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Israel Denies Seeking Permanent Palestinian Displacement

 Israel denied on Monday, December 4, any intention to forcibly displace Palestinian civilians permanently from their homes in Gaza, despite challenging conditions. Currently, 1.8 million people (75 percent of Gaza's population) have been displaced, with most seeking refuge in overcrowded and unsanitary shelters. Israel said Monday it was not ...

The Gaza War and Its Critical Strategic Imponderables 

The uncertainties surrounding the military and political evolutions of the Gaza war are unlikely to be dispelled very soon. The humanitarian truce is still navigating a contradictory and questionable course subjected to the pervasive state of insecurity, the sway of Iranian power politics, the Islamic radicalism of Palestinian extremists, the ...

Israel Moves Focus to Southern Gaza

After a week-long cease-fire ended on Friday, the Israeli army resumed airstrikes on Gaza and expanded their ground operations to the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, December 3, as Israel faced minor rocket launches from Gaza. Fighting between Israel and Hamas raged on Sunday for a third day since a week-long truce expired. Heavy ...

Playing Cards of 'Most-Wanted' Hamas Members

Inspired by the US' approach in Iraq, Israeli troops in Gaza receive 10,000 decks featuring 52 most-wanted Hamas members, Ynetnews informed. Simultaneously, American Christian volunteers distribute similar cards in southern Israel and Gaza, as reported by The Jerusalem Post.  10,000 decks have been distributed to Israeli troops in Gaza, ...

Israel's Airstrikes on Gaza Amid Calls for Civilian Protection

After a three-day truce ended, Israel launched more than 400 airstrikes in Gaza, resulting in at least 240 reported deaths. In response, Hamas and Islamic Jihad launched rocket barrages. The conflict has prompted international calls for civilian protection and the renewal of the expired truce. Israel carried out deadly airstrikes in Gaza on Sunday ...

Gaza War Resumes as Truce Negotiations Falter

After a week-long cease-fire in Gaza ended Friday, December 1, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza resumed, as rocket fire was also launched from both Gaza and Lebanon. A Mossad team that was in Qatar negotiating another truce was recalled to Israel Saturday following an impasse. Israel and Hamas fought on Saturday for a second day since a seven-day truce ...

Warnings from Netanyahu Delivered to Hezbollah

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made cautionary statements aimed at Hezbollah, on Saturday, December 2, warning them that Lebanon would be destroyed if they initiated a large-scale war against Israel. These warnings were reiterated before the recent ceasefire with Hamas. “We are acting in the north all the time against all efforts by ...

Israel Resumes Gaza Strikes After Truce Collapse

On December 2nd, Israel resumed airstrikes in Gaza for a second day after a truce with Hamas collapsed, disregarding international appeals for an extension. The Gaza Ministry of Health reported nearly 200 casualties since the truce ended, as Israel pulled negotiators back from Qatar after an 'impasse.' Israel carried out deadly bombardments in ...

From Fatah Land to Hamas Land!

According to information from a former official, both Egypt and Jordan have activated their devices to confront any transfer operation of the Gazans to either of the two countries under any shape or pretext. On the other hand, media close to the Axis of Resistance and the “Resistance” have leaked the existence of a plan to transfer the ...

Gaza Once Again Under Israeli Bombs

The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 56th day on Friday December 1, since the Palestinian Islamist movement launched a bloody attack on Israeli soil on 7 October from the Gaza Strip, where it seized power in 2007. According to Israel, 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in this attack, during which around 240 people were abducted ...

Three Journalists Killed by Israeli Strikes in Gaza

Three journalists were killed in Israeli raids on Friday December 1, a day after the last day of the truce between Israel and Hamas. This brings the number of journalists killed in the conflict up to 73. Gaza's Hamas-run government said three journalists were killed in Israeli raids on Friday as fierce fighting resumed after a week-long ...

Blinken Is Determined to Free the Hostages Held by Hamas

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington's commitment to freeing the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza on Friday December 1. Blinken was speaking after a meeting with several Arab political leaders on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai. The United States remains "intensely focused" on freeing hostages held in Gaza despite the ...