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October 11, 2024
Presidents of Iran and Russia Tout Growing Ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian touted growing ties between the two countries on October 11 as they met in person for the first time in person...
October 11, 2024
Hamas-Supporting Grandson of Mandela Unable to Enter UK
Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela, the grandson of South African anti-Apartheid champion Nelson Mandela, reportedly did not receive a visa in time to fly to the United Kingdom for a speaking tour that started...
October 11, 2024
Germany to Send More Weapons to Israel
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed on October 9 that Germany will continue to supply Israel with weapons. “We have delivered arms and we will deliver arms,” Scholz stated...
October 11, 2024
Dutch Parliament Votes to Designate PFLP Front Samidoun as a Terrorist Group
The Dutch parliament voted overwhelmingly on October 10 to call for Samidoun, a Canada-based group believed to be a front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),...
October 11, 2024
Hezbollah anti-tank and rocket fire strike northern Israel; Halevi visits Lebanon front
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued limited operations along the Israeli border with Lebanon between October 9 and October 11, including strikes on Hezbollah commanders responsible for rocket and...
October 11, 2024
Israel SitRep: October 11, 2024
October 11, 2024 | Israel at War Situation Report Israel SitRep: October 11, 2024 Today’s Issue: | Commander of 205th Brigade, Operating in Lebanon: ‘The Mission Is Clear, Important, and Urgent’...
October 11, 2024
War fatigue settles among Palestinians
One year after the Hamas atrocities in southern Israel ignited a multi-front war between the Jewish state and Iran’s regional proxies, a discernible trend is emerging among many Palestinians, especially...
October 10, 2024
Despite Poor Human Rights Record, Qatar Secures Seat on the UN Human Rights Council
Despite its troubling human rights record, the United Nations General Assembly reelected the State of Qatar to the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on October 9.
October 10, 2024
Undercover Israeli Force Eliminates Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades Leader
An Israeli Yamam counter-terrorism unit eliminated the Balata camp al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades leader on October 9 in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli police said Yamam...
October 10, 2024
Israeli Security Cabinet Meets on Iran Attack Response Plan
Israel’s security cabinet convened on October 10 to discuss a potentially imminent counterstrike on Iran. The secretive decision-making forum gathered in Tel Aviv to discuss...
October 10, 2024
Nip the Bots in the Bud
October 10, 2024
Turkey Supports Russia and Hamas; The US Should Not Give It F-35 Fighter Jets
Recent discussions between Turkey and the United States indicate that the Biden administration is actively pursuing Ankara’s reinstatement in the F-35 program. It is difficult to justify why Washington would want to arm Turkey with these highly advanced fighter jets, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan takes fervent measures to undermine the core security interests of the United States, NATO, and our transatlantic allies.
October 10, 2024
Israel Foils ISIS-Linked Terror Cell Plot to Bomb Tel Aviv Mall
An ISIS-linked plot to bomb a major mall in Tel Aviv has been foiled, according to a joint statement issued by the Israeli police and the Shin Bet security service on October...
October 10, 2024
The challenges facing UN peacekeepers in Lebanon
Over the past week, as the IDF began operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah, the role of the UN forces deployed near the border has come under the spotlight. One particular position near...
October 10, 2024
Iran’s Foreign Minister meets Saudi crown prince to strengthen regional ties
As Iran’s diplomatic offensive in the region continues to bear fruit, the new Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Wednesday....
October 10, 2024
Will Hezbollah and Palestinian factions be open to a ceasefire?
An interesting headline appeared on Thursday, October 10, at Iran’s state media IRNA. “Israel’s UN envoy sets condition for Lebanon ceasefire.” This is a much more moderate and normal...
October 10, 2024
Iran’s multi-front battle: How Tehran is feeding an octopus war against Israel
Iran and the proxy terrorist groups it backs in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Gaza, and other places continued their multi-front war on Israel this week, just as Israel increased its operations in Lebanon....
October 10, 2024
Congress Should Create an Economic Statecraft and Security Commission
The United States has a few powerful tools to conduct economic warfare and strengthen its economic security. Unfortunately, many of them operate independently, without coordination, lacking strategic guidance,...
October 10, 2024
The United States continues to feel the repercussions of Oct. 7
Israel just marked the first anniversary of Hamas’s massacre of 1,200 men, women and children on Oct. 7, which launched the regional war that continues to rage in the Middle East. While Israel is bearing...
October 9, 2024
Biden and Netanyahu Speak as Israel Prepares Iran Response
Anticipating an Israeli retaliation against Iran for its October 1 missile barrage against Israel, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
October 9, 2024
Palestinians, Hamas Leaders Wary of Sinwar’s ‘Megalomania’
Hamas leaders have grown increasingly concerned about Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s leadership, The Wall Street Journal reported on October 9. Citing Arab and Hamas officials, the...
October 9, 2024
U.S. Sanctions Additional Hamas Operatives With Ties to Turkey
The United States sanctioned three Turkey-based individuals and one sham charity on Monday, designating them as prominent international financial supporters of Hamas. The sanctions, imposed on the first...
October 9, 2024
Bernie Sanders and AOC Mark October 7 Anniversary with False Accusations Against Israel
One year to the day after Hamas slaughtered 1,200 men, women, and children — including 46 Americans — in southern Israel, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) lashed...
October 9, 2024
Former Iranian Police Chief Defends Crackdown on 2022 Protests
A former chief of Iran’s police defended the Islamic Republic’s violent response to the nationwide protests that began in September 2022, claiming that his forces acted with...
October 9, 2024
Naim Qassem: Hezbollah’s New and Subdued Voice
With Israel’s September 27 assassination of Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s voice has been subdued. But it has not, unfortunately, been entirely silenced. The mantle of Hezbollah’s...
October 9, 2024
Israel SitRep: October 9, 2024
Today at 8:30am (ET): “FDD Morning Brief,” featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Brian Katulis, FDD Event “The October 8th War,” Jonathan Schanzer, Commentary “Qatari...
October 9, 2024
The countdown to Nasrallah’s assassination began with Majdal Shams
He certainly didn’t know it, but Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah signed his death warrant on July 27. That day, an errant Hezbollah rocket landed on a soccer field in Majdal Shams in the...
October 9, 2024
Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi taps Vahid Jalalzadeh for new role
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has chosen Vahid Jalalzadeh as his deputy for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Expatriates Affairs, Iranian state media reported Wednesday. The appointment,...
October 9, 2024
Israel eliminated Nasrallah’s successor
The Israeli army successfully assassinated Hashem Safieddine, the likely successor to Hezbollah’s veteran Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel had also killed just two weeks ago....
October 9, 2024
Atoning for Britain’s colonialist past
You’ve probably never heard of the Chagos Islands and I’m sorry to be the one putting them on your to-worry-about list. I’m doing so because this remote archipelago in the Indian...
October 9, 2024
IDF Targets Hezbollah Command and Control Centers
The Israel Defense Forces have carried out strikes on Hezbollah’s underground command centers, the IDF said on the evening of October 8. The strikes are some of around 185 targets struck in...
October 8, 2024
Hamas Leader Vows Terror Group Will Rise Again as October 7 Attack Loses Public Support in Gaza
The Qatar-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashal said that the Iran-backed terrorist organization would rise “like a phoenix” despite heavy losses after a year of fighting Israel in...
October 8, 2024
Back in Business: Russian ‘Merchant of Death’ Selling Arms to Houthis
The prolific Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, released from American custody in 2022 as part of a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, is once again plying his old trade, this time selling arms to Yemen’s...
October 8, 2024
The Impact of the October 7 Attack Still Reverberates in the U.S.
Israel on Monday marked the first anniversary of Hamas’s massacre of 1,200 people on October 7, 2023, which launched the regional war that continues to rage in the Middle East. While Israel is bearing...
October 8, 2024
Possible Targets in Iran: Military, Nuclear, and Regime Infrastructure
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October 8, 2024
Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Reportedly Resurfaces After Weeks of Silence
After weeks of silence that fueled speculation he had been killed, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has apparently re-established contact with Qatari mediators, according to multiple...
October 8, 2024
Israel Strikes at Hezbollah Leaders as Attacks on North Intensify
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on October 8 that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “probably” eliminated senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, who was poised...
October 8, 2024
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Additional Hamas Financiers on First Anniversary of October 7 Massacre
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October 8, 2024
Hacked to Death: The Urgent Need for Healthcare Cybersecurity Reform
Imagine you are rushed to the hospital, fighting for your life, only to have your treatment delayed because the staff cannot find your records. The reason? Hackers have crippled the hospital’s electronic...
October 8, 2024
Qatari Emir’s Speech at UN Showed Its Loyalty to Hamas; We Must Respond
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has once again accused Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza. In his recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly, al-Thani refused to condemn Hamas — the Iran-backed terror group that instigated the war on October 7, 2023. Instead, he condemned the Jewish State for what he described as “the most barbaric and heinous and extensive” violations of “human values, international charters and norms.”
October 8, 2024
The October 8th War
An unfathomable number of keystrokes (we don’t talk about spilling ink because that’s no longer a thing) was devoted yesterday to the anniversary of the October 7 massacre. Appropriately so. That attack...
October 8, 2024
Hamas has moved its command centers into Gazan schools
Hamas has moved its terrorist command and control centers into numerous schools in Gaza. Over the last two months, the IDF has carried out almost twenty airstrikes on these Hamas command centers....
October 8, 2024
IDF locates Hezbollah tunnel and weapons as Lebanon operation expands
The Israel Defense Forces increased operations in Lebanon on October 7 and October 8, sending more forces across the border on raids and finding more weapons stored by Hezbollah in southern Lebanese villages....
October 7, 2024
South Africa’s Latest Pro-Terror Move
Will the U.S. consulate in Johannesburg sit at 1 Leila Khaled Drive? The Johannesburg Municipality announced last week the proposed renaming of the iconic Sandton Drive, home to the U.S. consulate, after...
October 7, 2024
PRC Lawfare Expands to U.S. Courts — Now Is Not the Time to Dismantle U.S. Tech
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is learning how to use American courts to undermine U.S. national security. Specifically, Beijing is working through the courts to block executive branch actions that...
October 7, 2024
Israel Intercepts Missile Launched by Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen
The Israeli Air Force intercepted a missile launched towards Israeli territory by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on October 7 as the Jewish state braced for attacks from Iranian...
October 7, 2024
Erdogan Accuses Israel of Intending to Invade Turkey
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin’s Netanyahu government harbored ambitions that include the capture of Anatolia as part of “Greater Israel,” warning of...
October 7, 2024
UNIFIL Denies Israel Threatened Irish Peacekeepers Despite Irish President’s Claim
A spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on October 7 refuted claims that Israel threatened Irish peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. On October 4, the...
October 7, 2024
Iran Reaches ‘Good Understanding’ With Qatar on $6 Billion of Frozen Assets Despite Earlier U.S. Assurances
Iran’s president claimed to have reached a “good understanding” with Qatar over the fate of $6 billion of frozen assets deposited in a Qatari bank last year despite persistent...
October 7, 2024
Israel SitRep: October 7, 2024
Today’s Issue: | October 7 Anniversary Starts With Four Rockets From Gaza; War Began Last Year With 2,500 Rockets | In Past Year, More Than 13,000 Projectiles Fired From Gaza; IAF Struck About 40,300...
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