The Hunt: Tensions rising in Israel and Gaza

By J.J. Green
May 12, 2021 | 7:50 PM

Rocket attacks from Hamas inside Israel have been met with air strikes from Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza. It marks the worst violence in five years in the region.

On this week’s edition of “The Hunt, with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Capt. Libby Weiss, a spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces, described the activity on the ground.

Green also spoke with with Laura Albast and Sammy Alqasem of the Palestinian Youth Movement about the recent rash of hostilities between Israel and Palestine.

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This new video game can help prevent depression in teens, researchers say

By Steve Karesh
August 21, 2026 | 1:37 PM

Depression is a growing problem among American teenagers, and a group of researchers at Dartmouth College have found a novel way to help reduce it: playing a video game. The game is called PlaySmart and it works by giving players real-life scenarios to navigate “and then they have the opportunity to interact and choose healthy options or unhealthy options," said Caroline Barry, who is on the team at Dartmouth that developed PlaySmart. "If they choose unhealthy options, it takes them down a track with more severe consequences.” The game is, in some ways, like rehearsing for complicated situations that a teenager might face at home or at school "without the severe consequences of real life," she said.

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