What Gaza, Israel needSara Demari
Dr Daphne Richemond-Barak, an expert on underground warfare who teaches at Reichman University in Israel, said the IDF videos are "consistent" with Hamas tunnels. She told Sky News: "What we saw in those pictures were very typical, very classic of the Hamas t...
An Israeli ground offensive has been expected for several days after a week of retaliatory airstrikes in response to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel that killed some 1,400 people. In Gaza, the Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 2,750 people. In...
If Israeli soldier casualties go up and rockets continue without a quick end in sight, and without killing enough Hamas forces to bring an effective end to Hamas’s ability to control Gaza once the IDF leaves, support in Israel for a continued invasion of several months could falter. Likewise...
Israel then gained control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank after its victory in the 1967 Six-Day War against its Arab neighbours. For the next 38 years, it controlled the strip and enabled the construction of 21 Jewish settlements. ...
“The United States is our best friend, but before everything else, we will do what is good for the state of Israel.” If Gaza has been rendered uninhabitable, then how can migration out of the territory be characterized as voluntary? Ben-Gvir’s prickly pushback unde...
Israel has been urging civilians in the Strip to evacuate to safe areas in southern Gaza, as its military operation began in the northern part of the Strip. As a result, more than one million people, or more than half of Gaza's total population, poured into Rafah to seek shelter, most...
Israel controls the air space over Gaza and its shoreline and restricts who and what goods are allowed in and out through its border crossings. Similarly, Egypt controls who passes in and out through its border with Gaza. About 80% of the population of Gaza depends on international aid, acco...
Israel has ordered a "complete siege" on Gaza following a major attack by Hamas over the weekend. The death toll on both sides has soared over 1,200, with at least nine Americans among the dead. Khaled Elgindy is a senior fellow at the Middle E
Image:Smoke rises from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. Pic: AP What is Hamas? Hamas is the political organisation that administers the Gaza Strip, in charge of two million people. It was created in 1987 during an uprising against Is...