The Evening: Gaza Hospital Strike Disputed, Tensions Surge with Hezbollah, Rock & Roll, and More
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Good Evening,
It's Tuesday, October 17th.
Gaza Hospital Strike Disputed
The Israeli military says it had no involvement in an explosion that killed hundreds of people at a Gaza City hospital and that the blast was caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket. The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza says an Israeli airstrike caused the blast, and that it killed some 500 people, as the AP reports
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Tensions Surge with Hezbollah
Since Hamas launched its deadly attack in southern Israel, tensions have surged along Israel’s northern border, increasing fears of a new conflagration between Israel and Hamas’ Iranian-backed ally Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon, as the NYT reports
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Lessons From Ukraine
Israeli tanks mobilized outside Gaza have been adapted with overhead cages to protect against attack drones, a safety modification widely used in Ukraine that appears to be proliferating in a new conflict, as The Washington Post reports
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Executive Education
Beyond the Battlefield: Global Implications of Russia's War in Ukraine
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breaks down how the February 2022 invasion and concomitant sanctions have been altering national and regional security in Russia, on the European continent, and the United States. Registration closes October 23 at 11:59 p.m.
Audio Briefs
CSIS experts give short, spoken-word summaries on the biggest takeaways from their latest reports, white papers, and commentaries—in their own words.
Listen here: “Whose Water Is It Anyway
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” with CSIS's Natasha Hall.
In That Number
2,000
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered about 2,000 more U.S. troops to prepare to deploy to the Middle East in support of Israel.
Source: NYT
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Critical Quote
“The issue of returning the hostages, which is something sacred between us, must be a central component of any humanitarian effort.”
—Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi
iDeas Lab
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New CSIS analysis
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finds that Ukraine suffered greater attrition in its summer 2023 counteroffensive than in its previous offensives, suggesting that taking territory has become more difficult than in previous operations.
The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.
Optics
(Photo credit: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg/Getty Images.) Keren Shem, the mother of French-Israeli woman Mia Shem, held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza, holds a photograph of her daughter as she speaks to the press in Tel Aviv, on October 17, 2023.
Recommended Reading
“President Biden Heads to Israel
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This Town Tomorrow
At 11:00 a.m.
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, the CSIS Korea Chair hosts The Impossible State Live Podcast on North Korea and Russia, featuring Georgetown adjunct professor Jill Dougherty.
Then, at 2:00 p.m.
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, the CSIS Middle East Program examines how the use of political settlements as a means to resolve conflict has played out in Iraq, Lebanon, and Libya.
Earlier, at 9:00 a.m.
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, the Stimson Center discusses the National Unity Government's revenue denial strategy and the tools used by the resistance in attempts to weaken the Myanmar military.
Video
Last week, the CSIS Southeast Asia Program hosted Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong for a special discussion on the strong economic and security partnership between Singapore and the United States. Watch the full video here.
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Podcasts
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CSIS's Max Bergmann and Donatienne Roy are joined by Brookings visiting fellow Tara Varma to discuss the upcoming elections in Poland, the EU’s uncoordinated first reaction to the ongoing crisis in Israel, and how turbulence on Capitol Hill affects the future of security assistance to Ukraine.
Listen on Spotify
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Smiles
"Then one fine morning, she put on a New York station
She didn't believe what she heard at all
She started dancing to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock and roll."
In his new book, “Lou Reed: The King of New York,” Will Hermes explains that Reed was one of the most consequential songwriters of the past century. With a transgressive touch of a poet, Reed’s words pushed boundary after boundary during his career. His music was deeply personal. Growing up a bored, middle class Jewish kid on Long Island, one of Reed’s signature tunes, “Rock & Roll,” was about how the music “saved him.” He said famously that "'Rock and Roll' is about me. If I hadn't heard rock and roll on the radio, I would have had no idea there was life on this planet
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The Evening is my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day. It is composed by Lauren Adler, Ava Rose, and the External Relations team.
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