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Who is Tal Mitnick, the Israeli teen jailed for refusing to serve in military?
Fp Explainers •Tal Mitnick is an 18-year-old conscientious objector from Tel Aviv who has been sentenced to 30 days in prison for refusing to enlist in the Israeli military. He is not alone as several youths plan to do the same to protest Israel’s occupation and bombing of civilians in Gaza
‘No accountability, Congressional oversight’: Biden accused of arming Israel amid Gaza war
Anindad •Already drained by the Ukraine war, the American arms industry has now reached an inflection point with the Hamas-Israel war
Israel expands ground offensive ‘in all of Gaza Strip’, dozens of Palestinians killed
Fp Staff •The renewed warfare followed the end on Friday of a seven-day pause in the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants which had allowed an exchange of 105 hostages held by Hamas, most of them Israelis, for 240 Palestinian prisoners.
Hospitals in Gaza Strip being used as 'terror bases', says IDF as it unveils terrorist hideout beneath Shifa Hospital
Fp Staff •Since Israel declared war against Hamas on Oct. 7, it has repeatedly accused the Islamic terrorist group of using Gaza's hospitals as cover for military use. It has paid special attention to Shifa, saying Hamas has hidden command centers and bunkers underneath the hospital's sprawling grounds.
Israeli Military revises number of hostages held in Gaza to 199, higher than previous estimates
Fp Staff •More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israeli retaliation that seeks to eliminate Hamas’ leadership after its deadly incursion.
Israeli military spokesman says Israel to strike Gaza City "very soon.
•Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel.
Israeli military caught up in divide over Netanyahu's plan
•The typically taboo talk of defying military orders underlines how deeply the overhaul has divided Israel and is now tearing at what Israeli Jews see as their most respected institution, the military.
Israeli military caught up in divide over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan
•The typically taboo talk of defying military orders underlines how deeply the overhaul has divided Israel and is now tearing at what Israeli Jews see as their most respected institution, the military
Israel carries out its first air strike on Gaza Strip after rocket attack as Jerusalem tensions spike
•Warning sirens sounded in southern Israel Monday night after the rocket was fired from the enclave controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, the first such incident since early January
Syria: Israeli airstrikes hit Latakia port; no casualty reported
•There was no comment from the Israeli military, which has conducted hundreds of airstrikes inside government-controlled parts of Syria over the course of its 10 year civil war, but rarely acknowledges them