The campaigns of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon had led to the destruction of Jerusalem ... the local populace is spurred by his ire. The siege of Jerusalem and the reported slaughter of the ...

The Jabalia municipality in the northern Gaza Strip is on the verge of collapse following repeated Israeli assaults and an ongoing siege on the ... the earlier destruction of its headquarters ...

Following a five-month siege, during which the trapped Jews were, according to Josephus, plagued by murder, famine, and cannibalism, the Romans took Jerusalem. The Temple was destroyed ...