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Battle Of Ofakim
The battle of Ofakim (Hebrew language, Hebrew: קרב אופקים; Arabic language, Arabic: معركة سديروت) began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas launched October 7 attacks, a large-scale surprise attack on southern Israel, which was widely condemned as an act of terrorism. The Israeli town of Ofakim (Hebrew language, Hebrew: אֳפָקִים) is a city in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel, 20 kilometers (12.4 mi) west of Beersheba. During the battle in the city, 27 residents and 6 policemen (Israel Police) were killed, in addition to other city residents who were murdered in other places in the Gaza Envelope. In total, 47 residents were killed in the attack—some during the battle and others in various locations in the Negev, and some were injured. The militants from Hamas and other groups used assault rifles, Rocket-propelled grenade, rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and grenades. A total of 22 militants were killed by the Israel Defense F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaza War
The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel fought since 7 October 2023. A part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflict, Gaza–Israel conflicts dating back to the 20th century, it follows the wars of Gaza War (2008–2009), 2008–2009, 2012 Gaza War, 2012, 2014 Gaza War, 2014, and 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, 2021. The war has resulted in the deaths of more than one thousand Israelis and tens of thousands of Palestinians, along with widespread destruction and a Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present), humanitarian crisis in Gaza. A growing number of human rights organizations and experts—such as lawyers and academics genocide studies, studying genocide and international law—say that Gaza genocide, a genocide is occurring in Gaza, though this is debated. Meanwhile, the surrounding region has seen Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present), heightened instability and fighting. The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocket-propelled Grenade
A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), also known colloquially as a rocket launcher, is a Shoulder-fired missile, shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon that launches rockets equipped with a Shaped charge, shaped-charge explosive warhead. Most RPGs can be carried by an individual soldier, and are frequently used as anti-tank weapons. These warheads are affixed to a rocket motor which propels the RPG towards the target, stabilized in flight with fins. Some types of RPG are reloadable with new anti-tank grenades, while others are single-use. RPGs are generally Muzzleloader, loaded from the front. RPGs with high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads are very effective against lightly armored vehicles such as armored personnel carriers (APCs) and armored car (military), armored cars. However, modern, heavily-armored vehicles, such as upgraded APCs and main battle tanks, are generally too well-protected (with thick composite armor, composite or reactive armor) to be penetrated by an RPG, unless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outline Of The Gaza War
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Wikipedia articles available about the Gaza war. It is an evolving list. Top level articles * October 7 attacks * Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present) * Casualties of the Gaza war * Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war ** '' Defense for Children International – Palestine et al v. Biden et al'' * Economic impact of the Gaza war * Gaza genocide * Impacts of the Gaza war * Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) * Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war * Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip * Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present) * Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present) * Gaza war hostage crisis ** Tsav 9 * Mass detentions in the Gaza war * Red Sea crisis * Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacks * Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza war * Timeline of the Gaza Strip healthcare collapse * Timeline of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamam
Yamam (), also known as National Counter-Terrorism Unit, is Israel's national counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israel Border Police. The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against terrorist targets in civilian areas. Besides military and counter-terrorism duties, it also performs tactical unit duties and undercover police work. History The Yamam was established in late 1974 after the Ma'alot massacre, where a failed rescue operation by the Sayeret Matkal commando unit of the Israel Defense Forces resulted in the murder of 21 schoolchildren before the hostage takers were killed. Operational record after the Second Intifada On May 23, 2006, a Yamam force, using intelligence provided by the Shin-Bet, arrested Ibrahim Hamed after an IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer started ramming the house in which he was hiding. On September 23, 2014, a Yamam force, together with Israel Defense Forces Combat Enginee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabbat
Shabbat (, , or ; , , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazi Hebrew, Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the seven-day week, week—i.e., Friday prayer, Friday–Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical stories describing the Genesis creation narrative, creation of the heaven and earth in six days and the redemption from slavery and the Exodus from Egypt. Since the Hebrew calendar, Jewish religious calendar counts days from sunset to sunset, Shabbat begins in the evening of what on the civil calendar is Friday. Shabbat observance entails refraining from 39 Melachot, work activities, often with shomer Shabbat, great rigor, and engaging in restful activities to honor the day. Judaism's traditional position is that the unbroken seventh-day Shabbat originated among the Jewish people, as their first and most sacred institution. Variations upon Shabbat are widespread in Judaism and, with adaptations, throughout the Abraham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Re'im Music Festival Massacre
On 7 October 2023, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist political organization Hamas, initiated a October 7 attacks, sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As part of the attack, 378 individuals (344 civilians and 34 security personnel) were killed and many more wounded at the Supernova Sukkot Gathering, an open-air music festival during the Jewish holidays, Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret near kibbutz Re'im. Hamas also took Gaza war hostage crisis, 44 people hostage, and men and women were reportedly subject to Sexual and gender-based violence in the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel, sexual and gender-based violence. Some 20 of the attackers were also killed by Israeli security forces in the area of the festival. This attack had the largest number of casualties out of a number of massacres targeting Israeli civilians in villages adjacent to the Gaza Strip, that occurred as part of the 7 Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almog Cohen (politician)
Almog Cohen (; born 12 January 1988) is an Israeli far-right politician, former police officer, and militia founder from the city of Beersheba in the Negev region. He served as a member of the Knesset for Otzma Yehudit from 2022 until 2025. He has served as a regional coordinator for the party. Owing to his police and militia background, Cohen acquired nicknames including "the sheriff" and "the warrior from the Negev" within the party. Prior to his political career, Cohen organized a militia force in the Negev region, which was created to "fight crime among Bedouins." Following his entry into politics, Cohen was accused of police brutality by a Negev Bedouin family after he posted a photo showing himself involved in a 2013 arrest. Ahead of the 2022 Israeli legislative election, Cohen removed wide traces of his digital footprint, including calls to "wash the streets of Gaza with blood". In 2022, he claimed that the alleged 2021 rape by a Negev Bedouin of a 10-year-old Jewish girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knesset
The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supervises the work of the government, among other things. In addition, the Knesset elects the State Comptroller of Israel, state comptroller. It also has the power to waive the immunity of its members, remove the president and the state comptroller from office, dissolve the government in a constructive vote of no confidence, and to dissolve itself and call new elections. The prime minister may also Dissolution of parliament, dissolve the Knesset. However, until an election is completed, the Knesset maintains authority in its current composition.The Knesset Jewish Virtual Library. Ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoav Gallant
Yoav Gallant (; born 8 November 1958) is an Israeli politician and former military officer who served as Ministry of Defense (Israel), minister of defense between 2022 and 2024. Gallant was an officer in the Southern Command (Israel), Southern Command of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the Israeli Navy. In January 2015 he entered politics, joining the new Kulanu party. After being elected to the Knesset he was appointed Ministry of Construction (Israel), minister of construction. At the end of 2018 he joined Likud, shortly after which he became Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, minister of Aliyah and Integration. In 2020 he was appointed Ministry of Education (Israel), minister of education, and the following year became minister of defense. On 5 November 2024, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had dismissed Gallant, effective 7 November, and sought to have Israel Katz replace him. Gallant subsequently resigned from the Knesset on 5 January 2025. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defense (Israel)
The Ministry of Defense (, acronym: ) of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats. Its political head is the defense minister of Israel, and its offices are located in HaKirya, Tel Aviv. The Ministry of Defense oversees most of the Israeli security forces, including the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Military Industries (IMI), and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The ministry was established when the British Mandate of Palestine ended, and the British Army departed Palestine and the State of Israel was formed. This ended the rag-tag militia units during British rule and gave way to the formal defense of the Jewish state. Minister of Defense The defense minister of Israel (, ''Sar HaBitahon'', ''lit.'' Minister of Security) heads the ministry. The post is considered to be the second most important position in the Israeli cabinet, and usually has a deputy min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itzik Danino
Izak is a given name. Izak may also refer to: * Izak catshark, a type of cat shark * Izak, a character in the video game ''Suikoden IV'' * Piotr "Izak" Skowyrski, Polish esports commentator and streamer * Vian Izak, American singer/songwriter, producer, and audio engineer See also * Izakaya, a Japanese drinking establishment * ''Izakaya Chōji'', a Japanese film * Izaskun Aramburu, a Spanish canoer * Isak (surname) * Itzig family, German-Jewish family * Itzig, Luxembourg, a town * Itz, river in Germany * Izaak Walton League, environmental organization * Izaak-Walton-Killam Award, awarded to Canadian researchers * Izaak Synagogue, in Kraków, Poland * Isakhel, a town in Pakistan * Isakhel Tehsil, area in Pakistan * Izsák (Hungary), a town in Hungary * Izsak (crater) Izsak is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side, hidden from view from the Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
