DefenceTalkIsrael launched air strikes on Gaza Friday in response to militant rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave, as tensions rose following the deadliest army raid on the occupied West Bank in years. Israel said it had carried out at least two rounds of strikes targeting Hamas Islamists, following waves of rocket launches towards southern Israel. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-gaza-militants-trade-missiles-after-deadly-west-bank-raid-79782/

DefenceTalkIsraeli conduct during last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip increased the number of civilian casualties, an independent report has said, by failing to differentiate between military targets and civilian populations. Despite claims to the contrary, the military did not give sufficient warning for civilians to evacuate residential areas before striking them, according to the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-failed-to-minimize-civilian-toll-in-gaza-war-report-62100/

DefenceTalkIsrael’s army has launched five criminal investigations into incidents involving its forces during the Gaza war, a top legal official said on Wednesday, two weeks after a truce took hold. The United Nations and international rights groups have condemned Israel for numerous attacks which resulted in heavy civilian casualties, in a conflict that killed more […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israeli-army-launches-5-criminal-probes-over-gaza-war-60568/

DefenceTalkAn Israeli air strike on the northern Gaza Strip killed five people on Wednesday evening, medics said, as Israel’s army announced two more soldiers had died in fighting. Earlier, Israeli tank fire killed five people, including two children, in southern Gaza, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said, as Wednesday’s body count reached at least 47 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-strikes-kill-dozens-in-gaza-as-toll-tops-670-60246/

DefenceTalkIsrael intensified its bombardment of Gaza Wednesday, killing four children on a beach in an apparent naval salvo and launching deadly air strikes, as regional leaders sought to end the killing. The punishing air campaign aimed at halting cross-border rocket fire by Hamas militants resumed after Egyptian-brokered truce efforts collapsed on Tuesday. So far, Israel’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/children-killed-on-beach-as-israel-resumes-gaza-bombardment-60191/

DefenceTalkIt was supposed to be an evening of entertainment in Gaza, watching the World Cup semi-final at a cafe, a welcome break from 48 hours of Israeli air strikes. But the evening was cut brutally short when an Israeli raid flattened the Fun Time Beach cafe in the southern Gaza Strip in the early hours […]https://www.defencetalk.com/world-cup-fans-killed-as-israel-raid-hits-gaza-cafe-60109/

DefenceTalkAlthough it appears to hit incoming Hamas rockets, Israel’s system could be falling short of detonating the rockets’ warheads. Even though Israel’s U.S.-funded “Iron Dome” rocket-defense interceptors appear to be hitting Hamas rockets in recent days, they are almost certainly failing in the crucial job of detonating those rockets’ shrapnel-packed explosive warheads, expert analysts say. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israels-iron-dome-is-a-total-failure-at-its-most-important-job-experts-say-60103/

DefenceTalkHamas militants in Gaza fired dozens of rockets at Israel Monday, which responded with multiple air strikes in a new escalation which threatened to spiral into another a major confrontation. It was the worst escalation in and around Gaza since November 2012, with tensions threatening to drag the region into a fresh confrontation as Israel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/gaza-on-brink-of-war-israel-60080/

DefenceTalkAn unmanned aircraft of the sort Israel uses for surveillance and missile strikes in Gaza crashed in the south of the territory early on Tuesday, sources on both sides said. “A Sky Rider drone crashed in the southern Gaza Strip due to a technical malfunction,” an Israeli army spokeswoman told AFP. “An investigation is under […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-drone-crashes-in-gaza-58983/

DefenceTalkIsrael’s Iron Dome missile defence system shot down a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip towards the southern city of Ashkelon on Thursday evening, media reports said. Public radio and army radio both reported that there were no injuries or property damage. They said another rocket fired by Gaza militants during the afternoon fell in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-shoots-down-rocket-fired-from-gaza-reports-50683/