The conflict threatens wider consequences such as the cooling of the Israeli-Saudi dialogue, new tensions between the West and Iran, and accusations of double standards leveled at Israel’s supporters
According to several intelligence services, Iran — whose shadow looms over the attack on Israel — has provided money, weapons and military training to the fundamentalist militia since the 1990s
Islamic movement says it will begin executing Israeli civilian hostages for every new unannounced Israeli airstrike
The EU’s most populous member, Germany, and its neighbor Austria, also said they were suspending development aid for Palestinian territories
Republicans have accused the Biden administration of indirectly financing the Hamas offensive through the unfreezing of funds to Iran in prisoner swap deal
The Hamas attack goes beyond the long standoff between Israelis and Palestinians
Analysts believe the success of the surprise operation by the Gaza militias lies in Israel’s overconfidence and the lack of intelligence information and preparation in the middle of the Jewish holiday
The high death toll, multiple captives and slow response to the onslaught pointed to a major intelligence failure and undermined the long-held perception that Israel has eyes and ears everywhere
The Israeli Army has still not regained control of the entire territory and continues to fight against Palestinian militia members who infiltrated the country
Gaza militia members are demanding the release of all Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the return of the captives. In the past, the Jewish state has paid a high price in swaps for soldiers, living or dead
The Islamic militia launches a surprise attack on Israel during a Jewish holiday 50 years after the Yom Kippur War. The violent offensive ends a decade of relative calm in Gaza, during which the Islamist movement appeared to pivot to realpolitik
The deadly Palestinian coordinated action comes amid rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, anathema to the Islamist movement that rules Gaza
Palestinian forces launch over 2,200 rockets and deploy armed militias into Israel. The Israeli army responds by bombing Gaza
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented infiltration Saturday into southern Israel, sending fighters across the border and firing thousands of rockets into the country
The rising tensions along Israel’s front with Gaza came as fighting in the occupied West Bank surged to levels unseen in two decades
The former chief of justice returns to the public arena to accuse the executive of trying to ‘control the entire judicial system to promote an ideology that is against equal rights’
The U.S. historian of Palestinian descent, who is an expert on the Middle East, believes the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have lost ‘credibility’ in the occupied territories and are no longer ‘engaged’ in the resistance movement
The tenuous cease-fire appeared to take effect just after 10 p.m., with a last-minute burst of rocket fire and Israeli airstrikes stretching several minutes past the deadline announced by Egypt
Palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Wednesday, while Israel has pressed with a series of airstrikes which have already killed 21 Palestinians
Although the Israeli military was quick to emphasize that its warplanes struck sites belonging to only Palestinian militant groups, the barrage risks drawing in Israel’s bitter foe Hezbollah
