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☆ Federal appeals court allows prediction market Kalshi to offer US election betting
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, on Wednesday allowed a prediction market to offer election betting, denying a government watchdog’s request to halt a ruling that made way for legal political gambling in the United States. It is unclear whether the New York-based startup will launch more election markets. “US presidential election markets are legal. Because the sources of information that election markets absorb can be “opaque and unreliable,” like polls with undisclosed methodologies or fake news reports, Schwartz suggested that they can be uniquely susceptible to manipulation. While the legal dispute with Kalshi plays out, the CFTC has also embarked on a broader clampdown on events-based betting.

Persons: ” “, Patricia Millett, ”, ” Kalshi, Jia Cobb, Tarek Mansour, X, Stephen Hall, ‘ deepfakes, Kalshi, “, Rob Schwartz, Schwartz, Yaakov Roth, ” Roth, Rostin Behnam Organizations: CNN, Senate, Futures Trading Commission, DC, Appeals, US, DC Circuit, Kalshi, CFTC, Better Locations: Washington ,, United States, New York, Washington, “

☆ Hostage taken from music festival during Hamas attack returns to the dance floor to celebrate life
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Noa Argamani, the freed Israeli hostage who was kidnapped from a music festival during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack and held in Gaza until June, celebrated her freedom this week by returning to the dance floor. She addressed whether a celebration was suitable when dozens of hostages remain in Gaza following the Oct. 7 attack that sparked war between Israel and Hamas militants. The party was titled "Return to Life" and featured a large graphic image of Or with the words, "We will dance again." More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its offensive in the enclave following Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attacks, local officials say. Some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others taken hostage in the Hamas assault, according to Israeli officials, marking a major escalation in a decadeslong conflict.

Persons: Noa Argamani, Yaakov, there's, Avinatan, Argamani, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden’s, Brett McGurk, “, ” Organizations: Nova, Israeli Locations: Gaza, Israel, Cairo, Tokyo

☆ Benjamin Netanyahu Congress: Families of hostages held in Gaza slam Israeli PM for leaving ceasefire deal out of speech
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Families of hostages held captive in Gaza condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United States Congress, as pressure grows on the Israeli prime minister to agree to a deal to secure their release. Rather than mentioning a deal, a bellicose Netanyahu told Congress: “The war in Gaza could end tomorrow if Hamas surrenders, disarms and returns all the hostages. Families of Israeli hostages demonstrate ahead of Netanyahu's address to Congress, at the National Mall in Washington, DC, July 23, 2024. An hour of talking without saying the one sentence: ‘There will be a kidnapping deal.’”But Netanyahu’s speech was lauded by members of his government. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesDemocratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the lone Palestinian-American congresswoman, held up a black-and-white sign during Netanyahu’s speech.

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☆ Newly discovered 3,300-year-old shipwreck ‘changes the understanding’ of sailing in ancient world
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 3,300-year-old ship has been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, making it one of the oldest shipwrecks ever discovered and rewriting our understanding of sailing in the ancient world, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. The vessel is estimated to be from the 13th or 14th century BCE, the authority said in a statement. Emil Eljam/Israel Antiquities AuthorityDuring the survey, an “unusual sight of what seemed to be a large cluster of urns” was discovered, Bahartan said. “This is the first and earliest shipwreck discovered to date in the deep sea in the eastern Mediterranean,” he said. “The ship that has just been discovered changes the understanding of sailing in the ancient world,” Sharvit said.

Persons: Karnit Bahartan, Emil Eljam, Bahartan, Energean, Jay, Jeanie, Yaakov Sharvit, ”, Sharvit, ” Sharvit Organizations: CNN, Israel Antiquities Authority, Authority, Campus, Maritime Archeology Unit Locations: London, Israel, Jerusalem

☆ Opinion: The rescue of Israeli hostages is unquestioned good. The loss of Palestinian life should be unquestioned tragedy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The rescue was complex and, as is often the case, did not go all that smoothly. The numbers are unclear – the Gazan Health Ministry, which is controlled by Hamas, says 274 Palestinians were killed; the Israeli military said it was fewer than 100. In the past several months, Israel has refused ceasefire agreements that would have released many hostages, to the great outrage of the hostages’ families. They, too, are not simply “casualties” or “civilians” or “collateral damage,” but people whose safety and futures have been snatched away. Brutal wars like the one between Israel and Hamas can test our humanity.

Persons: Jill Filipovic, it’s, Khalil Al Tirawi, Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, Yahya Sinwar, evince, they’ve, It’s, Israel, Meir, Kan, Orit, Liat Ariel, Ziv’s, ”, Liora, “, ” Argamani, Noa, Yaakov, Argamani’s, Avinatan, we’ll Organizations: Twitter, CNN, Nova, Gazan Health Ministry, Israel, Kan News, Jerusalem Post, Al Locations: New York, Israel, Jerusalem, Gaza, Russia, Jazeera, of Israel

Noa Argamani, a rescued hostage embraces her father, Yaakov Argamani, in Ramat Gan, Israel, in this handout image dated June 8. Israeli Army/ReutersNoa Argamani, one of the four Israeli hostages freed during Israel's Nuseirat operation on Saturday, has been reunited with her terminally ill mother. However, Argamani's father, Yaakov, said the reunion was "difficult." "This was not how I imagined the meeting would go," Yaakov said, sobbing while speaking to Galatz radio on Sunday. Despite the difficult reunion, her father said he was still grateful they met, fulfilling her mother’s wish.

Persons: Noa Argamani, Yaakov Argamani, Reuters Noa Argamani, Liora, Argamani's, Yaakov, Noa Organizations: Israeli Army, Reuters Locations: Ramat Gan, Israel

☆ Israel rescues four hostages in operation Gazan officials say killed more than 200
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | Benjamin Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —The Israeli military rescued four hostages in a special operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, that Gazan authorities said killed 236 people and injured more than 400 others. An Israeli policeman from a special counter-terrorism unit was killed in Saturday’s rescue operation, according to Israeli police. At least 236 people have been killed as a result of the rescue operation and more than 400 injured, hospital officials in Gaza said Saturday. The killed and wounded were taken to two hospitals in Gaza, Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah. An Israeli military spokesperson put the number of casualties from the operation at “under 100,” and had no information on how many of those were civilians.

Persons: Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, ’, Dr Marwan Abu Nasser, Balah, Daniel Hagari, Argamani, Hagari, ” Hagari, Nidal Abdo, ”, Abu Abdallah, “, Ismail Haniyeh, ” Abu Obaida, Al, Ori Megidish, Fernando Marman, Louis Har, Isaac Herzog, Avinatan, Liora Argamani, Noa, Joe Biden, Argamani’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, – Almog Meir Jan, Yehuda, – Shlomi Ziv, Ziv, Miren, – Andrey Kozlov, ” Orit Meir, ” Meir, Jennifer Master, ” Yaakov Argamani, ” Rozi Ziv Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Nova, HaShomer Medical Center, Awda, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Aqsa, Palestinian, Hamas, IDF, Brigades, Presidential Press, Reuters, Ichilov, Israeli Locations: Gaza, Nuseirat, ’ Tel, Al, Aqsa, Deir Al, Deir al, Israeli, “, Israel, Rafah, Chinese, Tel Aviv, Russian

☆ Restraint or retribution? Israel faces dilemma in its response to Iran’s attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | Jeremy Diamond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Israel must balance international pressure to show restraint on the one hand, while searching for an appropriate response to an unprecedented attack. Western and Arab allies of Israel have been discouraging it from responding to Iran’s attack. Benny Gantz, a key member of the war cabinet, has pushed for a swifter response to Iran’s attack, two Israeli officials told CNN. He believes that the longer Israel delays its response to Iran’s attack, the harder it will be to garner international support for it, the sources said. Risking Arab tiesArab states, including those that are friendly with Israel, have expressed concern about a potential escalation from Iran’s attack, but haven’t outright condemned it.

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☆ Khan Younis: Inside the underground compound where Israel says hostages were held
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Khan Younis CNN —The stale, damp air inside the tunnel smells of sewage. Inside this maze of tunnels under Khan Younis, there is a narrow room with an arched ceiling, divided in half by a barred metal gate. Any hostages held here would have had limited sense of time or place. The southern city of Khan Younis, which Israel considers one of the “main strongholds” of the group, is the current epicenter of fighting. Israel believes 132 hostages are still being held in Gaza in compounds like the one CNN was escorted to under Khan Younis.

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☆ The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Long Shadow of 1948
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Emily Bazelon | A Discussion Moderated Emily Bazelon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +18 min

In 1948, Jews realized their wildly improbable dream of a state, and Palestinians experienced the mass flight and expulsion called the Nakba, or catastrophe. It’s only in 1948 that the Arabs become Palestinians and the Jews become Israelis. Many Jews became lower-level officers during World War II, and they brought their new military expertise to the 1948 war. Zoltan Kluger/GPO, via Getty Images Palestinian bombers destroyed buildings on Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem in March 1948. Bettmann/Getty Images A Palestinian refugee cut off from her home by the border established after the 1948 war.

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☆ Netanyahu must be removed, say top former Israeli national security officials
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Alex Marquardt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —More than 40 senior former Israeli national security officials, celebrated scientists and prominent business leaders have sent a letter to Israel’s president and speaker of parliament demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be removed from office for posing what they say is an “existential” threat to the country. “The victim’s blood is on Netanyahu’s hands.”The letter was sent to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday and to Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana on Friday. The frontrunner in the poll was the National Unity party led by former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, currently a member of Netanyahu’s war cabinet. Video Ad Feedback Backlash grows over Israel's Netanyahu seemingly ruling out a two-state solution. Netanyahu told a news conference last week that politicians who are asking him to step down are essentially asking for a Palestinian state.

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☆ Family of Last Child Hostages in Gaza Await Their Return
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Dec. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Eli BerlzonHOLON, Israel (Reuters) - Yosi Shnaider watched a home video on his phone from his apartment near Tel Aviv. Hamas infiltrators seized the Bibas family, along with more than 200 other people, during the Oct. 7 killing spree through southern Israeli towns that sparked the devastating war in Gaza. More than 100 hostages were freed in a week-long truce that ended on Friday, but the Bibas family - two children and their parents - were not. "And I'm thinking to myself, a young baby, small baby like Kfir, is crying. After two months in captivity, their age and ginger hair have caused the Bibas children to stand out among the scores of hostages.

Persons: Eli Berlzon HOLON, Yosi Shnaider, Ariel Bibas, Ariel, Kfir, he's, Shiri Bibas, Yarden, Shnaider, Shira Bibas, Eli Berlzon, Michal Yaakov Itzhaki, Ari Rabinovitch, Howard Goller Organizations: Hamas Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, Gaza

☆ The Israel-Hamas truce is over. Here’s what could happen next
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN —The seven-day Israel-Hamas truce ended on Friday after negotiations reached an impasse and Israel accused the Palestinian militant group of violating the agreement by firing at Israel. Analysts say the war is bound to continue until Hamas is crushed, and it may be much fiercer this time. The Israeli military’s announcement about the resumption in fighting came moments after the truce between Israel and Hamas expired. The deal saw the warring parties exchange hostages held in Gaza for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. During its October 7 attack, Hamas killed more than 1,200 in Israel and kidnapped about 240 others, Israeli authorities said.

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Hostages and Missing Families ForumAda Sagi, 75, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz, has taught Hebrew and Arabic, according to the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum. Hostages and Missing Families ForumRimon Kirsht, 36, and her husband, Yagev Buchshtab, 34, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nirim on Oct. 7. Hostages and Missing Families ForumOfelia Roitman, 77, moved to Israel from Argentina in 1985, according to a Facebook post by the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum. She lived in Kibbutz Nir Oz and has nine grandchildren. She worked in education in the kibbutz for many years, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

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☆ Deal to Free Child Hostages in Gaza Inspires Hope and Anguish
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Isabel Kershner | More About Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

And an infant, now all of 10 months, who has spent about a tenth of his life in captivity. They are among the more than 30 children abducted from their homes and taken to Gaza during the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7. Almost a day after the deal was announced, the families had yet to receive any information from the authorities. Some, but perhaps not all, of the children are expected to be among the first hostages released in the coming days under a deal announced on Wednesday. Islamic Jihad, another armed group in Gaza, released the hostage video of Yagil Yaakov, 12, who was captured along with his brother Or, 16.

Persons: ”, Eylon Keshet, Kfir Bibas, Yarden, Shiri, Ariel, “, Yael Engel Lichi, Ofir Engel, Little, Yocheved Lifshitz, Yagil Yaakov Organizations: Be’eri Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza’s

There’s a lot of anxiety.”The Israeli government and Hamas announced Wednesday morning that they would uphold a brief cease-fire in Gaza to allow for the release of the hostages. “I’m trying to take care not to be happy too quickly,” Ms. Zailer said on Tuesday. His family in Israel still does not know where he and his brother are being held, whether they are with their parents — or even if they are still alive, Ms. Zailer said. “We are being torn apart,” Ms. Zailer said, calling it an impossible situation. At Kibbutz Nir Oz, 76 people were taken hostage on Oct. 7, according to Irit Lahav, a kibbutz spokeswoman.

Persons: we’ve, ”, Roman, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Yifat Zailer —, Shiri Bibas, Nir Oz, Bibas’s, Yarden Bibas, Ariel, Kfir —, “ I’m, ” Ms, Zailer, —, Bibas, — Yarden, Irit, Sheffa Phillips, Yagil Yaakov, Yair Yaakov, Yagil, Israel, Phillips, Bahat, David Blumenfeld, Carmit Hoomash, Patrick Kingsley Organizations: Hamas, Palestinian Locations: Israel, Gaza, Be’eri

☆ Israel investigates sexual violence committed by Hamas as part of October 7 horror
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Jake Tapper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Israeli police are using forensic evidence, video and witness testimony and interrogations of suspects to document cases of rape amid the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Women and girls caught in the rampage were brutalized sexually, as well as physically tortured and killed, witnesses to the aftermath say. The aftermath of an unprecedented Hamas assault on communities near Gaza,seen at the Kibbutz in Be'eri, Israel, October 14. Israeli police are working to document cases of rape amid the October 7 Hamas attacks. “It’s much worse than just silence or an insult to us as Israeli women and to our children and to our people,” she said of the UN.

Persons: Dudi Katz, Marcus Yam, Shabtai Yaakov, Cochav Elkayam, Levy, “ We’ll, ” Elkayam, “, ”, Be’eri, Rami Shmuel Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Times, Police, Hebrew University, UN, Unit, Nova Locations: Israel, Gaza, Be'eri, Nations

☆ Israeli Survivor Makes Emotional Return to Scene of Hamas Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

By Leonardo Benassatto and Michal Yaakov ItzhakiNEAR RE'IM, Israel (Reuters) - Tears welled in May Hayat's eyes as she stood in silence on an emotional return to the site of an Israeli music festival where she narrowly escaped death in a Hamas attack a month ago. Some 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, were killed in attacks by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 and more than 200 were abducted, according to Israeli tallies. ESCAPEOn the day of the attack on the music festival, the gunmen left their victims where they killed them and debris was strewn across the ground. Shooting began when Hamas gunmen arriving from Gaza reached the music festival, some of them on foot, others on motor-bikes. Her ordeal ended when Israeli soldiers arrived several hours after the Hamas attack began.

Persons: Leonardo Benassatto, Michal Yaakov Itzhaki, Hayat, ’, Timothy Heritage, Mark Heinrich Organizations: Reuters Locations: RE'IM, Israel, Gaza, Kibbutz Re'im, Tel Aviv, Palestinian

☆ Israeli survivor makes emotional return to scene of Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Leonardo Benassatto And Michal Yaakov Itzhaki | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Some 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, were killed in attacks by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 and more than 200 were abducted, according to Israeli tallies. ESCAPEOn the day of the attack on the music festival, the gunmen left their victims where they killed them and debris was strewn across the ground. The brother of a friend of Hayat who was killed in the attack consoled her with a hug. Shooting began when Hamas gunmen arriving from Gaza reached the music festival, some of them on foot, others on motor-bikes. Her ordeal ended when Israeli soldiers arrived several hours after the Hamas attack began.

Persons: Hayat, Evelyn, ’, Timothy Heritage, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Nova Festival, Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Re'im, Israel, RE'IM, Gaza, Kibbutz Re'im, Tel Aviv

Group members said Russian occupiers are snuffing out religious and other freedoms in areas of Ukraine under Russian control. “We are eyewitnesses of Russian atrocities going on in our country,” said Metropolitan Yevstratiy Zoria, a representative of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has declared its independence from Moscow and proclaimed its loyalty to Ukraine, but a government study commission contended that the UOC remains a structural unit of the Russian Orthodox Church. The other separate, but similarly-named church, Orthodox Church of Ukraine, was officially recognized as independent by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in 2019, but the Russian church has disputed the legitimacy of that recognition. Zoria decried statements by Moscow Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has strongly supported the war as part of a metaphysical battle against Western liberalism and has said the Russian war dead have their sins forgiven.

Persons: Ivan Rusyn, ”, Freedom, “, Bartholomew of Constantinople, you’re, Zoria, Kirill, ” Zoria, Yaakov Dov Bleich, ” Bleich, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine Akhmed Tamim Organizations: WASHINGTON, Ukrainian Evangelical Church, Ukrainian, of, U.S . Institute of Peace, Orthodox, of Ukraine, The U.S . Commission, ” UNESCO, U.S . State Department, Church, Orthodox Church of, Ecumenical, Metropolitan Zoria, Russian Orthodox Church, Administration, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Ukrainian, United States, Ukraine, Russian, Rusyn, Christianity, The, ”, Houston, Moscow, Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church of Ukraine, of Ukraine, “, Kyiv, America, Yugoslavia

Yet videos released by Hamas fighters themselves depict the brutal killing of unarmed civilians. Yaakov Peri, a former head of the Shin Bet, the Israeli security service, said Israel may have agreed to let humanitarian aid enter Gaza on Saturday morning in light of the hostages’ release Friday night. “But we cannot fall for this trap.”There are still many questions of why, of all the 200 or so hostages, the Raanans were released. Hamas might be trying to temper Israeli retaliation on Gaza by gaining some good will from the Biden administration. President Biden and his team have been closely advising Israel on how it is waging its war on Gaza, although it is not clear how much Israel actually listens to what the Americans say.

Persons: Gazans, —, Yaakov Peri, Shin, Mr, Peri, Robert D’Amico, ”, D’Amico, Biden Organizations: Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza, California

☆ ‘Fauda’ Actors Join Israel’s Conflict With Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In an episode of life imitating art, several stars of popular Israeli spy-thriller series “Fauda” are volunteering and being called up as reservists in the conflict with Hamas. “Fauda,” available on Netflix, concerns an Israeli undercover team hunting down Palestinian terrorists operating in the West Bank and Gaza. It tries to bring nuance and humanity to characters on both sides and has been particularly popular in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Jordan. Among other “Fauda” actors who showed up for reserve duty were Tzachi Halevi, Idan Amedi and Yaakov Zada Daniel. “This is not a scene from “Fauda,”’ Amedi said in a video posted to X.

Persons: “, ”, Lior Raz, Fauda, Idan Amedi, Yaakov Zada Daniel, ’ Amedi Organizations: Arms, Netflix, West Bank, United Arab Locations: Israel, Gaza, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Jordan

☆ 'A very unique battle': How geography could shape Israel's expected ground offensive in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Ahead of such an attack, one military geography specialist outlined to CNBC how the physical features of the Gaza Strip could influence any fighting. He warned, however, that any kind of ground offensive from Israel's military would be a highly dangerous "cat and mouse game" of urban warfare, one with a particularly unique subterranean element. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesThe Gaza Strip is a narrow portion of land sandwiched between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. "We have to destroy Hamas on the ground to find Hamas members within the underground tunnels, in the holes, in their headquarters," Amidror said Friday. watch nowIndeed, Galgano said Hamas' likely best defense against Israel's forthcoming ground offensive would be to stay underground in its tunnel system.

Persons: Din, Francis Galgano, Galgano, Yaakov Amidror, Benjamin Netanyahu, Amidror Organizations: Hamas, Getty, Israel, Palestinian, United Nations, CNBC, Department, Environment, Villanova University in, Anadolu Agency, U.S . Army, Israel's National Security Council, Israel's Locations: Gaza, Israel, Villanova University in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Anadolu, Egypt, Gaza City, winkle, Hamas

☆ Stars of the Netflix show 'Fauda' about an undercover Israeli army unit are conducting real-life rescue missions in the current conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stars of Netflix's "Fauda" about an undercover Israeli army unit have rejoined the IDF in real life. Idan Amedi posted a video in uniform saying, "This is not a scene from 'Fauda.' NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . From left to right: Boaz Konforty, Doron Ben-David, Lior Raz, Idan Amedi, and Yaakov Zada Daniel.

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☆ Hamas' underground tunnels mean a ground offensive is needed, says former Israeli major general
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Yaakov Amidror, the former head of Israel's National Security Council, vowed that Israeli forces will ensure the destruction of Hamas and said a ground offensive was needed due to the Palestinian militant group's intricate network of underground tunnels. "After the operation, Hamas as an organization will not exist in the Gaza Strip, we will kill as many as possible of its members, and we will destroy every facility of the organization," he said. "We have to destroy Hamas on the ground to find Hamas members within the underground tunnels, in the holes, in their headquarters," he added. The organization has also strongly condemned the horrific crimes committed by Hamas, the deliberate and widespread killing and hostage-taking of innocent civilians. On Friday, Israel told 1.1 million residents in north Gaza to evacuate within 24 hours, according to the U.N., the strongest sign yet that a ground offensive is imminent.

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