Jan 5th, 2009 · Israel's incursion into Gaza has continued for more than a week. Best-selling author Michael Oren is a senior fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. He's also a reservist working as a spokesman for the Israeli military. He tells Ari Shapiro that this large scale military operation should succeed in deterring Hamas rocket attacks while previous smaller operations failed.
Jan 3rd, 2009 · After a week of bombing strikes from the air, Israel sent ground troops into Gaza on Saturday. The operation penetrated the territory at several points and was designed to seize areas of north Gaza being used to launch rockets against Israel, Israeli military officials said.
Jan 3rd, 2009 · Mark Regev tells NPR that Israel's ground operation in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip could "end tomorrow — if we can be assured that the civilian population in the southern part of our country will no longer be on the receiving end of these terrible Hamas rockets."
Jan 3rd, 2009 · Israeli troops began moving into Gaza shortly after 8 p.m. local time on Saturday. The operation was designed to seize areas of north Gaza being used to launch rockets against Israel, Israeli military officials said.
Dec 30th, 2008 · An ongoing air assault on Gaza is only the beginning of an operation to shut down Hamas and halt rocket attacks from the territory, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says.
Dec 29th, 2008 · For the past three days, Israel has undertaken a major bombing offensive in the Gaza strip. Israel says it is targeting Hamas for its rocket attacks in Israel. Mark Regev, spokesman for the Israeli prime minister, outlines reasons for the operation.
Dec 19th, 2008 · As attention shifts to Pakistan's border with India in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, the United States is pushing Pakistan to keep focused on its border with Afghanistan. A military operation against the Taliban there has made some gains, but thousands of residents have been displaced.
Dec 6th, 2008 · NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to note that a doctor in The Democratic Republic of Congo performed a dangerous operation with the aid of text messaged instructions from a colleague on vacation in the Azores.