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October 9, 2024 | David Adesnik |

Bernie Sanders and AOC Mark October 7 Anniversary with False Accusations Against Israel

One year to the day after Hamas slaughtered 1,200 men, women, and children — including 46 Americans — in southern Israel, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) lashed...

October 9, 2024 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem: Hezbollah’s New and Subdued Voice

With Israel’s September 27 assassination of Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s voice has been subdued. But it has not, unfortunately, been entirely silenced. The mantle of Hezbollah’s...

October 9, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: October 9, 2024

Today at 8:30am (ET): “FDD Morning Brief,” featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Brian Katulis, FDD Event “The October 8th War,” Jonathan Schanzer, Commentary “Qatari...

October 9, 2024 | David Daoud |

The countdown to Nasrallah’s assassination began with Majdal Shams

He certainly didn’t know it, but Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah signed his death warrant on July 27. That day, an errant Hezbollah rocket landed on a soccer field in Majdal Shams in the...

October 8, 2024 | Enia Krivine |

The Impact of the October 7 Attack Still Reverberates in the U.S.

Israel on Monday marked the first anniversary of Hamas’s massacre of 1,200 people on October 7, 2023, which launched the regional war that continues to rage in the Middle East. While Israel is bearing...

October 8, 2024 | |

Israel Strikes at Hezbollah Leaders as Attacks on North Intensify

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on October 8 that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “probably” eliminated senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, who was poised...

October 8, 2024 | |

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Additional Hamas Financiers on First Anniversary of October 7 Massacre

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October 8, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas has moved its command centers into Gazan schools

In the last two months of the war, the IDF has carried out strikes on almost twenty Hamas command and control centers located in schools.

October 7, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Sophia Epley

Erdogan Accuses Israel of Intending to Invade Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin’s Netanyahu government harbored ambitions that include the capture of Anatolia as part of “Greater Israel,” warning of...

October 7, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas is proud of October 7, despite losses in war

Hamas feels confident in its continued pride in the attack because even though it has lost some of its fighters and commanders, it believes that in the long term, it will succeed.

October 7, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

At the Nova Festival massacre site a year later

One year after the massacre, we find ourselves only a few miles from Gaza, where over 100 hostages are still being held captive.

October 6, 2024 | |

Israel Moves Against Hamas Reconstitution in North Gaza’s Jabalya

Latest Developments​ Israeli ground forces moved back into Jabalya on October 6 with the intent of preventing Hamas from reconstituting its forces in the northern Gaza Strip district. Tanks and...

October 6, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF returns to northern Gaza’s Jabaliya neighborhood

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded operations in northern Gaza overnight between October 5 and October 6, sending tanks and infantry into Jabliya, a suburb of Gaza City. It is the third time the...

October 4, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Russia-Iran ties are gaining strength

Tehran and Moscow bolstering ties should be a security concern.

October 3, 2024 | |

Head of Hamas Government Killed in July

The de facto head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip was killed in an Israeli airstrike in July, the Israeli military announced on October 3. Rawhi Mushtaha, right-hand...

October 2, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Across the Arab world, Nasrallah is remembered as a tyrant in Lebanon, a butcher in Syria and a fanatic

Lebanon now has the opportunity to take sovereignty back from the hands of Hezbollah

October 2, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

The problem with American diplomacy

Our enemies aren’t interested in “win-win solutions”

October 1, 2024 | |

Iran Escalates Multi-Front Assault on Israel as Missiles Rain on Jewish State

The Islamic Republic of Iran escalated its multiple-front assault on Israel on October 1, launching a massive barrage of more than 180 ballistic missiles at the Jewish state ...

October 1, 2024 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah c’est moi: The Party of God without Hassan Nasrallah

On September 27, the unimaginable happened. At approximately 5:22 p.m. local time, reports emerged of a massive Israeli strike on the predominantly Shia southern suburbs of Beirut, known colloquially as...

October 1, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF begins Lebanon ground operation, Iran launches 180 ballistic missiles at Israel

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began a ground operation targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon during the evening of September 30. The IDF described the initial incursion as “limited,” saying it...