Gaza tunnels now 60 meters deep

American engineers who serve as consultants for the Egyptian military have recently informed Israel that Hamas has succeeded in digging 60-meter deep smuggling tunnels to avoid detection and destruction by the IDF, defense officials said on Thursday.

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Israel hopes Congress will lift F-22 ban

The Israel Air Force will review the possibility of purchasing the advanced American F-22 fifth-generation stealth fighter jet if a congressional ban is lifted, enabling it to be sold abroad, defense officials told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

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US Marines push deeper in Afghan assault

CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan (AFP) — US Marines pushed deeper into Taliban strongholds Friday after suffering the first fatality of their massive offensive against Afghanistan’s hardline Islamist militia.

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World not reconciled to Iranian nukes

"I’m not reconciled with [Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons], and I don’t think the international community is reconciled with that," US President Barack Obama said Thursday in an interview with the Associated Press, ahead of a trip to Moscow.

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IDF initial probe: Gaza girl killed by Palestinian mortar shells

A 17-year-old Palestinian girl was killed, and five other civilians were wounded on Thursday evening during a fire exchange between Gaza gunmen and soldiers from an IDF patrol, after the patrol was fired upon near the Nahal Oz Crossing.

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N. Korea fires two more missiles

North Korea has fired another two short-range missiles, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, a move that aggravates the already high tensions following Pyongyang’s nuclear test in late May and UN sanctions imposed as punishment

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FBI: Saddam told us he lied about having nukes to deter Iran

Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader.

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WSJ: Has Obama Turned on Israel?

Many American supporters of Israel who voted for Barack Obama now suspect they may have been victims of a bait and switch. Jewish Americans voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Obama over John McCain in part because the Obama campaign went to great lengths to assure these voters that a President Obama would be supportive of Israel. […]

Webster pastor Tasered by police

A Webster minister angry over a traffic stop involving a church member was arrested Wednesday after police Tasered him and tried to break up a crowd of churchgoers with pepper spray, officials said.

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American soldier believed captured in Afghanistan

The U.S. military releases few details about the apparent capture by militants in the east. The soldier has been missing since Tuesday.

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