Tagged: Gaza Strip

18th October 2021

Israel expects 2,000 rockets a day in any war with Hezbollah: army

Israel does not want war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah but is prepared to face about 2,000 rockets a day from the armed group if conflict breaks out, a senior Israeli military official told AFP. In...

Middle East Monitor

4th June 2021

Israeli parties in final sprint to build anti-Netanyahu coalition

Israeli politicians battling to unseat veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have until just before midnight Wednesday to make their “change” coalition, composed of bitter ideological rivals, viable. They only have until the end of...

Middle East Monitor / United States

22nd May 2021

Israel-Hamas truce takes hold after 11 days of fighting

An Egyptian-mediated truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the United Nations urging...

Middle East Monitor / United States

20th May 2021

Hamas official predicts ceasefire soon in Israel-Gaza conflict

GAZA (Reuters) -A senior Hamas official predicted a ceasefire within days in the Israel-Gaza conflict, after U.S. President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek a “de-escalation” in the fighting. Rocket...

Middle East Monitor

19th May 2021

All eyes on Hezbollah as tensions rise on Israel border

Israel’s deadly Gaza offensive has many eyes trained on the Lebanese border for a Hezbollah reaction, but observers argue the Iran-backed movement is unlikely to risk an all-out conflict. Incidents at the border in...

Middle East Monitor / Opinion / United Nations

18th May 2021

When only bloodshed reminds us of Palestine

The heart-wrenching news from Palestine has revived debate on the issue again. While nations and people are choosing sides, on the peninsula, humanity dies. The recent events mark a very high degree of violence,...

Opinion / Defence / Middle East Monitor

24th March 2021

The Revolution Within the IDF

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Brig.-Gen. (res.) Hasson Hasson’s recent depiction of the threats facing Israel is very disturbing, even if it contains no new revelations. The IDF is undergoing a revolution as it strives to be prepared to handle these...

Middle East Monitor

10th July 2020

Isolation of Gaza Strip: A Large Prison

“Long before the global outbreak of COVID-19 threatened to overwhelm the already devastated healthcare system in Gaza, the UN had predicted the blockaded coastal strip would be unlivable by 2020,” said the online letter...