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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 432

Lolita C. Baldor

Pete Hegseth hosts the Fox Nation's Patriot Awards, in Nashville, Tennessee, November 16, 2023. (George Walker IV/AP)
November 13, 2024, 5:25 pm
Trump’s choice of Fox News host for defense chief post shakes Pentagon, US military
Selection of Pete Hegseth raises questions about TV figure’s ability to handle world’s largest military, its $800 billion budget, millions of personnel, and global crises
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
The USS aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower sails in the Red Sea on June 12, 2024. (AP/Bernat Armangue)
June 19, 2024, 11:52 pm
Fighting off Houthis for months, US carrier in Red Sea may be running out of steam
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is long overdue for a break from the longest-running naval battle since WWII, but experts worry effort to protect shipping could flounder without it
By Lolita C. Baldor and Jon Gambrell
The image provided by US Central Command shows US Army soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), US Navy sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (US Central Command via AP)
June 7, 2024, 5:23 pm
US military says pier in Gaza reconnected after repairs and aid will flow soon
CENTCOM says shipments will resume in days with goal of getting 1 million pounds of food and other supplies via sea route into the Strip every two days.
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
Live fire testing at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexic,o of early versions of the Army Tactical Missile System, on December 14, 2021. (John Hamilton/U.S. Army via AP)
April 24, 2024, 11:21 pm
Ukraine using secretly provided long-range US missiles, official say
Long sought by Kyiv, ATACMS have nearly twice the striking distance of previously supplied mid-range version of rocket, enabling attacks deep in Russian-held areas
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
In this photo provided by Britain's Ministry of Defense, a Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft prepares to take off, along with others, to conduct further strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, February 24, 2024. (Cpl. Tim Laurence/RAF/UK Ministry of Defense via AP)
February 25, 2024, 10:28 am
US, UK pummel Houthi sites across Yemen as Red Sea attacks escalate
In 4th joint operation, fighter jets hit 18 targets in 8 locations; Iran-backed rebels denounce ‘US-British aggression’ while Washington admits Houthis yet to be deterred
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
US President Joe Biden, third left, and first lady Jill Biden, right, stand as an Army carry team moves the transfer case containing the remains of US Army Sgt. Kennedy Ladon Sanders at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, February 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
February 3, 2024, 3:20 am
US hits 85 sites in Iraq, Syria linked to Iran’s IRGC, militias after fatal drone attack
Opening strikes target command HQs, intelligence centers, weapons facilities connected to Iran and regional proxies, in response to assault that killed 3 US soldiers
By TARA COPP, Lolita C. Baldor and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin US said he sees no indication that Hamas plans to attack US troops currently in Gaza. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
February 1, 2024, 9:50 pm
US defense chief Austin hints major strike on Iranian proxies imminent
Secretary of defense says time has come for unprecedented action against militias’ capabilities after servicemen killed in Jordan, repeated Houthi attacks in Red Sea
By TARA COPP, Lolita C. Baldor and Jon Gambrell
An armed Yemeni supporter of the Houthi movement sits on the back of an armored vehicle during an anti-Israel and anti-US rally in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 22, 2024. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
January 24, 2024, 9:38 am
Fresh US strikes target Iranian proxy in Iraq, anti-ship missiles in Yemen
Forces hit Houthi launchers readying Red Sea attacks, 3 Kataeb Hezbollah sites in Iraq, in response to what US defense chief calls ‘escalatory attacks’ by Iran-backed groups
By TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor
This image provided by the US Navy shows an aircraft launching from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during flight operations in the Red Sea, Jan. 22, 2024. (Kaitlin Watt/US Navy via AP)
January 23, 2024, 8:55 am
US, British militaries launch new strikes targeting Houthi underground arms stores
Attack aided by Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands; strikes across Yemen also hit Iran-backed group’s drones and launchers amid persistent attacks on Red Sea shipping
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the US and the UK strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, January 14, 2024. (AP Photo)
January 18, 2024, 8:13 am
US strikes Houthi missile launchers that posed ‘imminent threat’ to ships in Red Sea
In fourth action over recent days, US hits 14 missiles it says were on launch rails and ready for use, warns Iran to stop supplying weapons to rebel group
By TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks at a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, November 22, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
January 15, 2024, 8:17 pm
Austin released from hospital after complications from surgery he kept secret
US reviews procedures for notifying White House if cabinet member transfers decision-making authorities, after US defense secretary hid prostate cancer diagnosis for weeks
By Lolita C. Baldor and TARA COPP
A fighter, loyal to Yemen's Houthi rebels, stands guard during a protest following US and British forces strikes, in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 12, 2024. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)
January 13, 2024, 9:23 am
US hits Houthi radar site in fresh strike after threats to Red Sea shipping
Pentagon says it fired Tomahawk missiles at site that was putting commercial vessels in the Red Sea at risk; loud explosion heard in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital
By TARA COPP, Lolita C. Baldor, Jon Gambrell and AAMER MADHANI
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv, December 18, 2023. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
January 7, 2024, 11:59 pm
White House was unaware for days that defense chief Lloyd Austin was hospitalized
Failure to disclose Austin’s illness at a time when the US is juggling numerous national security crises raises eyebrows among Biden administration officials, members of Congress
By Lolita C. Baldor
Retiring Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Milley at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, in Fort Meyer, Virginia, September 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
September 30, 2023, 4:43 am
‘Wannabe dictator’: US army chief swipes at Trump in farewell speech
US Army Gen. Mark Milley, without naming former president, says military doesn’t take oath to a ‘tyrant,’ urges defense of democracy, as he closes rocky 4-year term
By TARA COPP and Lolita C. Baldor
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un examine a launch pad during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
September 16, 2023, 11:03 pm
Top US general doubts North Korean arms to Russia will tip scales in Ukraine war
In Norway for meeting of NATO defense chiefs, Mark Milley predicts this week’s talks between Putin and Kim Jong Un will lead to Pyongyang supplying artillery rounds
By Lolita C. Baldor
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