Israeli Defense Force

There is anger that Israel is rushing into an agreement that will not keep those who live near to the Lebanese border safe

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s objective is for the two-day truce to then lead to a longer-term ceasefire

The Israeli government currently feels it has the advantage and is pushing ahead with degrading its enemies’ capacities

The echoes of past libels against Jews are deafening now

Hamas wants a deal which it can (plausibly) portray as a victory

The Israeli prime minister is between a rock and a hard place

Like nearly all other aspects of this war, every stage of the negotiations takes place under intense global scrutiny

Netanyahu is committed to fight on, and hopes allies will support, rather than obstruct, his efforts

Walid Daqqa was the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails

Israel claimed to have killed about twenty terrorists in the precision raid

Continuing a low-level state of war for the foreseeable future — with vague targets that can never be realized — works well for the Israeli prime minister

The Israeli prime minister is widely seen as a political ‘dead man walking’

For almost twenty years since Israel withdrew from Gaza, we have heard the same allegations

The president is concerned by the humanitarian crisis, which would be exacerbated by an offensive on Rafah

It seems that Hamas will achieve its war aims completely

‘Well, let’s put it this way,’ he said. ‘For my friends and me, the situation is now clear. Hamas must be erased. Erased. Now’

After October 7, Iran’s star seemed to be in ascent

‘This is a battle which has to do with the moral conscience of the world. The entire world should be with us’

Netanyahu’s priority is to keep the military operation going