Hamas is reported to have made a new offer. They are dropping their demand for an immediate and complete cease-fire. As a result, fighting in Gaza would result in a parallel halt by Hezbollah because they don’t want to expand the war (if they really didn’t want a larger war, why did they start shooting … More Gaza War 5 Jul
Hamas has made an attempt to reuse the fake news “starvation” claim. This time they say the problem exists only in the northern Gaza strip which is under Israeli control. It is still just as untrue as it was before. An interesting side note to this is that there over 1000 trucks of aid that … More Gaza War 4 Jul
The attempts to avoid a war between Israel and Hezbollah continue to make news. The interesting thing is that all the statements call upon the other side to simply surrender, Take yesterday’s quotation from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Israel won’t stop until all objectives are achieved. That means release of all hostages, removal of Hamas … More Gaza War 3 Jul
There isn’t much fighting in Gaza. The IDF has withdrawn most of the combat troops and Hamas is avoiding confrontation, The people Hamas is taking on now are Gaza residents. Hamas seems to be looking at ;the day after’, and is simply killing any people, or families, that might be a problem when they try … More Gaza War 27 Jun
Israel may bear some of the responsibility for the way the media is dominated by Hamas reports. Netanyahu may be a good politician, but he doesn’t know how to handle the media, and he has done much to ensure that the Israeli government doesn’t have anyone else that can. The public relations aspects of the … More Gaza War 24 Jun
IAF air attacks killed 2 senior Hamas leaders. Ra’ad Saad, the Hamas chief of operations (#4 in the hierarchy of the military wing at the time) was a major loss for Hamas. He had been responsible for trying to rebuild the shattered military organization. The second death was the Hamas in Lebanon senior official Ayman … More Gaza War 23 Jun
Last night Hezbollah resumed launching rocket into Israel. The (Muslim) holiday break lasted for only 2 of the 3 day Eid Al-Adha festival. The IDF also refrained from most attacks in Lebanon. Israeli observers noted that Hezbollah did not stop shooting on Jewish holidays. Hezbollah is setting the tone. More important was the publication of … More Gaza War 19 Jun
The UN added the IDF, Hamas and Hezbollah to a blacklist of countries that harm children. The blanket condemnation of all three is a very biased action. I doubt that anyone would object to characterizing the Islamic terror organizations in that way, but including Israel goes completely against the evidence that the IDF goes well … More Gaza War 14 Jun
It was probably not a surprise to hear that Hamas had rejected the US sponsored UN peace plan. They didn’t really reject it. They just came back with a series of changes that made the entire plan almost identical to the Hamas maximum demands. Meanwhile, according to the New York Times, Yihyah Sinwar has ordered … More Gaza War 13 Jun
The UN Security Council finally passed a resolution to end the Gaza War. The vote was 14 in favor with Russia abstaining. The resolution was introduced by the US. They claimed it was a copy of an Israeli proposal. That’s only partially true. The US made some modifications that can result in problems. The deal … More Gaza War 11 Jun
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