Year in a word: War in the Middle East

From Gaza and Lebanon to Syria, the region has experienced a year of multiple devastating conflicts

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Middle East crisis live: WHO chief at Yemen airport during Israeli airstrikes; Netanyahu says attack ongoing ‘until we complete the job’

Houthi television reports say three people were killed in Israel’s strikes on Yemen; Israel says airstrikes target military infrastructure. An IDF reservist soldier was killed in fighting in the ...
The Guardian - 30m
Middle East latest: 5 journalists killed by Israeli strike in Gaza outside hospital

Gaza's Health Ministry says five Palestinian journalists have been killed by an Israeli strike
ABC News - 4h
Israelis See Chance to Remake Middle East in War's Wake

Despite criticism over its conduct of the war in Gaza, some see new diplomatic opportunities for Israel.
The Wall Street Journal - 14h
Amid Gaza war, another year of subdued Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem

For a second straight year, the war raging in Gaza has kept pilgrims and tourists away from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, where Christmas tourism makes up about 70% of the city's economy. ...
CBS News - 18h
Year in a word: Bro-caster

The manosphere’s podcasting heroes are the natural successors to radio shock-jocks
Financial Times - 1d
Bethlehem faces quiet Christmas amid ongoing Middle East conflicts

Christmastime in Bethlehem is normally a busy time of the year, but the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East have taken a toll on tourism and the local economy. CBS News foreign correspondent ...
CBS News - 2d
Middle East crisis live: one child killed every hour in Gaza, UN says

UN agency for Palestine refugees said 14,500 Palestinian children killed since the start of the war last October. Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man in a dawn raid on a refugee camp near ...
The Guardian - 2d
Middle East latest: Israel intercepts projectile from Yemen. Former Israeli hostage dies

A septuagenarian Israeli woman who was taken hostage during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 0ct
ABC News - 2d
Year in a word: Slop

AI could build a better future — but not without proliferating spam-like, low-grade content first
Financial Times - 2d