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Analysis: Israel operations against Hamas move south

IDF troops in Jabaliya > December 5, 2023. (Israel Defence Forces), via Twitter Latest developments   Israel has expanded its ground offensive into southern Gaza, promising to pursue Hamas commanders and operatives who took advantage of its targeted northern operation by moving southward. The southern city of Khan Younis, where Hamas is known to have concentrated its…

Analysis: Hostages breakthrough with 4-day humanitarian pause

Kidnapped teddy bears performance - Dizengoff Square. Source: Lizzy Shaanan Pikiwiki Israel, CC BY 2.5 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. Hostage deal On 21 November, the Israeli cabinet approved a deal to secure the release of at least 50 Israeli civilian hostages, beginning with women and children. Those released are expected to include 30 children, eight mothers…

Analysis: Israel advances on Hamas headquarters around Shifa hospital

Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Credit: Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) in contract with APAimages > CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. On the ground The IDF is gaining control over the northern Gaza Strip, and early on the morning of 15…

Analysis: Israel strikes Hamas terror tunnels in Gaza city

Soldiers guard the entrance to a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip, in a handout photo published November 9, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces), via Times of Israel. Latest developments A month on from Hamas’s October 7 mass terror attack, Israeli ground forces are advancing deeper into Gaza city, and closing in on Hamas’s main command centre,…

Analysis: Israel’s operations against Hamas enter second stage

Israeli soldiers operate inside the Gaza Strip, November 2, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces), via Times of Israel. Latest developments Nearly three weeks after the savage Hamas terror attacks left more than 1,400 people murdered, more than 5,000 wounded, and at least 240 abducted, Israel’s war against Hamas has now entered its second stage, with a ground…

Analysis: Israel prepares for major ground operation

IDF soldiers stationed in Southern Israel trained along the Gaza border to ensure an ongoing level of preparedness.> Yoav Karen, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Wikimedia Commons. Latest developments Nearly three weeks after a savage Hamas terror attack left at least 1,400 people murdered, more than 5,000 wounded, and at least 220 abducted, Israel’s war against…

Analysis: Israel reels from Hamas attacks as Gaza intervention looms

The remains of the Sderot city police after Hamas attacks > Yoav Karen, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED, via Wikimedia Commons. Israel is preparing to initiate a “significant ground operation” to strike Hamas in Gaza “from air, sea and land” following last week’s terror attacks. Latest developments Latest figures suggest that at least 1,400 Israelis were killed in the Hamas…

Analysis: Hamas’ bloody massacre sparks war with Israel

IDF Armored forces at a staging area in Upper Galilee, near the northern Israeli border with Lebanon, October 11, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90) Hamas launched a massive assault on southern Israel on Saturday morning, murdering over 1,000 men, women and children and kidnapping an estimated 130 hostages. Thousands of people were injured in the well-planned and highly…

In Brief: Gaza terrorists fire rockets into the sea as alert blares in Israel

Palestinian militant with rifle, atphalix, CC BY SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A terrorist group based in the Gaza strip test-fired a number of rockets into the Mediterranean sea on Tuesday morning, in a move that triggered an alert in southern Israel. The launches, claimed by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, came days after nearly two…

In Brief: “Basic framework” for Israel-Saudi normalisation in place

Crown prince Mohamad bin Salman > US State Department, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Israel and Saudi Arabia are moving towards a historic US-brokered deal to normalise diplomatic ties, the White House said on Friday. US President Joe Biden hopes to score an election-year diplomatic victory by securing recognition of the Jewish state by Saudi Arabia next…