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☆ U.S. Searches for Missing Navy SEALs, Launches Fresh Strikes on Houthis
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Dion Nissenbaum | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An undated photograph shows what the U.S. military described as a vessel carrying Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen. Photo: U.S. Central Command/Associated PressThe U.S. military was searching for two Navy SEALs lost at sea during an operation that seized Iranian-made missile parts bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen, as the U.S. launched another series of strikes against the group. The waters off the Yemen coastline have become a zone of increasing geopolitical turbulence since the repercussions of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel spread into the wider region, drawing in Washington and Iran-backed groups such as the Houthis.

Organizations: ., . Central Command, Associated Press, Navy Locations: Yemen, U.S, Israel, Washington, Iran

☆ U.S. Searches for Missing Navy SEALs as Attacks Reverberate in Red Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Dion Nissenbaum | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

This undated photograph shows what the U.S. military described as a vessel carrying Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen that two Navy SEALs tried to board last week. Photo: U.S. Central Command/Associated PressThe U.S. military is searching for two Navy SEALs lost at sea during an operation to intercept suspected Iranian military supplies bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen, as shipping in the nearby Red Sea came under renewed attack Tuesday. The waters off the Yemen coastline have become a zone of increasing geopolitical turbulence since the repercussions of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel spread into the wider region, drawing in Washington and Iran-backed groups such as the Houthis.

Organizations: ., Navy, . Central Command, Associated Press Locations: Yemen, Israel, Washington, Iran

☆ Tommy Tuberville Backs Down in Fight Over Military Promotions
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Lindsay Wise | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville lost the support of some of his fellow Republicans over his hold on military promotions. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville ended his monthslong hold on nearly all military promotions, saying he would allow hundreds of officers to move forward, while still demanding individual votes for about a dozen four-star generals and admirals. “I’m not going to hold the promotions of these people any longer. We just released them, everybody,” Tuberville told reporters Tuesday. “I think about 440 of them, everybody but 10 or 11, four stars.”

Persons: Alabama Sen, Tommy Tuberville, Kevin Dietsch, WASHINGTON — Alabama Sen, “ I’m, ” Tuberville, “, ” Organizations: Getty, WASHINGTON — Locations: Alabama, WASHINGTON — Alabama

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

☆ U.S. Destroyer, Commercial Vessels Attacked by Drones, Missiles in Red Sea
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Saleh Al-Batati | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The USS Carney and several commercial ships came under drone and ballistic missile attacks. Photo: Petty Officer 3rd Class Bill Dod/U.S. Navy/Associated PressA U.S. destroyer and several commercial ships operating in the Red Sea came under drone and ballistic missile attacks, a U.S. defense official said Sunday, marking the most significant escalation of a weekslong military attack on ships operating in those waters. The USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, struck a drone that was “in the direction of the ship” and launched from a Houthi-controlled part of Yemen, the official said.

Persons: Carney, Bill Dod, Arleigh Burke Organizations: U.S . Navy, Associated Press, U.S Locations: Red, U.S, Yemen

☆ U.S. Sends Israel 2,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bombs for Gaza War
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Jared Malsin | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Bombs undergoing maintenance at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho in 2020. Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Akeem K. CampbellThe U.S. has provided Israel with large bunker buster bombs, among tens of thousands of other weapons and artillery shells, to help dislodge Hamas from Gaza, U.S. officials said. The surge of arms, including roughly 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells, began shortly after the Oct. 7 attack and has continued in recent days, the officials said. The U.S. hasn’t previously disclosed the total number of weapons it sent to Israel nor the transfer of 100 BLU-109, 2,000-pound bunker buster bombs.

Persons: Campbell, hasn’t Organizations: Home Air Force Base, . Air Force, Akeem Locations: Idaho, U.S, Israel, Gaza , U.S

☆ U.S. Relied on Intercepts in Assessing Hamas’s Operations at Gaza Hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Warren P. Strobel | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The Israeli military said its forces carried out a targeted operation inside Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital. Israel and the U.S. allege Hamas hides a key command center under the hospital, a claim which Hamas denies. Photo: Ahmed El Mokhallalati/ReutersWASHINGTON—The U.S. assessment this week that Hamas and other Palestinian militants were operating within Gaza’s largest hospital complex was based in part on intercepted communications of fighters inside the compound, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The signals intelligence, which was picked up in recent weeks, was among several pieces of U.S.-gathered information, the people said. And it was among the information that led the White House and Pentagon to announce Tuesday for the first time that the U.S. believed Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, also known as PIJ, were using Al-Shifa Hospital “as a way to conceal and support their military operations and hold hostages.”

Persons: Gaza’s, Ahmed El Mokhallalati, ” Organizations: Shifa, Israel, Hamas, WASHINGTON, White House, Pentagon Locations: The, Gaza’s

☆ U.S. Officials Have Growing Confidence in Death Toll Reports From Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Jared Malsin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

At least one explosion struck Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital on Friday as Israeli forces inched closer. The World Health Organization said that Al-Shifa was coming under bombardment. Photo: Khoder Al-Zaanoun/AFP/Getty ImagesThe U.S. intelligence community has growing confidence that reports on the death toll from health authorities in Hamas-controlled Gaza are roughly accurate, U.S. officials said. This reliance on the Palestinian data is a partial shift by the Biden administration, which earlier in the war described the numbers from Gaza as untrustworthy.

Persons: Gaza’s Al, inched, Shifa, Khoder, Biden Organizations: Shifa, World Health Organization, Getty Locations: AFP, Gaza

☆ 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

☆ Republican Senators Confront Tommy Tuberville Over Blocked Military Promotions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Lindsay Wise | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has vowed not to let the Senate fast-track confirmations of military promotions, as is traditionally done, until the Pentagon ends its abortion policy. Photo: will oliver/ShutterstockWASHINGTON—Republican senators ran out of patience Wednesday night with Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s monthslong hold on hundreds of military promotions. In a dramatic showdown, a group of Tuberville’s fellow Republicans, most of whom have military backgrounds, took to the Senate floor to try to confirm dozens of those promotions, one by one, by voice vote, as growing GOP anger with Tuberville’s hold spilled out into public view after months of private entreaties.

Persons: Sen, Tommy Tuberville, oliver, Shutterstock, Alabama Sen, Tommy Tuberville’s monthslong Organizations: Senate, Pentagon, Shutterstock WASHINGTON, 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

☆ Iranian-Backed Militias Mount New Wave of Attacks as U.S. Supports Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The USS Carney guided missile cruiser, which was operating in the northern Red Sea, shot down four Iranian-provided cruise missiles last week, according to people familiar with the episode. Photo: U.S. NavyIran in recent days has unleashed the regional militias it has spent years arming, raising the risks of larger conflict in the region as Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Washington would react “swiftly and decisively” if Tehran or its proxy forces attack U.S. personnel. For more than six months, these Iranian-backed militia groups refrained from launching drones or rockets against American troops in Iraq and Syria, as part of what appeared to be an undeclared truce between Tehran and Washington.

Persons: Carney, Antony Blinken, “ Organizations: U.S . Navy Locations: Red, U.S . Navy Iran, Washington, Tehran, Iraq, Syria

☆ U.S. Deploys Missile Defenses to Middle East Following Recent Attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An American Patriot missile system in Poland. Photo: pawel supernak/ShutterstockWASHINGTON—The U.S. has deployed an antiballistic missile defense system and several Patriot missile battalions to the Middle East, the Pentagon said, days after U.S. bases and a U.S. warship came under drone attack. The attacks on a base in Syria and at least three in Iraq, plus the interception of missiles and drones by a U.S. missile-guided destroyer in the Red Sea over the past week raised fears that the fighting between Israel and Gaza-based Hamas militants could expand into a regional conflict.

Persons: pawel Organizations: American Patriot, WASHINGTON, Patriot, Pentagon, U.S . Locations: Poland, The, U.S, Syria, Iraq, Red, Israel, Gaza

☆ 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

The U.S. has collected “high confidence” signals intelligence showing that the explosion at a Gaza hospital compound on Tuesday was caused by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, U.S. officials said, buttressing Israel’s contention that it wasn’t responsible for the blast. The U.S. assessment drew, in part, on communications intercepts and other intelligence gathered by the U.S., defense officials said.

Persons: buttressing Organizations: U.S, Palestinian Locations: Gaza, Jihad, U.S

Israel, the U.S. government and independent security experts cast doubt Wednesday on Palestinian claims that an Israeli airstrike was responsible for a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital compound, saying the preliminary evidence pointed to a local militant group. Independent analysts poring over publicly available images of Tuesday’s explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza and its aftermath say the blast site doesn’t bear the hallmarks of a strike with a bomb or missile of the types usually used by Israel.

Persons: poring Organizations: Ahli Arab Hospital Locations: Israel, U.S, Gaza, Al, Ahli

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☆ U.S. Jet Shoots Down Turkish Drone Over Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ C.Q. Brown Confirmed as Chairman of Joint Chiefs After Monthslong Holdup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Lindsay Wise | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Urges Allies to Help Ukraine Endure ‘Another Winter of War’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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