Gaza: Everything you need to know about the besieged Palestinian enclave
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / October 7, 2023
Gaza Strip, home to 2.1 million people, has been under an Israeli-imposed land, sea and air blockade since 2006.
Palestinian fighters from the besieged Gaza Strip launched an unprecedented assault on Israel on Saturday, firing several rockets into southern and central Israel, while others...
Civilians will pay price for biggest challenge to Israel since 1973
Bethan McKernan
The Observer / October 7, 2023
Inhabitants of Gaza now face the prospect of an Israeli ground offensive.
Fifty years ago this week Israel faced a threat to its very existence after the surprise joint attack by Egypt and Syria that marked the start of the Yom Kippur ...
Democrats and liberal Zionists decry ‘terrorists’ and rally to ‘stand with Israel’
Philip Weiss & Michael Arria
Mondoweiss / October 7, 2023
It did not take very long for Israel's friends in the U.S., including many liberal Democrats and liberal Zionist organizations, to declare utter support for Israel against Hamas "terrorists."
The incursion by Gaza militants into Israel this morning surprised Israel...
Israel ‘can no longer control its own fate’ after stunning Palestinian attack
Lubna Masarwa
Middle East Eye / October 7, 2023
Veteran Israeli analyst Meron Rapoport tells Middle East Eye that the Israeli military and intelligence is at a new low, and it may prove terminal for Netanyahu and his settler government.
Israel is entering a situation in which it cannot control its...
Gaza-Israel: How the world reacted to the surprise assault
Areeb Ullah
Middle East Eye / October 7, 2023
Palestinian fighters from Gaza infiltrated Israel in a major assault on Saturday, triggering mixed reactions from the international community.
Palestinian fighters from Gaza infiltrated Israel in a major assault on Saturday, with the Israeli army responding with devastating air strikes that killed hundreds of...
The October failures
Miko Peled
Mondoweiss / October 7, 2023
In October 1973, and again in October 2023, Israel suffered a breakdown in political and military command. It could not have imagined that the Arabs were capable or courageous enough to launch such a daring attack.
At the time of writing, Palestinian fighters...
Why captured Israelis are so important for Hamas
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / October 7, 2023
Captured Israeli soldiers have in the past resulted in thousands of Palestinians being freed, and Hamas is likely looking to replicate that.
Israel's military spokesman has so far declined to comment on whether Israelis have been captured during a wide-scale attack launched...
Palestinian attack on Israel may change the conflict, say analysts
Lubna Masarwa & Heba Nasser
Middle East Eye / October 7, 2023
‘It is the end of the doctrine of conducting the Israeli war in enemy territory’.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict may have been completely reshaped and taken into a new phase, analysts believe, following the massive Palestinian attack on Saturday that has...
Hamas and Israel at war: what we know so far
Lili Bayer
The Guardian / October 7, 2023
Israel responds after Palestinian Islamist group launches surprise attack and incursion.
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has launched a surprise attack on Israel, its biggest in years.
Here is what we know so far:
Hamas militants entered Israeli territory in the early hours of Saturday morning,...
Israelis describe chaos and panic as Palestinian fighters stage shock assault
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / October 7, 2023
Residents say they witnessed 'the most difficult images imaginable' as death toll in southern Israel reaches at least 250.
As Palestinian fighters seized control of Israeli communities near the besieged Gaza Strip, Israelis caught up in the assault spoke to local...
