"If we weren't so precise and good, there would be twice as many civilian casualties in Gaza today, and the IDF wouldn't have the legitimacy to operate," added Lt. Col. R. "We improved capabilities to change a strike within a minute or two if a child suddenly passes by or movement...
despite IDF pleas for them to do so since early October. When the ground offensive began, there were still some civilians in northern Gaza, perhaps as many as 200,000 out of what was once around 1.4 million.
According to Beit Shemesh resident Jeremy Staiman, how to observe Simchat Torah this year “is a quandary that everyone finds themselves in. We have Simchat Torah, a day of incredible joy, along with the fact that this is now, for us, a day that lives in infamy. For many people, thi...
(idf) and militants in southern israel are not uncommon. “no, no,” benjakob’s wife insisted. “it’s more serious.” there was nothing yet on television or state media except unverified reports of casualties. the authorities were silent. in response to requests from haaretz , the idf ...
The IDF may be betting that it will suffer lower overall casualties by keeping infantry inside their APCs and counting on the heavy armor, active protection systems, and sensors to see the vehicles through—even if that means getting surprised by more ambushes. There also could be ...
More than half of casualties are women and children, say Hamas We do not know how many Palestinian combatants have been killed since the Israeli bombardment and ground invasion began. The IDF has reported numbers in the scores on a day-to-day basis in the ground invasion and it said ...
In the same article, cultural commentator and academic David Gurevitz claimed the numbers of Palestinians killed remains an abstract concept for many Israelis: “The Israeli audience isn’t capable of accommodating two kinds of pain together, seeing and identifying with the human victim of the othe...
000 been wounded and countless are missing. Around 70% of the casualties are women and children who are noncombatants. Of the rest a majority are civilians. Hence, it’s possible that so far nine out of every ten Gazan casualties are civilians not fighters. That’s ahigh casualty rate...
These organizations are working to provide immediate aid and long-term assistance to Israelis affected by Saturday’s terror attacks and the subsequent war
The Jewish Federations of North America has launched an intensive pushin favor of the bill,describing TikTok as the worst offenderwhen it comes to amplifying antisemitism on social media. The Republican Jewish Coalition is also supporting the bill, but many Jewish groups have stayed out of the fr...