the past two weeks, President Biden has pushed Israel on issues ranging from limiting civilian casualties to agreeing to a pause in fighting to free hostages. Photo: miriam alster/pool/ShutterstockWASHINGTON—President Biden is struggling to persuade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take steps U.S. officials believe could help prevent the conflict in Gaza from further escalating, straining the relationship between the two longtime allies, according to U.S. and European officials. Over the past two weeks, Biden has pushed Netanyahu on issues ranging from limiting civilian casualties to agreeing to a pause in fighting to free hostages. While there has been agreement in some areas, such as when Israeli commanders accepted American advice not to rush into Gaza immediately, U.S. officials are still concerned about Israel’s ultimate plans for Gaza, including any sort of extended occupation, and are alarmed by the number of Palestinian casualties.

Persons: Biden, miriam alster, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu Organizations: WASHINGTON — Locations: Israel, Gaza, U.S

☆ U.S. Gun Sale to Israeli Police Raises Human-Rights Concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Jared Malsin | Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Israel’s military said its forces conducted wide-scale assaults on Hamas infrastructure in Gaza. Several Palestinian families have taken refuge in vehicles after evacuating the northern part of the enclave. The decision, made in recent days, includes the transfer of roughly $30 million worth of automatic and semiautomatic weapons through licenses approved by the State Department. It comes as U.S. support for the campaign Israel is waging against the Palestinian-Islamist militant group Hamas inside Gaza receives new scrutiny. The international community has grown alarmed as thousands of innocent civilians caught up in the conflict have been killed with airstrikes and other operations as part of the Israeli ground incursion.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, Israeli, police, State Department, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian

☆ Escalating Militia Attacks on U.S. Troops Risk Washington, Tehran Confrontation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder briefed reporters last week about a spate of militia attacks on U.S. forces. Photo: Sra Cesar Navarro/Dod/Zuma PressWhen a drone laden with explosives was found late last month lodged in the upper floors of U.S. barracks in Iraq, Pentagon officials quickly realized how close the suspected militia-launched weapon came to killing American personnel. In this case, the explosives failed to detonate, and there were no reports of injuries. But as the number of these attacks escalates, so too does the risk of a deadly incident that will demand a response from the U.S. military, edging it closer to direct confrontation with Iranian-backed groups it suspects are responsible.

Persons: Pat Ryder, Cesar Navarro, Dod Organizations: Pentagon, U.S . Locations: U.S, Iraq, Iranian

Sen. Tommy Tuberville began blocking promotions for hundreds of military leaders earlier this year. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—Sen. Tommy Tuberville , who has held up hundreds of military promotions, is asking his colleagues to support an effort to quickly confirm Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney as second-in-command to the U.S. Marine Corps after its top officer collapsed during a jog on Sunday and was taken to the hospital, according to a senior Senate aide. Mahoney was nominated by the White House in July but had yet to be confirmed by the Senate along with hundreds of other senior officers’ promotions who remain frozen by Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, in a political battle over the Pentagon’s abortion policy.

Persons: Sen, Tommy Tuberville, Kevin Dietsch, WASHINGTON — Sen, Christopher Mahoney, Mahoney Organizations: Getty, WASHINGTON, U.S . Marine Corps, White, Alabama Republican Locations: Alabama

U.S. military forces struck two bases in Syria in what the Pentagon said was a move to deter Iran-backed militias from broadening the conflict in the Middle East, while Israeli ground forces conducted an incursion into the Gaza Strip for the second consecutive day ahead of a widely-anticipated ground war. The overnight U.S. strikes, authorized by President Biden, were the first American response to what Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said were a number of attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militias over the past two weeks. The Pentagon said the bases hit were used by such militias and described the strikes as self-defense measures separate from its military support for Israel.

Persons: Biden, Lloyd Austin Organizations: Pentagon, Defense, U.S, Israel Locations: Syria, Iran, Gaza, Iraq, Iranian

☆ U.S. Launches Strikes on Suspected Iranian-Supported Bases in Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The State Department said the U.S. is aware of the significant death toll of Palestinians, but there is no independent body making assessments to provide an exact number. Photo: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—The U.S. said it launched strikes Thursday night on two bases in eastern Syria it believed were used by Iranian groups, the first U.S. offensive military response to a wave of drone and rocket attacks on troops based in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon said. The strikes against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated groups were authorized by President Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.

Persons: Ahmad Hasaballah, Biden, Lloyd Austin Organizations: State Department, Getty, WASHINGTON, Pentagon, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Locations: U.S, The U.S, Syria, Iraq

TEL AVIV—Hamas released two U.S. citizens taken hostage in the Gaza Strip, amid rising pressure on Israel to put off a planned invasion on the enclave to allow time for diplomacy. The release was the first time Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the enclave, set free any of the roughly 200 hostages taken by militants during a raid on Oct. 7 that killed more than 1,400 Israelis. Citizens of 41 countries were killed and went missing during the attack, an unprecedented cross-border incursion by militants from Gaza. The U.N. said Friday that 4,137 Palestinians have been killed.

Organizations: Hamas Locations: TEL AVIV, Gaza, Israel

☆ U.S. Forces in Syria, Iraq, Red Sea Come Under Militant Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder at a news conference Thursday discussing attacks this week on three U.S. military bases and a guided-missile destroyer. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesU.S. forces in the Middle East came under attack several times this week, a potential sign of heightened aggression toward the U.S. following Hamas’s terrorist attack on southern Israel earlier this month. Such attacks are typically carried out by Iranian-aligned militia groups, but U.S. military officials didn’t confirm the perpetrators of this week’s attacks.

Persons: Pat Ryder, Kevin Dietsch Organizations: Pentagon, Air Force, Getty Locations: Israel, Iranian

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☆ U.S. Announces New Military Aid for Ukraine as Obstacles Mount
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Biden Walks Fine Line in Israel Conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Ken Thomas | Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Army Plans Major Cuts to Special-Operations Forces, Including Green Berets
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Pentagon Sees Months Left in Supply of Weapons for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Gordon Lubold | Isabel Coles | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Gen. Mark Milley Warns of Fealty to Dictators, in Exit Speech Aimed at Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ American Soldier Travis King in U.S. Custody After Release From North Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Dasl Yoon | Gordon Lubold | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Lawmakers Request Details of Chinese Nationals at Sensitive U.S. Facilities
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Gordon Lubold | Warren P. Strobel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Ukraine Expects to Fly F-16s in Combat This Winter
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Gordon Lubold | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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