Hamas said it had fired 5,000 rockets in a first barrage. Israel's military said 2,500 rockets were fired. Smoke billowed over residential Israeli areas and people sheltered behind buildings as sirens sounded overhead. At least one woman was reported killed by the rockets. DAWN INFILTRATION ...
Thus, Hamas has been successful in tying its attacks on the Negev – every one a war crime – with the unrest in Jerusalem, where Muslims have been attacking Jewish residents, in many cases recording the attacks and posting them onTikTokand other social media. The latest violence began on t...
Many humanitarian law experts would argue thatHamas and Israelare engaged in what is known as a "non-international armed conflict." In other words, it would be classified the same way as a civil war that pits the armed forces of a state against an armed non-state actor, rather than an ...
Had all these measures been taken, the entire event would have turned into a monumental failure for Hamas.Footnote8 How can this be? How could Israel’s top security echelons so callously betray the country’s border communities and the soldiers tasked with their protection, many of whom were...
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are eager to leave miserable tent camps and return to their homes if a long-awaited ceasefire agreement halts the Israel-Hamas war, but many will find there is nothing left and no way to rebuild. Israeli bombardment and ground operations h...
Sinwar cynicism:Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren also said that the pier project posed a problem and predicted to JI that it was not beyond Hamas to fire rockets at the pier in an attempt to destroy it. Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ leader in Gaza, “has an interest in ha...
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are eager to leave miserable tent camps and return to their homes if a long-awaited ceasefire agreement halts the Israel-Hamas war, but many will find there is nothing left and no way to rebuild.
Even then, the ability to rebuild will depend on the blockade, which critics have long decried as a form of collective punishment. Israel says it is needed to prevent Hamas from rebuilding its military capabilities, noting that cement and metal pipes can also ...
which manifests itself physically with muscle tension,” he told the Magazine. “Many have been called up or have volunteered for army duty; they have experienced muscular-skeletal pain that is not just stress-related but also physically; it’s very strenuous for them. Many of them are carryi...
Israel is home to sophisticated air defense systems—but some missiles still slip through. Iron Beam is Israel’s ultimate solution to aerial threats.