The Battle for Gaza City
Gaza City, one of the last two Hamas strongholds, is the target of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in an ongoing operation. It is a large metropolitan area stretching from Shati, the historic refugee camp...
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More than 600,000 Gazans have evacuated Gaza City amid growing IDF offensive
More than 640,000 people have evacuated Gaza City, the Israeli military estimated on September 23. The mass evacuation of the city’s population comes as Israel’s offensive continues to grow...
Op-eds
IDF completes preparations for next phase of Gaza City offensive
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) completed preparations for the next phase of an offensive into Gaza City, according to an Israeli media report on September 14. The IDF has positioned forces near...
Op-eds
IDF targets high-rise buildings as Gaza City offensive ramps up
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began a campaign of airstrikes against high-rise buildings in Gaza, destroying them in daylight raids. On September 8, the IDF said that it had struck a...
Op-eds
Israel enables increased humanitarian aid for Gaza
On July 26, the Israeli military announced that it would begin “a series of actions aimed at improving the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip.”
Op-eds
Israel Announces Humanitarian Pauses and Safe Aid Corridors to Support UN Aid Delivery in Gaza
Latest Developments Tactical Pauses, Secure Aid Routes, More Water: The IDF announced on July 27 that it would begin implementing daily pauses of military activity in three Gaza population centers...
Flash Briefs
Israel to Reduce Scope of Reserve Forces Across Several Fronts
Zamir Orders Reserve Reduction: IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir ordered a reduction in the number of reserve forces deployed to active combat zones in Gaza, Lebanon, the...
Flash Briefs
IDF Set to Enter Deir al-Balah for First Time in Gaza War
Evacuation Notices: The IDF issued warnings calling on Palestinians to evacuate the central-Gaza city of Deir al-Balah on July 20, indicating the start of what would be the first...
Flash Briefs
‘IDF Activity Will Soon Expand’: IDF Increases Intensity of Gaza Operations as New Hostage Deal Mooted
New Evacuation Orders After Rockets Fired at Israel: The IDF issued new evacuation orders on April 13 for parts of southern Gaza following the launch of three rockets from the area...
Flash Briefs
Israel takes over new area dubbed ‘Morag Corridor’ in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) advanced into a new area of Gaza as part of an operation that began in mid-March and is continuing to expand slowly.
Op-eds
‘Returning With Great Force’: IDF Orders Evacuation of Rafah, Continues Operations Throughout Gaza
Renewed Rafah Operation: The IDF issued an evacuation order for Palestinians in the southern city of Rafah and parts of neighboring Khan Younis on March 31. IDF Arabic language...
Flash Briefs
Can Hamas ever be defeated?
The questions about Gaza’s future are still unanswered
Op-eds
Removing Hamas from central Gaza is the key to removing its leverage
Despite IDF operating in Gaza for more than a year, Hamas believes it is winning the war with its control of central Gaza.
Op-eds
The IDF is in Jabalia again, but this time there is nowhere for Hamas to run
Washington should refrain from pressuring Jerusalem to cede the important strategic corridors in a ceasefire agreement.
Op-eds
Israel expands humanitarian area in Gaza, intercepts weapons smuggling
On November 10, Israeli troops inspecting a convoy of trucks moving between southern and northern Gaza uncovered a bag containing small-arms ammunition. The discovery highlights some of the IDF’s challenges...
Op-eds
What does it feel like to drive through Jabalya, northern Gaza, with the IDF?
Reporter's Notebook: Spending a day with the IDF in northern Gaza, into the heart of Jabalya.
Op-eds
What can we learn from a month of IDF fighting in Jabalya?
What does this month-long operation tell us about Hamas and the war in Gaza?
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: October 18, 2024
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Israel at War Situation Report
IDF pushes to weaken Hamas in north Gaza
Israeli forces are seeking to uncover Hamas’s terrorist infrastructure in Jabaliya in northern Gaza while also trying to cut off the group in other areas. The current challenges facing the Israel Defense...
Op-eds
Hamas has moved its command centers into Gazan schools
In the last two months of the war, the IDF has carried out strikes on almost twenty Hamas command and control centers located in schools.