Their territories are now split between control by Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. About one and one-half million people live in Gaza; more than two million live in the West Bank. Hamas forces took control of Gaza last week in the worst conflict ever between ...
The IDF revealed in February a plan for increasing IDF manpower due to new needs created by the Gaza War. The ministry’s report considered several alternatives for increasing manpower in the IDF including extending the regular mandatory service for soldiers, increasing manpower for those soldiers ...
Displacing the Palestinian civilian population from Gaza would not only be a breach of international law, but also lead to new suffering and hatred, she said, adding that a two-state solution remains the only solution which will enable both Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace, security a...
Itzik Horan, who made aliyah from Argentina to Nir Oz and whose sons Eitan and Yair are held hostage in Gaza, cannot understand how the hostage families have suddenly become the nation’s enemies. Photos of Kibbutz Nir Oz hostages placed on chairs and tables during a pre-Passover event for...
In many parts of the country, agricultural land is being used to house solar panels. The panels create renewable energy, and the land remains usable for grazing farm animals, which control the vegetation around the technology. The two fields working together have led to a new industry called ...
Early on Saturday, Hamas militants broke through the border between Israel and Gaza, launching a massive attack that left more than 1,200 Israelis dead, most of them civilians, and another 2,700 wounded. The attack triggered a swift response by the Israeli military and at least 900 people ...
On our way back to the party, we saw tons of missiles in the sky. At first I didn’t realize what happened; you know, in Israel it’s not really unusual. But I understood we were not safe, we were very close to Gaza. I felt fear, everybody was on the ground. My mom called ...
Mass criminal trials could overwhelm Israel’s already sluggish courts. An ad hoc war crimes tribunal established under Israel’s far-right government could lack credibility. Freeing the suspects as part of a deal to release hostages held in Gaza would trouble many ...
Israelis told to spend days in bomb shelters Mother in Gaza fears for family as bombs crash nearby Britons confirmed dead after Hamas attacks Image:Hamas gunmen shot and snatched people from the Supernova dance music festival near Re'im, in the desert ...
nor do I personally know any soldier who has fallen in the war. My family has not been displaced from our home. I am not directly impacted by any of the challenges that so many Israelis are facing on a daily basis,” Rivkah Lambert Adler, an American Israeli author and freelance journali...