Latest Analysis: Israel-Hamas War

Leading experts across CSIS provide comprehensive analysis on the conflict in Israel and potential outcomes in the days ahead.

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Why Did the United States Just Bomb Yemen?

Critical Questions by Jon B. Alterman — January 12, 2024

A Different Two-State Solution

Commentary by Jon B. Alterman — January 10, 2024

Photo: KENT NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images

What Will the United States Do after the Drone Strike in Jordan?

CSIS Middle East Program director Jon B. Alterman answers critical questions about the drone attack that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan.

Critical Questions by Jon B. Alterman — January 29, 2024

Photo: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images

Can a Regional War Be Avoided in the Middle East?

Commentary by Daniel Byman and Seth G. Jones — January 17, 2024

Hamas’s October 7 Attack: Visualizing the Data

Commentary by Daniel Byman, Riley McCabe, Alexander Palmer, Catrina Doxsee, Mackenzie Holtz, and Delaney Duff

Gaza’s Human Crisis Demands a Rethink

Commentary by Leonard Rubenstein and J. Stephen Morrison

The Siege of Gaza’s Water

Commentary by Natasha Hall, Anita Kirschenbaum, and David Michel

Videos and Podcasts

Asked & Answered: Houthi Attacks

Asked & Answered: Israeli Supreme Court Decision

Asked & Answered: Hamas Senior Leader Assassinated

Asked & Answered: On the Ground in Israel

WSJ’s Dion Nissenbaum Reporting on Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah

Hamas-Israel Reactions Throughout Southeast Asia with Greg Poling and Elina Noor

Asked & Answered: Fighting Resumes in Gaza

Rula Hardal: Life as a Palestinian Citizen of Israel

Khalil Sayegh: What We Get Wrong About Gaza

Asked & Answered: Gaza's Human Toll

China’s Rise in the Middle East and the Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Conversation with Dr. Dawn Murphy

Asked & Answered: Israeli Ground Assault on Gaza

Asked & Answered: Understanding Israel-Hamas War

War in Gaza and The Hollow Crown

Neri Zilber: Inside Israeli Politics During Wartime

Analysis: Developments in the Israel-Hamas War

Asked & Answered: Gaza Humanitarian Crisis

Asked & Answered: Future of Cyber War

Israel’s Intelligence Regroups

Asked & Answered: Israeli Intelligence Failure

Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Avi Mayer on Hospital Blast

Asked & Answered: Biden to Visit Israel

Asked & Answered: Security Support to Israel

Asked & Answered: Israel's Counteroffensive and Beyond

Asked & Answered: Energy Implications of Israel-Hamas War

Asked & Answered: Israel and Hamas at War

Asked & Answered: Outlook for Gaza

Featured Events

Video On Demand

Gaza's Mental Health Burden—Gaza: The Human Toll

Hosted by Global Health Policy Center

January 22, 2024 • 9:00 – 10:00 am EST

Video On Demand

On the Ground in Israel: Expert Perspectives

Hosted by Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy

January 17, 2024 • 3:00 – 4:00 pm EST

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Is it Possible to Avert Collapse?—Gaza: The Human Toll

Hosted by Global Health Policy Center

December 15, 2023 • 9:00 – 10:15 am EST

Video On Demand

The Ground Campaign Resumes—Gaza: The Human Toll

Hosted by Global Health Policy Center

December 6, 2023 • 4:30 – 5:30 pm EST

Video On Demand

What a Temporary Ceasefire Means— Gaza: The Human Toll

Hosted by Global Health Policy Center

December 1, 2023 • 9:00 – 10:15 am EST

Video On Demand

Gaza: The Human Toll

Hosted by Global Health Policy Center

November 13, 2023 • 10:30 – 11:30 am EST

Video On Demand

Hamas’ October 7 Attack: The Tactics, Targets, and Strategy of Terrorists

Hosted by Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program

November 7, 2023 • 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST

Video On Demand

The Way Forward: A Conversation with H.E. Ayman Safadi, Foreign Minister of Jordan

Hosted by Middle East Program

October 25, 2023 • 10:15 – 11:15 am EDT

Photo: Jonathan Alpeyrie/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Video On Demand

The Outlook for Israel’s Military Campaign against Hamas

Hosted by International Security Program

October 23, 2023 • 1:00 – 2:00 pm EDT

Press Briefing: Latest Insights on Israel-Hamas War

October 13, 2023 • 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

Contributing Experts

Jon B. Alterman

Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program

Seth G. Jones

Senior Vice President; Harold Brown Chair; and Director, International Security Program

Emily Harding

Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program and Deputy Director, International Security Program

Daniel Byman

Senior Fellow, Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program

Mark F. Cancian

Senior Adviser, International Security Program

J. Stephen Morrison

Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center

Michelle Strucke

Director, Humanitarian Agenda and Human Rights Initiative

Norman T. Roule

Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program

Caitlin Chin-Rothmann

Former Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program

Tom Karako

Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Missile Defense Project

Ben Cahill

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program

In the News

Biden takes a political risk with his invitation to Israeli officials

Jon B. Alterman in CNN — March 18, 2024

How the US military plans to construct a pier and get food into Gaza

Mark F. Cancian in BBC — March 13, 2024

These are Hamas’s top leaders

Daniel Byman in The Washington Post — March 12, 2024

Global conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza loom over Biden's State of the Union: ANALYSIS

Jon B. Alterman in ABC — March 7, 2024

U.S., Israel at Odds Over Claims of Links Between Hamas and Charities

Daniel Byman in The Wall Street Journal — March 4, 2024

Israel under pressure to justify its use of AI in Gaza

Shaan Shaikh in Politico — March 3, 2024

Biden says Gaza aid convoy deaths will complicate cease-fire efforts

Jon B. Alterman in CBS — February 29, 2024

How Israel’s Assassination Campaign Against Hamas Could Backfire

Riley McCabe in Foreign Policy — February 27, 2024

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Dahlia Scheindlin on Israeli Opinion—Gaza: The Human Toll

A conversation on Israeli opinion climate on the health and humanitarian crisis with J. Stephen Morrison and Dahlia Scheindlin.

Event — August 29, 2024

Dahlia Scheindlin on Israeli Opinion—Gaza: The Human Toll

Dahlia Scheindlin, political analyst and columnist for Haaretz and author of The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel joined CSIS’s J. Stephen Morrison to discuss the Israeli opinion environment on the health and humanitarian crises in Gaza.

Transcript — August 29, 2024

Gaza's Looming Polio Threat—Gaza: The Human Toll

Speakers will discuss health and humanitarian mobilization to combat the threat of a polio outbreak in Gaza.

Event — August 20, 2024

Gaza's Looming Polio Threat—Gaza: The Human Toll

CSIS welcomed Jean Gough, Special Representative for UNICEF in the State of Palestine; Hamid Jafari, WHO Director of Polio Eradication; and Richard (Rik) Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for Occupied Palestinian Territory, to discuss the threat of polio in Gaza.

Transcript — August 20, 2024

The Truth of the Matter

Unknown Mideast Redlines

CSIS’ Norm Rule, who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing significant programs relating to the Middle East, joins the podcast to discuss Iran and what it may do in retaliation for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Norman T. Roule — August 9, 2024

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