Hamas’s command structure in Gaza is highly centralized. The group’s military wing, the Izz ad‑Din al‑Qassam Brigades, relies on a small circle of senior leaders who coordinate strategy, weapons production, tunnel warfare, and external relations with Iran and Hezbollah.
Because I was a medic, I knew I had to stay calm to slow the bleeding. I kept telling myself that under no circumstance could I lose consciousness. If I did, I wouldn’t make it.
Iran’s internal opposition includes groups such as the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), Kurdish militias like the PJAK, and underground protest cells that emerged during the 2019–2020 gasoline protests and the 2022 Mahsa Amini uprising, which involved demonstrations in more than 160 cities.
While several nations have tested exo‑atmospheric interception technologies, Israel is the only country to have demonstrated this capability both in controlled trials and in real combat conditions.
