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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...
February 12, 2024
Hamas Data Center Found Under UNRWA Headquarters
Israeli forces last week uncovered a Hamas data center housed underneath the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza City. The center included...
February 12, 2024
Israel Rescues Two Hostages From Gaza
Israeli special forces rescued two hostages — Fernando Marman, 61, and Louis Har, 70 — from Rafah in southern Gaza in the early hours of February 12. “We have prepared for...
February 12, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 12, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 12, 2024 Two Israeli Hostages Rescued in Overnight Raid in Rafah Early Monday morning, the IDF announced the rescue of hostages Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Louis Har (70),...
February 12, 2024
A Palestinian Authority that rewards terrorism has no place in Gaza
The Biden administration wants a “revitalized” Palestinian Authority to take responsibility for postwar Gaza. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh just announced a plan to launch...
February 12, 2024
Israel rescues two hostages in Gaza raid
The Israel Defense Forces rescued two hostages in a raid into the southern Gaza city of Rafah on February 12. “This was a complex rescue operation under fire in the heart of Rafah, based on highly sensitive...
February 12, 2024
Why the EU Could Sanction Tucker Carlson
THE IDEA THAT THE EUROPEAN UNION may consider sanctioning Tucker Carlson for his interview with Vladimir Putin—first floated by Guy Verhofstadt, a liberal member of European...
February 11, 2024
Hamas Threatens Hostages Over Israeli Operation Against Rafah
Hamas threatened on February 11 to call off negotiations over freeing the hostages if Israeli forces advance against the Palestinian terrorist group’s “last bastion” in Rafah....
February 11, 2024
What’s at stake for Israel, Hamas in Rafah showdown?
Rafah has now become a symbol of the war in Gaza after four months in which Israel has defeated most of the Hamas battalions in Gaza. This is because it is now an objective for Israel’s potential...
February 11, 2024
What is Iran’s strategy against Israel amid FM’s Middle East trips?
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is on a regional trip, visiting Lebanon and Syria over the weekend. He is also scheduled to arrive in Qatar. In Lebanon, he threatened Israel but...
February 10, 2024
Meta Removes Khamenei’s Instagram and Facebook Accounts
Meta announced on February 8 that it removed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for violating its content policy. “We have removed these accounts...
February 10, 2024
Biden to Host King of Jordan at White House
Jordan’s King Abdullah II will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on February 12, the Biden administration announced on February 8. White House Press Secretary Karine...
February 9, 2024
Israel Wounds Hezbollah Commander in Drone Strike
An Israeli drone strike in Lebanon on February 8 seriously wounded a Hezbollah commander identified as Abbas al-Debes. A second senior member, identified as Ali Karaki, escaped before...
February 9, 2024
Texas A&M to Close Qatar Campus
Texas A&M University announced on February 8 that it will close its campus in Qatar by 2028. “The Board has decided that the core mission of Texas A&M should be advanced...
February 9, 2024
Detect and destroy: The IDF unit protecting Israel from rockets
When rockets are fired at Israel by terrorist groups such as Hamas, the launches are detected, and the sound of sirens sends Israelis running to shelters. Since the war in Gaza began, more than 10,000...
February 9, 2024
Israeli Forces Progress in Fight Against Terror in Khan Younis
Israeli soldiers “identified a terrorist cell that planted explosive devices near the troops operating in” Khan Younis, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on February 9. Khan...
February 9, 2024
Why India will face political and trade hurdles as long as Iran’s Islamic regime remains in power
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February 9, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 9, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Soldier Seriously Wounded by Missile From Lebanon, Israeli Air Force Strikes Back | IDF Troops Find Rocket Launchers Aimed at Israel Near Mosque and Kindergarten | IDF Arrests 12 in...
February 9, 2024
The inevitable war between Israel and Hezbollah
While the world remains focused on Gaza, a senior Israeli official recently claimed that the country stands “closer to war than ever” on its northern border, as an ongoing low intensity conflict heats up...
February 9, 2024
Hezbollah rocket barrages target northern Israel
Hezbollah targeted Israel with two barrages of rockets on Feb. 9. The rocket fire by the Iranian-backed terrorist group in Lebanon has taken place every day during the week of Feb. 5-9. Israeli soldiers...
February 9, 2024
Rafah in Israel’s sights as next Gaza moves loom
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that Israel will target the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the last major area held by Hamas in Gaza. “It is impossible to achieve the goal of the war...
February 8, 2024
Israeli Air Force Plans Continued Lebanon Overflights
Israel signaled this week that it will continue surveillance flights over Lebanon amid Western efforts to tamp down Hezbollah provocations. The United States and France have been...
February 8, 2024
U.S. Drone Strike in Baghdad Kills Shiite Militia Commander
A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on February 7 killed a commander of an Iran-backed Shiite militia. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement that the strike was in response...
February 8, 2024
Facing Low Poll Numbers, PA President Pushes for Palestinian Statehood
Facing mounting unpopularity in the West Bank, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas pushed for Palestinian statehood in a February 7 meeting with U.S. Secretary of...
February 8, 2024
Don’t reward Erdogan
After holding the NATO alliance hostage for nearly two years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally agreed to allow Sweden to join the trans-Atlantic alliance. Washington and other NATO...
February 8, 2024
How actually to compete with China
Fifteen years ago, the federal government poured $535 million into a California-based solar module innovator, Solyndra. That’s a lot of money. In today’s money, it would be enough to cover...
February 8, 2024
Putin Set to Visit NATO Member Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Turkey on February 12 — the first trip by a Russian leader to a NATO country since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Putin and...
February 8, 2024
Part I – Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities
Part one in a three-part series. “How will I conquer this beleaguered one? He possesses courage, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and tools of war.’ And then he said, ‘I’ll not rob his strength,...
February 8, 2024
As Israel aims for more ‘focused’ operations in Gaza, key questions remain for endgame
JERUSALEM — Israel’s former Defense Minister Benny Gantz said earlier this week that Israeli operations in Gaza will become more “focused” in the future, following months of aerial bombardment...
February 8, 2024
Hamas stronghold in Gaza’s Rafah is key to its survival – analysis
Hamas has been defeated in many parts of the Gaza strip. This is particularly true in terms of Hamas battalions, the organizational tactical level unit that it has used to control areas in Gaza. Of 24...
February 8, 2024
Meet the Israeli tank unit that led the way into Gaza
Master Sergeant Dar Cohen was at home on Friday, October 6. It was Shabbat, and like most Israelis, he was expecting a normal Simchat Torah holiday over the weekend. However, on the morning of October...
February 8, 2024
Target: Kataib Hezbollah – why the latest US airstrike is a gamechanger
US Central Command said on Wednesday evening that it conducted a strike, killing a leader of the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah. It happened on a busy street in Baghdad, and a car was seen in flames...
February 8, 2024
Hezbollah Rockets Wound Three Israeli Soldiers
Rockets fired by Hezbollah on February 8 wounded three Israeli soldiers, including one seriously. Hezbollah launched numerous rockets that day at communities across northern Israel,...
February 8, 2024
US Congress’ COFA Delay Jeopardizes a Key Element of the ’Free and Open Indo-Pacific’
The U.S. government concluded COFA renewal talks with Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands in 2023. Months later, Congress has yet to approve the funding...
February 8, 2024
The UN agency that’s supposed to aid Palestinian refugees has only made things worse
A growing bipartisan group of legislators is calling to permanently end American taxpayer support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency amid accusations that it took part in the Oct....
February 8, 2024
Israel attempts to assassinate two high-ranking Hezbollah commanders in south Lebanon
On Thursday evening, at approximately 4:30 PM local time, media outlets began reporting on a possible Israeli drone strike in south Lebanon. The details of the strike were slightly unusual. The strike...
February 8, 2024
Iranian-backed Bahraini militias eulogize killed Hezbollah Brigades commander
In a joint statement, Saraya al-Ashtar and Saraya Wa’ad Allah, both Iranian-backed militias in the island Kingdom of Bahrain, sent their condolences to the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades – itself an Iranian...
February 8, 2024
Ukraine’s Hold on Avdiivka Slipping
A Ukrainian military spokesman confirmed today that Russian troops have pressed into northern Avdiivka, a small city in southeastern Ukraine that has been on the front line since 2014. While...
February 7, 2024
The truth of Biden’s ‘revenge’ on Iran
Nearly 72 hours out from President Joe Biden's retaliatory strikes against Iranian-backed militias, who killed Americas and we're left asking: was that it? ...
February 7, 2024
Exploiting America’s Declining Pressure: Iran’s Nuclear Escalation Over Time
February 7, 2024
Israel Spurns Hamas Demands, Vows Total Victory in Gaza
Israel on February 7 spurned some demands made by Hamas for a proposed Gaza truce, reiterating that the Jewish state would vanquish the Palestinian terrorist group. Prime Minister...
February 7, 2024
Lebanon Rejects Proposal to Curb Hezbollah
Lebanon rejected a proposal on February 6 for Hezbollah’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon, as mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The United States and four European...
February 7, 2024
Israel ‘peeling off layers’ of Hamas in Gaza
Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi visited northern Gaza on February 6 and met with IDF commanders and soldiers. He said Israel was continuing to “advance” in the Gaza strip. He also said there is...
February 7, 2024
Tunnel Used by Hamas to Hold Hostages Found in Gaza
Israeli troops uncovered a tunnel “used by senior [Hamas] operatives to hold hostages in Khan Younis,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on February 7. Israeli soldiers have...
February 7, 2024
Iran’s Proxies Continue Attacks Despite U.S. Strikes
The Pentagon said on February 5 that Washington neither plans a full-scale war against Iran’s proxies in Iraq and Syria nor seeks an escalation against the Houthis in Yemen. Despite...
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