Taiwan Monitors Israel-Hamas Conflict Amid China Concerns

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Despite fundamental differences between the conflict in the Middle East and a possible war across the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan's National Defense Ministry announced this week that it has set up a task force to monitor the situation in Israel.

At a briefing on Thursday, National Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng told journalists that the sudden escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hamas has pu