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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Ahmed Zakot / … Hamas May Not Have a Step Two
A day that started under control, with a coordinated surprise attack by literally thousands of armed men, does not appear to have ended that way.
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Hani Alshaer / Anadolu Agency / Getty ‘Be Absolutely Quiet. Not a Word.’
An Israeli family’s encounter with Hamas
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Mahmud Hams / AFP / Getty Understanding Hamas’s Genocidal Ideology
A close read of Hamas’s founding documents clearly shows its intentions.
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Photo-illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: … Biden Will Be Guided by His Zionism
The president is committed to supporting the Jewish state, but the conflict threatens his other regional priorities.
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Amir Cohen / Reuters The Reckoning
Israel must grapple first with its enemies, and then with the failures of its own government.
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Kobi Wolf / Bloomberg / Getty ‘We’re Going to Die Here’
A firsthand account of tragedy and heroism from the slaughter that left more than 900 Israelis dead
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Mohammed Abed / AFP / Getty Hamas’s Attack Confounds Middle East Experts
Even those who understand the fundamentalist group best are struggling to understand what they are trying to achieve.
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Hatem Ali / AP Images of the Mass Kidnapping of Israelis by Hamas
Human-rights groups are collecting evidence of war crimes by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Keystone/Getty; OREN ZIV/AFP … This War Isn’t Like Israel’s Earlier Wars
The parallels between this crisis and the Yom Kippur War of 1973 are striking, but superficial. The differences are what will shape the conflict to come.
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Ali Hashisho / Xinhua via Getty The Israeli Military Wasn’t Ready for This
The notion of an indomitable Israel Defense Forces is overdue for a revision.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. There Are No Rules
States and quasi-states are using extreme, uninhibited violence against civilian populations.
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Ahmad Gharabli / AFP / Getty This Debacle Will Transform Israel
The IDF has a record of exceptionally rapid recovery, and it is already adapting.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Mahmud Hams / … Is Israel at War With Iran?
Tehran is exploiting a conflict left to fester for too long.
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Kobi Wolf / Bloomberg / Getty A Shocked and Frazzled Collective Mind
The attack on Israelis is a reminder of a long history of Jewish trauma.
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Fatima Shbair / AP A Message From Iran
For Hamas and Iran, yesterday’s violence was a demonstration of newfound power.
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Mohammed Abed / AFP / Getty Five Observations About the War in Israel
Big questions from our writers to help illuminate the latest
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Mustafa Hassona / Anadolu Agency / Getty This Will Be a Pyrrhic Victory for Hamas
Israel could go much further than it has in the past in responding to the group’s attacks.
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Max Lakner / BFA ‘The Middle East Region Is Quieter Today Than It Has Been in Two Decades’
A week ago, Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, sounded optimistic about the region.
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Hatem Moussa / AP A Historic Cataclysm in the Middle East
Hamas’s attacks could be a daring single-day raid or the start of a regional war of a scale not seen since 1973.
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Kobi Wolf / Bloomberg / Getty A Devastating Attack by Hamas
How did Israel not see it coming?
