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2023 Israeli Female Tank Crew Fight
On 7 October 2023, seven female Israeli tank crew members from the Caracal Battalion, Caracal battalion fought against Gazans who they alleged were Hamas continuously for 17 hours. According to the Israel Defense Forces, IDF, the young women were the first ever female tank crews in the West to engage in active combat. According to Israel, they killed 50 militants. The incident was cited by ''The New York Times'' as an important milestone in the integration of women in the army, symbolizing a significant shift after a prolonged struggle for acceptance. Israel has promoted its female tank crews as part of its public relations war within the conflict. Background The recruitment of women into combat positions in the Israel Defense Forces was rather slow. The process accelerated after 1995, when a young soldier, Alice Miller, asked the Supreme Court of Israel to allow her to enroll in pilot training. As a result of the landmark decision, although Miller personally did not make it in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Sufa
On 7 October 2023, as part of the Qassam Brigades-initiated 7 October attacks on Israel, a series of coordinated armed incursions into the Gaza Envelope, around 30 militants from Hamas' Qassam Brigades attacked Kibbutz Sufa and then overran a nearby military outpost. Around 7:30am, Hamas militants motorbikes indiscriminately fired guns and rocket launchers at people on the streets before arriving at the gates of Kibbutz Sufa. Once inside the kibbutz, militants went door-to-door shooting anyone in sight, including inside people's homes at point blank range. For an estimated 6 hours, six armed residents of the kibbutz fought off the Hamas militants until the Israel Defense Forces arrived. Three Israeli civilians were killed in the attack on the kibbutz. Twenty Hamas militants were killed, and 10 were captured by Israeli security forces. Attack On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel at approximately 6 a.m., firing rockets and conducting a major ground an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holit Massacre
On 7 October 2023, the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades (Al-Qassam Brigades, the militant wing of the Hamas party) attacked Holit, a kibbutz close to the Gaza–Israel barrier, border fence with the Gaza Strip, as part of the 7 October attacks on Israel. Twelve residents including one member of the security team were killed, Three foreign kibbutz employees, two from Nepal and a Moldavian, were also killed. A resident, whose parents were killed, and a Thai employee, were injured. They recovered, with the employee subsequently returning to Thailand. Four members of a family were injured when a grenade failed to breach their safe room, but shrapnel entered through the space under the door. Seven hostages were taken captive. Three were released on the day of the attack just before reaching the Gaza border fence. An additional two were released during the 2023 Israeli–Palestinian prisoner exchange#Hamas release of hostages, Israeli–Palestinian prisoner exchange. Two hostages remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battles Involving Israel
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, wherea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Hamas Attack On Israel
A series of coordinated attacks, led by the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas, from the Gaza Strip into bordering areas in Israel, commenced on 7 October 2023, a Sabbath day and date of several Jewish holidays. Hamas meticulously planned for a massacre of Israeli civilians with the goal of provoking Israel to invade Gaza. The attacks initiated the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, almost exactly 50 years after the Yom Kippur War began on 6 October 1973. Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups named the attacks Operation Al-Aqsa Flood (or Deluge; ),From the United Nations: * * * while they are referred to in Israel as Black Saturday (), or the Simchat Torah Massacre (), and internationally as the 7 October attack. The attacks began in the early morning with a rocket barrage of at least 3,000 rockets launched against Israel and vehicle-transported and powered paraglider incursions into its territory. Hamas fighters breached the Gaza–Israel barrier, targeting civilians fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Russia
Open Russia (russian: Открытая Россия; ''Otkrytaya Rossiya'') is a political organisation founded by the exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky with the shareholders of his firm, Yukos (a company closed in 2006). Khodorkovsky states that his organisation advocates democracy and human rights. The first initiative took the form of a foundation whose stated purpose was to "build and strengthen civil society in Russia", established in 2001. Khodorkovsky relaunched Open Russia in September 2014 as a nationwide community platform as part of a group of activities called "Open Media". In 2017, the organisation was listed as undesirable by Russia's Prosecutor General, and its website banned in Russia. On 27 May 2021, Open Russia announced to cease its operations in Russia to protect its members from the risk of facing criminal prosecution and being imprisoned in the country. "Open Media" is now known as "Mozhem Obyasnit". History First initiative This first incarnatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Aslanyan (journalist)
Sergei Stepanovich Aslanyan (russian: Серге́й Степанович Асланян; born 20 February 1966) is a Russian radio journalist specializing in cars. From 1987 to 1990, he worked as a sociologist at the All-Union Center for the Study of Public Opinion. In 1990 and 1991, he worked as a caricaturist artist in the publishing house Data and from 1992 to 1995, he was editor in the TV program «Авто&Шоу» (Auto & Shows) and between 1994 and 1995, he was the host of «Автомобильное обозрение» ("Automobile Review") on an RTR Business channel. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he worked in a number of magazines including ''Autopilot'', '' Kommersant'', '' Moskovskij Komsomolets'', ''Motor'', ''Proyect Garage'', ''Avtomir'' and ''MK-Mobil''. Since 1999 he worked at the radio station Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) where he was the author and host of the radio program "Garage", "Parkovka" (Parking) and "Проезжая часть" ("Roadway"). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In The Israel–Hamas War
Women in the Israel–Hamas war refers to the experience of Israeli and Palestinian women as victims of violence, combatants, leadership partners, and as participants in informational campaigns during the Israel–Hamas war. The conflict has been marked by violence towards women, including Sexual and gender-based violence in the 7 October attack on Israel, reports of rape and sexual violence by Hamas militants. Following the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, there were testimonies and videos indicating that Hamas employed methods of severe torture, including violence and sexual violence against Israeli women and children. Close to 100 Israeli women were taken hostage and held in Gaza, leading to efforts by Israeli women and organizations to raise awareness and promote their release. The UN Secretary-General and UN Women condemned the gender-based violence against Israeli women during the attacks. In the Gaza Strip, thousands of women ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
