In recent hostilities, first in the Gaza Strip and now in Lebanon, the Israeli military has adopted a new modus operandi: issuing blanket relocation directives instructing millions of people to indefinitely leave their places of residence (evacuation orders in Lebanon were discussed here). The apparent objective is to enable Israel to engage an enemy embedded in densely…

Since the outbreak of the hostilities on 7 October 2023, Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians from Gaza. 1,627 are being held by the Israel Prison Service (IPS) as of 6 November 2024, according to information obtained by HaMoked, while thousands more are estimated to be detained by the Israeli military.