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Israel-Hamas War, war between Israel and Palestinian militants, especially Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), that began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a land, sea, and air assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip. The October 7 attack resulted in more than 1,200 deaths, primarily Israeli citizens, making it the deadliest day ...
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5 days ago · intifada, either of two popular uprisings of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip aimed at ending Israel ’s occupation of those territories and creating an independent Palestinian state. The first intifada began in December 1987 and ended in September 1993 with the signing of the first Oslo Accords, which provided a framework for ...
5 days ago · Norway FM seen with daughter of PLO terrorist. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), umbrella political organization claiming to represent the world’s Palestinians —those Arabs, and their descendants, who lived in mandated Palestine before the creation there of the State of Israel in 1948. It was formed in 1964 to centralize the ...
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1 day ago · Terrorism also became a central concern, particularly following attacks against the World Trade Center (1993) and against U.S. targets overseas. In response to the September 11 attacks of 2001, the bureau revised its policies and structure and devoted additional resources to counterterrorism.
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1 day ago · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government. Its creation in 1947 was intended to address problems of duplication, competition, and lack of coordination that had characterized previous U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence efforts.
2 days ago · North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April 4, 1949, which sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II. Its original members were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy ...
3 days ago · atomic bombing of Hiroshima. A gigantic mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, after a U.S. aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on the city, immediately killing more than 70,000 people. (more) In all ages war has been an important topic of analysis.
