Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against compulsory military service.
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Haredi Jews have been exempt from military service for all of Israel’s history, so this ruling will be deeply divisive. An Israel scholar explains.
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The IDF says Hamas is an idea that is rooted in the hearts of Palestinians and trying to eradicate it is impossible.
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Unlike Hamas, Hezbollah is a large, well-equipped army with the capability to badly hurt Israel.
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All indications are that Hamas is surviving the Israeli onslaught more successfully than previously anticipated.
Palestinian civilians are evacuating Rafah as Israeli troops prepare to launch their long-awaited assault on the city.
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The US is redoubling its efforts to complete construction of an aid pier off the coast of Gaza, but with road crossings closed, this will not be enough.
The damage done: the aftermath of an airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, November 2023.
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AI is enabling a huge number of decisions about who to target. They are not always the right ones.
Computer-assisted warfare: an Israeli patrol in the Gaza Strip, March 2024.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
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Former Australian Defence Force Chief Mark Binskin has a wide remit, but it’s unclear how he’ll obtain the information needed for his investigation.
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The UK government has received advice that Israel is breaking international law in its assault on Gaza, so has an obligation to stop supplying it with arms.
Israeli police scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews as they block a main road in Jerusalem during an October 2017 protest against Israeli army conscription.
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The Israel-Hamas war has fueled tensions around military exemptions, but the issue has long roiled Israeli politics.
Palestinian women react after their home was hit by an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 8, 2024. In Gaza and elsewhere, an effective feminist foreign aid policy needs political action to address root causes of poverty, violence and sexual and reproductive harm.
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Canada’s tepid response to the war in Gaza and the severe harm caused to Palestinian women casts doubt on the sincerity of the government’s Feminist International Assistance Policy.
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History tells us that the White House and the Pentagon have been able to wield a degree of influence over Israel’s decision-making.
Israeli artillery fires toward Gaza.
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Israel and Hamas are running through countless weapons in the ongoing war − but where are those weapons coming from?
Israeli reservists take a moment to rest in southern Israel on Nov. 13, 2023.
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Israel’s decision to mobilize hundreds of thousands of reserve soldiers was not just an act of self-defense, a scholar writes, but a political move as well.
Many Israelis blame their government for intelligence failures before October 7.
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Israelis are still reeling after October 7 and many feel that the international community has turned against them.
Palestinians flee to southern Gaza as Israeli tanks block the Salah al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip on Nov. 24, 2023.
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Urban warfare and the extensive tunnel network in Gaza benefit Hamas and pose a major challenge to the Israeli military.
This month, an image of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier raising the rainbow flag in Gaza went viral. But the photo obscures nuance, context and history.
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This month, an image of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier raising the rainbow flag in Gaza went viral. But the photo obscures nuance, context and history.
A Hamas fighter steps out of a tunnel during a 2014 public demonstration of the group’s military abilities.
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Tunnel warfare tends to lessen any advantages a stronger, more advanced attacker might otherwise expect – and to favor the defenders hidden underground.
Both Palestinian children in Gaza, as shown on left, and Israeli children, as seen on the right, have been hurt, killed and kidnapped in the Israel-Hamas war.
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For Jewish people, Hamas’ violence against children was reminiscent of the Holocaust. For Palestinians, The Israel Defense Force’s killing their children reminds them of a painful past, too.
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Here are six possible options for what a post-war Gaza might look like – and why none will seemingly work.