Israeli soldiers ride on a transport vehicle near Re'im, Israel, on Oct. 10, 2023.
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A special forces officer explains why an overreliance on intelligence is a recipe for disaster.
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The group was founded in 1987 and since seizing control of Gaza in 2007 have clashed with Israeli government frequently.
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Legitimacy is an essential part of comprehending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its intractable nature.
Israeli soldiers move past a military medical vehicle on Oct. 10, 2023, at Kfar Aza, a kibbutz where Hamas militants killed Israelis days before.
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Israel’s intelligence capacities are considered some of the best in the world – but unlike the US, it does not have a central organization coordinating all intelligence.
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To understand what is currently happening in Israel and Palestine, it is essential to understand the characteristics and motivations of a terrorist organisation like Hamas.
Palestinian children walk through the rubble of a school run by the United Nations shortly after an Israeli offensive on the night of 8 to 9 October 2023.
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Deprived of viable political alternatives, Gaza residents have increasingly looked to violence as their only salvation from an open air prison.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2023.
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Is the much-heralded Israel-Saudi peace deal now dead? And how is Iran likely to respond? An expert in Middle Eastern politics explains
With Patrick McHenry leading the House as speaker pro tempore, spending and legislative options appear limited.
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A major crisis abroad may exacerbate internal divisions within one of the US’s major political parties.
Pictures are put together on a pavement beside candles during the ‘Jewish Community Vigil’ for Israel in London on Oct. 9, 2023.
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An estimated 150 hostages were taken by Hamas in Israel and brought back to Gaza. The government of Israel faces tough choices in dealing with the crisis.
A window pierced by bullets is seen from inside a house in kibbutz Kfar Azza on Oct. 10, 2023. Hamas militants overran Kfar Azza on Saturday, where many Israelis were killed and taken captive.
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The Israeli hostages in Gaza are living a nightmare. They’re likely to remain displaced, under duress and will be the human shields of this war.
The aftermath of an Israeli retaliatory bombing of Gaza following surprise deadly attacks by Hamas.
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Support for the Palestinian cause has remained a steadfast element of South African foreign policy since the ANC came into power in 1994.
Rockets fired from Gaza are intercepted by the Israeli defence system Iron Dome in the early hours of 8 October 2023.
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Rarely has been the prospect of peace between Israelis and Palestinians seem so remote.
Israel strikes back: the aftermath of an airstrike on a residential apartment block in Gaza.
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The incursion into Israel was textbook terrorism and the response appears to be exactly as Hamas and its backers will have hoped.
A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel.
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What we published across the network in the days after war reignited in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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Hamas named its action ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’, which emphasises what it sees as Israeli acts of desecration of a holy Islamic site in Jerusalem.
The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak on Oct. 7.
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The bloody ground attacks by Hamas in Israel caused the biggest shock. But the unprecedented scale of rocketry and successful use of armed drones contributed to the surprise.
The 1973 Yom Kippur War proved a watershed moment in Middle East conflict and Israel’s politics.
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Failings leading up to the Arab-Israeli War of 50 years ago cost the then Israeli prime minister their job. Could history repeat?
Israelis inspect the rubble of a building in Tel Aviv on Oct. 8, 2023, a day after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip.
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The Palestinian fighters who launched deadly attacks into Israel on Oct. 7 are not Iranian puppets – but they are doing the work Iran wants done.
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Israelis will consider it critically important to reclaim their country’s military deterrence capabilities against Hamas, which may necessitate a military takeover of Gaza.
Trouble ahead: Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, faces problems on all fronts.