October, 2024

• 10 October

  A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement

  

  A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East. Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent sustained Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel has expanded its operations on multiple fronts to include the West Bank, Yemen, Syria and …

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• 9 October

  Iran Update, October 7, 2024

  

  The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed a third division—the 91st Division—to southern Lebanon on October 7 for “focused and delimited” ground operations against Lebanese Hezbollah.[i] The 91st Division joins the 36th and 98th divisions in southern Lebanon shortly after Israel announced that it would expand ground operations against Hezbollah.[ii] The …

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• 9 October

  What Israel Has Lost

  

  And How It Can Regain Its Strategic Edge The massacre of October 7, 2023, was one of the most horrific atrocities perpetrated since World War II. On that day, Hamas-led militants kidnapped Israeli children, raped Israeli women, beheaded Israeli men, and burned alive entire Israeli families in their homes. But …

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• 9 October

  Israel’s Paradox of Defeat

  

  How the Country’s Military Success Is Producing Political Failure Last October 7, Hamas surprised Israel’s famed military and intelligence agencies. Both had known, for years, about the Palestinian armed group’s preparations to invade Israel and kill and kidnap its soldiers and citizens. But they failed to believe that it would …

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• 9 October

  Possible Outcomes of the Israeli War on the Gaza Strip After the Truce

  

  The Israeli war on the Gaza Strip is managed according to changing rules, depending on the military situation, the local reactions of Hamas and Israel, and foreign pressures. This means that the war will not proceed according to any prepared plans, decisive objectives, or rules. Therefore, this paper addresses the …

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• 9 October

  Position Assessment: Potential Pathways of Conflict between Hamas and Israel

  

  some of days of war have passed, yet the possible consequences remain enigmatic to observers, as this conflict presents multiple potential outcomes at the Israeli, Palestinian, regional, and international levels. This position assessment aims to explore the most likely scenarios for future developments. On October 7, 2023, Hamas initiated Operation …

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• 9 October

  One Year After the October 7 Attacks: The Impact on Four Fronts

  The turbulent year since Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel draws to a close, marked by a sharp escalation in conflict between Israel and Iran and its proxies. Four CFR experts assess the changes since the attacks. One year after Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel, Elliott Abrams examines the extraordinary response …

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• 9 October

  Still under fire, Israel remembers Oct. 7 victims while grappling with ongoing nightmare

  

  Rockets from Gaza target border region and Tel Aviv in heaviest attack in months, as 1st anniversary of earthshaking assault is marked amid widening war and continuing hostage crisis One year after Hamas-led terrorists embarked on a brutal rampage that shook Israel to its core, a deeply scarred nation stopped …

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• 9 October

  Après le pogrom du 7-Octobre: Macron, rallié à la «rue arabe»

  

  Le pogrom perpétré par le Hamas il y a un an est un séisme qui a eu des répercussions en France. «Les images du 7-octobre ont été considérées, entendues comme un appel à la haine des juifs», estime le président du Crif Yonathan Arfi. Mais, le progressisme national préfère en …

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• 9 October

  What Israel Has Lost

  

  And How It Can Regain Its Strategic Edge The massacre of October 7, 2023, was one of the most horrific atrocities perpetrated since World War II. On that day, Hamas-led militants kidnapped Israeli children, raped Israeli women, beheaded Israeli men, and burned alive entire Israeli families in their homes. But …

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