Israel has delivered a knee- jerk reaction which responds to its citizens' fears and anxieties but does not contain the escalating violence. Its actions reflect a belief that if it plays the "hard man", the other side will make the necessary concession.Rifkind, Gabrielle...
Israel's is a more conventional military comparable to that ofAmericaor Britain - with the notable difference that it operates conscription - whileHamasis a very well-armed guerrilla organisation. Sky News speaks to a military expert and looks at the different weapons and equipment each side has ...
"Hamas uses hospitals as an instrument of war," said Israel's chief military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari from a room at the Rantisi Children's Hospital where explosive vests, grenades and RPGs were displayed on the floor. Israel also accuses Hamas of using ambula...
as the group of lawmakers is called, have been vocally critical of israel’s assault on gaza in the nearly two months since hamas’s october 7 attack. their rhetoric has, to say the least, rankled the political establishments on both sides. and while none of them are exactly new to ...
Blinken's visit comes at a delicate time, as the Biden administration works to prevent the ongoing exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah from becoming a much larger regional conflict. Soon after the war began, Hezbollah launched attacks on northern Israel, voicing support for Hama...
"There is, as Iran calls it, a resistance front, that everybody will support Hamas [in its fight against Israel], that it will be not only supported with arms but also with money, and will be supported diplomatically," Shine, the former Mossad researcher who's now the head of the Iran...
Hamas officials accused Washington of favouring Israel. "When Blinken says that the Israelis agreed and then the Israelis say that there is an updated proposal, this means that the Americans are subject to Israeli pressure and not the other way around. We believe that it is a ...
“Hamas is playing the West for fools. First they murder the Israelis and then they stir up pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel sentiment among young people all around the world. They are winning the propaganda war, which sucks.” “Let’s go outside. I want to smoke,” Siegfried insisted. ...
Hamas accuses Israel of adding new demands that it maintain a military presence along the Gaza-Egypt border to prevent arms smuggling and along a line bisecting the territory so it can search Palestinians returning to their homes in the north to prevent milita...
Israel's military has begun Phase 2 of its offensive The IDF soldiers will probably be the most prized hostages held by Hamas, and although Hamas might drip-feed their release, they only need a handful of IDF hostages - plus maybe a couple of foreign nationals -...