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In the running game, Boston College has made up a lot of ground this year
College Sports Kye Robichaux (left) has 277 rushing yards in the last two games, and he gives much of the credit to his offensive line. Mark Stockwell/AP Photo By Trevor Hass, The Boston Globe November 2, 2023 | 12:54 PM Boston College football coach Jeff Hafley knew his team’s run game was on the rise, […]
Israeli airstrikes level apartments in Gaza refugee camp, as ground troops battle Hamas militants
World News Palestinians look for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in the Nusseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Doaa AlBaz / AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A flurry of Israeli airstrikes Tuesday on a refugee camp near Gaza City leveled apartment buildings, leaving craters where they once stood, as ground […]
Gaza Strip’s tunnels loom large for Israel’s ground forces
World News Hamas is believed to hide weapons, fighters, and even command centers in miles of subterranean pathways and chambers. The entrance to a tunnel that was discovered by Israeli forces near Kissufim, Israel, in 2017. The Israeli military regularly trains infantry on how to destroy tunnels. Uriel Sinai / The New York Times By […]
Israeli defense minister says the Gaza war has entered a new stage with an expanded ground operation
World News The military released grainy images Saturday showing tank columns moving slowly in open areas of Gaza. Friends and relatives of Roi Popplewell mourn during his funeral at Kibbutz Yagur near Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) AP By ISABEL DEBRE, JULIA FRANKEL and SAM MAGDY, Associated Press October 28, […]
Israel strikes the outskirts of Gaza City during a second ground raid in as many days
World News The airstrikes have flattened entire neighborhoods, causing a level of death and destruction unseen in the last four wars between Israel and Hamas. Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman By WAFAA SHURAFA and […]
Israeli troops carry out an hourslong ground raid into Gaza before an expected wider incursion
World News The rising death toll in Gaza, which soared past 7,000 on Thursday, according to Palestinian officials, is unprecedented in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman By NAJIB JOBAIN, KAREEM CHEHAYEB […]
Israel pounds Gaza, evacuates town near Lebanon ahead of expected ground offensive against Hamas
World News 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. An Israel soldier gestures to passers-by as he drives a military vehicle near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. AP Photo/Francisco Seco By […]
Packed Gaza hospitals warn that thousands could die as supplies run low and ground offensive looms
World News Israeli officials said the goal of their Gaza offensive was to destroy Hamas. A man wounded in Israeli military strikes is brought to Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) AP By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press October 15, 2023 | 11:44 AM KHAN […]
Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms
World News The U.N. warned that so many people fleeing en masse — with just a 24-hour deadline — would be calamitous. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. AP Photo/Fatima Shbair By ISABEL DeBRE, EDITH M. LEDERER and WAFAA SHURAFA, Associated Press October 13, 2023 | 7:57 AM […]
Palestinians rush to buy food and struggle under strikes as Israel readies possible ground operation
World News International aid groups warned that the death toll in Gaza could mount after Israel stopped all deliveries of food, water, fuel and electricity to the tiny enclave while its crossing with Egypt is unusable. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. AP Photo/Fatima Shbair By JOSEPH KRAUSS […]