Hassan Nasrallah May Be Dead, but at His Funeral, Hezbollah Showed It’s Alive and Kicking
Israel tried, but only Lebanese actors can truly place Hezbollah in its grave. Here's why that's unlikely to happen
David Daoud
‘Death to Israel, Death to America’: Hezbollah Flexes at Massive Nasrallah Funeral Buzzed by Israeli Jets
IAF Warplanes Buzz Funeral, Strike Lebanese Targets: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on February 23 that the Israeli Air Force flew low passes in the skies over the...
Flash Briefs
A New Era of Hezbollah Defeat
Excerpt Nothing lasts forever. Hezbollah’s self-proclaimed “Era of Victories”—which the group inaugurated after the May 2000 Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon—appears to have run its course....
Op-eds
Hochstein’s Lebanon Deal Guarantees Another Israel-Hezbollah War for Future Generations
Cosmetic, face-saving, nebulous implementation: No wonder that the residents and mayors of northern Israel are objecting to Hochstein's cease-fire deal in Lebanon – and that Hezbollah is celebrating it
Op-eds
‘Expect a Strong Response’: ICC Issues Arrest Warrants Against Israel’s Prime Minister and Former Defense Minister
ICC Alleges Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes: A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued arrest warrants on November 21 for Israeli...
Flash Briefs
‘Within Our Grasp’: U.S. Envoy Hochstein Reaches for Lebanon Truce
U.S. Envoy Back in Beirut: Amos Hochstein, a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, returned to Beirut on November 19, hours after several news outlets reported that Lebanon and the Iran-backed terrorist...
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Israel SitRep: November 18, 2024
Today’s Issue: | IDF Eliminates Hezbollah’s Chief Propagandist in Targeted Strike | In West Bank, Soldiers Seize Seven Lathes for Producing Weapons, 10 Illegal Vehicles, M16 Rifles | IDF’s 226th...
Israel at War Situation Report
Tehran Backs Ceasefire Talks in Lebanon as Israeli Airstrikes Pound Beirut
Hezbollah Stronghold Under Sustained Fire: The IDF launched four separate waves of airstrikes on Hezbollah’s terrorist stronghold in Dahiyeh on November 15. The strikes targeted...
Flash Briefs
‘Significant’ Damage: IDF Strikes Hezbollah Smuggling Routes Between Syria and Lebanon
Israeli Airstrikes Target Weapons Smuggling Routes: The IDF carried out strikes on November 13 targeting smuggling routes that Hezbollah’s Unit 4400 uses to transport weapons into...
Flash Briefs
‘Most Dahiyeh Arms Sites Dismantled’: Israel Guts Hezbollah’s Bastion
Israel Destroys Underground Terrorist Infrastructure: The IDF revealed on November 12 that it had undertaken an extensive effort to destroy Hezbollah’s terrorist stronghold in...
Flash Briefs
Naim Qassem commemorates 40 days since Hassan Nasrallah’s death
Naim Qassem’s second speech as secretary-general of Hezbollah, delivered on November 6, was as predictable in content as timing. It came, as is the group’s custom, to commemorate 40 days since the...
Op-eds
‘We are Prepared, No Matter How Long It Takes’: New Hezbollah Leader Naim Qassem Boasts of Terror Group’s Endurance
Hezbollah Warns Israel Against a ‘War of Attrition’: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem delivered a speech on November 6 in which he asserted that Israel should not rely on a...
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Israel SitRep: November 6, 2024
Today’s Issue: | IDF Operating in West Bank’s Qabatiya and Nur Shams, Eliminating Terrorists, Destroying Explosive Devices | IDF Operation in Jabalya: 55,000 Civilians Evacuated, 700 Terrorists Have...
Israel at War Situation Report
Israel Targets Hezbollah Intelligence Branch and Ammunition Sites in Syria
Israeli Airstrikes Target Hezbollah’s Intelligence Headquarters Branch Near Damascus: In a rare statement acknowledging a military operation in Syria, the IDF said that it struck...
Flash Briefs
Naim Qassem is finally the bride
Hezbollah has a new secretary-general, though far from the obvious choice. On October 29, the group announced that its demure and soft-spoken Naim Qassem, rumored to be hiding in Iran, had succeeded...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: November 4, 2024
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Israel at War Situation Report
Naim Qassem’s inaugural speech as Hezbollah’s new secretary-general
One day after his surprise appointment as Hezbollah’s new secretary-general, Naim Qassem delivered his inaugural speech from that post—his fourth speech since Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination. Qassem’s...
Op-eds
Lebanese Prime Minister Issues Rare Complaint Over Iranian ‘Interference’
Responding to comments made by a senior Iranian official regarding Iran’s willingness to negotiate with France over the implementation of a key UN Security Council Resolution concerning...
Flash Briefs
The Contest of Wills Between Israel and Hezbollah
The militant group’s miscalculations have left it with no good options in Lebanon.
Op-eds
Why a Cease-fire Deal With Hezbollah Now Is Bad for Israel
Linking the achievement of truces in Gaza and Lebanon, as international mediators hope to do, would hand the eliminationist Hezbollah a propaganda victory, with dangerous repercussions for Israel's deterrence and defense