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Israel expands military control in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria by 1,000sq km

Israeli military maps have failed to reflect the true extent of the country’s territorial control since the war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023. A new probe by Al Jazeera’s open-source investigation unit reveals that Israeli forces have established a de facto military footprint across the Gaza Strip, southern Leban…

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Operation Rising Lion: One year later, was it as historic as it seemed? - analysis

A year after the twelve-day conflict between Israel and Iran, called Operation Rising Lion in Israel, is the conflict as historic as it once seemed? At the time, Israelis had been awoken in the first hours of the morning with an emergency alert on their phones. For many millions, it wasn’t clear what was happening. …

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Netanyahu fails to hold security assessment with Lapid, contrary to law

Amid Yair Lapid’s criticism over the premier’s handling of security as the country faces escalating tensions with Iran and Hezbollah, the opposition leader’s spokesperson confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that no security meeting between the two leaders had been held since April. Under Knesset law, the prime…

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The homeless Right: Likud's biggest gamble in upcoming elections - analysis

There is a voter I keep meeting. He did his army service, or his son did, or both. He votes Right and always has. He believes Torah and the rifle belong together, the way the hesder yeshivot (programs that braid Talmud study with combat service) have insisted for two generations. And he has no party that he feels re…

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