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The 'O' word: The risks and dangers of an Israeli occupation of Gaza - analysis

“We are finally going to occupy the Gaza Strip. We will stop being afraid of the word occupation,’” Smotrich declared.

 Palestinian houses stand badly damaged during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2024.
 An illustrative image of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Israeli Jews near a sign for an IDF recruiting office.

'We’ve crossed a red line': Haredi factions warn of government collapse

 The Bibas family donning their iconic Batman pajama sets.

Yarden Bibas honors wife, children murdered by Hamas in heartbreaking memorial

 An Israeli tank manoeuvres on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza

IDF delivers swift blow: 80 Gaza targets destroyed in 10 minutes


Night unfolds as slain hostages transferred to IDF custody from Gaza

This handover marks the completion of the phase one list of abductees slated for return.

 Red Cross vehicles en route to receive the bodies of four slain hostages.

Bibas family speaks out for first time since identification of Kfir and Ariel Bibas

"None of this was deserved. We will miss you forever. We will not give up on Mom, Shiri," Ofri Bibas, Yarden's sister stated.

 Israelis pay respect at a memorial set for the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz, in Tel Aviv, February 22, 2025

Yarden Bibas released from Hamas captivity as wife, children remain in Gaza

Footage made public in April also shows that Yarden Bibas was alive when abducted, although bloodied from the terrorists’ attacks. 

 Released Israeli hostage, Yarden Bibas, who was seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, looks out the window as he travels to a hospital in a helicopter, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on February 1, 2025.

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes over Gaza displacements

Human Rights Watch said the displacement of Palestinians "is likely planned to be permanent in the buffer zones and security corridors," an action it said would amount to "ethnic cleansing."

 DISPLACED PALESTINIANS who fled Rafah, after the IDF began evacuating civilians, travel on a vehicle in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip in May. While relocations are unfortunate, they have been distorted by Hamas, which frames Israel’s actions as brutal, the writer argues.

Gaza border residents one year later: 52% unsatisfied with gov't, 70% unsure about returning

However, trust in local leadership was high, with 95% expressing that they trust the leadership of their towns.

 RUBBLE IN Kibbutz Kfar Aza following the October 7 attack: The terrorists hoped to spark a wider insurrection, and just as in extreme cults, they were instructed to fight to the death, say the writers.

Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin share their grief in heartfelt interview

His parents said that they were happy that so many people felt they had gotten to know Hersh.

 Friends and family attend the funeral of  slain hostage Hersch Goldberg Polin at Har haMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem. Goldberg-Polin was killed in Hamas captiviy in the Gaza Strip, September 2, 2024.

Grapevine January 7th, 2024: First-hand information of living nightmare

Their accounts detailed over 10 hours of a life-threatening race: escaping by car and foot, seeking improvised shelter, and ducking from gunfire.

 WUJS students with Supernova music festival survivors

Israel continues to shape the battlefield in Gaza - analysis

On the eighteenth day of the war Israel struggles with the waiting phrase before an expected ground incursion; dealing with humanitarian issues and continued strikes 

 Palestinians inspect the site of Israeli strikes on a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2023

Hamas hostage is peace activist who helped sick Gazans, grandson says

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, and her husband, whom Hamas did not release, took Palestinians from the Erez border crossing to Israeli hospitals every week her grandson says

 Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, at the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv after her release from captivity at the hands of Hamas in Gaza, October 24 2023.

US death toll in Israel now at 22, with increase expected as identities are confirmed

John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, February 17, 2023.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas MIA as Hamas wages war against Israel

As Hamas launches attacks on Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas keeps a low profile, leading to speculations about his political motives.

Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023.