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April 14, 2024
Getting to know the defense systems that keep Israel safe from Iranian threats
Israel’s air and missile defenses were used to an unprecedented degree overnight to intercept hundreds of threats from Iran. “Last night, Iran initiated an attack against Israel, launching over...
April 14, 2024
Why did Iran choose drones as method of attack?
The decision by Iran to use drones to target Israel on April 13, lifts a curtain on a new era of drone warfare. Drones have been used for years by many countries. For instance, Israel was one of the...
April 14, 2024
Iran’s proxies target Israel: Here’s what to know about them
Iranian pro-government media said in the early hours of April 14 that it had attacked Israel on four fronts. This included attacks by Iran itself using drones and missiles, as well as threats from...
April 14, 2024
Punished from four directions’: This is how Iranian, Arabic media covered the attack
Media in the Middle East have focused on the Iranian attack on Israel that began on April 13 and continued throughout the night. This is a historic evening in the region and the media of Iran...
April 14, 2024
How Iran’s drones became a threat to the Mid East and world
Iran’s drone threat has been increasing in recent years. Reports on the evening of April 13 that Iran had launched drones targeting Israel are the latest example of how the Iranian drone threat is...
April 14, 2024
Iran Attacks Israel With Drone and Missile Barrage
Iran launched an unprecedented direct attack against Israel overnight between April 13 and 14, firing an estimated 300 drones and missiles at the Jewish state. The attack came from...
April 13, 2024
Iran’s terror-enabling supreme leader only opens the door for Israel to hit back hard
After years of using its terrorist proxies to strike Israelis, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei launched a direct attack Saturday against the Jewish state. More...
April 13, 2024
Iran Seizes Israel-Linked Ship
Iran seized an Israeli-linked, Portuguese-flagged commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz on April 13. Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boarded the MSC...
April 13, 2024
Time to Tell Russians They Are No Longer Safe
Russia has launched a propaganda crusade to cynically argue that even though the Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) took credit for the recent Moscow concert hall terror attack...
April 12, 2024
IAEA Condemns Drone Strikes on Russian-Occupied Ukrainian Nuclear Plant
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi on April 11 condemned three recent drone strikes on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), although it remains unclear...
April 12, 2024
Nicaragua’s charade at the ICJ
The solemnly named International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has become an arena for the world’s despots and authoritarians to strut and grandstand, projecting their own abuses—torture, censorship,...
April 12, 2024
Ukrainian Parliament Passes Mobilization Bill But Punts on Demobilization
A long-delayed bill on mobilization passed its second and final reading by the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday. Although Kyiv punted on the contentious issue of demobilizing troops currently...
April 12, 2024
Hamas’ Enablers in the Turkish Government
Turkey’s patronage of Hamas is well-established and widely known. Ankara has hosted the terrorist organization inside of its borders since 2011. Since Hamas carried out deadly terrorist attacks...
April 12, 2024
Germany Rejects Nicaragua’s ‘Biased’ ICJ Case
Germany roundly rejected Nicaragua’s accusation that it was facilitating Israel’s purported genocide in Gaza at an April 9 hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)....
April 12, 2024
Israel, U.S. Close Ranks as Iran Threatens Attack
Israel hosted the general in charge of United States Central Command on April 12 in a show of unity ahead of an anticipated Iranian attack on Israeli soil. General Michael E. Kurilla...
April 12, 2024
Israel SitRep: April 12, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Eliminates Hamas Jabalya Internal Security Head and Hamas Military Wing Commander | IDF Eliminates Head of Hamas’s Terror Infrastructure in West Bank Town of Tubas | March-April...
April 12, 2024
Turkish Organizations Ready Flotilla to Ignite Tensions With Israel
The “Freedom Flotilla Coalition” (FFC), consisting of several pro-Palestinian activist groups, including two Turkish charities — one designated by Israel as a terrorist organization — plans to send several...
April 11, 2024
CENTCOM Commander Lands in Israel Amid Iran Threats
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla arrived in Israel on April 11 amid increasingly bellicose threats from Iran. The Tehran regime has threatened...
April 11, 2024
Israel to Open New Aid Corridor Into Northern Gaza
Israel plans to open a new corridor into northern Gaza to facilitate international humanitarian aid deliveries, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on April 10. “We...
April 11, 2024
Danger knocking on the door of Lebanon’s Christians once again
The Christians of Lebanon find themselves defenseless against the existential threat that is coming their way from Islamist Iran and its Hezbollah militia. This week, Pascal Sleiman, a father of three...
April 11, 2024
Israel SitRep: April 11, 2024
Today’s Issue: Three Hamas Operatives, Sons of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh, Killed in Israeli Airstrike | IDF Begins Operation in Central Gaza | IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police Arrest Six in Overnight...
April 11, 2024
Turkey Initiates Trade War With Israel
Turkey announced on April 9 that it would ban certain exports to Israel until Jerusalem declares a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Ankara claimed that it put the ban in place after...
April 11, 2024
Worried about an Iranian attack? That’s exactly what it wants
A week of Iran’s threats to attack Israel has caused social media to lurch from one theory to another about when Iran’s supposed attack may come. Iran has threatened to “punish” Israel...
April 11, 2024
Iran has ten ways to attack Israel; which one will it choose?
Iran has vowed to “punish” Israel for an airstrike in Damascus on April 1 that Tehran blamed on the Jewish state. Over the last week and a half, Iranian leaders have made repeated threats against...
April 11, 2024
MSCI ESG Ratings May Violate State Anti-BDS Laws
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and 17 other state attorneys general sent a letter on March 28 to financial analytics firm MSCI Inc. following a report the firm may be imposing punitive environmental,...
April 11, 2024
How Iran Is Causing Chaos Beyond Just Israel and Palestine
Iran presents itself as the sponsor of the “liberation of Palestine,” and thus arms proxies and allies in four Arab countries—Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen—as well as the Palestinian Territories. In...
April 11, 2024
IDF’s new phase of operations in Gaza to include pinpoint raids, increased aid
A week and a half after Israeli forces withdrew from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis and it appeared the IDF was shifting gears to a new phase of operations, the IDF sent forces into areas of central Gaza...
April 10, 2024
Congress just touching the TikTok tip of the iceberg of China’s spying
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell this week urged the chamber to take up the bipartisan bill the House overwhelmingly passed last month requiring Chinese company ByteDance to sell off...
April 10, 2024
Hamas Says It Cannot Locate Hostages
Hamas claimed it lacks the ability to locate 40 hostages needed for a ceasefire deal with Israel, CNN reported on April 10. An unnamed Israeli government source speaking to CNN warned...
April 10, 2024
Three Terrorist Sons of Hamas Chief Killed
Israel killed three sons of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, themselves terrorists in the group, in a Gaza airstrike on April 10. Amir, Mohammed, and Hazem Haniyeh were struck in a car...
April 10, 2024
The U.S. and Israel Negotiate Over the Fate of Hamas’s Last Bastion
Six months into the war with Hamas, throughout which Jerusalem has mostly managed to keep Washington on-side, Israel’s proposed IDF operation in Rafah is now testing American patience. However,...
April 10, 2024
Iran Floods West Bank With Weapons
Iran is employing a network of militants, criminals, and intelligence operatives to smuggle weapons into the West Bank, The New York Times reported on April 9. A group of unnamed...
April 10, 2024
NATO Isn’t Defending Guam, But Others Are
It recently made headlines that NATO is not obligated to defend Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), American Samoa, or other parts of the United States in the Pacific. But...
April 10, 2024
U.S. Sends Ukraine Weapons Seized En Route from Iran to Yemen
America transferred to Ukraine thousands of Iranian weapons that were seized enroute to Yemen by U.S. naval forces and partner nations, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported on...
April 10, 2024
Israel Strikes Syrian Army Position Used by Hezbollah Terrorists
The Israeli military struck a Syrian Army position used by Hezbollah on April 9 in southern Syria, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Israel carried out the strike based on precise...
April 10, 2024
The consequences of US weakness in Iraq and Syria
U.S. forces in the Middle East are on high alert after Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister, suggested on Monday that Tehran may attack U.S. forces in the region following...
April 10, 2024
Israel to Iran: Any Direct Attack Will Be Answered in Kind
Israeli officials warned Iran on April 10 that it would come under retaliation for any direct attack against Israel. Blaming Israel for an April 1 strike that killed two Islamic...
April 10, 2024
UAE sends 370 tonnes of aid, first land convoy reaches Jabalya in northern Gaza
The United Arab Emirates sent a convoy via land that brought 370 tons of humanitarian aid to northern Gaza, Emirati state media Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported this week. “The Joint Operations...
April 10, 2024
Israel’s Defense Minister details new humanitarian focus in Gaza
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held a briefing on April 10 in which he sought to highlight Israel’s challenges in Gaza and also the next phase of the war. “Two weeks ago I instructed the defense...
April 10, 2024
Hezbollah’s expected Response to IRGC-QF Gen. Mohammad Zahedi’s killing
According to the Syrian Army, at 17:00 hours on April 1, Israel launched an airborne attack from over the Golan Heights, targeting a building in Damascus that it described as the Iranian consulate...
April 10, 2024
Biden wavers
“Today, the people of Israel are under attack, orchestrated by a terrorist organization, Hamas.” So said President Joseph R. Biden six months ago last Sunday. He went on to speak of the...
April 9, 2024
Hamas Pervades Every Aspect of Life in Gaza, and Is Preventing the Distribution of Aid
Gaza is experiencing a total collapse of governance, making basic life-sustaining tasks like food distribution, aid delivery, and law enforcement incredibly challenging. The breakdown is a direct result...
April 9, 2024
Qatar Not an Honest Broker, New Report Concludes
A group of veteran American and Israeli intelligence professionals assert in a new report that Qatar should not mediate between Hamas and Israel, The Times of Israel revealed on...
April 9, 2024
Israel’s Maritime Iron Dome Makes First Successful Intercept
The ship-mounted version of Iron Dome shot down a drone on April 8 that entered Israeli airspace near Eilat, according to the Israel Defense Forces. “C-Dome,” which, like Iron...
April 9, 2024
Opaque Shell Companies
April 9, 2024
‘Victory Requires Entering Rafah,’ Netanyahu Says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on April 8 that Israel has selected a date for its operation against Hamas terrorists in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. In a video...
April 9, 2024
Hamas-Run Gaza Health Ministry Admits to Flaws in Casualty Data
The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said on April 6 that it had “incomplete data” for 11,371 of the 33,091 Palestinian fatalities it claims to have documented. In a statistical...
April 9, 2024
Israel’s Arab Neighbors Undermine Their Own Interests by Backing Iran
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its proxy militias have Jordan in their crosshairs, calling for mass protests against the government and promising to arm a militia of 12,000 Jordanians....
April 9, 2024
IDF trains to confront threats from Hezbollah
In the wake of withdrawing a key division from Gaza, the IDF continues to carry out training in northern Israel to prepare for escalation from Hezbollah or other Iranian-backed groups. The IDF has been...
April 8, 2024
Iran is watching Israel’s next Gaza move carefully
Iran has been watching Israel’s next moves in Gaza and the region carefully. Iran has vowed revenge for an airstrike in Damascus on April 1 that killed a top IRGC commander. However, even as Iran vows...
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