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September 18, 2024
IDF prepares for possible Hezbollah escalation after pager op in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed in northern Israel are at “peak readiness” amid growing tensions with Hezbollah, the commander of the IDF’s Northern Command said on September 18. Major General...
September 18, 2024
Hamas is an idea
They say you can’t kill an idea. Who are they? Quite a few people mouth this bromide but let’s focus for a moment on Josep Borrell, the European Union’s top diplomat. A 77-year-old Spanish socialist,...
September 18, 2024
Egypt’s Self-Made Crisis
The Philadelphi Corridor remains a key source of tension in current Israel–Hamas cease-fire negotiations. Israel insists that it must retain control of the territory...
September 18, 2024
Orienting Economic Statecraft for China’s Military-Civil Fusion: LiDAR in the Field
In 2015, China updated the concept of “military-civil fusion” to national strategy. Over the past five years, the United States national security apparatus has been trying to catch up to...
September 17, 2024
Talk of US Iraq withdrawal is disconnected from ISIS threat
The bulk of U.S. forces will depart Iraq over the next two years, leaving only a residual force in the semiautonomous region of Kurdistan to provide security to Iraqi Kurds and sustain U.S....
September 17, 2024
Iran rallies proxy groups and allies to vote against Israel ahead of UN speech
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian is heading to New York to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Prior to his departure, the Iranian regime was seeking to...
September 17, 2024
Hamas, Houthis Open Offices in Iraq
Hamas and the Houthi rebels in Yemen — both Iran-backed terror groups — quietly established political offices in Iraq over the summer, The New York Times revealed on September...
September 17, 2024
Hezbollah’s worst nightmare: Chaos in its ranks
Hezbollah is known as a disciplined group. Highly trained, the group invests heavily in its recruits. It is not known to waste them as cannon fodder. It views itself as an elite organization, and...
September 17, 2024
Why Israel is shifting focus to returning evacuees to the North
Israel’s Security Cabinet updated the objectives of the war to include “returning the residents of the North securely to their homes.” This comes two weeks after Israel’s defense minister...
September 17, 2024
IDF Eliminates Palestinian Islamic Jihad Rocket Commander
Israel eliminated a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander while he was “embedded and operating inside the Humanitarian Area in Khan Yunis,” according to a statement issued...
September 17, 2024
Iran’s Assassination Plots Against Jews Persist Despite the West’s Leniency on Regime
The French police recently charged a French-Algerian dual citizen and his partner for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Israelis and Jews in Paris, Munich, and Berlin — all at the behest...
September 17, 2024
Hundreds of Hezbollah Operatives Wounded as Pagers Explode Across Lebanon
Hundreds of Hezbollah operatives were wounded in various parts of Lebanon on September 17 when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, in what appeared to be an act of long-range...
September 17, 2024
Large-scale attack targets Hezbollah fighters
In what appears to be the most extensive breach of Hezbollah’s communication system by the State of Israel, pagers assigned to members of the Lebanese group exploded on September 17, injuring...
September 17, 2024
IDF rotates reserve infantry brigade to Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor
In a deployment type that has become routine, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) moved the 5th Brigade, a reserve infantry unit, into the Netzarim Corridor, the IDF said on September 16. It’s part...
September 17, 2024
The Abraham Accords are not about Palestinians
Many pundits blame the Abraham Accords for throwing Palestinians under the bus, arguing that peace between Arabs and Israel enraged Palestinians and set the stage for Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel ...
September 17, 2024
Georgetown’s Qatari Branch to Host Former Al Jazeera Executive Who Praised October 7 Massacre
Georgetown University’s branch in Qatar has invited Wadah Khanfar, a former Al Jazeera executive who celebrated the October 7 massacre of 1,200 Israelis, to speak at its “Reimagining Palestine” conference, which begins in Doha on September 20...
September 16, 2024
Iran Launches Satellite Into Orbit Using Domestic Missile
The United States expressed concern on September 14 after Iran successfully launched a satellite into space using a rocket developed by its widely sanctioned Islamic Revolutionary...
September 16, 2024
Israel inches closer to decision on northern operation against Hezbollah
Amos Hochstein, a senior advisor to President Joe Biden, held meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant on September 16. The meetings happened...
September 16, 2024
US and Iraqi forces kill Islamic State leaders
The US military and Iraqi Security Forces killed four Islamic State (IS) leaders during an August 29 raid in western Iraq that resulted in the wounding of seven American soldiers. One of the IS leaders...
September 16, 2024
How Israel Lost a Battle to Al Jazeera — and How It Must Do Better Next Time
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September 16, 2024
Israel SitRep: September 16, 2024
Today’s Issue: | Report: Northern Command Head Gordin Recommends Creation of Buffer Zone in Southern Lebanon | Defense Ministry and IDF: Re-equipping of 97 Civilian Security Squads in North Completed...
September 16, 2024
Military Operation Needed to Stop Hezbollah’s Daily Attacks, Top IDF General Says
The head of Israel’s Northern Command is pushing for Israeli officials to act against Hezbollah threats by creating a buffer zone in southern Lebanon, The Times of Israel reported...
September 16, 2024
Iranians Commemorate Mahsa Amini on Second Anniversary of Her Murder
The second anniversary of the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was marked in Iran and around the world on September 16 amid a media blackout ordered by Iran’s rulers. The young...
September 16, 2024
On Abraham Accords anniversary, Iran pushes Gulf ties
Iran’s new Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi is pushing for closer ties with the Gulf countries, according to Iranian state media on Monday6. This push comes on the four-year...
September 16, 2024
The Houthi missile attack is Iran’s latest move
The Houthi missile attack on Israel on Sunday was an important move for the Iranian regime. The attack was part of Iran’s overall war against Israel in the region, using its proxies, and not...
September 16, 2024
‘Carry a Quran With a Knife’: How Growing Extremism Threatens Jordan – and Its Security Partnership With Israel
Maher al-Jazi, a truck driver and former member of Jordan’s military police, shot and killed three Israeli security officers September 8 at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan. Agreement...
September 15, 2024
Houthis Missile Fragments Strike Central Israel
A missile launched by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen targeting central Israel set off sirens in dozens of areas on the morning of September 15, spreading fragments throughout...
September 15, 2024
Houthis claim ‘hypersonic’ missile used in Israel attack. What are hypersonic missiles?
The Iranian-backed Houthi group claimed on Sunday to have launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at Israel. While there is no evidence that the claim is accurate, it is clear the Houthis managed...
September 15, 2024
Five key challenges for Israel after latest Houthi missile attack
The attack on Israel on September 15 by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen is another example of how Israel faces new and numerous threats during this long war that Hamas launched on October...
September 15, 2024
Why isn’t Biden enforcing his own sanctions against Iran?
The Biden administration periodically promulgates new sanctions against Iran and its proxies. That is a sound policy. But sanctions without enforcement are easy to circumvent. Case in point: Last...
September 14, 2024
Now that the IDF has defeated Hamas in Rafah, what comes next?
Over the last month, the IDF has cemented the defeat of the Rafah Brigade of Hamas. This is an important achievement and an example of how difficult defeating the terrorist group has become. Rafah...
September 14, 2024
The Fundraising Shortcut Ripe for Abuse
Did tax-exempt money help activists release maggots and mealworms on the Israeli prime minister’s delegation to Washington, DC, in late July? The perpetrators reportedly hailed from the Palestinian...
September 13, 2024
Russia retakes some territory in the Kursk region
“The Russians have begun counter-offensive actions” in Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday. Although information about Russia’s progress remains fragmentary,...
September 13, 2024
Hezbollah’s Vengeance for Shukr was a propaganda exercise from start to Nasrallah’s speech
Hezbollah’s promised retaliation for Fuad Shukr, its military commander assassinated by Israel on July 31, finally came this Sunday. But the great vengeance promised by Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah...
September 13, 2024
Pro-Hamas Islamists Win the Most Seats in Jordanian Elections
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamic Action Front (IAF) secured 31 of 138 seats in Jordanian parliamentary elections on September 10, the most of any party. The IAF achieved its best result in 35 years by...
September 13, 2024
Iranian Minister Urges Anti-Western BRICS Bloc to Create ‘Security Structure’
The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, called for the BRICS bloc of states (named after original founders Brazil, Russia, India, China,...
September 13, 2024
IDF’s multi-front challenge: From Rafah to Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) completely dismantled the Rafah Brigade of Hamas, the IDF said on September 12. The announcement came as Israel faced off against increasing attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon....
September 13, 2024
6 Things to Know About Samidoun, the ‘Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network’
Samidoun describes itself as an “international network of organizers and activists” that campaigns for the release of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. The group sponsors demonstrations, protests,...
September 13, 2024
Hamas Chief Sinwar Pens Letter of Gratitude to Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah
Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar personally thanked Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah for his solidarity in the war against Israel in a rare letter that the Iran-backed Lebanese...
September 13, 2024
Egypt and Ethiopia Tussle at UN Security Council as Nile Dam Tensions Escalate
As tensions escalate between Egypt and Ethiopia over the latest filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske-Selassie urged UN officials to “take note of Egypt’s repeated threat to use force against Ethiopia” in a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) dated September 6 ...
September 13, 2024
Israel SitRep: September 13, 2024
Today’s Issue: | IDF: Hamas’s Rafah Brigade Dismantled | IDF Finds Tunnel in West Bank, Near Israeli Towns and Highway 6 | Alleged Israeli Strike in Masyaf, Syria: Additional Details | IDF Soldiers...
September 13, 2024
U.S., European Powers Decline to Censure Iran’s Failure to Comply With IAEA Demands
During the quarterly meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, the United States, along with the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (the “E3”)...
September 13, 2024
Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce
Keen-eyed readers of this column will know that I am fond of occasionally quoting Karl Marx’s observation that history repeats itself, “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” In those...
September 12, 2024
Hamas On The Ropes: A Progress Report
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) announced today, September 12, that the southern army of Hamas in Gaza, called the Rafah Brigade, had been dismantled ...
September 12, 2024
IDF Special Forces Conducted Daring Raid on Iranian Precision Missile Factory in Syria
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) special forces unit reportedly conducted a raid on an underground Iranian-built precision missile factory in Syria, three sources told Axios on September...
September 12, 2024
Russian Ship Likely Carrying Iranian Missiles Docks at Caspian Sea Port
New satellite imagery showed a Russian cargo ship that was likely carrying Iranian ballistic missiles docking at a Russian port on the Caspian Sea, CNN reported on September 11....
September 12, 2024
Israel Eliminates Three Palestinian Islamic Jihad Members in Tulkarem
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out an airstrike that eliminated three Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) members on September 11 in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. PIJ identified...
September 12, 2024
WHO Reports Polio Vaccine Targets in Gaza Achieved
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on September 12 that it has administered the polio vaccination to more than 90 percent of children in Gaza since launching a widespread...
September 12, 2024
IDF Names Hamas Terrorists Killed in Strike on Gaza School
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released the names of nine Hamas terrorists targeted in an airstrike on a shuttered school in the central Gaza Strip on September 11, pushing back...
September 12, 2024
Hamas murder of Israeli Hostages threatens Canadian interests
Sobs pierced the air. At the recent funeral of 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem, his mother delivered a searing eulogy that captured the national trauma spurred by the murder of...
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