Interior of a destroyed apartment, with the Tel Aviv skyline visible in the background, following an overnight Iranian missile strike on March 19, 2026. (Credit: Ilia Yefimovich / AFP)
The moment already feels distant. The sense of national unity that followed the trauma of Oct. 7, 2023, has faded, as Israeli civil society has begun to voice its frustrations once again. In the background looms an increasingly burdensome war effort, the absence of a clear strategy for the post-Gaza period, and the sidelining of the hostages’ fate.Nearly two and a half years later, a majority of Israelis are once again rallying behind a war – this time against Iran. Few seem concerned by the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the conclusion of the twelve-day military campaign against Iran in June, declared that Israel had “achieved a historic victory that will be remembered for generations” and had “eliminated two existential threats: destruction by nuclear weapons and by 20,000 ballistic missiles,” only to turn once...
The moment already feels distant. The sense of national unity that followed the trauma of Oct. 7, 2023, has faded, as Israeli civil society has begun to voice its frustrations once again. In the background looms an increasingly burdensome war effort, the absence of a clear strategy for the post-Gaza period, and the sidelining of the hostages’ fate.Nearly two and a half years later, a majority of Israelis are once again rallying behind a war – this time against Iran. Few seem concerned by the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the conclusion of the twelve-day military campaign against Iran in June, declared that Israel had “achieved a historic victory that will be remembered for generations” and had “eliminated two existential threats: destruction by nuclear weapons and by 20,000 ballistic missiles,” only to...
Fragile calm holds in south Lebanon, except for strikes in Nabatieh and Sour districts