85-year-old and 79-year-old Israeli women who were held hostage by Hamas spoke of the terror they experienced Tuesday upon their release, as the NYT reports.
The Israeli military intensified airstrikes on Gaza, saying Tuesday that it hit hundreds of targets in the besieged Palestinian territory, as The Washington Post reports.
Iran in recent days has unleashed the regional militias it has spent years arming, raising the risks of larger conflict in the region, as the WSJ reports.
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Since the beginning of the conflict, Hamas has fired 7,000 rockets toward Israel, according to the Israeli military.
Source: AP
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85-year-old Israeli Yochaved Lifshitz, taken hostage in the cross-border attack by Hamas, gives a press conference at Ichilov Hospital following her release, in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 24, 2023.
"The Outlook for Israel’s Military Campaign against Hamas" by CSIS's Seth G. Jones, Jon B. Alterman, Emily Harding, and Daniel Byman.
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Yesterday, the CSIS International Security Program and Middle East Program hosted a virtual discussion on the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas War. Watch the full event here.
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