IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has ordered the armed forces to use the name “War of Revival” in official events and documents, complying with a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to formally rename the war that began on October 7. Until now, the military had referred to the war as “Swords of Iron,” the name assigned on October 7.
The Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023 served as a vivid reminder of terrorism’s continued relevance as a form of political violence that can have far-reaching, strategic implications on regional and international security.
More than a month after Hamas terrorists launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel and infiltrated the country by air,land and sea on Oct. 7, the region stands on high alert amid fears of a wider conflict and thousands dead on both sides of the Israel-Gaza border. according to the Israeli prime minister's office, more than 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, with 6,900 others injured.
Soldiers attend the funeral of Captain Liron Snir, 25, an Israeli soldier who was killed in the northern Gaza Strip amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Nov. 22, 2023.James Oatway/Reuters
Israeli officials say 383 Israel Defense Forces soldiers have been killed since Oct. 7, including 68 since the ground campaign began as of 11/22/2023.
On Nov. 22, Israel's Cabinet approved a deal that would allow for the release of at least 50 hostages -- women and children -- over the course of a four-day pause in fighting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. As a part of this deal, 150 Palestinian prisoners will also be released by Israel. Netanyahu said in a release the "Israeli government has approved the outline to the first phase" of bringing hostages home. Three Americans -- including a 3-year-old -- are expected to be part of the initial group of hostages that will be released, according to a senior administration official. The deal was negotiated between Hamas, Israel, Qatar and the United States. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Nov. 12 at least nine Americans remain unaccounted for.
David and Varda Goldstein pose for a picture while holding-up photos of their 3 grandchildren, Gal, Tal and Agam, and their mother, Chen, who were kidnapped on Oct 7th deadly Hamas attack as they await more details on the hostages deal in a hotel on Nov. 22, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.. Amir Levy/Getty Images
Israeli officials have said Hamas is believed to be holding 236 hostages in Gaza.
Natalie Sanandaji, an American survivor of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to share her story two years later.
As of now, it has been 2 years and 2 months since the attack. What IDF was calling Swords of Iron is now to be known as War of Revival.
Israel has been involved in several major conflicts and military operations throughout its history, many of which have formal names:
War of Independence (1948–1949): The first major war following the establishment of the State of Israel.
Six-Day War (1967): A brief conflict with Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
War of Attrition (1967–1970): A prolonged conflict between Israel and Egypt, the PLO, Jordan, and Syria.
Yom Kippur War (1973): A surprise attack by Egypt and Syria on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
Lebanon War (1982): Israel's intervention in the Lebanese Civil War.
Second Lebanon War (2006): A conflict involving Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Israel was getting a bad rap in Britain Before October 7, 2023; This was taken August 30, 2024. Israel has a reputation of giving aid to its Arab neighbors that Hamas is out to destroy. Many are now whining about Israel's doctors and service of Israel that's full of lies.
iranian missile hits Saroka Hospital in Beersheba June 19, 2025
Treatment of Palestinian patients: Israeli hospitals, such as Hadassah Hospital and Sheba Medical Center, have provided extensive medical services to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza, including during periods of conflict. This includes daily treatments, emergency department visits, and complex surgeries. "Operation Good Neighbor" in Syria:During the Syrian Civil War (2016-2018), the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted over 200 humanitarian operations, many of which were medical. More than 4,000 injured Syrians were brought into Israel for treatment in northern hospitals. An Israeli-managed field clinic operated near the border, treating approximately 6,800 Syrians before its closure in 2018. The IDF also transferred medicine, supplies, and equipment across the border to local Syrian communities.
Israeli hospitals near the border have had to go underground because of bombs from Hamas. These are hospitals serving both Jews and Arabs.
We know the state of war Hamas terrorists are in and how they can alleviate their discomfort, pain, situation and all the things they are offered if only they would turn in their weapons at this point in the 20 point program they have signed. Yet they refuse.
They have thought up another scheme to keep the world hating Israel and feeling so sorry for them. Here it is;
Medics and international health organizations are actively complaining that they and essential supplies are being systematically and increasingly barred from entering Gaza by Israeli authorities, a practice the World Health Organization (WHO) has called "arbitrary denial". This has led to a major crisis, with Gaza's healthcare system near collapse.
Denied Entry for Personnel: U.S., British, and other foreign doctors and medical teams from various aid organizations, including the Palestinian American Medical Association (PAMA) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), report having their entry permits abruptly denied or revoked without clear explanation. The UN reported in August 2025 that over 100 medical staff had been banned since March of that year.
"The Muslim US citizen who was a medical professional and carried out a major attack in the United States was Nidal Malik Hasan, a former U.S. Army major and psychiatrist.He was responsible for the Fort Hood mass shooting on November 5, 2009, in Killeen, Texas, where he killed 13 people and wounded 32 others. During the attack, he reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar!" (meaning "God is great").Hasan was an American citizen, born in Arlington, Virginia, to Palestinian immigrant parents. Evidence presented at his trial indicated he was motivated by extremist ideologies, with his actions described by some U.S. officials and reports as a terrorist attack. He had become radicalized by online lectures from the extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and was reportedly upset about his impending deployment to Afghanistan to fight against Muslims". This can happen again with international medics.
If that proves true that Israel is holding back medical help, and I question it, it's because among those good folks will be a terrorist who can blow up a large circumference of land enough to do a great damage. So many are against Israel because of all the false news spread purposely to damage Israel's reputation.
Demonstrators dressed as health workers, nurses, February 22, 2025
An improvised explosive device (IED) attack is the use of a “homemade”
bomb and/or destructive device to destroy, incapacitate, harass, or distract.
IEDs are used by criminals, vandals, terrorists, suicide bombers, and insurgents. Because they are improvised, IEDs can come in many forms, ranging
from a small pipe bomb to a sophisticated device capable of causing massive
damage and loss of life.IEDs can be carried or delivered in a vehicle; carried, placed, or thrown by a person; delivered in a package; or concealed on
the roadside. The term IED came into common usage during the Iraq War
that began in 2003.
Elements of an IED
IEDs consist of a variety of components that include an initiator, switch, main
charge, power source, and a container.IEDs may be surrounded by or packed
with additional materials or “enhancements” such as nails, glass, or metal fragments designed to increase the amount of shrapnel propelled by the explosion.
Enhancements may also include other elements such as hazardous materials (such as chemicals). An
IED can be initiated by a variety of methods depending on the intended target.
However, these anti-Israel statements are wrong as usual. Here's the skinny on what Israel has provided:
Coordination with International Bodies: The Israeli agency COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories) works with international and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid, including medical supplies, into Gaza.
Specific Medical Supplies: Israel has facilitated the delivery of thousands of tons of medical supplies, 74 ambulances, 50 incubators, and over a million vaccine doses into Gaza.
Field Hospitals: Israel has coordinated with countries like Jordan and the UAE to establish field hospitals in Khan Younis and Rafah. Other field hospitals are operated by organizations like the International Medical Corps and the Red Crescent.
Medical Evacuations: Israel has worked with Egypt, the UAE, and Turkey to facilitate the transfer of over 2,000 patients and their escorts from Gaza for treatment abroad.
Direct Medical Treatment
Treatment in Israel: Historically, thousands of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank were treated in Israeli hospitals for serious conditions like cancer and birth defects, especially when care was unavailable in Gaza.
Current Situation: Since the current conflict began in October 2023, Israel has generally not allowed new patients from Gaza to enter for treatment, though some patients who were already in Israel before the war were able to continue their care. The military claims to provide care to all detainees who need it.
Hamas terrorists have signed onto a paper saying they, in section 2, will now give up their arms. Instead, they are refusing to do so. Theyare the guilty ones depriving their people of medical aid. Israel's reputation has always been on the side of medical aid to others.
Thankfully, Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump seem to be on the same page regarding the need to disarm Hamas before rebuilding Gaza. They've jumped the gun in discussing stage 2.
Trump also feels the permissibility of striking Iran if it continues building up its ballistic missile arsenal. Americans have no idea of what this would be like if they do as they had ballistic missiles that can reach everyone, and they could, this time around, carry nuclear bombs, or anything deadly.
An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is a long-range missile, typically nuclear-armed, designed to deliver warheads across continents, with ranges over 3,400 miles (5,500 km), launched from land silos or mobile platforms, using powerful rocket stages to reach space and then guide warheads to targets globally, with major operators including the US, Russia, and China. They function in boost, midcourse, and terminal phases, often carrying multiple warheads (MIRVs) for diverse targets, serving as a key component of national strategic nuclear deterrence, like the US Minuteman III.
An Iranian ballistic missile
Key Characteristics
Range: Over 3,400 miles (5,500 km), capable of reaching any target on Earth.
Payload: Primarily nuclear warheads, but can carry conventional, biological, or chemical weapons.
Trump made these points clear during their meeting yesterday at Mar-a-Lago. The US-Israel relationship is as solid as ever.
However, other reporters, such as Ynet have a different take on the meeting. Ynet Opinion: Despite warm rhetoric at Mar-a-Lago, Washington is not ready to move to the next phase in Gaza, leaving Israel’s policy unchanged while US pressure focuses on the West Bank and Trump keeps leverage over Netanyahu for later demands
The West Bank means Judea and Samaria. That involves Lebanon and the Hezbollah terrorists who are using Lebanon as a base to attack Israel.Judea was the original home of the Jews, known of both religiously and culturally. It's the reason why religious Jews have settled there, as the land is holy to them. They recognize every drop of soil's past history and why it's important to us. Samaria was the capitalcitywith the surrounding land also being named Samaria. The town of Samaria became the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel under King Omri (887-876 BCE),the 6th king after Solomon who purchased the hill around the 9th century BCE and built his capital there, a tradition continued by his son King Ahab (876-853). It served as Israel's capital for roughly 200 years, until the Assyrians conquered it in 722 BCE.
Samaria: Jordan acquired control of Samaria (part of the West Bank) by occupying it after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and formally annexing it in 1950, holding it until Israel captured the territory in the 1967 Six-Day War, during which time Jordan lost control. This annexation wasn't recognized internationally, and Jordan relinquished its claim in 1988.
I must say, the 1967 attack by all the neighboring states of Israel did upset the apple cart when little old Israel won against all these Arab nations.
Israel was all alone, too, except for HaShem. These same stateswere so befuddled that they went to Khartoum, Africa for a big powwow about it and declared the 3 NOs. The "Three No's" from the 1967 Khartoum Resolution by the Arab League were a definitive stance against Israel following theSix-Day War, stating:
No peace with Israel,No recognition of Israel, and No negotiations with Israel, creating a long-lasting obstacle to peace in the Middle East by rejecting any direct engagement.
"The West Bank remains central to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The Palestinians consider it the heart of their envisioned state, along with the Gaza Strip. Right-wing and nationalistic and religious Israelis see it as their ancestral homeland, with numerous biblical sites. There is a push among some Israelis for partial or complete annexation of this land. Additionally, it is home to a rising number of Israeli settlers. Area C contains 230 Israeli settlements where Israeli law is applied. Under the Oslo Accords this area was to be mostly transferred to the PNA (The acronymPNA can refer to several organizations, most commonly the Palestinian National Authority (the interim government for parts of the West Bank) by 1997, but that did not occur." It was to be an interim government created by the Oslo Accords to manage Palestinian territories (West Bank & Gaza, though Hamas has had control of Gaza used as a place to attack Israel). That was not to be its use, and so a war has been going on there.
Gaza has to do with Trump's 20 point program looking at #1 returning all hostages, and there is one more that hasn't been returned who is deceased, that the Israelis must have returned first.
The last deceased hostage whose body has not yet been returned from Gaza is Israeli police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili.Gvili, a 24-year-old officer in a special operations unit, was killed in action while defending Kibbutz Alumim and rescuing civilians on October 7, 2023. His body was subsequently abducted by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militants and taken into Gaza.His return has become a central point in ongoing ceasefire negotiations, with his family and Israeli officials demanding the return of his remains before proceeding to the next phases of any deal.
Phase 2 cannot at this point even find a country other than Israel to disarm the terrorists of Hamas, while they have continued to state thatthey will not give up their arms. Though they signed on, they refused tofollow the script and do their part. An Iranian ballistic missile
In the U.S.-brokered peace plan, stage two requires the full disarmament of Hamasterrorists as a precondition for the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces and the beginning of Gaza's reconstruction. Incidently; Hamas (Harakat al-Muqāwama al-Islāmiyya, or "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist military and sociopolitical movement and a designated foreign terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, Israel, and several other nations. It has been the de facto governing authority in the Gaza Strip since 2007. Not anymore. October 7, 2023 put an end to them as well.
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