The “Iron Swords” war broke out in the early morning hours of October 7—fifty years and one day from the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The number of Jews killed was the most on one day since the Holocaust and Israelis have witnessed atrocities that they never thought would be repeated. MediaCentral was the first to help foreign journalists in the country get updated on what exactly was going on with a Zoom conference just hours after the war erupted. We have continued to follow the resulting military operations and have assisted the more than one thousand reporters who have been sent to the region to cover the events.
May 07: War Cabinet Gives Rafah Operation Go-ahead Amid Mixed Messages Over Hostage Deal – Analysis with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Israel Ziv
The IDF spokesperson confirmed that IDF forces have begun operating against Hamas targets in eastern Rafah following Hamas’ positive response to an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.
What can be expected next and how could this impact the hostage deal efforts?
Major General (Res.) Israel Ziv is former Commander of the Gaza Division and former Head of the IDF Operations Directorate.
