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December 26 - January 3 - Neighbourhood in Khuza’a After the demolitions in the North of Gaza, the focus of the unit switched to Khuza’a, a town to the south east of Khan Younis. The Captain notes ...

This article was co-published with Signal Ohio and STAT. In high school, Ashley Delgado dreamed of becoming a doctor and one day buying her father a Rolls-Royce. “She wanted to heal people,” said her ...

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Iran says it can hack American drones operating in the Middle East and take control of them — and it has released a video purporting to back up its claims. Back in February 2019, Iran’s semi-official ...