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KEY ACTORS
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)—Military forces of the State of Israel conducting operations in Gaza and the West Bank
Hamas—Palestinian militant organization governing the Gaza Strip since 2007
Palestinian Authority (PA)—Governing body of parts of the occupied West Bank
Benjamin Netanyahu—Prime Minister of Israel
UNRWA—UN agency providing aid and services to Palestinian refugees
ACTIVE FRONTS & FLASHPOINTS
Gaza StripRafah crossingKhan YounisJabaliaJeninWest Bank settlements
KEY STATISTICS
CASUALTIESOver 40,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 2023; over 1,200 Israelis killed in the October 7 attack (Gaza Health Ministry; Israeli government)
DISPLACED1.9 million displaced within Gaza — approximately 85% of the population (UN OCHA, 2024)
ESCALATIONOctober 2023 — Hamas attack on southern Israel and subsequent Israeli military operations in Gaza
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Israeli forces launch large-scale raids, demolitions in West Bank
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Middle East Eye
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Israeli forces launch large-scale raids, demolitions in West Bank

Israeli forces conducted a large-scale raid across the occupied West Bank, arresting dozens of Palestinians and imposing road closures. The operation, which included house searches and demolitions of structures in East Jerusalem, began early Monday morning.

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Palestinian leader Barghouti endures ‘violent’ assaults in Israeli prisons
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Al Jazeera
center192d ago

Palestinian leader Barghouti endures ‘violent’ assaults in Israeli prisons

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has reportedly faced multiple violent assaults in Israeli prisons during March and April, according to his lawyer. These incidents, including beatings and dog attacks, follow previous injuries and occur while Barghouti serves a life sentence for charges related to the second Intifada.

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Israeli jailers assaulted Marwan Barghouti three times in a month, lawyer says
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Middle East Eye
center192d ago

Israeli jailers assaulted Marwan Barghouti three times in a month, lawyer says

Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian political prisoner, was allegedly assaulted three times by Israeli prison guards in Megiddo and Ramon prisons over the past month. His lawyer claims these incidents involved beatings and injuries without medical treatment, occurring during his solitary confinement.

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Israeli jailers assaulted Marwan Barghouti three times in a month, lawyer says
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Middle East Eye
center192d ago

Israeli jailers assaulted Marwan Barghouti three times in a month, lawyer says

Submitted by Mera Aladam on Wed, 04/15/2026 - 07:27 Campaign for Barghouti’s release decries 'brutal attacks', as lawyer warns of a 'pattern of escalating abuse' People protest for Marwan Barghouti and other prisoners in the Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on 4 April, 2026 (AFP/Eyad Baba) Off Israeli prison guards have violently assaulted Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti three times over the past month, according to his lawyer. A campaign calling for Barghouti’s release o

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Haaretz: Israel demolishing villages in Lebanon 'just like Gaza'
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Middle East Eye
center192d ago

Haaretz: Israel demolishing villages in Lebanon 'just like Gaza'

Israeli soldiers reported to Haaretz that villages in southern Lebanon are being demolished using methods similar to those in Gaza, with success measured by the number of buildings destroyed daily. Bulldozers are razing villages near the border to establish permanent military outposts, with troops advancing approximately 20 kilometers south of the Litani River.

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Israeli attacks kill 11 , including two children , in day of strikes on Gaza
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aljazeera.com
center192d ago

Israeli attacks kill 11 , including two children , in day of strikes on Gaza

Israeli attacks in northern Gaza on Tuesday killed at least 11 Palestinians, including two children, in strikes targeting a police vehicle and a refugee camp. These actions represent continued Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, despite a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that began on October 10 of the previous year.

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Israeli attacks kill 11, including two children, in day of strikes on Gaza
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Al Jazeera
center192d ago

Israeli attacks kill 11, including two children, in day of strikes on Gaza

A three-year-old and a 14-year-old were among those killed in Israel's latest strikes on northern Gaza.

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Ceasefire not included: Lebanon begins historic 'exploratory' talks with Israel
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Middle East Eye
center193d ago

Ceasefire not included: Lebanon begins historic 'exploratory' talks with Israel

Lebanon and Israel held historic exploratory talks in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, facilitated by the U.S. administration, to discuss ending Hezbollah's influence. The discussions, the first direct engagement in over thirty years, did not include a ceasefire and excluded Hezbollah representation.

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Turkey war of words , and its boundaries | The Jerusalem Post
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jpost.com
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Turkey war of words , and its boundaries | The Jerusalem Post

Turkey's presidential office denied reports that President Erdogan threatened to invade Israel, stating the claims were unfounded and intended to undermine regional stability. The denial suggests Turkey is distinguishing between harsh rhetoric and potential military action, particularly amid efforts to mediate regional crises.

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Over-sold and under-delivered: Israel’s Netanyahu faces ceasefire backlash
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Al Jazeera
center193d ago

Over-sold and under-delivered: Israel’s Netanyahu faces ceasefire backlash

A recent poll indicates that 61% of Israelis oppose the US-Iran ceasefire deal, with 73% expecting renewed conflict within a year. This public frustration stems from Prime Minister Netanyahu's perceived failure to deliver on promises of a decisive end to the threat from Iran.

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Britain’s complicity with Israel in Lebanon and the West Bank | Letters
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The Guardian Middle East
left193d ago

Britain’s complicity with Israel in Lebanon and the West Bank | Letters

Alexandra Lucas asks what has to happen for our government to act, rather than simply condemn Benjamin Netanyahu, while John Deards notes Alan Bennett’s prescience on Donald TrumpYou report that Donald Trump asked Benjamin Netanyahu to be more “low-key” in Lebanon (Netanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon as Israel launches fresh strikes, 9 April). As someone who is Palestinian Lebanese, I know exactly what that means.

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IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend
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jpost.com
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IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend

Over the weekend, IDF troops destroyed four Hamas tunnel routes totaling approximately 800 meters east of the Gaza border, discovering living quarters and explosive materials. Additionally, IDF soldiers killed several Hamas terrorists in separate incidents near the Gaza border and within Gaza on Monday and Tuesday.

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Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli forces near border
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Middle East Eye
center193d ago

Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli forces near border

Lebanon’s armed group Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it carried out attacks on Israeli forces near the border amid ongoing talks between Lebanon’s government and Israel taking place in Washington. In a statement, the group claimed to have fired rockets at Israeli soldiers and vehicles south of Khaim, as well as Israeli military infrastructure in the city of Karmiel.

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Helena Cobban: Why understanding Hamas matters
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Middle East Eye
center193d ago

Helena Cobban: Why understanding Hamas matters

Journalist Helena Cobban, discussing her new book co-authored with Rami Khouri, explained on the March 12, 2025 episode of "UNAPOLOGETIC" why understanding Hamas is crucial. The book features conversations with five experts detailing Hamas's identity, objectives, and operational methods.

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Karishma Patel: What it was like inside the BBC amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza
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Middle East Eye
center193d ago

Karishma Patel: What it was like inside the BBC amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza

Submitted by Ashfaaq Carim on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 16:30 Former BBC journalist Karishma Patel left the BBC because of what she perceived as its editorial “double-standards” while reporting on Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, she takes us into the newsroom of the BBC and shows us just how the BBC built an “Orwellian” atmosphere around coverage of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza.

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Gideon Levy: Reporting on the Intifada changed how I see Israel
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Middle East Eye
center193d ago

Gideon Levy: Reporting on the Intifada changed how I see Israel

Submitted by Ashfaaq Carim on Tue, 03/25/2025 - 16:45 In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, we speak with Gideon Levy, one of Israel’s most outspoken and controversial journalists, who has spent decades documenting the occupation of Palestinian lands. We discuss Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Netanyahu’s political calculations, and how Israeli society has responded.

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Israeli ambassador to Germany condemns Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against chancellor
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The Guardian Middle East
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Israeli ambassador to Germany condemns Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against chancellor

Ron Prosor says verbal attack on Friedrich Merz referencing Nazi regime ‘erodes the memory of the Holocaust’Israel’s envoy to Germany has criticised a far-right Israeli cabinet member who made historically charged accusations against the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, saying the attack “[eroded] the memory of the Holocaust”. In a rare rebuke of a top Israeli official by an active ambassador, Ron Prosor said he wished to “unequivocally condemn” Bezalel Smotrich’s tirade against Merz, in which

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Iyad el-Baghdadi: Israel as an ethno-nationalist state, won't last beyond the 2030s
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Middle East Eye
center193d ago

Iyad el-Baghdadi: Israel as an ethno-nationalist state, won't last beyond the 2030s

Submitted by Ashfaaq Carim on Thu, 03/06/2025 - 16:30 Author, thinker and activist Iyad el-Baghdadi joins us on this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC to break down the impact of Israel’s war in Gaza and its wider consequences for the region. We explore Baghdadi’s hypothesis on whether Israel can survive as a Jewish supremacist state beyond the 2030s and whether a Palestinian state is still viable.

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Hossam el-Hamalawy: How has Israel's war on Gaza weakened Sisi's rule?
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Middle East Eye
center193d ago

Hossam el-Hamalawy: How has Israel's war on Gaza weakened Sisi's rule?

Submitted by Ashfaaq Carim on Fri, 02/28/2025 - 16:30 Egyptian activist and blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy joins us on this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC to speak about how Egypt has changed under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and how Isreal’s genocidal war on Gaza has affected his rule. In this extended interview, el-Hamalawy recalls the context of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak’s rule, why Mohamed Morsi lost power and Sisi’s coup.

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Mustafa Barghouti: Palestinians will 'die here and not leave'
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Middle East Eye
center193d ago

Mustafa Barghouti: Palestinians will 'die here and not leave'

Submitted by Ashfaaq Carim on Fri, 02/14/2025 - 16:20 Mustafa Barghouti, the general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, reacts to US President Donald Trump plan to forcibly expel Palestinians from Gaza so Washington can "have" the enclave. In a wide-ranging interview, Barghouti also speaks about how ethnic cleansing has accelerated in the occupied West Bank amid rising settler attacks.

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