Israel has taken a big risk with its Hamas assassination in Lebanon
Israel today killed top Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, in the most significant assassination since the war against Hamas started almost…
Israel’s supreme court verdict spells trouble for Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s supreme court has overturned a law passed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government last year that would have limited the power…
Inside the Hamas split over its war with Israel
Hamas leaders based in Qatar have been holding talks with Palestinian officials from Fatah, the political organisation that dominates the…
Why Hamas isn’t willing to strike a deal with Israel
Hamas’s chairman, Ismail Haniyeh, is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials about a new temporary ceasefire deal with Israel.…
How much longer can Netanyahu resist a hostage deal?
Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv following the killing of three young Israeli hostages by the Israeli Defence Forces…
Netanyahu has finally realised Russia is no friend of Israel
When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a 50-minute phone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin last weekend, it was…
The IDF’s death toll is rising
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have suffered their deadliest day since the 7 October massacre. Nine soldiers were killed, including…
Israel should think twice before assassinating Hamas’s leaders
Israel knows that airstrikes alone cannot help it to win its war against Hamas. To handicap its enemy, the Israel…
How Hamas’s ceasefire gamble backfired
Hamas’s refusal to negotiate the return of the remaining women still in captivity and an early morning missile attack on…
Hamas has made a mockery of the ceasefire deal
Early this morning, Hamas fired the first shot that signalled the end of its ceasefire deal with Israel, roughly an…
Can Israel’s ceasefire in Gaza hold?
Originally meant to expire on Monday, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been extended by at least two days.…
Why Hamas has agreed to a ceasefire deal
Following days of speculation, the Israeli cabinet last night approved a deal with Hamas for the release of 50 Israeli…
What’s the truth about Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital?
Last week’s military operation in Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital was mired in controversy. According to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), the…
How will Israel deal with the threat of Hezbollah?
From the very beginning, the war between Israel and Hamas has not been confined to just one front. The Iran-backed,…
Al-Shifa won’t be the last hospital Israel raids in Gaza
Late on Tuesday night, about a week after the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) encircled Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, Israeli forces entered…
After Hamas, who will control Gaza?
Who will rule Gaza once the war is over? Israel, so far, hasn’t provided an answer. The country’s prime minister…
‘Humanitarian pauses’ will help Israel defeat Hamas in Gaza
As the IDF continues to close in on Hamas in the heart of Gaza, the US announced that Israel will…
Israel is in a race against time to defeat Hamas
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) declared last night that Gaza has been encircled and divided into two separate parts: north…
What Palestinian ‘solidarity’ marchers in the West don’t understand about Hamas
The atrocities committed by Hamas on 7 October have been revealed in their terrible savagery. There are accounts of dead…
Netanyahu is looking weak
If the Israeli public had expected Benjamin Netanyahu to take responsibility for failing to foresee Hamas’s attack on 7 October,…
Netanyahu has good reasons to delay the ground invasion of Gaza
Israel has called in more than 300,000 reservists in the 17 days since Hamas’s monstrous attack on 7 October. Many…
The Gaza hospital strike changes everything
The explosion that killed hundreds in the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza has created a critical moment that may change the…
Netanyahu’s greatest failure
Over the weekend, the IDF confirmed that it killed the Hamas terrorist who commanded the attack on Israel a week…
Israel is a country of lions led by donkeys
Israelis were turning against the country’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu even before Hamas’s invasion. Over the last six months, tens…
An invasion of Gaza is hugely risky for Israel
In a sign that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) is planning to ramp up the war in Gaza, Israel has…
