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Hamza Al-Ghamdi: US State Department Announces Reward For Veteran Yet Enigmatic Al-Qaida Majlis al-Shura Councilor

The State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program has offered a $5 million bounty for leads and information resulting in the capture or death of Saleh Said al-Ghamdi, a member of … Continue reading Hamza Al-Ghamdi: US State Department Announces Reward For Veteran Yet Enigmatic Al-Qaida Majlis al-Shura Councilor

SWORDS OF IRON: IDF Casualty Counts

As a Demonstration of the significant cost of the 2023-2024 Israeli-Gaza War, a running count of casualties will be maintained. Here we examine the IDF losses. These numbers and names are readily available, but we will segment the casualties based on the portion of the conflict in which they occurred. IDF casualties in Operation Swords of Iron are extreme when compared to previous iterations of warfare against Hamas in Gaza or Hezbollah in Lebanon. This is because of the ferocity and surprise of the Oct 7 attacks and the full-scale invasion of Gaza in response.

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