US generals gather in Israel over fear of Iranian attack
The United States has sent its top military commanders in the Middle East to Israel to discuss a widely anticipated retaliatory attack from Iran, officials said.
Iranian leaders have repeatedly vowed to punish Israel for the April 1 attack on Syria that killed several senior Iranian commanders. Israel has put its military on alert and President Biden said Iran was threatening a “significant” attack. U.S. military commander Gen. Michael Kurilla will also discuss the war in Gaza and humanitarian efforts there.
Biden, who has been increasingly critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's actions in the Gaza war, said US support for Israel in the face of danger from Iran is “ironclad.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu said his country was ready for other challenges. “We decided on a simple rule: whoever hurts us, we will hurt them,” he said.
hostage: A senior Hamas official said the group did not have 40 survivors who met the criteria for a proposed exchange with Israel, raising concerns that more hostages may be dead than previously thought. ing.
famine: U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power said this week that famine is on the rise in northern Gaza.
O.J. Simpson dies at age 76
O.J. Simpson rose to fame on the football field, made his fortune as an American in movies, television and advertising, and was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in a 1995 trial that captivated the nation. It became. He passed away yesterday at the age of 76.
His trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman lasted nine months and was a turning point in racial relations in America. A 1997 civil suit found Mr. Simpson responsible for the death and $33.5 million in damages, and he was subsequently charged with charges related to the theft of a trove of sports memorabilia in 2007. He served several years in prison.
The story of O. J. Simpson has sparked a wave of revealing books, films, studies, and debates on issues of justice, race relations, and celebrity in a nation that worships its heroes but is never satisfied with its profound contradictions. caused.
for many, This is a critic's note on Simpson's place at the center of American media. What does his case mean for LA? and the timeline of his life.
The carefully crafted law imposes new penalties on men who try to evade military service and offers various financial incentives for men who take up arms.
But the bill lacks a timeline for when conscripts would be demobilized, which soldiers and their families had been seeking after more than two years of grueling war.
draft: Many young Ukrainians were upset when President Volodymyr Zelenskiy lowered Ukraine's military draft age from 27 to 25.
Demographics: Ukraine needs more soldiers, but there are few young men.
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Memoirs of Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote a memoir about his life and activities before dying in prison in February.
“This book is a testimony not only to Alexei's life, but also to his unwavering commitment to the fight against the dictatorship, a fight for which he gave everything, including his life,” said his wife Yulia Navalnaya.
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