Kfar Aza

March 21, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

Countering the Oct. 7 deniers

A new report on Hamas’s atrocities offers an impressive counterweight for undecided readers who will encounter the deniers as they seek the truth.

March 18, 2025 | |

UK Parliament Presented With Harrowing Report on Hamas’s October 7 Atrocities

Hamas’s Primary Goal Was to Slaughter Israelis: A new 318-page report presented to the British Parliament on March 18 outlined Hamas’s extensive atrocities in Israel on October...

December 11, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: December 11, 2024

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November 4, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: November 4, 2024

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October 25, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF Golani Brigade: Fighting terrorism from Gaza to Lebanon

The Golani are moving forward and dismantling Hezbollah as they dismantled Hamas in parts of northern Gaza.

October 7, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

At the Nova Festival massacre site a year later

One year after the massacre, we find ourselves only a few miles from Gaza, where over 100 hostages are still being held captive.

July 11, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

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.

June 10, 2024 | |

Citing Threat to State Security, Israel Extends Ban on Qatar-Owned Al Jazeera for 45 Days

The Israeli government on June 9 extended its temporary ban on Al Jazeera, citing the Qatari-owned network’s ongoing threat to Israel’s national security. Israeli Communications...

May 22, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Uprooting Hamas: How the IDF is dislodging Hamas from Jabalya

How the IDF's 98th Division faces the challenges of clearing terrorists from this key north Gaza neighborhood, and what it has learned from seven months of war.

April 7, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The Gaza border, six months after Oct. 7

The sound of artillery can be heard in the distance. By this late point in the day, the military had already announced that it was rotating forces out of Gaza.

April 5, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: April 5, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Publishes Findings on Deaths of World Central Kitchen Aid Workers | IDF Continues Khan Younis Operations, IAF Strikes More Than 30 Gaza Targets | In Overnight West Bank Raids, Troops...

April 4, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel faces renewed rocket threat from Gaza

On April 4, sirens sounded in numerous Israeli communities near Gaza. These included sirens in the large Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Netivot. This appears to be the first large barrage of rockets fired...

March 27, 2024 | |

Former Israeli Hostage Recounts Sexual Assault, Torture in Captivity

A former Israeli hostage said Hamas terrorists sexually assaulted her in captivity in an eight-hour interview published on March 26. Amit Soussana, a 40-year-old lawyer from kibbutz...

March 22, 2024 | |

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 |...

March 21, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Looking into Kfar Aza, five months after the October 7 massacre

This kibbutz has been on the frontline in other wars. However, nothing like October 7 ever happened before.

February 8, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Meet the Israeli tank unit that led the way into Gaza

Tank gunner Dar Cohen recalls how his company of tanks drove to fight terrorists on the Gaza border on October 7 and 8 and then prepared to lead the charge into Gaza.

October 29, 2023 | Haisam Hassanein |

I’m an Egyptian American who studied in Israel: We can’t let Hamas kill peace along with the peacemakers

In the long litany of death notices that fill my Facebook feed — the friends and family of Israelis I met years ago as the lone Egyptian American studying at Tel Aviv University — one entry popped...

October 28, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The road to the ground war in Gaza – analysis

Israel postponed ground operations the first and second week of the war.

October 27, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

‘I took my gun and drove toward Gaza’: One soldier remembers Oct 7

Givati company commander recalls how he was staying in northern Israel when he heard about the attack and drove south.

October 24, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

A Second Week of War: Israel’s Ground Forces Wait on Two Fronts

The second week of the war between Hamas and Israel began on October 15 with expectations for a ground incursion into Gaza, and ended on October 22 with Israeli forces on the border of Gaza and the border...