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Strong clashes between Israeli and Hamas forces in northern Gaza.
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Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago, NYT reports.
Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show.
But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.
The approximately 40-page document, which the Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall,” outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people.
The translated document, which was reviewed by The New York Times, did not set a date for the attack, but described a methodical assault designed to overwhelm the fortifications around the Gaza Strip, take over Israeli cities and storm key military bases, including a division headquarters.
Hamas followed the blueprint with shocking precision. The document called for a barrage of rockets at the outset of the attack, drones to knock out the security cameras and automated machine guns along the border, and gunmen to pour into Israel en masse in paragliders, on motorcycles and on foot — all of which happened on Oct. 7.
The plan also included details about the location and size of Israeli military forces, communication hubs and other sensitive information, raising questions about how Hamas gathered its intelligence and whether there were leaks inside the Israeli security establishment.
Officials would not say how they obtained the Jericho Wall document, but it was among several versions of attack plans collected over the years.
The Jericho Wall document, named for the ancient fortifications in the modern-day West Bank, was even more explicit. It detailed rocket attacks to distract Israeli soldiers and send them hurrying into bunkers, and drones to disable the elaborate security measures along the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.
Israeli officials obtained Hamas’s battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack more than a year before it happened, documents, emails and interviews show.
But Israeli military and intelligence officials dismissed the plan as aspirational, considering it too difficult for Hamas to carry out.
The approximately 40-page document, which the Israeli authorities code-named “Jericho Wall,” outlined, point by point, exactly the kind of devastating invasion that led to the deaths of about 1,200 people.
The translated document, which was reviewed by The New York Times, did not set a date for the attack, but described a methodical assault designed to overwhelm the fortifications around the Gaza Strip, take over Israeli cities and storm key military bases, including a division headquarters.
Hamas followed the blueprint with shocking precision. The document called for a barrage of rockets at the outset of the attack, drones to knock out the security cameras and automated machine guns along the border, and gunmen to pour into Israel en masse in paragliders, on motorcycles and on foot — all of which happened on Oct. 7.
The plan also included details about the location and size of Israeli military forces, communication hubs and other sensitive information, raising questions about how Hamas gathered its intelligence and whether there were leaks inside the Israeli security establishment.
Officials would not say how they obtained the Jericho Wall document, but it was among several versions of attack plans collected over the years.
The Jericho Wall document, named for the ancient fortifications in the modern-day West Bank, was even more explicit. It detailed rocket attacks to distract Israeli soldiers and send them hurrying into bunkers, and drones to disable the elaborate security measures along the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.
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IDF is beginning to adopt a new method of forcing Gazans out of the city.
IDF will soon publish a digital map of the Gaza Strip to the residents of Gaza, with a division of the entire territory of the Gaza Strip into small areas, each of which has a specified number.
In this way, the IDF will publish targeted instructions for each area - and this way the residents of the area will know whether they should evacuate the area or take other action.
IDF will soon publish a digital map of the Gaza Strip to the residents of Gaza, with a division of the entire territory of the Gaza Strip into small areas, each of which has a specified number.
In this way, the IDF will publish targeted instructions for each area - and this way the residents of the area will know whether they should evacuate the area or take other action.
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Zelensky:
Look, we are not backing down, I am satisfied. We are fighting with the second (best) army in the world, I am satisfied.
Zelensky said the Israel-Hamas war threatens to divert attention from the conflict in Ukraine at a critical moment, but he did not elaborate on whether there has been a tangible impact on weapons or funds.
“We already can see the consequences of the international community shifting (attention) because of the tragedy in the Middle East,” he said.
“Only the blind don’t recognize this.”
He gave a frank appraisal of the last summer’s counteroffensive.
“We wanted faster results. From that perspective, unfortunately, we did not achieve the desired results. And this is a fact,” he said.
Ukraine did not get all the weapons it needed from allies, he said, and limits in the size of his military force precluded a quick advance, he said.
“There is not enough power to achieve the desired results faster. But this does not mean that we should give up, that we have to surrender,” Zelenskyy said.
“We are confident in our actions. We fight for what is ours.”
“In the case of Ukraine, if resilience fails today due to lack of aid and shortages of weapons and funding, it will mean that Russia will most likely invade NATO countries,” he said.
“And then the American children will fight.”
Look, we are not backing down, I am satisfied. We are fighting with the second (best) army in the world, I am satisfied.
Zelensky said the Israel-Hamas war threatens to divert attention from the conflict in Ukraine at a critical moment, but he did not elaborate on whether there has been a tangible impact on weapons or funds.
“We already can see the consequences of the international community shifting (attention) because of the tragedy in the Middle East,” he said.
“Only the blind don’t recognize this.”
He gave a frank appraisal of the last summer’s counteroffensive.
“We wanted faster results. From that perspective, unfortunately, we did not achieve the desired results. And this is a fact,” he said.
Ukraine did not get all the weapons it needed from allies, he said, and limits in the size of his military force precluded a quick advance, he said.
“There is not enough power to achieve the desired results faster. But this does not mean that we should give up, that we have to surrender,” Zelenskyy said.
“We are confident in our actions. We fight for what is ours.”
“In the case of Ukraine, if resilience fails today due to lack of aid and shortages of weapons and funding, it will mean that Russia will most likely invade NATO countries,” he said.
“And then the American children will fight.”
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#BREAKING Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades says it has resumed their operations against the Israeli army.
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If you run out of matches or don't have a lighter, here's a master class from Yemen's Houthis.
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"This is a war on children"
UNICEF spokesperson describes the scenes at a hospital in Gaza as the ceasefire came to an end on Friday.
James Elder:
Inaction by those with influence is allowing the killing of children.
UNICEF spokesperson describes the scenes at a hospital in Gaza as the ceasefire came to an end on Friday.
James Elder:
Inaction by those with influence is allowing the killing of children.
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Ukraine's new long-range rocket delivery from US pushed to next year, Reuters reports.
Ukraine will need to wait until next year before it receives its first big shipment of rocket-propelled bombs the U.S. has adapted to strike at a nearly 160 km range, according to the Pentagon and people familiar with the timing.
When the U.S. was first approached by Boeing to buy and ship the Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) to Ukraine last fall, the most optimistic timeline for shipping was around spring of this year.
Ukraine needs GLSDB to augment the limited number of 100-mile range ATACMS rockets the U.S. has sent.
It will allow Ukraine's military to hit targets at twice the distance reachable by the rockets it now fires from the U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and force Russia to move its supplies even farther from the front lines.
People familiar with current timing say delivery to the U.S. by Boeing, the prime contractor for the GLSDB, will take place in late December - followed by several months of testing before onward shipment to Ukraine.
Ukraine will need to wait until next year before it receives its first big shipment of rocket-propelled bombs the U.S. has adapted to strike at a nearly 160 km range, according to the Pentagon and people familiar with the timing.
When the U.S. was first approached by Boeing to buy and ship the Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) to Ukraine last fall, the most optimistic timeline for shipping was around spring of this year.
Ukraine needs GLSDB to augment the limited number of 100-mile range ATACMS rockets the U.S. has sent.
It will allow Ukraine's military to hit targets at twice the distance reachable by the rockets it now fires from the U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and force Russia to move its supplies even farther from the front lines.
People familiar with current timing say delivery to the U.S. by Boeing, the prime contractor for the GLSDB, will take place in late December - followed by several months of testing before onward shipment to Ukraine.
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BBC report investigates a freed Palestinian child, Mohammed Nazal who was reportedly beaten by Israeli forces.
Israel denied the report, claiming his hands were in good condition, but scans provided by the BBC to British doctors confirmed Nazal's hands were both fractured.
Israel denied the report, claiming his hands were in good condition, but scans provided by the BBC to British doctors confirmed Nazal's hands were both fractured.
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A young Palestinian girl crying who just lost her father in an Israeli airstrike.
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A Palestinian girl screams after being injured in Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza after Israel's war on Gaza resumed.
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Intense IDF strikes reported in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza now.
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Israel plans for ‘long war’ and aims to kill top three Hamas leaders, FT reports.
Israel is planning a campaign against Hamas that will stretch for a year or more, with the most intensive phase of the ground offensive continuing into early 2024.
The multi-phase strategy envisages Israeli forces, who are garrisoned inside north Gaza, making an imminent push deep into the south of the besieged Palestinian enclave.
The goals include killing the three top Hamas leaders — Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Marwan Issa — while securing “a decisive” military victory against the group’s 24 battalions and underground tunnel network and destroying its “governing capability in Gaza”.
“This will be a very long war . . . We’re currently not near halfway to achieving our objectives,” said one person familiar with the Israeli war plans.
Israel’s overall strategy for Gaza is flexible, with timing dictated by multiple “clocks”, including operational progress on the ground, international pressure and opportunities to free Israeli hostages, the people said.
The renewed high-intensity ground operation will probably require a few more months, taking it into the new year, the people familiar with the preparations estimated.
“This isn’t going to be weeks,” said one person familiar with US-Israel discussions over the war.
After that, there will be a “transition and stabilisation” phase of lower military intensity that could continue into late 2024, with the location of Israeli ground forces during this phase still unclear.
Unlike previous Israeli military operations and wars, one Israeli official suggested there would not be a firm end point.
“The referee won’t blow the whistle and it’s over,” they said.
Israel is planning a campaign against Hamas that will stretch for a year or more, with the most intensive phase of the ground offensive continuing into early 2024.
The multi-phase strategy envisages Israeli forces, who are garrisoned inside north Gaza, making an imminent push deep into the south of the besieged Palestinian enclave.
The goals include killing the three top Hamas leaders — Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Marwan Issa — while securing “a decisive” military victory against the group’s 24 battalions and underground tunnel network and destroying its “governing capability in Gaza”.
“This will be a very long war . . . We’re currently not near halfway to achieving our objectives,” said one person familiar with the Israeli war plans.
Israel’s overall strategy for Gaza is flexible, with timing dictated by multiple “clocks”, including operational progress on the ground, international pressure and opportunities to free Israeli hostages, the people said.
The renewed high-intensity ground operation will probably require a few more months, taking it into the new year, the people familiar with the preparations estimated.
“This isn’t going to be weeks,” said one person familiar with US-Israel discussions over the war.
After that, there will be a “transition and stabilisation” phase of lower military intensity that could continue into late 2024, with the location of Israeli ground forces during this phase still unclear.
Unlike previous Israeli military operations and wars, one Israeli official suggested there would not be a firm end point.
“The referee won’t blow the whistle and it’s over,” they said.
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Israel Plans to Kill Hamas Leaders Around the World After War, WSJ reports.
Israeli intelligence services, together with the IDF, are preparing to eliminate all senior Hamas officials abroad, mainly in Qatar, Lebanon and Türkiye.
It is expected that no liquidations will take place at this stage, at least until efforts to free all hostages are completed.
Israeli intelligence services, together with the IDF, are preparing to eliminate all senior Hamas officials abroad, mainly in Qatar, Lebanon and Türkiye.
It is expected that no liquidations will take place at this stage, at least until efforts to free all hostages are completed.
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Ukrainian soldier loading ammunition to DIY MLRS.
Russian artillerymen had a similar approach during the war.
Russian artillerymen had a similar approach during the war.
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