Israel News. Reports and Observations. 21 August 2026, 8 Elul 5785.
Contents:
1. 3 Persistent Myths About Gaza
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller .
2. Bibi Speaks to Turkey. Quote of the Week.
3. AI Israel versus Turkey.
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1. 3 Persistent Myths About Gaza
https://aish.com/3-persistent-myths-about-gaza/?utm_source=ac
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
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The claims that Israel is starving children, committing genocide and killing journalists are harming Israel's reputation worldwide. None of them are true.
It�s been nearly three years since Hamas� deadly October 7, 2023 attack and the start of all-out war between Israel and Hamas. In that time, antisemitism has soared worldwide as Israel�s reputation has utterly collapsed. In the USA, a 2026 poll found that 60% of adults view Israel negatively, up from 53% in 2025. In countries like Australia, Greece, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden, three quarters or more of adults harbor negative views of the Jewish state.
1. Israel is engineering a famine in Gaza.
A major 2026 study by the Israeli Government, Laundering Propaganda: How UN actors manipulated information in the Gaza War (2023-2025), documents instances of the UN and other international charities parroting Hamas propaganda, including omitting mentions of Hamas� widespread looting of aid, and radically undercounting the amount of humanitarian aid that Israel sent into Gaza throughout its conflict with Hamas.
One major 2025 study found that Israeli authorities were sending aid totaling an average of 3,163 calories per person per day into Gaza, an amount that exceeded the widely adopted standard of 2,100 calories per person per day in crisis situations.
In August 2026, a major UNICEF study on malnutrition among children in Gaza failed to find malnutrition there. In fact, it found that Gazan children suffer from malnutrition at levels lower than children in neighboring countries.
The rate of acute malnutrition in Gaza was significantly lower than among children in Jordan, Egypt, and other nearby countries.
2. Israel is targeting children for genocide.
The American Jewish Committee has documented a staggering increase in social media memes accusing Israeli Jews of being baby killers, in a modern-day echo of accusations that Jews kill children.
Hamas weapons storage facilities are located in schools, mosques, hospitals, and residential buildings, ensuring that civilians - especially children in schools - are put in harm�s way.
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3. Israel targets journalists.
Hamas has claimed that over 250 �journalists� have been killed by Israel since October 7, 2023. Israeli researchers have identified approximately 60% of them as belonging to Hamas and other Hamas-affiliated terrorist groups.
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2. Bibi Speaks to Turkey. Quote of the Week.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9eKPRr2wmng
Bibi:
We will not tolerate Turkish military presence establishing it self as it moves south. It threatens us.
There was an intention for Turkey to set itself up close to Alleppo. We sent them a message.
What was the message?
How would I define the message to you?
Don't!
We conveyed that clearly.
Did the message go through?
The message went through but it seems they did not want to understand it.
So we helped them understand it better.
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3. AI Israel versus Turkey
Israel launched airstrikes on airbases in northern Syria (such as Abu al-Duhur) after reports that Turkish military delegations were visiting or preparing to deploy personnel near Aleppo.
Red Lines: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel will not tolerate an expanding Turkish military footprint moving south toward its borders.
Turkish Response: Ankara condemned the strikes as "untenable" fabrications and stated it would not fall into a regional provocation trap, while denying active deployment plans.
Military Comparison
Manpower: Turkey holds a larger active military force with over 512,000 active personnel compared to Israel's roughly 178,000.
Defense Budgets: Israel allocates a larger total budget ($43 billion) relative to its size compared to Turkey ($31 billion).
Capabilities: Both field advanced air forces and heavy ground armor, making any direct military miscalculation in shared operational zones like Syria extremely dangerous