Israeli airstrikes hit Hamas in Gaza after rocket strikes kindergarten

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip –  The Israeli military struck a series of militant sites in Gaza early Saturday in response to a rocket attack that hit a kindergarten in the Israeli border town of Sderot. No injuries were reported on either side but damage was caused to buildings. The exchange comes amid an escalation of […]

Israel revokes capture prevention, ‘Hannibal Procedure’

The origins of the procedure’s name remain a mystery. Israeli military officials have been quoted as saying that a computer generated the name at random, but others have suggested that it was named for the Carthaginian general who poisoned himself when facing capture by the Romans in 183 B.C.