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The U.N.’s refugee agency says that more than 1,200 children under age 5 have died in nine camps in war-scarred Sudan in the past five months because of a deadly combination of measles and malnutrition CAIRO -- More than 1,200 children under age 5 have died in nine camps in war-scarred Sudan in the past five months, because of a deadly combination of measles and malnutrition, the U.N.’s refugee agency said Tuesday. The UNHCR said the deaths, between May 15 and Sept. 14, were documented by its teams in the White Nile province, where thousands of Sudanese have sheltered as fighting has raged for six months between rival generals, in the capital of Khartoum and elsewhere. There were thousands of suspected cases of cholera in other parts of the country, UNHCR public Health chief Allen Maina said. “Dozens of children are dying every day — a result of this devastating conflict and a lack of global attention,” U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said. Sudan plunged into chaos...

Israel's geography and relatively small size have been some of the factors behind the decades of conflict between it and surrounding nations, an expert told ABC News. Israel's geography and relatively small size have been some of the major factors behind the decades of conflict between it and surrounding nations, according to an expert. A special edition of "20/20" at 10 p.m., Wed., Oct. 11, on ABC looks at life under threat in Israel and Gaza and how this attack is different from what we’ve seen in this region in the past. The country sits in the eastern Mediterranean section of the Middle East, bordering Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. All of these nations have had Military battles against Israel since it declared its independence in 1948. Steven E. Zipperstein, an assistant adjunct professor at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs who has taught in Israel, said Israel's geography and relatively small size are "double-edged swords" when it...

The Hamas terrorist attack on Israel this weekend comes amid the backdrop of a longstanding History of co NFL ict over land and independence that has plagued the region. The Hamas terrorist attack on Israel this weekend comes amid the backdrop of a longstanding History of co NFL ict over land and independence that has plagued the region. The early 1900s: British promote Zionist movement for a 'national home' for Jewish populations The Balfour Declaration, issued by the British government in 1917, announced Britain's promise for a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, which was then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The promise appeased the Zionist movement, who believe in a Jewish right to the land of Jerusalem -- or Zion. Following the end of World War I, the region of Palestine was conceded by the Ottoman Empire and was placed under the rule of the British via a mandate from the League of Nations. The mandate was criticized for not taking i...

The current conflict between Hamas and Israel has been another chapter in the decades-long conflict over the Gaza strip, according to historical experts. The origin of the bloody conflict happening in Gaza and Israel is complicated given the long, disputed history of the region, according to experts who have spent decades studying the region. As the attacks continue in both countries, the experts fear that any attempts at truly achieving peace between the Palestinians and Israelis may have been pushed back heavily. Susannah Heschel, the chair of the Jewish Studies Program at Dartmouth University, who has written several books about this region, told ABC News that the co NFL icts run deep and as far back as the Middle Ages, but specifically, the most modern clashes have stemmed from the fallout of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. On ABC News Live at 8:30 pm on Thursday, Oct. 12, ABC News' James Longman, Matt Gutman and Ian Pannell look at the horrendous toll from Hamas' massacre, t...

As the horrendous carnage emerges from both sides of the border of Israel and Gaza, people around the globe are clamoring for ways to help those caught in the crossfire. As the horrendous carnage emerges from the Israel-Hamas conflict, people in the United States and around the globe are clamoring for ways to help those caught in the crossfire of the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists and the retaliatory airstrikes from Israel into Gaza. More than 2,600 people -- most of them civilians, including hundreds of children -- have been killed in Israel and Gaza and nearly 9,000 have been injured since Hamas militants launched their attack on Saturday, invading Israel from the air, sea and sky. Hamas' attack began with more than 2,000 rockets fired into Israel at dawn, while simultaneously Hamas fighters breached the border in numerous areas and poured into Israeli towns and kibbutzim, gunning down civilians and soldiers and going door-to-door in their deadly campaign, Israeli ...

The U.S. goal is deterrence, not to get involved in the fighting. The recent U.S. Military moves related to the Israel-Gaza co NFL ict have raised questions about the American mission. Here's why they're about deterrence: MORE: Israel-Gaza live updates: Gaza school sheltering families hit by airstrikes Marines with 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment conduct a deck shoot on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, on July 3, 2017. U.S. Marine Corps 2,200 US Marines aboard 3 ships Where are the Marines? The 2,200 Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are aboard three U.S. Navy ships as part of their regular deployment to the Middle East. Those three ships sailed away from the U.S. together as an Amphibious Ready Group but then they split up as needed. That’s why two of the ships, the USS Bataan and USS Carter Hall, were in the Arabian Sea Tuesday after having left the Persian Gulf earlier this week. The third ship, the USS Mesa Verde, is in the Mediterra...