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Mike Glenn grew up on Navy bases as the son of a career sailor but then decided to annoy his father and joined the Army after he graduated from high school in the Dallas area. He did a hitch as an enlisted soldier in Germany during the Cold War, where he spent a considerable amount of time in the field on maneuvers. After leaving the Army, he moved back home to northeast Texas and entered the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied history. He also took Army ROTC classes at UT Arlington and upon graduation received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss in El Paso and took his platoon to the Middle East where he fought in the Gulf War. He got into journalism after Operation Desert Storm and has worked at newspapers and magazines throughout Texas. He joined The Washington Times from the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at mglenn@washingtontimes.com.

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Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Thursday, Oct.12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Blinken cautions Israel against strike on Gaza civilians; shaken by images of atrocities

Israel's military on Thursday ramped up its promised campaign of retaliation for last weekend's murderous rampage by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, leveling entire neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip, massing troops for a possible ground operation against the Hamas stronghold, and vowing that a punishing blockage of the densely populated Palestinian enclave would continue until the 100-plus Israeli and foreign hostages are freed.

October 12, 2023
Hundreds of pro Palestinians protestors are seen outside the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg South Africa, Wednesday, Oct, 11, 2023. Protestors staged demonstrations in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict that has already claimed more than 2200 lives on both sides. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Ex-Hamas leader calls for worldwide protests to back Palestinians

A former leader of Hamas called on global Muslims to join the fight against Israel and stage protests in support of the Palestinian cause five days after terrorists stormed the barricade around Gaza and slaughtered more than 1,000 Israeli civilians.

October 12, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make statements to the media inside The Kirya, which houses the Israeli Ministry of Defense, after their meeting in Tel Aviv, Thursday Oct. 12, 2023. President Joe Biden is dispatching his top diplomat to Israel on an urgent mission to show U.S. support after the unprecedented attack by Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool)

Blinken assures Israel of support, says civilians must be protected

The U.S. will stand beside Israel as it battles Hamas terrorists whose "litany of brutality and inhumanity" calls to mind the savagery of ISIS, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

October 12, 2023
FILE - In July 27, 2020 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz issue a statement at the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel is holding its fourth election in two years after two deadlocked votes and a government that collapsed after less than a year. It is widely seen as a one-issue referendum — with the electorate almost evenly divided — on whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can remain in power. (Tal Shahar/Yediot Ahronot, Pool via AP, File)

Israel forms unity government to prosecute war against Hamas

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined forces with his main political foe to form an emergency government as Israel responds to Saturday's invasion by Hamas fighters from Gaza that has left more than 1,200 dead and 2,700 wounded.

October 11, 2023
Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes that razed swaths of a neighborhood in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday, killing over 1,000 people and taking captives. Israel launched heavy retaliatory airstrikes on the enclave, killing hundreds of Palestinians. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Signs point to ground war in Gaza as scale of Hamas atrocities emerges

A bloody and extended ground battle in the densely populated winding streets of Gaza appeared imminent Tuesday as Israel massed its forces along the border to the sealed Palestinian enclave and called up 360,000 reservists to avenge a surprise attack by the Palestinian militant group Saturday.

October 10, 2023
An F/A-18 E is launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford during flight deck operations on Oct. 5, 2022, off the Virginia Coast. The Pentagon has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel, two U.S. officials said Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. The USS Gerald R. Ford and its approximately 5,000 sailors and deck of warplanes will be accompanied by cruisers and destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional weapons from reaching Hamas and conducting surveillance. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Eastern Mediterranean

The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea as the White House considers sending a second aircraft carrier to the region to deter other countries from seeking to escalate the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

October 10, 2023
Israeli soldiers deploy in kibbutz Kfar Azza on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Hamas militants overran Kfar Azza on Saturday, where many Israelis were killed and taken captive. (AP Photo/Erik Marmor)

Border with Gaza finally sealed, say Israeli officials

The Israel Defense Forces said it has sealed the border with the Gaza Strip, three days after Hamas terrorists destroyed sections of the barrier and launched an invasion that has resulted in more than 1,000 Israelis killed or kidnapped.

October 10, 2023
Israeli soldiers take position near the Israeli Gaza border, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)

Ground war in Gaza holds huge risks, deep uncertainties for both sides

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told President Biden that his armed forces have no choice but to launch a ground operation in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, given the destruction following this weekend's deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas militants based there. But military analysts are already warning such a mission will be lengthy and likely result in high casualties on both sides.

October 9, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to a question during a media briefing at the State Department, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Blinken: U.S. citizens killed, possibly kidnapped by Hamas

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that several Americans were killed after Hamas fighters launched an attack on Israel's southern border from the Gaza Strip, adding that some U.S. nationals may be hostages.

October 8, 2023
Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel declares war; Iran-backed Hezbollah joins Hamas in the fight

Israel struck Iran-backed Hezbollah positions in Lebanon on Sunday in response to rocket and mortar attacks on its northern border on the second day of the country's now-declared war against Hamas militants who stormed across the southern border from Gaza.

October 8, 2023