Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon
Latest Developments The Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck a series of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon overnight, the Israeli military said on August 9. Among the targets struck by Israeli jets was...
Associated Press
U.S. Citizen Who Attempted to Assassinate Salman Rushdie Charged with Aiding Hezbollah
Latest Developments Federal prosecutors charged the man who attempted to assassinate the celebrated author Salman Rushdie in 2022 with “attempting to provide material support” to Iranian-backed...
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Top Shipping Company Warns of Global Impact of Houthi Attacks on Vessels in Red Sea
Latest Developments Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) said on July 17 that the consequences of diverting ships away from the Red Sea to avoid attacks launched by Iranian-backed Houthi...
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German Police Arrest Hezbollah Operative Who Attempted to Acquire Deadly Drone Components
German police arrested a Lebanese man who was attempting to acquire components for drones for use in Hezbollah attacks against Israel, the Associated Press reported on July 15. The...
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Iran-Backed Houthis Continue Targeting Commercial Shipping
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked a commercial vessel in the Red Sea’s Bab el-Mandeb Strait on July 10, one day after conducting an attack on a U.S.-flagged container...
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Two Israeli Civilians Killed by Hezbollah Rocket Barrage in Golan Heights
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Hamas Critic Badly Beaten in Gaza by Masked Men
A Gaza-based activist who opposes Hamas was badly beaten on July 8 by two dozen masked men wielding batons and knives. The assailants, who claimed they were representatives of Hamas’s...
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Rafah through the eyes of int’l journalists
The trip by journalists is important because it provides the first reactions among correspondents to Israel’s operations in this area of southern Gaza.
Op-eds
Hezbollah Deputy Leader Hedges on Gaza-For-Lebanon Tradeoff
Hezbollah’s deputy leader on July 2 hedged on the question of whether the Iran-backed terrorist organization would stop attacking Israel if the war in Gaza war winds down without...
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U.S. Legislators Bar State Department From Citing Gaza Health Ministry Fatality Statistics
An amendment to the annual State Department appropriations bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 27 bars the State Department from citing the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry’s fatality data. Sixty-two Democrats and 207 Republicans voted for the measure, which was spearheaded by representatives Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Carol Miller (R-WV). ...
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Hezbollah Turns Down Offer From Fellow Iran Proxies to Send Troops for War Against Israel
As fears of a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah continue to grow, the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group has turned down an offer from other Iranian proxies...
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Houthi Rebels Claim to Break Up “American-Israeli Spy Ring” in Yemen
Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on June 10 to have arrested members of an “American-Israeli spy network” in Yemen. Houthi intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Abdulhakim al-Khayewani...
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Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Abduct UN Employees
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen abducted at least 15 Yemeni employees of United Nations (UN) and other international agencies on June 7. Houthi enforcers detained nine employees...
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New Report Determines Percentage of Civilian Casualties Has Fallen Sharply in Gaza
Latest Developments Despite persistent claims from the Hamas-run Ministry of Health that women and children account for more than 70 percent of fatalities in Gaza, the ministry’s own data show that...
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Israeli Embassy in Mexico City Attacked by Hamas Supporters as Government Requests to Join ICJ Case
Pro-Hamas protestors clashed with police officers outside the Israeli embassy in Mexico City on May 28. The protestors, many of whom were masked, lit fires and sprayed graffiti on...
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Iran’s Terror Proxies Gather On Sidelines of Raisi’s Funeral
Representatives from Iran’s network of terror proxies convened on May 22 on the sidelines of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral. Raisi died alongside Iranian...
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U.S. Conducts Secret, Indirect Talks With Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator
The United States conducted indirect talks with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator last week, the Associated Press (AP) reported on May 21. The talks — which Axios first reported...
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Israel Recovers Bodies of Three Kidnapped Hostages
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on May 17 that they recovered the bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas during its October 7 massacre. In a press statement, IDF spokesperson...
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Lebanese political leader sounds the alarm on Hezbollah
Lebanon may be tired of the excesses of Hezbollah and how it is dragging the country into conflict.
Op-eds
Hezbollah Targets Israeli Forces on Northern Border
The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah carried out several attacks on northern Israel on April 30 and May 1. Hezbollah claimed it targeted an Israeli military barracks at Biranit,...