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☆ Hamas built a mock Israeli town in Gaza and practiced its attack in plain sight — but Israel didn't react, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hamas trained its fighters on a mock Israeli settlement, learning how to storm it, Reuters added. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Palestinian militant group Hamas built a mock Israeli town in Gaza and practiced attacking in plain sight — but Israel didn't react, Reuters reported on Sunday. Despite convincing Israel that they had no interest in war, Hamas militants were practicing for the offensive in plain sight by setting up a mock Israeli settlement in Gaza to train its fighters. "Israel surely saw [the videos], but they were convinced that Hamas wasn't keen on getting into a confrontation," the source told Reuters. Since the attacks over the weekend, Israel conceded that it was duped by Hamas.

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☆ Israel would need a massive ground assault with tanks to rescue hostages in Gaza that would be a 'bloody mess' and devastate civilian areas, retired 4-star general says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Israel has to punch into the dense Gaza strip with tanks and troops, and conduct searches, he said. The rescue effort would be a "bloody mess" and "catastrophic" to Palestinian civilians, he warned. Israeli forces would have to seize control of the ground level in Gaza and conduct house-to-house searches, he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementA mass rescue effort would see Israeli forces punching into a 140-square-mile region filled with 2 million people, while meticulously searching house, basements, and cellars, McCaffrey said. "I don't know how they're going to solve this without massive casualties in their own forces, never mind catastrophic damage in the Gaza strip," McCaffrey added.

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☆ What have US presidential candidates said about Hamas' attack on Israel?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 9 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential contenders have thrown their support behind Israel after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched a surprise attack on the country. "Joe Biden betrayed Israel," Trump said at a campaign event in the early primary voting state of New Hampshire on Monday. RON DESANTISFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis, a distant second to Trump in national polls for the Republican presidential nomination, also assailed Biden over the attack. He also called for a "freeze" on funds "Biden has made available to Iran." TIM SCOTTSouth Carolina Senator Tim Scott joined fellow Republican presidential contenders in criticizing Biden, tweeting that "America's weakness is blood in the water for bad actors."

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☆ 'Israel's 9/11': Political analysts react to deadly Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Children are seen in a destroyed house after Israeli attacks in Gaza City, Gaza on October 07, 2023. Massive attacks by Hamas leadership into Israel… This is no less than Israel's 9/11. 'Massive intelligence failure'The attack also marked a "massive intelligence and defense failure for Israel," Bremmer highlighted, saying it was an oversight stemming from the government's new judicial reforms. From what we see so far … [this] is a Gaza and Israel war. "From what we see so far … [this] is a Gaza and Israel war.

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☆ Israel and Palestinian War: What You Need to Know Right Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

*Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that the Israeli campaign in Gaza would "change reality for generations." *The Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounced Israel's attacks on Gaza as a "barbarous campaign of death and destruction." HAMAS PLANNING*Hamas carried out a careful campaign of deception to pull of its stunning attack, accounts from Hamas and Israeli sources show. UNITED STATES AID*President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that the U.S. was sending additional assistance for Israel's military. *U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the U.S. will send multiple military ships and aircraft closer to Israel.

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Israel has the right to defend itself and its people, full stop. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was at the White House for meetings and spoke to Israel's president and foreign minister, while Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Israel's defense minister. But given the scale of the Hamas attacks and Israel's military response, the officials said they were not optimistic about any short-term solution. Zelenskyy, who is Jewish and had relatives who died in the Holocaust, said “Israel’s right to self-defense cannot be questioned." In Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps, hundreds took to the streets to celebrate the operation by Hamas.

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☆ Israel: U.S. approved missile defense sale to Finland
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Israel's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that the United States has approved the sale of a co-developed missile defense system to Finland. The ministry said that having received the green light from Washington, Israel can complete the sale of the advanced air-defense system David's Sling to Finland in a 316 million euros ($345.80 million) deal. The Finnish version of the system will be jointly developed by Israeli and American industries, led by Israel's Rafael Advanced Systems and Raytheon Technologies Cooperation, in partnership with Finnish industries, the ministry said. ($1 = 0.9138 euros)Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch Editing by Steven ScheerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Israel's Rafael, Ari Rabinovitch, Steven Scheer Organizations: Israel's Defense, Systems, Raytheon Technologies Cooperation, Thomson Locations: United States, Finland, Washington, Israel

☆ Israel in advanced talks with Germany to sell Arrow-3 missile defense
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, April 20 (Reuters) - Israel is in advanced negotiations with Germany to sell its Arrow-3 missile defense system, Israel's Defense Ministry said on Thursday. It is the top layer of Israel's missile defense array, which extends from Iron Dome that intercepts short-range rockets to Arrow-3's long-range missiles that destroy any non-conventional warheads at a safe altitude. Talks with the German defense ministry have been accelerated and the aim is to export the system in the near future, said Israel's Defense Ministry. The project has U.S. backing so the sale would require approval from Washington, the ministry said. State-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (ISRAI.UL) is the project's main contractor and Boeing (BA.N) is involved in producing the interceptors.

☆ NATO's newest member is now becoming the first country to buy an advanced Israeli air-defense system
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A day after it joined NATO, Finland said it'll buy an advanced Israeli air-defense system. The Finnish Defense Ministry said it approved the purchase of the David's Sling system in a statement on Wednesday. Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will deliver the system, which was procured in a deal valued at nearly $345 million, according to the statement. It will be the first export of the David's Sling system, according to a translation of the ministry's statement. David's Sling is an advanced air-defense system built by Rafael and the US firm Raytheon and has been operational since 2017.

☆ Israel's Defense Minister visits West Bank, criticizes Iran
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, April 2 (Reuters) - Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to dismiss last week, has completed his visit to the occupied West Bank and warned against Iranian interference. We have not allowed it in the past, we won’t allow it now, or anytime in the future," Gallant said during the visit to an army brigade in the West Bank. Israeli-Palestinian tensions are simmering after months of violence in areas of Jerusalem and the West Bank. Tensions are also simmering with Syria, Iran and with Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. The Iranians are extending their outreach to (the West Bank) and Gaza, and are attempting to entrench themselves in Syria and Lebanon," said Gallant.

☆ US 'strongly urges' Israel leaders to find compromise
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 26 (Reuters) - The United States is deeply concerned by events in Israel and "strongly urges" leaders there to find compromise as soon as possible, a White House spokesperson said on Sunday after the firing of Israel's defense minister triggered mass protests. "We continue to strongly urge Israeli leaders to find a compromise as soon as possible. We believe that is the best path forward for Israel and all of its citizens," White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement. Some three months since taking office, Netanyahu's nationalist-religious coalition has been plunged into crisis over the bitter divisions exposed by its flagship judicial overhaul plans. "As the president recently discussed with Prime Minister Netanyahu, democratic values have always been, and must remain, a hallmark of the U.S.-Israel relationship," Watson said.

☆ U.S. 'strongly urges' Israel leaders to find compromise
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

☆ Deadly West Bank raid raises fears of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Aina J. Khan | Aina Is A Freelance Reporter With Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The deadliest Israeli raid in the West Bank in decades has fueled fears of a dramatic escalation of violence in the region. Israel carried out airstrikes in Gaza early Friday after Palestinian militants fired rockets, a limited exchange that nonetheless raised concerns of further flare-ups. It followed a raid in the occupied West Bank that killed nine Palestinians, including a 61-year-old woman and seven militants — the deadliest single operation in the territory in two decades. His trip was announced just hours after the large-scale raid Thursday in the Jenin refugee camp, a rare daytime operation that Israel's military said was carried out to to prevent an imminent attack. Israel said that it had killed a number of militants during a gunbattle and was looking into reports of other deaths.

☆ 7 shot dead at Jerusalem synagogue as violence spirals in region
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Aina J. Khan | Paul Goldman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Israeli security forces deploy at the site of a reported attack in a settler neighborhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, on January 27, 2023. At least seven people were shot dead in a synagogue in east Jerusalem on Friday, Israeli police said, as violence escalated following an a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The attack, among the deadliest for Israelis in years, occurred in east Jerusalem, which was annexed by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and came after the deadly Israeli raid in the West Bank. The violence comes amid tensions over the Palestinians' long campaign for an independent state in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, which were captured by Israel in 1967. Responding to the Israeli raid Thursday, the State Department said the U.S. was "deeply concerned by the escalating cycle of violence in the West Bank."

☆ U.S. is probing Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, Israel's defense minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Abu Akleh’s supporters accuse Israel of intentionally killing the 51-year-old and have urged Washington to open a full investigation. Gantz, who is set to leave his post following elections earlier this month that vaulted Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power, was defense minister when Abu Akleh was killed. In September, Israel acknowledged for the first time that Israeli fire probably killed Abu Akleh. Human rights groups have long accused the Israeli military of failing to properly investigate wrongdoing by its own troops and seldom holding forces accountable. Abu Akleh was shot while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, long a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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