Gaza City Offensive Tests Gulf States’ Red Lines on Israel
Friday, 22 August 2025 () Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Israel’s push to seize Gaza City, complete with a fresh reservist call?up and heavy strikes on the outskirts, plays into Gulf red?line management: Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia have treated Israeli latitude as transactional, not open?ended. The political price inside the Gulf rises when the operation looks like an occupation or when casualty optics dominate regional media cycles; that’s when Riyadh slows the normalization narrative down and Abu Dhabi tightens the valves at the working level (permits,…
Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades ambushed Israeli troops and targeted IDF tanks with explosives and heavy fire. Video footage shows armored vehicles hit in the fighting, with reports of Israeli casualties. The ambush marks one of the deadliest encounters since Israel launched its Gaza City offensive under...
Israel’s new full-scale Gaza operation has met back-to-back defeats after Hamas launched coordinated attacks with Al-Qassam and Al-Quds Brigades. Verified footage shows Israeli tanks and vehicles hit..
Israel has launched a massive new offensive in Gaza, killing at least 81 Palestinians in the opening wave of attacks and forcing over one million civilians into danger. The IDF has called up 50,000..
In a stunning battlefield reversal, the IDF admitted to its first major failure in southern Gaza after Hamas fighters launched a sudden tunnel ambush. Over 20 Hamas operatives emerged, splitting into..