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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 529

Giora Eiland

An IDF soldier operating in the Gaza Strip in an image released on October 24, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 25, 2024, 9:40 pm
With no exit strategy in Gaza, ex-IDF officers fear Israel will stay indefinitely
Domestic critics, including ex-generals, warn that indecisiveness will force Israel to rule Strip, pay a heavy price in sporadic attacks by remaining Hamas operatives
By Reuters
Palestinians transport their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City on October 12, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
October 14, 2024, 4:44 pm
US worried about north Gaza humanitarian situation as UN says no new aid in 2 weeks
Harris, Pentagon chief call for fresh supplies for civilians, as IDF pushes on with new raid in Jabaliya area to stop Hamas from regrouping; Israel denies implementing siege plan
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
The Neilah prayers, the final plea for atonement at the end of the Yom Kippur service, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, October 12, 2024. (Paulina Patimer/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
October 13, 2024, 2:37 pm
Defense officials said to accuse government of seeking Gaza annexation over hostage deal
Officers quoted saying that the recent expansion of operations in northern Gaza was done with little military planning or intelligence information
By ToI Staff
FILE — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaks at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 3, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
September 22, 2024, 9:13 pm
PM says weighing plan for siege on Hamas in north Gaza; believes half of hostages alive
During closed-door meeting with lawmakers, Netanyahu argues putting pressure on Hezbollah could help force Hamas’s Sinwar to the table, predicts ICC arrest warrants coming soon
By Sam Sokol
IDF troops with the 162nd Division are seen operating in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on September 14, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 19, 2024, 8:40 pm
Right-wing lawmakers question IDF’s claimed defeat of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade
Likud MK Halevi accuses military of ‘misleading’ public over Hamas death toll; former top defense official argues matter ‘irrelevant’ so long as group controls food distribution
By Sam Sokol
An Iranian military truck carries parts of a Sayad 4-B missile past a portrait of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a military parade as part of a ceremony marking the country's annual army day in Tehran on April 17, 2024. (Atta Kenare / AFP)
April 18, 2024, 1:42 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 18: Day 195 – Did Israel miss its moment to hit back at Iran?
Editor David Horovitz weighs in on reports accusing Israel of miscalculating strike on IRGC generals, a US-offered compromise on Rafah operation and a UN resolution condemning Iran
By ToI Staff
Major General (ret.) Giora Eiland, former IDF planning and operations chief and ex-head of the National Security Council. (Courtesy)
April 17, 2024, 1:34 pm
A top ex-general’s radical strategy for tackling Iran, saving the hostages, calming the north
Giora Eiland, a former national security adviser and ex-IDF operations chief, has been bitterly critical of Israel’s response to October 7; here he sets out an alternative approach
By David Horovitz
File: Former Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann (R) speaks with former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak at a hearing of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, July 9, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 8, 2023, 3:03 pm
Government tentatively welcomes judicial overhaul compromise, opposition unimpressed
Proposals made by ex-justice minister Friedmann and others moderate plans to take control over judicial appointments and to radically restrict judicial review by High Court
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) chairs the weekly cabinet meeting, flanked by Justice Minister Yariv Levin, at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on March 5, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool/AFP)
March 7, 2023, 11:16 pm
PM said turning up heat on Levin for judicial compromise, but Knesset blitz goes on
Reports say Netanyahu has met minister 3 times in recent days to urge overhaul deal; Levin said enthusiastic about proposal by former justice minister and retired general
By ToI Staff
View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, southern Israel, August 13, 2016. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 31, 2021, 11:59 am
Detailed images of sensitive Israeli sites, including nuclear plant, now online
Trump-era change in US law means high-quality commercial images available; security experts warn it could make Israel more vulnerable
By ToI Staff
An Israeli firefighter extinguishes a burning vehicle after a rocket launched from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on May 11, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 11, 2021, 3:47 pm
Yet another deepening round of conflict shows Israel still unable to deter Hamas
Gaza’s terror chiefs manifestly have no compunction in sowing devastation in Israel ‘every Monday and Thursday,’ notes a former national security adviser, pleading for a rethink
By David Horovitz
An Israeli flag flutters above the wreckage of a tank on a hill in the Golan Heights overlooking the border with Syria on October 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jalaa Marey)
March 28, 2019, 3:01 pm
Did Netanyahu just endorse the acquisition of territory by force?
As PM asserts Israel can keep land captured in defensive wars, one Israeli legal scholar insists Golan still belongs to Syria, but argues that the West Bank’s status is debatable
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinians run, as teargas canisters fired by Israeli troops land near them during a demonstration near the Gaza Strip security fence, east of Gaza City on March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
April 3, 2018, 6:00 am
What we know and don’t about Friday’s Gaza protests
Following the mass march and violence in which the IDF killed 16 people, the battle shifts to public opinion: Were they unarmed protesters or dangerous terrorists?
By Judah Ari Gross
Former national security adviser Maj. Gen. (ret.) Giora Eiland. (Flash90)
April 2, 2018, 7:41 pm
Ex-general: I don’t know what IDF could do if 300,000 try to trample Gaza fence
Giora Eiland, former head of IDF Strategic Planning and of the National Security Council, fears Israel has played into Hamas’s hands – and danger could spread to Lebanon, West Bank
By David Horovitz
Former national security adviser Maj. Gen. (ret.) Giora Eiland. (Flash90)
December 24, 2015, 6:18 am
If Hezbollah attacks, go to war with Lebanon, ex-national security adviser urges
‘In addition to Hezbollah targets, we should also attack Lebanon’s army, airports, seaports and other strategic assets,’ argues former IDF operations chief Giora Eiland
By ToI Staff
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