Israel SitRep: February 10, 2025
Today’s Issue: | IDF Arabic-Language Spokesman Issues Instructions and Warnings for Gazans Following Army’s Withdrawal From Netzarim Corridor | Following Withdrawal From Netzarim Corridor, IDF Deploying...
Be'eri
Egypt Ceasefire Proposal For Gaza Emerges as IDF Recovers Slain Hostage
Egypt Offers Up Hostage Deal Proposal: Egypt is understood to have proposed a temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza that would see the potential release of “the largest number”...
Flash Briefs
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
IDF returns to northern Gaza’s Jabaliya neighborhood
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded operations in northern Gaza overnight between October 5 and October 6, sending tanks and infantry into Jabliya, a suburb of Gaza City. It is the third time the...
Op-eds
IDF officers take on new roles as Gaza in political focus
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Gaza Division, which is responsible for the border of Gaza and faced the onslaught of the October 7 attack, received a new commander on September 2. Brigadier General Barak...
Op-eds
Excerpt from ‘The October 7 War: Israel’s Battle for Security in Gaza’
This book was written to give the reader an account from the ground, weaving my own experiences with soldiers and Israeli civilians into the story.
Op-eds
Why Hamas Deserves Argentina’s Terrorism Designation
At 7:56 AM on October 7, 2023, Ronit Sultan, the daughter of Argentine immigrants, texted her daughter-in-law to “take care of yourself” as rockets from Gaza flew overhead...
Insights
Sderot and the Gaza border as the war drags on
Nine months after the October 7th attacks, Gaza border communities rebuild with resilience and remembrance.
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: July 12, 2024
Today’s Issue: Report on Be’eri Attacks: Army Failed to Protect Kibbutz, Bravery of Residents and Rapid Responders Commendable | IDF Raids Gaza City UNRWA Headquarters, Finds Weapons, Drone Parts,...
Israel at War Situation Report
IDF Details Failure to Defend Kibbutz Be’eri During October 7 Atrocities
Defenders of a kibbutz ravaged by Hamas in the October 7 attack were outnumbered by more than 13-to-1 but managed to hold the line, an Israeli military inquiry found. The report...
Flash Briefs
IDF releases its first probe into October 7 failures as the Shejaiya raid ends
The Israel Defense Forces IDF) released the first of what is expected to be numerous inquiries into specific battles and operational failures that took place during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023....
Op-eds
Return to Be’eri: What I learned from visits to Be’eri since Oct. 7
The disaster at Be’eri is a symbol of the state in general; It represents what will happen if the country continues down a path of arrogance and complacency.
Op-eds
American October 7 Victims File U.S. Lawsuit Against Iran, Syria and North Korea
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a U.S.-based Jewish civil rights organization, submitted a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, on July 1 targeting the regimes in Iran, Syria, and North Korea for enabling Hamas’s terrorist atrocities in Israel on October 7...
Flash Briefs
Israel’s long war
A “ceasefire deal” won’t end it
Op-eds
Israel Recovers Bodies of Three Kidnapped Hostages
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on May 17 that they recovered the bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas during its October 7 massacre. In a press statement, IDF spokesperson...
Flash Briefs
The Netzarim corridor has become a magnet for Hamas attacks
Even if the attacks don’t harm anyone and not all of them are reflected on the ground the way Hamas describes them, they symbolize the way Hamas wants to wage the next phase of its war.
Op-eds
Two More October 7 Victims Declared Dead
Two Israeli hostages seized by Hamas on October 7 have been declared dead. Dror Or, a 49-year-old chef and cheesemaker from Kibbutz Beeri whom the terrorist group captured along...
Flash Briefs
Despite the state of the Gaza Strip Hamas is certain that they are still winning the war
Hamas escalates attacks on Israel, aiming to pressure through low-level insurgency in Gaza. It targets IDF corridor, holds hostages to manipulate negotiations.
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: March 22, 2024
Today’s Issue: Shifa Hospital Raid: More Than 500 Arrested, including Senior Hamas and PIJ Officials | IDF Continues “Targeted Fighting” at Shifa Hospital, Operations Ongoing Elsewhere in Gaza |...
Israel at War Situation Report
Despite Deadly Stabbing, Hopeful Signs for Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel
Israeli soldier Uri Moyal’s visit to a café in southern Israel last Thursday ended up being his last. While Moyal waited in line, Fadi Abu Altayef, from the nearby Bedouin city of Rahat, fatally stabbed the...