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Endless War Debate
Haaretz frames Israel’s approach to the war as “endless war,” arguing that “Israel's 'total victory' means endless war” by embracing “Vietnamization” through “entrenching itself in newly occupied territories and calling it victory.”
“Israel's 'total victory' means endless war”
The Haaretz opinion piece ties the discussion to “Operation Swords of Iron” and presents a “catalog of wars along five fronts,” describing how prior goals “were etched in stone, but burst like soap bubbles.”
In the same Haaretz framing, the piece points to “failure” as the driver of Israel’s shift toward prolonged control, while the headline’s language emphasizes that the “total victory” concept translates into continuing conflict.
Haaretz also situates the argument within the broader Israel-Gaza war context by listing “FollowGaza” and “FollowIsrael-Gaza War” alongside “FollowHamas” and “FollowWest Bank.”
Drone Footage and Hamas
Al-Jazeera Net describes how the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released footage in its “Storm Satellites” series showing “the stages of preparation and development of the unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)” used in the October 7, 2023 attack.
The footage is presented as mourning field commander Murad Ahmed Abu Murad, described as having the rank of platoon leader and as having “taken responsibility for leading the air force in the Gaza Brigade before he was martyred on October 19, 2023.”
In a recorded segment, Abu Murad addresses Qassam fighters with the line: “Soon we will confront these borders (the settlements) violently and directly, God willing.”
The article also says the video displayed scenes of Qassam operations targeting “Israeli sites and observation towers using drones” recorded “on the morning of the launch of the 'Storm of Al-Aqsa' attack,” and it adds that drones helped “conceal their ability to track the movements of Qassam fighters during the infiltration.”
Exports, Legal Risks, and Recipients
Aurora Israel reports that researchers identified among India’s weapons sent to Israel components for “machine guns,” “155-millimeter artillery projectiles,” “ammunition casings,” “parts of armored vehicles,” and “warheads intended for SkyStriker loitering munitions.”
“entail legal risks for India and for the companies involved”
The report links SkyStriker to Elbit Systems, describing it as “a loitering munition that can stay in flight while it locates a target before executing an operation,” and it says Amnesty noted that some warheads produced in India were “similar to components found among arms remnants in the Gaza Strip.”
Amnesty International, which “has described Israeli operations in Gaza as genocide,” argued that continuing these exports could “entail legal risks for India and for the companies involved” and called for “a suspension of military shipments.”
Aurora Israel says Amnesty contacted the Indian government and nine companies mentioned in the investigation in June and July 2026, and that “there had been no responses when the document was published on July 30,” while naming main recipients as “Elbit Systems, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, and Israel Aerospace Industries.”