Category: Israel
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UN Chief Alarmed at Resumption, Spread of Gaza Fighting
December 04, 2023 5:31 PM UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his extreme alarm Monday about the resumption of hostilities between Israel and Hamas, including Hamas rocket fire on Israel and the renewal and expansion of Israel’s airstrikes and military ground operations into the southern Gaza Strip. “The U.N. continues to appeal to…
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Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City is ignoring the past lessons of urban warfare
James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University Mediators are seeking to extend the truce between Israel and Hamas beyond Wednesday amid the exchange of hostages for prisoners. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to resume the war with “full force” when the truce ends. Hamas’s terrorist attack on Oct. 7 and Israel’s subsequent aerial bombardment…