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☆ Hamas rejects calls for citizens to evacuate north Gaza; Israeli military gave 24-hour deadline, UN says: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

"That is the purpose of what we are doing now inside the Gaza Strip. That is why the Israeli air force has been delivering significant amounts of ordinance of bombs on the Gaza Strip. Hours prior, the IDF told roughly 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to evacuate southwards of the Wadi Gaza wetlands. The instruction to evacuate has bolstered concerns that Israel, which has amassed forces on the border with Gaza, is preparing a ground incursion. "We understand that this will take time," Conricus said in the video update.

Persons: Jonathan Conricus, Conricus Organizations: Israeli Defense Forces, IDF Locations: Gaza, Wadi Gaza, Gaza City, Israel

☆ Israel's air force said it's bombed the Gaza Strip 6,000 times and will 'continue to attack forcefully and relentlessly'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Israeli Air Force said on Thursday that it's dropped around 6,000 bombs on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Air Force said on Thursday that it has dropped around 6,000 bombs on the Gaza Strip since October 7. —Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) October 12, 2023The IAF released aerial footage of several such strikes, showing missiles obliterating several multi-story buildings. Many strike victims in the Gaza Strip were children, aid groups such as Doctors Without Borders have said. Meanwhile, an estimated 300,000 Israeli reservists have been mobilized for what's anticipated to be a major ground offensive into the Gaza Strip.

Persons: it's, —, Yahya Sinwar, Israel Organizations: Israeli Air Force, Palestinian Health Ministry, Service, Twitter, IAF, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israeli, Israel

☆ Israeli Air Force Says It Has Dropped 6,000 Bombs on Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Israeli Air Force said it has dropped about 6,000 bombs targeted at Hamas in Gaza since the war began, adding that it will continue the campaign as long as necessary. The airstrikes killed hundreds of Hamas militants and damaged the group’s military infrastructure, the Israeli Air Force said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Organizations: Israeli Air Force, Twitter Locations: Gaza

☆ Watch: Israel Defense Forces Footage Shows Airstrikes Across Gaza Strip
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel launched more than 80 airstrikes on targets across Gaza, the Israeli Air Force said Wednesday. Photo: Rizek Abdeljawad/Zuma Press

Persons: Israel, Rizek Abdeljawad Organizations: Israeli Air Force, Zuma Locations: Gaza

☆ Israel Says It Hit Hamas Tunnels, Weapons Stockpiles With Airstrikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Anas Baba | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Israeli Air Force said Wednesday that it launched more than 80 airstrikes that it said hit weapons stockpiles, bank branches used to fund Hamas and underground tunnels used by militants. The air force also said it struck high-rise buildings in Gaza. Palestinian residents and the U.N. said the strikes killed and injured civilians.

Organizations: Israeli Air Force Locations: Gaza, Palestinian

☆ Israel is launching airstrikes against Hamas across Gaza, causing immense destruction, and asking for more US-made weapons to do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Israel's Air Force is conducting devastating airstrikes on Gaza. Israel has used these weapons to strike targets in Gaza from the air in the past, like during Operation Guardian of the Walls in May 2021. Smoke and flame rise after Israeli air forces targeting a shopping center in Gaza Strip, Gaza on October 07, 2023. —Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) October 10, 2023Other videos showed compilations of JDAM attacks, as the munitions obliterated buildings leveled entire areas. IDF actions also appears to include launching Hellfire missiles from Apache helicopters against Hamas groups, resulting in massive destruction.

Persons: —, Yoav Gallant, Mark Cancian, Ashraf Amra, Cancian, gunning, Israel Organizations: Israel's Air Force, Service, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Air Force, Israel's, Air Force, doesn't, CNN, Hamas, Attack Munitions, Guardian, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Marine Corps, Anadolu Agency, Getty, US Air Force, US Navy, Air, IDF, US Defense Department, Pentagon, Apache, United Nations Locations: Gaza, Israel, US, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Israeli

☆ The deteriorating situation in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Map of Gaza Strip access restrictions since 2005. The international airport in the south of the Gaza Strip was destroyed in 2002. The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Note: Gaza Strip population in 2023: 2,226,544 inhabitants. Source: Gaza Electricity Distribution Company via UN OCHAFurther energy cuts mean residents cannot recharge phones, so are cut off from news of each other and events.

Persons: Israel, Khan, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Mohammad Brais Organizations: United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, West Bank, Israel, CIA, Gaza Electricity, Company, UN, NetBlocks, Israeli Air Force Locations: Israel, Gaza, Egypt, London, England, Deir, Khan Yunis, Rafah

☆ Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Israel Trade Fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement exchanged fire on Monday evening after the Lebanese group said three of its members were killed in Israeli strikes earlier in the day, heightening fears of a wider regional war. Hezbollah said it shelled a pair of Israeli military installations in response to the killing of its fighters in Israeli attacks. Israel’s military confirmed strikes from Lebanon and said it responded with artillery fire. Earlier on Monday the Israeli air force said it launched strikes on a village inside Lebanon in response to an incursion by armed people who crossed into Israel. Israeli forces killed an unspecified number of suspects during the incident, the military said.

Persons: Israel, heightening Locations: Lebanon, Israel

☆ Opinion: In times of crisis, Israelis rally around their leaders. This time is different
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Janine Zacharia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

In the entire nearly five years of the second Palestinian intifada from 2000 to 2005, roughly 1,000 Israelis were killed. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on a tank at the border between Israel and Gaza on October 9. Ahmad Hasballah/Getty Images Rockets launched from Gaza are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system on October 8. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images Relatives of Palestinians killed on Saturday, October 7, mourn at the morgue of a hospital in Gaza. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images An Israeli soldier stands by the bodies of Israelis killed by Palestinian militants in Sderot on October 7.

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☆ ‘You are in the line of fire’: What it’s like to be an Israeli reporter covering the unfolding war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

She sprung to action, swiftly mobilizing her 400-some strong newsroom to begin reporting out the rapidly developing — and horrifying — story. The well-rehearsed processes allowed editors and reporters to gather in WhatsApp groups and publish critical reporting at a breakneck speed. The Haaretz newsroom also has an unfortunate wealth of experience reporting from conflict zones. Sometimes, it’s not intentional, you are in the line of fire.”The Tel Aviv-based newsroom is also grappling with the unfolding war in deeply personal terms. To these visiting journalists, Solomon offered some advice.

Persons: Esther Solomon, Israel, Solomon, ” Solomon, It’s, “, ”, doesn’t Organizations: CNN, Haaretz, Israeli Air Force, “ Locations: Israel’s, Tel Aviv, Gaza

☆ How the surprise attack on Israel unfolded
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Map showing Israel and Gaza. Sources: GlobalSecurity.org; Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Israel Defense Forces; Natural Earth; Reuters reporting. A video distributed by Hamas showed what it said was an attack on the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. 3 Israeli retaliationHundreds of Hamas fighters were killed inside Israel and dozens more captured. Two maps showing Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip border evacuated by defence forces, and Israeli air strikes in and around Gaza.

Persons: Israel, Yoav Gallant, Arafat Barbakh, Jacqueline Clyne Organizations: Hamas, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel Defense Forces, Reuters, Nova, ” Locations: Palestinian, Gaza, Israel, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Grad, Ashkelon, Sderot, Israeli, Zikim, Shejaiya, Ofakim, Palestine, Gaza City

☆ Mapping the conflict in Israel and Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Map showing Israel and Gaza. Maps showing how Hamas entered Israel by sea, by air and through multiple points along the Gaza border. A video distributed by Hamas showed what it said was an attack on the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Israeli air strikes also hit housing blocks, tunnels and homes of Hamas officials in Gaza, killing more than 400 people, including 20 children. Two maps showing Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip border evacuated by defence forces, and Israeli air strikes in and around Gaza.

☆ Watch: Israeli Air Force Strikes Hamas Targets in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Fact Check: Israel’s May Gaza strike video falsely shared as October
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza strip in May 2023 has been mislabeled on social media as showing a retaliatory strike to a surprise attack on Oct. 7 by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The Iran-backed Hamas group on Oct. 7 carried out its biggest attack on Israel in years, killing at least 100 Israelis, Reuters reported. However, the video of the explosion predates the October 2023 attack by several months. Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza exchanged rocket fire in May 2023, until a ceasefire agreement was brokered by Egypt on May 14. The video shows airstrikes in Gaza in May 2023 and predates the Oct.7 attacks.

Persons: ”, Israel, Read, 私 Organizations: Hamas, Israeli Air Force, Facebook, Reuters, Associated Press, Islamic Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Iran, Israel, Beit Lahiya, Egypt

☆ Hamas launched a 'surprise' attack on Israel, but for Netanyahu's critics, the writing was on the wall for months
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing at least 70 people. Critics have long been warning of a security lapse as a result of internal civil unrest in Israel. They warned that protests linked to judicial reforms were impacting Israeli national security. Netanyahu's judicial reforms, which were proposed in January and eventually passed in July, seek to limit the Supreme Court's power to exercise judicial review and declare legislation unconstitutional. "This is a clear, immediate, and real danger to Israel's security," Gallant said at the time.

Persons: —, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Yuval Sade, Calcalist, disdainfully, Israel, Netanyahu, Yair Lapid, Tamir Pardo, We've, Tomer Bar, Yoav Gallant, Gallant Organizations: Hamas, Service, IDF, PLO, Israel, Shin, Los Angeles Times, Israeli Air Force Locations: Israel, Iran

☆ Take a look at the $63 million F-16 fighter jet the West has pledged to help Ukraine win the war with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Denmark and the Netherlands are sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, with US approval. Ukraine has long coveted the US-made jet as it seeks to bolster its air capabilities in its war with Russia, which has a more advanced air force. Mads Claus Rasmussen/AFP/Getty ImagesSpecificationsThe F-16 is a multi-role fighter built by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force. A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe US will also begin training Ukrainian pilots to fly and maintain F-16s in Arizona in October, the Pentagon said Thursday.

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☆ Israeli Reservists Start Missing Duty, Threatening Military Unity and Readiness
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel’s doctors went on strike on Tuesday and authorities forcibly removed protesters from roadways during a night of unrest over a judicial overhaul carried out by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Photo: Amir Levy/Getty ImagesTEL AVIV—Col. Nissim Yogev spent 25 years as a combat flight navigator in the Israeli Air Force, where he fought in Israel’s war with Lebanon and saw his best friend go missing in combat, never to return. Last week, he said he made the hardest decision of his life when, with tears streaming down his face, he wrote to his commander that he would stop reporting for volunteer reserve duty, where he trained cadets at the air force’s only flight school.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Amir Levy, Col, Nissim Yogev Organizations: Getty, TEL, Israeli Air Force Locations: TEL AVIV, Lebanon

☆ Companies are paying up to $100,000 for extreme leadership training that has employees playing military games and pretending they are Tom Cruise in 'Top Gun'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Businesses are paying for extreme leadership trainings, including "Top Gun"-style flight simulations, The New York Times reported. "Unique and challenging activities can help bridge the gaps that hybrid and remote work cause," Kobi Regev, CEO of management-training company The Squadron, told Insider over email. Workshops begin at $390 a person, and prices vary based on duration, group size, and customer needs, a spokesperson for the Squadron told Insider. "NASCAR pit stops are a very simple process that must be performed in a specific order," Papathanassiou told Insider over email. So if you were thinking of planning a virtual happier — maybe find a race car to work on instead.

Persons: they've, Cali Williams Yost, Mark Zuckerberg, Brian Chesky, Regev, Andy Papathanassiou, Papathanassiou Organizations: New York Times, Nike, Pepsi, Bank of America, The New York Times, Times, Squadron, IBM, Dell, Nestle, Israeli Air Force, NASCAR

The threat is unprecedented in its scope, experts say, and the military has pleaded with reservists to remain in their posts. Members of Israeli security forces guard the al-Aqsa Mosque compound following clashes that erupted during Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem on April 5. Nearly 10,000 military reservists said before the passage of the controversial “reasonableness” bill on Monday that they would refuse to volunteer for duty if it was passed. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke by phone with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and reiterated the US’ commitment to Israel’s security. “He (Netanyahu) is willing to pay any price to move forward with this.”Golov sees reservists threatening not to serve as a sign of something much bigger.

Persons: Daniel Hagari, ”, Ahmad Gharabli, General Staff Herzi Halevi, Defense Lloyd Austin, Yoav Gallant, Chuck Freilich, Freilich, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yiftach, ” Golov, Golov, Israel, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Mahmoud Illean, Netanyahu, ” Freilich, Nasrallah, “ Organizations: CNN, IDF, Israel Defense Forces, Getty, General Staff, Defense, The Institute for National Security Studies, Brothers, Israeli Air Force, West Bank, Palestinian, ” Reuters, Arms Locations: Israel, Jerusalem, AFP, Tel Aviv, Lebanon, Syria, East Jerusalem, Gaza, “, Iran

Armed men attended the funeral on Wednesday of the Palestinians killed during the Israeli military operation. People stand by rubble and the remains of a destroyed vehicle outside a mosque in Jenin, West Bank, on Wednesday, July 5. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images People attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed during the Israeli military operation. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images Aerial vehicles fly during the Israeli military operation in Jenin on Monday. “Military bulldozers destroyed multiple roads leading to the Jenin refugee camp, making it nearly impossible for ambulances to reach patients,” the group said.

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Jerusalem CNN —A huge firefight erupted between Israeli military forces and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin Monday, leaving at least three Palestinians dead, authorities said. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said of the three dead, one was a teenager and more than two dozen were wounded in the clashes. Israeli Air Force attack helicopters opened fire from the skies over Jenin to help Israeli troops leave the city, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. It was the first time since the Second Intifada that Israeli helicopters had opened fire while evacuating wounded troops, Israel Army Radio reported. Army Radio said the wounded Israeli soldiers had been successfully evacuated.

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☆ Flying the F-16 in Ukraine is 'high risk,' and Kyiv's air forces can't just fly the fighter jet headlong into Russia's defenses
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

If Kyiv's air forces get the jet as expected, they won't be able to fly them directly at Russian defenses. "And nobody's advocating for that," an air power expert told Insider. Regardless of which jet Ukraine gets, putting fourth-generation air power like the F-16 into a high-intensity conflict is "high risk," Birkey said. A pair of US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. In a recent opinion article for Air and Space Forces Magazine, Larry Stutzriem, a retired Air Force major general and former F-16 pilot, pointed to an Israeli Air Force operation against well-defended Syrian targets in Lebanon in 1982.

☆ Some Israeli army reservists rule out call-up if judiciary weakened
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Emily Rose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

"I've told the army that if the judicial reform passes (in parliament) I won't continue to come," Colonel N told Reuters, asking not to be further identified. Most Israelis are conscripted into the military for 2-3 years, and some continue as reservists into middle age. While reservists have helped Israel prevail in a string of wars, the army has relied recently on standing forces. 'HUGE DAMAGE'Experts warn the Israeli military could be weakened by reservists rejecting call-ups. "This definitely inflicts huge damage on the capability and capacity of the Israeli forces," Israel Ziv, a former head of army operations, told Reuters.

☆ Pentagon chief visits Israel amid West Bank violence, anti-Netanyahu protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Idrees Ali | Thomson Reuters | National Security Correspondent Focusing On The Pentagon In Washington D.C. Reports On U.S. Military Activity | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Hours earlier, Israeli forces killed three Islamic Jihad gunmen in the West Bank, among territories that have seen simmering violence amid the Palestinians' long-stalled goal of statehood. "We’re especially disturbed by violence by settlers against Palestinians," Austin said, adding that his discussions were frank and candid. Austin had originally been due to arrive on Wednesday and stay overnight in Tel Aviv, where Israel's Defence Ministry is based. FLASHPOINTSAmong West Bank flashpoints concerning the United States is the village of Huwara, where the Feb. 26 killing by a Palestinian gunman of two brothers from a Jewish settlement triggered revenge riots by settlers. The rampage triggered worldwide outrage and condemnation, which increased when ultra-nationalist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has responsibility for aspects of the West Bank administration, said Huwara should be "erased".

☆ Israeli reservist colonel dismissed over judicial reform protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - The Israeli air force said on Thursday that it had dismissed a reservist officer in the military for trying to orchestrate group walkouts from training flights as part of a spreading protest at judicial reforms planned by the government. Separately, air force chief Major-General Tomer Bar said the colonel "took upon himself inappropriate authority in his contact with the IAF pilots. Netanyahu says this will restore balance between branches of government but critics see it as an effort to hollow out judicial independence. The protest in the ranks jarred Israelis, who see their conscript-based military as a melting-pot that should be kept free of politics. Air force crews in the reserves take part in training as volunteers, without a legal obligation to attend.

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