Questions linger over Hamas’ missing ‘suicide drones’ and if they can breach Israeli Iron Dome defence
Unlike Russia or Ukraine, Hamas couldn’t source military drones through an open tender. So it tapped Tunisian-born aerospace engineer Mohamed Zouari to, in the early 2010s, design Hamas’ first fleet of operational drones and stand up an industry to produce them. They called the first model Ababeel, which was very similar to an Iranian drone and had three different models. One version was designed to conduct surveillance, one to deliver small munitions and the third was a suicide drone.
US now fears risks to its interests in Middle East as Israel pummels Gaza, kills 266 Palestinians
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called on the international community to create “a united front” to stop Israel’s attacks against Gaza and allow in desperately needed aid which has only begun to trickle in.
Integrating conservation, biodiversity and sustainability: The case of Uganda and East Africa
A lack of interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, transdisciplinary and non-disciplinary or extra-disciplinary scholars working on solutions-based research has been a barrier to achieving sustainability objectives in the country. Yet without achieving sustainability objectives we are just sojourners of the century.
Americans’ trust in foundational institutions is eroded, chaos in Congress makes it worse
The House has been without a permanent leader since early October after a small cadre of right-wing Republicans pushed out a member of their own party, then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Subsequent attempts to replace him have failed.
Egypt opens its border crossing to allow limited humanitarian aid reach besieged Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his Cabinet late Saturday to discuss the expected invasion, Israeli media reported. Israel’s military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the country planned to step up its airstrikes starting on Saturday as preparation for the next stage of the war.
Israeli airstrikes hammer Hamas positions in Gaza anew after militants freed two US hostages
Hamas on Friday freed Americans Judith Tai Raanan, 59, and her daughter Natalie, 17, who were among around 200 kidnapped in its October 7 cross-border attack on southern Israel by militants of the Islamist movement.
Month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far
Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant because of other health problems when doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine offered the highly experimental surgery.
African Development Bank approves $2.5 million for small horticultural businesses in Tanzania
The project will allow small operators in Tanzania to improve the efficiency of their agricultural activities, substantially increasing the volume and quality of products per unit of surface area.
Israel pounds Gaza as defence minister orders ground troops to prepare to see Gaza ‘from the inside’
Over a million people have been displaced in Gaza, with many heeding Israel’s orders to evacuate the northern part of the sealed-off coastal enclave.
Israel levels Gaza district, hits Orthodox church 30 minutes after warning residents to evacuate
The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the main Palestinian Christian denomination, said Israeli forces had struck the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, where hundreds of Christians and Muslims had sought sanctuary.
