The IDF released the first report of an inquiry into the events at the start of the war. This one deals with events at Kibbutz Be’eri on 7 October. There will be many more such inquiry reports from the IDF. So far, there is not a national inquiry panel. The political leaders seem averse to … More Gaza War 12 Jul
The IDF is wrapping up the operations in the Shejaia neighborhood of Gaza. This particular move resulted in the discovery (and destruction) of 8 tunnels that had not been found before. Hamas seems to have housed the entire military wing, including arms production, underground. The equipment brought out by the IDF included lap-top computers as … More Gaza War 11 Jul
The junior partner of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, moved forces into UNRWA headquarters in Gaza. The IDF had previously cleansed the structure and confiscated weapons and documents while killing terrorists inside. The UN asked for the headquarters to be returned and Israel gave it back. But then the PIJ came back and turned it … More Gaza War 10 Jul
There are some conflicting reports coming from the Gaza strip. On one hand, the IDF is still patrolling and discovering additional tunnels, arms caches, and similar items, while killing Hamas terrorists. Some of the tunnels are new. Hamas is still constantly searching for new recruits. Young Palestinians are given minimal training in weapons and explosives … More Gaza War 9 Jul
Israel has sent a delegation to Qatar for talks between the mediators. The next step is to meet with Hamas representatives, In some quarters there is a little bit of optimism because there is a feeling that Hamas is beginning to recognize that they have, de facto, already lost the war. This has nothing to … More Gaza War 7 Jul
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
All the major decision makers in the war are now in standby mode. None of them seems ready to make any important decision on the conduct of the war (or negotiations) right now. Sinwar is waiting for an American decision to guarantee his survival (and for keeping Hamas in control in Gaza). Biden is trying … More Gaza War 1 Jul
The media rhetoric wars are still going strong. I think that a lot of the threats we see are based on the idea that the people making them are fairly confident that they won’t have to actually follow through on them. Of course, this kind of brinkmanship includes a big risk. The target of the … More Gaza War 30 Jun
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