Sgt. Maj. Malchiel ben Yosef was the only one to see the terrorist because he had turned towards Jerusalem to pray.

During the war I have hardly watched TV. I can’t bring myself to read books; it has been very difficult for me to concentrate.

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once reportedly quipped. The media’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war has offered plenty of all three.

The “day after” the war in Gaza concerns everyone: politicians, military staff, Israeli society and across the Atlantic in the White House.

“They sent us into battle and we expect that part of Gaza will remain under Israeli control indefinitely.”

“I don’t need help navigating our relationship with the US,” said the Israeli premier, after Itamar Ben-Gvir criticized Biden’s handling of the war.

The jihadist group is also demanding the release of terrorists who took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion of southern Israel.

“The Palestinians want to flee Gaza, but they have to pay astronomical sums. This is a very, very profitable business. Egypt is behind it.”

Netanyahu is trying to defeat Hamas. The administration’s efforts—and its fictional “doctrine”—seek to depose the Israeli prime minister and re-elect the president.