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As the IDF digs in, where have Hamas fighters gone?

Terrorists have barely emerged from their tunnels in the last few days, according to a colonel in Gaza

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As the IDF digs in, where have Hamas fighters gone?

The IDF is unleashing its full power on Hamas — and it may be working

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Israeli bomb squad team inspect the scene of a rocket hit , fired by Hamas from Gaza, in the Southern city of Sderot on October 21, 2023. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מלחמת חרבות ברזל מלחמה עזה חמס טילים שדרות דרום עוטף עזה פגיעה נפילה חבלן חבלני משטרה

The sad streets of Sderot are deserted but the politicians never stop

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Volunteers work flat out at new hostage HQ to bring Israelis back home from Gaza

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IDF’s speedy hospital rocket response shows it has recovered its nerve

After the failures on October 7, the defence forces acted speedily and decisively in asserting that a misfiring rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad caused the carnage at the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City

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October 19, 2023 09:13

IDF’s speedy hospital rocket response shows it has recovered its nerve

Brave kibbutzniks live and die on Israel's front lines

They have always defined Israel’s true frontiers and will continue to do so

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October 11, 2023 16:10

Israeli soldiers remove bodies of of Israeli civilians in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ??? ????? ??? ???? ?????? ????? ????? ??? ??? ????? ??? ????? ????

The intelligence failure in Gaza was at every level and goes right up to the top

While the failure in detecting the massive terror attack has many sources, they go all the way to the top

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October 9, 2023 10:16

The intelligence failure in Gaza was at every level and goes right up to the top

Hamas wins the first round but will pay a terrible price

The terrorists’ deadly attack has changed everything. Israel has a very different government now

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October 8, 2023 08:52

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Will Charedi leaders really dare to ditch their comfy coalition?

After 18 months of sitting in opposition, they have received unprecedented positions of power in the new government and levels of public funding from the state budget

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October 5, 2023 14:34

Ultra orthodox students from the Ponovitz Yeshiva listen to a Torah lesson at the Ponovitz Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, September 11, 2016. Photo by Flash90

Could Bibi give up his coalition for a Saudi deal?

Netanyahu knows that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will have a 'shopping list' of concessions for the Palestinians, he also knows what his allies at home will find acceptable

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September 28, 2023 11:23

Jews pray while activists protest against gender segregation in the public space during a public prayer on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays, September 25, 2023. Photo by Itai Ron/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** יום כיפור כיפורים כיכר דיזנגוף הפרדה הפרדה מרחב ציבורי תל אביב

Bibi opens his heart about legal reforms during Musk love-in

AI and antisemitism were expected to dominate coverage of the summit but two seemingly chance remarks by both men caught the most attention

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September 21, 2023 09:43

Bibi opens his heart about legal reforms during Musk love-in

The day Israel’s highest court tried to do the impossible

The start of the hearings on the petitions against the coalition’s abolition of the reasonableness standard made for compelling viewing and had Israelis glued to their screens

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September 14, 2023 09:36

President of the Israeli Supreme Court Esther Hayut and all fifteen judges assemble to hear petitions against the 'reasonableness clause' at the court premises in Jerusalem, on September 12, 2023. The petitions call to strike down the clause passed by Israel's hardline government through parliament in July, a major element of a controversial judicial overhaul that has triggered mass protests and divided the nation. The amendment limits the powers of the top court to review and sometimes overturn government decisions, which opponents say paves the way to authoritarianism. (Photo by DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Libyans set fire to any hope of Israel breakthrough deal

The meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Libya's Najila el-Mangoush is yet another illustration of the dysfunctionality of Israeli governance

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August 31, 2023 09:52

Libyans burn tyres as they protest in Tripoli on August 28, 2023, following an informal meeting between the country's foreign minister and her Israeli counterpart. The leader of Libya's government said that he had suspended his foreign minister after her Israeli counterpart announced he had held talks with her last week in Rome. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)

The Israeli train now arriving at platform one is 50 years late

The opening of the Tel Aviv urban area light-rail system this week symbolises how a nation at the cutting edge of tech and defence innovation can also tie itself in knots over simple advances

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August 24, 2023 11:57