Omar Ashour, a professor of security and military studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, says Benny Gantz during his visit to the US will likely ask for more military assistance to bolster Israel’s ammunition stockpiles. “If some sort of a truce happens or was successful, I think what we will see is a bit more of reconstruction of forces, repairing of some of the armoured vehicles and also rearming them to be much more effective in the next round,” Ashour told Al Jazeera. The visit by Gantz, who is expected to meet senior US administration officials, comes as US Vice President Harris called for an “immediate” pause in […]
The United States military says it has sunk three boats waging an attack on a container ship in the Red Sea as it continues its patrol mission to counter threats from Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Helicopters from two US warships – the USS Eisenhower and USS Gravely – shot at the “Iranian-backed Houthi small boats” in self-defence on Sunday morning while responding to an SOS call from the Singapore-flagged vessel Maersk Hangzhou, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The US helicopters sunk three of the boats, killing several of their crew, it said. A fourth boat escaped. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar joins us live from Djibouti for the latest updates. Subscribe […]
The US Central Command reports that over 10 hours, 12 one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles launched by the Houthis have been successfully neutralized by the US military. This has led to significant disruptions in business, with a nearly 35 percent reduction in the number of ships transiting the Bab al-Mandab strait. Consequently, numerous vessels have been stranded for six days, uncertain about when they will receive clearance to depart. The Houthis are imposing new regulations, demanding assurances from every passing ship that they have no connections with Israel—neither heading to nor departing from Israeli ports, and not owned by Israelis. Al Jazeera’s […]
The US Defense Secretary has arrived in Doha after visiting Bahrain and Israel on Monday. Lloyd Austin announced the formation of a multinational naval task force to patrol the Red Sea. It’s in response to attacks by Houthi fighters from Yemen on commercial vessels passing through the crucial shipping route. Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #UnitedStates #USAidToIsrael #Pentagon #LloydAustin #OperationProsperityGuardian #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelGazaWar #IsraelArmy #GazaWar #IsraelGazaWar #IsraelHamasWar #Hamas #Iran #Hezbollah #RedSea #Yemen #Houthis #BabAlMandabStrait
The United States has deployed two aircraft carriers and fighter jets to the Middle East during Israel’s war on Gaza. It is reportedly moving more warships from the Arabian Gulf to the Gulf of Aden to deter Houthi attacks on the Red Sea. US military aid has allowed Israel to continue its wholesale destruction of Gaza unhindered, ensuring that Hamas’s allies are suitably intimidated and deterred from taking any military action. Al Jazeera’s Alex Gatopolous takes a look at the US military assets in the Middle East. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram […]
The US has always been Israel’s most important ally. What’s behind the relationship? What keeps it going? And why are some people questioning how it works? #AJStartHere with @SandraGathmann explains. 00:59 – The US has supported Israel from the beginning 01:44 – Why the US supported Zionism 02:29 – The US and Israel’s “shared values” 03:27 – The US and Israel are strategic partners 04:07 – How the US and Israel’s strategic partnership developed during the Cold War 05:29 – The US gives Israel a lot of money for its military 07:25 – Being pro-Israel pays off politically in the US 07:51 – Why evangelical Christians in the US support […]
Demonstrators put up red stained hands and placards in the air behind Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Washington, DC. The anti-war protest was when Blinken and Austin testified to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Biden’s request for 106 billion US dollars to fund ambitions plans for Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro is at the Capitol Hill for the latest Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #UnitedStates #Hamas #AntonyBlinken #GazaWar #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelGazaWar #GazaHumanitarianAid #IsraelAttack #OperationSwordsOfIron #alaqsaflood
