Israeli warplanes strike several Hamas military sites, including a training base and naval compound in the Gaza Strip early Friday, after a rocket fired from Gaza hits a yeshiva in Sderot. No casualties reported.

While the State Department establishment rejects Friedman’s assessments, its own track record in the Middle East has been systematically flawed.

Cadet Martha Gerdes goes faces disenrollment from program at the University of North Carolina. In one tweet, posted after the Pittsburgh shooting, Gerdes reportedly wrote she didn't care about "Jews getting shot up."

Lawmakers step up pressure on administration in the wake of civilian casualties in the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen and the the alleged role of Riyadh in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

"Taken as a whole these unprovoked attacks present a clear threat to international peace and security, a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and an unacceptable campaign of escalating tension by Iran," secretary of state says after two tankers hit in Gulf of Oman Thursday.