The World Affairs Council of Maine will host a panel discussion with three retired U.S. ambassadors who have deep experience in the Middle East.
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Commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea; warship built in Bath downs 3 drones
The attacks marked an escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll despite evacuation orders
The overall death toll in Gaza since the Oct. 7 start of the Israel-Hamas war surpassed 15,200.
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Israeli airstrikes resume after weeklong truce with Hamas ends
The resumption of the war threatens to compound the suffering in Gaza.
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More Israeli hostages freed by Hamas as truce in Gaza lasts another day
As word of the extension came Thursday morning, gunmen opened fire on people waiting for buses in Jerusalem. It was unclear if the attack would have any impact on the truce.
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Families of American hostages in Gaza describe their anguish and call on U.S. government for help
Hamas militants who attacked southern Israel kidnapped some 240 people, including babies, children, women, soldiers, older adults, and Thai farm laborers.
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Last planned release of hostages in Gaza begins, as mediators aim to extend truce
Israel says it will maintain the truce if captives continue to be freed. But it also says it is committed to its other major goal – the annihilation of Hamas.
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Israel says 12 more hostages have been freed by Hamas and have arrived in Egypt
Mediators met in Qatar to try to extend the cease-fire beyond Wednesday.
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Israel-Hamas to extend truce 2 more days as 11 more Israeli hostages are freed
The newly released hostages included 3 women and 9 children – including 3-year-old twin girls and their mother – from a kibbutz near Gaza that was hard hit in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
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3 men of Palestinian descent attending holiday gathering shot, injured near University of Vermont
Two of the men are in stable condition and the other suffered “much more serious injuries,” Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad said in a news release Sunday.