Erez Crossing

December 18, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: December 18, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Prime Minister Netanyahu Instructs IDF to Remain in Syrian Mount Hermon Until Late 2025 | Report: Syrian Golan Heights Villagers, Syrian Rebels Handing Weapons to IDF, Including Grenades...

November 12, 2024 | |

U.S. Will Not Withhold Weapons to Israel Over Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

U.S.-Israel Arms Transfer Policy Will Not Change: The Biden administration will not restrict weapons shipments to Israel after determining on November 12 that Israel has made improvements...

November 4, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: November 4, 2024

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July 31, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 31, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Assassinated in Tehran; Iranian Officials ‘in Utter Shock’ | Defense Minister on Elimination of Fuad Shukr: ‘No Place Out of Reach for Our Forces’...

July 19, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 19, 2024

Today’s Issue: | One Killed in Overnight Drone Strike on Tel Aviv, Houthis Claim Responsibility | IAF Strikes Hezbollah Military Building, Weapons Depots, Launcher Used to Attack Western Galilee...

June 24, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: June 24, 2024

Today’s Issue: | 401st Brigade Raids Hamas Training Sites in Rafah Area, Finding Weapons and Tunnel Shafts | Gazans Seeking Medical Treatment Abroad Will be Permitted to Leave Through Kerem Shalom Crossing...

May 20, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: May 20, 2024

Today’s Issue: Two Hamas Police Officials Eliminated in Targeted Strikes | IAF Kills Hamas Supply Department Official Who Facilitated Weapons Smuggling Into Gaza | 98th Division Continues Fighting in...

May 13, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: May 13, 2024

Today’s Issue: Defense Minister Gallant: This War ‘Will Shape Our Lives for Decades to Come’ | IDF and Shin Bet Eliminate Hamas Operative Who Held Hostage Cpl. Noa Marciano | Israel Opens New...

May 8, 2024 | |

Israel Reopens Kerem Shalom Gaza Crossing

Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, three days after closing it due to a Hamas attack, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on May 8. The re-opening...

May 8, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: May 8, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Spokesman: Fighting in Rafah Is ‘Precise’ Operation, Humanitarian Aid Being Increased | 18 Rockets Fired from Gaza, Six at Kerem Shalom Crossing | Israeli Forces Continue Operation...

May 2, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel faces multi-front challenges amid internal discussions on war

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on May 1, his office said in a statement. The discussions come as the IDF continues to prepare its forces for a potential...

January 27, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

New tools of war: How the IDF uses drones to fight Hamas in Gaza

IDF 14th Armored Reserve Brigade members discuss how they used drones and new technology to outfight Hamas in Gaza.

August 24, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

How Hamas Allegedly Embezzles Millions in Christian Charity

The arrests of the head of a U.S. charity operating in the Gaza Strip—and of an UN engineer—put the international spotlight on terrorism finance in the nonprofit world. The&n...

March 8, 2004 | Townhall

Bridging the Rift in the Middle East

As usual, the word from the Middle East recently has been a mixture of good news, bad news. One piece of good news is that the Iraqi Governing Council has signed an interim constitution establish...

September 23, 2003 | Versus |

Jordan Russ in Israel

By Jordan Russ Apathy is an untenable position in the Middle East. Unlike Americans, citizens of this inflamed and tattered region must deal with chaos, insecurity, and turmoil daily, fo...