Israeli army

Graffiti of a police officer revealing a pristine beach behind the separation wall in the Palestinian village of Abu Dis, near Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, March 6, 2006. (Melanie Fidler/Flash90)

Widening the cracks in Israel’s war machine

Israelis’ waning trust in Netanyahu and the direction of the war, along with shifts in global public opinion and accountability, offer leverage to exploit.

By Meron Rapoport January 8, 2025

Palestinians evacuate from northern Gaza amid Israel's siege, December 4, 2024. (Omar El-Qattaa)

Israel storms northern Gaza’s last hospital as remaining residents forced south

The attack on Kamal Adwan marks the culmination of a three-month campaign of ethnic cleansing and destruction in the northern city of Beit Lahiya.

By Ahmed Ahmed December 27, 2024

Palestinian prisoners held at Israel's Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank, August 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘My hands are paralyzed from torture’: Gazans reveal horrors of Ofer Camp

Inmates at Israel's shadowy new facility face non-stop abuse — from deadly beatings and electric shocks, to constant handcuffing and skin diseases.

By Oren Ziv December 19, 2024

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Israeli soldiers from the army’s 210th Division seen inside Syrian territory. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

‘As much and as quickly as possible’: Israeli settlers eye land in Syria, Lebanon

With the Israeli army advancing into Syria following Assad's fall, a group promoting settlements in Lebanon is casting its gaze eastward.

By Illy Pe’ery December 12, 2024

Palestinians and solidarity activists harvest olives in Duma, in the north of the occupied West Bank, on the first day of the olive harvest, October 10, 2024. (Avishay Mohar/Activestills)

‘I lost my wife and my land’: A deadly olive harvest season ends in the West Bank

Restrictions and attacks by the Israeli military, together with rampant settler violence, left many Palestinians unable to harvest this year's crop.

By Imad Abu Hawash December 12, 2024

A toy amid the rubble of the author's destroyed home, December 7, 2023. (Courtesy)

A year ago, an Israeli airstrike buried me alive. I’m still clawing my way out

I’m grateful I survived the attack on my home. But surviving isn’t the same as living, and the faces of those who didn’t make it haunt every corner of my mind.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish December 10, 2024

Iddo Elam (left) and Soul Behar Tsalik (right), before entering prison for refusing mandatory conscription in the Israeli army, November 27, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

‘We must use every tool to resist’: Israeli teens jailed for refusing military service

Conscientious objectors Iddo Elam and Soul Behar Tsalik tell +972 why their wartime draft refusal is a stand for a better future for all in Israel-Palestine.

By Oren Ziv November 28, 2024

Palestinian flee the city of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip amid Israeli bombardment. (Islam Ahmad)

In besieged Beit Lahiya, rubble and decomposing corpses line the streets

Thousands of Palestinians in the city are facing relentless bombardment and famine as the Israeli army ramps up efforts to cleanse northern Gaza.

By Ibrahim Mohammad November 28, 2024

Residents of northern Israeli communities who were evacuated from their homes due to the war protest against a ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, November 26, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

In Lebanon, a ceasefire is cause for celebration. Not in Israel

Israel has turned ‘total victory’ into its Messiah — a redemption that can never be realized but dictates eternal war and destruction as a way of life.

By Orly Noy November 27, 2024

The scene where a missile fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon landed and caused damage in the Palestinian town of Majd Al-Krum, northern Israel, October 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Palestinians in Israel’s north ‘abandoned’ by authorities as rocket deaths soar

Palestinian citizens are disproportionately bearing the brunt of Hezbollah’s missiles due to their lack of shelters and proximity to Iron Dome batteries.

By Suha Arraf November 22, 2024

Palestinian students pass an Israeli military jeep on their way home from school in the village of At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, September 28, 2022. (Oren Ziv)

In Masafer Yatta, our very right to education is under fire

Amid Israeli settler attacks, military raids, roadblocks, and an economic crisis, simply getting to school can be a challenge. But still we fight for our students.

By Mahmoud Al-Omour November 7, 2024

Kamal Adwan Hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya. (Courtesy)

‘I will stay inside my hospital until the last moment’

The Israeli army killed his son and arrested his colleagues in Kamal Adwan Hospital, but director Hussam Abu Safiya refuses to abandon his patients.

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer November 5, 2024

Israeli soldiers operating in Gaza City, July 28, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Exterminate, expel, resettle: Israel’s endgame in northern Gaza

Debates over the details of the ‘Generals’ Plan’ distract from the true brutality of Israel’s latest operation — one that drops the veneer of humanitarian considerations and lays the groundwork for settlements.

By Idan Landau November 1, 2024