• 19 March, 2024
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AUSTIN’S VISIT TO ISRAEL : ADVICE ON TRANSFORMING THE WAR IS SANE AND SAGE LIKE

When a man as experienced as Lloyd Austin talks about war and its strategic linkages the world needs to perk up and take note. Austin is not a political US…

By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

THE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA : WHO IS LIKELY TO BENEFIT?

Customarily, ceasefire in intense conventional operations is rare. The party undertaking the offensive could hardly be keen to cause a break in the tempo of operations, where the time in…

By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

J&K’S TACTICAL BATTLES: MISNOMERS AND NUANCES IN THE CURRENT TIMES PART 2 CAN THE HAMAS MODEL BE REPLICATED FOR CONFLICT RENEWAL

This is an article in continuation of the author’s Part 1 published in Chanakya Forum on 22 Sep 2023 A bold decision on 5th August 2019 removed J&K from the…

By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

Hamas is Holy in Kerala?

Recently, well known diplomat turned politician Dr Shashi Tharoor learnt the hard way that Hamas is ‘holy’ in Kerala. On October 26, in a rally organised by Indian Union Muslim…

By Colonel S Dinny (Retd)

USE OF AIR POWER IN GAZA

On October 7, 2023, the Islamic Resistance Movement (better known by its Arabic-derived acronym, Hamas) launched a multifaceted surprise attack on Israel that has killed more than 1000 Israelis and injured at least 2,500…

By Air Cmde SP Singh (Retd)

ISRAEL PALESTINIAN WAR : ANOTHER CONFLICT ZONE IN FLAMES

My first ever geopolitical study in life was in Jun 1967, at the beginning of the Six Day War. I requested my history teacher to explain to us all what…

By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)

Australia intends to list Hamas as terrorist organisation

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Australian government intends to list the entirety of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organisation under the country's criminal code, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said…

U.S., Palestinian officials hold first economic dialogue in five years -State Department

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Palestinian officials met virtually on Tuesday to renew the U.S.-Palestinian Economic Dialogue, the first such meeting in five years, the U.S. State Department said.State They…

Hamas official says Qatar enables fuel-to-cash scheme for Gaza civil servants

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A Hamas official said on Monday that Qatar will start sending Gaza up to $10 million worth of Egyptian fuel a month under a…

Israeli troops kill armed Palestinian in West Bank clash, militant groups say

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed an armed Palestinian on Tuesday in an exchange of fire in the occupied West Bank, the Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups…

U.N. to distribute Qatari aid to Gaza on Monday, envoy says

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The United Nations will begin on Monday to distribute cash aid to thousands of poor families in Hamas-run Gaza under a programme funded by…

Israel strikes Gaza in retaliation for rocket fire, military says

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to Palestinian rocket fire into its territory, the Israeli military said. Tension between Israel…