The Israeli army says it is ready for the next stage of its war on the besieged Gaza Strip. Israel has gathered hundreds of thousands of troops ahead of its ground invasion of Gaza. But Hamas is likely to be ready for them. Tens of thousands of fighters have had time to prepare traps and … Read more
A week on from Hamas’s shock assault against Israel and the war that has exploded since, The Listening Post looks at the context, the reporting and the implications. What we are seeing in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel has no precedent – thebarbarism, the talk of vengeance, the war crimes. And the signs, all … Read more
Thousands of Palestinians have fled to southern Gaza after Israel warned them to evacuate the north before a planned ground offensive against Hamas in response to its attack on Israel. However, those who fled to southern Khan Younis found no reprieve from Israel’s bombardment, as warplanes struck a four-storey building on Saturday, killing and wounding … Read more
The European Union, United States and the United Kingdom have shown strong support for Israel. As the death toll mounts and the humanitarian situation worsens for Palestinians, Russia, China and India have called for peace talks and a separate state for Palestinians. The United States has been Israel’s strongest backer in the war on Hamas … Read more
Thousands of Palestinians have begun to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli military called for all civilians in the northern half of the besieged enclave to relocate south, as it amassed tanks for an expected ground assault. The United Nations warned on Friday that the order demanding the relocation of 1.1 … Read more
Heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip from Israeli warplanes continues for a sixth day, flattening neighbourhoods and targeting homes with residents inside them. The air attacks on Thursday targeted two homes belonging to the al-Masri and al-Hasani families in the Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City along the Mediterranean coast. Israel said it has … Read more
Has something fundamentally changed in the level of US, international involvement in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? Decades of misguided strategy have wreaked havoc on the region, even before Hamas’s recent attack on Israel and the Israeli response in Gaza, according to Harvard University Professor Stephen Walt. Global powers have allowed the status quo to fester. Washington … Read more