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☆ Israel plans to use lasers to shoot down incoming missiles
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Dubbed the Iron Beam, the shield aims to use high-power lasers to counter an array of projectiles, including missiles, drones, rockets and mortars, Israel’s defense ministry said this week. “The initial capability of the ground-based laser system… is expected to enter operational service within one year,” he said. Israel first unveiled a prototype of the Iron Beam in 2021 and has since been working to get it up and running. From Social MediaIt is unclear if Iran has developed a laser defense system of its own. Experts say the Iron Beam could also act as a deterrent to further attacks by Iran or its proxies.

Persons: ” Eyal Zamir, ”, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu’s beachside, Yehoshua Kalisky, Rafael, Naftali Bennett, ” Sascha Bruchmann, Kalisky, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Hunter, Bruchmann, Israel “, ” Bruchmann Organizations: CNN, Rafael, Defense Systems, Elbit Systems, Israel’s, Institute for National Security Studies, Israel Defense Forces, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, ”, Institute for Strategic Studies, US Navy, Pentagon, New York Times, Hamas, Times . CNN Locations: Iran, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Caesarea, Lebanese, Tel Aviv, London, United Kingdom, China, Russia

☆ Opinion | Myth and Reality in Israel’s Hostage Negotiations
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Dahlia Scheindlin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Israelis were exhilarated when two hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7 were rescued this month in a daring raid by the Israeli military. It wasn’t just the thrill of seeing the hostages alive in their families’ arms. The rescue reminded many of Israel’s stunning hostage rescue in Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976, when more than 100 hostages from an airplane hijacked by militant Palestinians and Germans were freed. But the myth of invincibility Entebbe engendered was always flawed: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s own brother was killed in the raid. Today, there is no such military option for liberating hostages on a large scale, and the negotiation effort to release Israeli hostages from Hamas’s grip is not at all exhilarating.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, “ Organizations: Hamas, Israel’s Defense Ministry Locations: Gaza, Entebbe, Uganda, Israel

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, tunnel videos
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A doctor inside Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital has spoken to CNN about conditions inside the facility, accusing Israeli forces of pushing around staff and questioning them about Hamas. Israeli forces have been inside the hospital complex for days, looking to uncover what they say is a major Hamas underground base. Appealing for more international support, El Mokhallalati said Israeli forces had only made a single delivery of water and food to the hospital. Some context: Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, has become a flashpoint in Israel’s war in the besieged enclave. The Israeli military alleges the facility is being used by Hamas as a shield for its operations and raided the hospital last Wednesday.

Persons: Gaza’s, Dr, Ahmed El Mokhallalati, Helal, El Mokhallalati, ” Organizations: CNN, Maternity, Israel’s Defense Ministry, Hamas Locations: Gaza

☆ Israel Evacuates City Near Lebanon Border as It Hits Scores of Targets in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Margherita Stancati | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel ordered the evacuation of a city close to the Lebanese border, reflecting the Israeli military’s growing concern that a second front could open up to the north as it continues its bombing campaign in Gaza, including a strike on a church compound overnight. Israel’s Defense Ministry said residents of Kiryat Shmona, a city of some 22,000 people, will be moved to guesthouses provided by the state. The decision, announced Friday, comes as the security situation along the Lebanese-Israeli border deteriorates.

Persons: Israel Organizations: Israel’s Defense Ministry Locations: Lebanese, Gaza, Kiryat Shmona

☆ El Salvador investigative journalists sue spyware maker in U.S. federal court
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Journalists from an investigative news outlet in El Salvador sued NSO Group in United States federal court Wednesday after the Israeli firm’s powerful Pegasus spyware was detected on their iPhones. In January, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog, reported that dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with the spyware. Among them were journalists at the El Faro news site. NSO Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the lawsuit. Apple and WhatsApp have pending lawsuits against NSO Group in the same U.S. court in the Northern District of California.

☆ Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Seals Key Coalition Deal With Ultranationalist Ally
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu signed a deal on Thursday to give an ultranationalist religious party oversight over the construction of West Bank settlements, a move that brings him closer to forming what could be the country’s most right-wing and religious government in its history. A minister from the Religious Zionism party led by Bezalel Smotrich will be placed within Israel’s Defense Ministry and be responsible for settlements inside the occupied West Bank, according to Mr. Netanyahu’s Likud party. The party said the minister from Religious Zionism in charge of settlements would need to act in coordination and with the approval of Mr. Netanyahu.

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