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Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?

Afghanistan at least 400 people have been killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Monday night, with potentially hundreds more wounded. Pakistan has deliberately targeting the health-care facility. In a statement on X, the Pakistani Information and Broadcasting Ministry the strikes “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure…

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Israel kills Iran’s spy chief; government seen as ‘largely degraded’

WASHINGTON — The Iranian government remains “intact but largely degraded,” National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard told Congress on Wednesday, as Israel continued to hunt down the Islamic Republic’s leadership with an overnight airstrike that killed the nation’s spy chief. The death of Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, announced Wednesday by Israel, was the third high-level assassination in roughly…

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Israel kills 2 senior Iran leaders as allies reject Trump’s call for Strait of Hormuz help

The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Tuesday that the commander of Iran’s feared Basij paramilitary force was among the senior leaders killed in overnight strikes in Tehran, and the Israeli defense minister Israel Katz later confirmed that Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was also “eliminated.” “Prime Minister Benjamin…

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Several impact sites reported in central Israel after Iran barrage, one lightly injured

Firefighting and rescue teams responded to multiple locations in Shoham and Rishon LeZion, conducting searches of buildings and surrounding areas. Several impact sites were reported in central Israel on Monday following Iran’s latest missilebarrage, Israel Fire and Rescue Services said. According to initial reports, 10 locations across the country were damaged by intercepted missile shrapnel…

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