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February 17, 2024
Deceptive normalcy: A border town with a front-row seat to the Gaza carnage
The border of Gaza today is green, and farm equipment tills the fields on Israel’s side. The pastoral scene is a stark change from four months ago after Hamas militants’ rampaging...
February 17, 2024
Part III – Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities
Final in a three-part series. You can read part one here, and part two here. Sanitizing the Resistance Axis and its Objectives ...
February 17, 2024
Iran pushes threats from Yemen to Lebanon
Iran continues to push its proxies to increase their threats from Hezbollah in Lebanon to the Houthis in Yemen. A new report on 60 Minutes, for instance, includes statements by the commander of the US 5th Fleet that Iran is actively advising the Houthis in their attacks...
February 17, 2024
Trailblazers: IDF’s engineers transform the North
The Upper Galilee in winter is far removed from the peace and tranquility of the coastal plain near Haifa and Tel Aviv. The area along the Lebanese border has been under daily rocket attacks since October...
February 17, 2024
Turkey is a sanctuary for terrorism financing
Since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel, much of the international focus on Turkey has centered on its patronage of Hamas. Along with Qatar and Iran, Turkey provides the terrorist...
February 16, 2024
ICJ Rejects South Africa’s New Attack Against Israel
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on February 16 rejected South Africa’s “urgent request for additional measures” to restrict Israel’s possible operations in Rafah....
February 16, 2024
U.S. Conducts Cyberattack Against Iranian Spy Ship Helping Houthis
The United States conducted a cyberattack against an Iranian spy ship operating near the Red Sea earlier this month, according to February 15 reports. The news comes near the third...
February 16, 2024
Egypt Creates Buffer Zone With Gaza for Displaced Palestinians
Cairo is building a buffer zone along the Gaza border to prevent displaced Palestinians from flooding Egypt, according to February 15 reports. The eight-square-mile enclosure will...
February 16, 2024
Top UN Aid Official Says Hamas Is Not a Terrorist Group
A top United Nations (UN) official on February 14 denied that Hamas is a terrorist group. “Hamas is not a terrorist group for us … It’s a political movement,” said Martin...
February 16, 2024
Terror Attack in Southern Israel Kills Two and Wounds Four
A terrorist attack in southern Israel on February 16 killed two people and wounded four others. The assailant used a firearm in the attack, which took place at the Masmiya junction...
February 16, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 16, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Arrests 20 in Nasser Hospital Raid, Including Participants in October 7 Attacks | IDF Gives Update on Gaza Operations in the Past Day | Two Killed in Terror Attack in Southern Israel,...
February 16, 2024
The Taiwan Catastrophe
Washington and its allies face many potential geopolitical catastrophes over the next decade, but nearly all pale in comparison to what would ensue if China annexed or invaded Taiwan. Such an outcome,...
February 16, 2024
America must wake up to Putin’s lies
Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia may have sputtered, but it has not died. Ukrainians are willing to fight for their freedom, but they need weapons and ammunition to do so. Whereas...
February 16, 2024
Tough Anti-Assad Bill Advances on Bipartisan Vote in House
The House of Representatives approved the Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act of 2023 by an overwhelming vote of 389-32 on Wednesday afternoon, expanding human rights sanctions on the government of Syria...
February 16, 2024
California teachers caught sharing pro-Hamas propaganda
On campuses, numerous pro-Palestinian groups celebrated the Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 Israelis as an act of “resistance” while blaming Israel for the outbreak of violence. However, it...
February 15, 2024
Turkey, Egypt Presidents Meet to Repair Ties, Call for Gaza Ceasefire
The presidents of Turkey and Egypt called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas during a February 14 meeting in Cairo. Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Egypt for the...
February 15, 2024
U.S. and Arab Partners Plan for Palestinian Statehood
The Biden administration is working with a group of Arab countries to develop a path toward Palestinian statehood, The Washington Post reported on February 14. The planning...
February 15, 2024
Israel Kills Senior Hezbollah Commander, Deputy in Strike
An Israeli airstrike killed two senior Hezbollah operatives overnight in retaliation for the Iranian-backed terrorist group’s lethal shelling of IDF Northern Command’s headquarters...
February 15, 2024
IDF: Hamas Held Hostages at Nasser Hospital
Hamas held hostages at Nasser Hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis, Israel disclosed on February 15. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said that Israel possesses...
February 15, 2024
American Forces Under Attack by Iran and its Proxies
February 15, 2024
Israel again contends with Hamas’ use of human shields in hospitals
The Israel Defense Forces is in control of most of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis following a difficult two-month battle against Hamas opposition therein. Khan Younis hosts an extensive tunnel network...
February 15, 2024
Securing Communications Networks from Foreign Adversaries
February 15, 2024
U.S. Should Target IRGC’s Economic Agents
The latest round of terrorist attacks and regional aggression by proxies of the Islamist regime in Iran has put the issue of terror finance by Tehran front and center. Washington has imposed sanctions...
February 15, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 15, 2024
Today’s Issue: In Targeted Killing in Lebanon, IDF Eliminates Senior Hezbollah Commander | IDF Carries Out Operation in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis | IDF Operations in Shati Refugee Camp Area in Past...
February 15, 2024
Israel’s deadly dance with Hezbollah has become a chess game
Israel carried out an airstrike in Lebanon on February 14 that eliminated “a senior commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces, his deputy commander, and an additional terrorist operative in...
February 14, 2024
Another Gaza Hospital Evacuated as New York Times Confirms Hamas Use of Al-Shifa
Palestinians in Gaza are evacuating a major medical complex after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued evacuation orders on February 13. The IDF advised civilians sheltering at...
February 14, 2024
One Killed and Eight Wounded in Hezbollah Attack on Northern Israel
Rockets believed to have been fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon on February 14 killed one female Israeli soldier and wounded eight people. The barrage of 11 Grad rockets struck near...
February 14, 2024
Hackers are Taking Advantage of Gaps in U.S. Cybersecurity Policy
When you press the power button on your computer, it turns on because a specialized code called firmware turns this stimulus into a signal the computer can understand. Firmware is constantly at work because...
February 14, 2024
Tunnel Footage Shows Sinwar on the Run
Israel aired footage on February 13 showing fugitive Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel beneath his hometown of Khan Younis during the first days of the war. Sinwar, Hamas’s...
February 14, 2024
Iran media claims Hezbollah supplied with Iran’s ‘Almas’ missiles
Iranian pro-government Tasnim News said on February 14 that Hezbollah recently presented evidence that it is using the Iranian-made Almas anti-tank missile. The report says that Iran provided Hezbollah...
February 14, 2024
Deadly rocket attack in North shows Hezbollah undeterred
Deadly rocket fire targeting northern Israel on February 14 illustrates that Hezbollah is not deterred and is escalating attacks on Israel, seeking to target communities deeper inside the country....
February 14, 2024
Sinwar agonistes
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind behind the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel and the worst single-day slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, is believed to be lurking within the subterranean labyrinth that...
February 14, 2024
Does Hezbollah’s Silence Link the Attack on Safed to Israel’s Strike on Nabatiyeh?
Last Thursday, Israel reportedly attempted to assassinate two high-ranking Hezbollah members: Ali Karaki, identified by media outlets as a “Hezbollah military commander” but, more significantly, “the...
February 14, 2024
Rocket fire from Lebanon strikes IDF base
Several rockets fired from Lebanon on February 14 landed in the northern Israeli city of Safed, where the IDF’s Northern Command base is located, killing one soldier and wounding eight others....
February 14, 2024
Russia Wants Texas to Secede
Does the Kremlin really use psychological operations to sow chaos in America, or is that just the stuff of conspiracy theorists? Russia’s recent reaction to the crisis at the Texas border suggests the...
February 13, 2024
Joint statement to House Financial Services Committee for FinCEN Hearing
February 13, 2024
U.S., Egyptian, Qatari, and Israeli Officials End Talks Without A Deal
Officials from the United States, Egypt, Qatar, and Israel met in Cairo on February 13 to try to outline a potential deal between Hamas and Israel. CIA Director Bill Burns, Qatari...
February 13, 2024
Turkey-Based Organization Prepares to Send Flotilla to Gaza
An assembly of international organizations announced on February 10 that it seeks to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza by sending a flotilla of humanitarian aid. The assembly,...
February 13, 2024
Former Iranian Official Hints at Nuclear Weapons Program
Tehran maintains a nuclear weapons program, a former senior Iranian official appeared to suggest in an interview broadcast on February 12. Iran has crossed “all the thresholds...
February 13, 2024
France Proposes Lebanon Border Deal
France has proposed a three-step plan to resolve hostilities along the Israel-Lebanon border, media reports stated on February 12. The written proposal, which French Foreign Minister...
February 13, 2024
Lebanon is using Hezbollah to blackmail Israel on border talks
War once again looms between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah. After the last conflict between the two adversaries, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 1701, which installed...
February 13, 2024
The Robust North Korea Sanctions Mirage
As a key component of its effort to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia, the Biden administration has sought to isolate Moscow...
February 13, 2024
Israeli forces renew efforts to solidify defeat of Hamas
The border of Gaza four months into the war is the quietist it has been since Hamas launched its attack on October 7. Many fields along the border where Israeli farmers often plowed right up to the fence...
February 13, 2024
10 Things to Know About UNIFIL
Despite a mandate to maintain international peace and security, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has repeatedly failed to secure the Israel-Lebanon border and support the Lebanese Armed...
February 13, 2024
Hezbollah Rocket Fire Wounds Two in Northern Israel
A Hezbollah rocket attack on the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona wounded two civilians on February 13. The 47-year-old woman and 15-year-old boy — a mother and her son —...
February 13, 2024
Part II – Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities
Increasing International Pressure on Israel ...
February 13, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 13, 2024
Today’s Issue: In West Bank, Senior Hamas Operative Arrested, Palestinian Driver Attempts Car Ramming Attack | Soldiers Arrest 18 Wanted Persons in Overnight Operation in West Bank | IDF Forces in Western...
February 13, 2024
It’s Harder to do Business in China Now—and That’s a Good Thing
Among the multiplicity of risks facing the Chinese economy, such as a tumbling stock market, a failing real estate sector, high local indebtedness, and skyrocketing youth unemployment, the greatest...
February 12, 2024
Israel Thwarts Drug Smuggling Attempts From Egypt
Israeli forces announced on February 11 that they thwarted an attempt to smuggle $14 million worth of drugs across the Egypt-Israel border earlier in the month. The Israel Defense...
February 12, 2024
Israeli Airstrikes Target Hezbollah Forces in Southern Lebanon
Israel conducted a series of airstrikes in southern Lebanon on February 12 against individuals and facilities affiliated with the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. The Israel...
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