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.
Sderot
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...
Israel at War Situation Report
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...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: March 8, 2024
Today’s Issue: Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Islamic Jihad Operative in Friday West Bank Raid | After Rockets Fired From Gaza at Nahal Oz and Sderot, IDF Returns Fire, Launches Airstrikes | IDF Completes...
Israel at War Situation Report
Rocket fire by Hamas, Hezbollah targets Israel on two fronts
Israel faced increased rocket fire and an anti-tank missile attack on March 4, illustrating that both Hamas and Hezbollah are seeking to escalate tensions. The attacks came as hostage and prisoner exchange...
Op-eds
Evacuated Israelis Begin Returning to Homes Near Gaza
The entire community of roughly 500 evacuees from the Gaza envelope village of Shlomit returned home on February 28, The Times of Israel reported. The religious Zionist village is...
Flash Briefs
Evacuated Israelis May Return to Homes Near Gaza
The Israeli government authorized residents of evacuated Israeli communities on the Gaza Strip to return to their homes. The February 22 advisory reflects the success of the Gaza offensive in degrading the rocket and armed incursion capabilities of Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups.
Flash Briefs
Deceptive normalcy: A border town with a front-row seat to the Gaza carnage
Netanyahu insists Rafah fight will proceed as international pressure mounts
Op-eds
Trailblazers: IDF’s engineers transform the North
In a special project, engineers build new roads to ensure safe passages for soldiers and civilians in northern Israel, as Hezbollah continues to rain down rockets and missiles.
Op-eds
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.
Op-eds
As Israel’s southern Sderot evacuees return, questions remain over Gaza border future
Sderot can be a great place to live as long as the Hamas terror entity is defeated next door, says resident Ivri Adanani, who evacuated and returned with his family.
Op-eds
Ten Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza Fighting
Ten Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting in northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on December 13. The soldiers were clearing an area in Shujaiya, a dense urban...
Flash Briefs
Israel uncovers more weapons and terrorist infrastructure in Gaza
The IDF said that the Israeli air force “struck a number of launch posts used to fire rockets at Israelis across the country from inside the Gaza Strip. IDF troops in Jabalya identified a post launching...
Op-eds
The city of Sderot on the eve of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire
I went down to Sderot on the eve of the ceasefire to conduct interviews with an IDF unit.
Op-eds
On eve of ceasefire, fighting continues on several fronts
Smoke billowed from the northern Gaza strip as fighting persisted Wednesday ahead of a ceasefire deal expected on November 23. The dark black smoke which came out of a neighborhood in Gaza City was bookended...
Op-eds
Three Weeks of Ground War in Gaza
On Saturday, November 18, Israel’s war in Gaza reached its 43rd day and the ground offensive in Gaza has now reached its three-week mark. This war, Israel’s leaders say, is going to be long....
Op-eds
Israel enters new phase of war with Gaza City now encircled
The Israel Defense Forces succeeded in encircling Gaza City in the first week of the ground offensive and have now begun to spread out and settle into their operational areas. ...
Op-eds
The Ground War in Gaza Begins
The week of fighting on the ground that began on Saturday, October 27 was tough. There were Israeli military casualties and Gazan civilian casualties. The worst incident for Israel came when a Namer...
Op-eds
As battle in Gaza grows, Israel faces multi-front threats
Israel is concentrating on the battle against Hamas in Gaza, Israel’s IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday evening, while Iranian-backed groups in Lebanon and Yemen continue to...
Op-eds
Israel presses its offensive into Gaza
Israel expanded ground operations in Gaza on Monday, October 30. Israeli forces carried out 600 strikes on targets in the last several days, according to a statement from the IDF. With tanks, combat engineers...