Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe06:00 AM • August 21 2026 IDTEvery time one enters the Gaza Strip, the scale of the destruction caused by Israeli aircraft, bulldozers, artillery and tanks in the war that erupted following the October 7 massacre is cause for renewed astonishment. Anyone who fought in the Western Negev communities on the day Hamas invaded, or who came there in the immediate aftermath, saw the results of the atrocities there on a biblical scale. The response inflicted on the Palestinians in their wake fomented a kind of lethal natural disaster. In the NewsIDF: Palestinian Shot Dead in West Bank After Attacking Soldier With KnifeAIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California ProgressiveHaaretz CartoonThe Great Replacement Theory Comes to Israel: Eisenkot and the 'Mizrahi Tragedy'Syrian and Turkish Sources: Netanyahu Seeking Escalation, We're Not InterestedRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIShe's the Superstar of the Israeli Left, and She Wants PowerIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsIsrael Police Say Missing Israeli Mother and Daughter Found in ArgentinaReality Check: As the Election Nears, Haaretz Debunks Israeli Politicians' Biggest LiesSo Will It Be a Problem if Miriam Adelson Flies to Israel to Vote?