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November 18, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF expands Lebanon airstrikes and ground operations

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded operations in Lebanon, increasing precision strikes in Beirut targeting Hezbollah members and widening its ground offensive. The two-pronged effort comes as discussions...

July 22, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 22, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Confirms Deaths of Hostages Alex Dancyg and Yagev Buchstab | After Attacks Against Israel From al-Mawasi Humanitarian Zone, IDF Calls for Temporary Evacuation | COGAT: ‘We Place...

July 21, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Amid Yemen-Israel escalation, Hezbollah increases attacks on Israel

Hezbollah carried out a wave of rocket and drone attacks on Israel from Lebanon on July 20 and July 21. Sirens sounded in more than two dozen communities near the border. The attacks came as...

June 26, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF trains for war in the north as Iranian proxies threaten attacks from Iraq and Yemen

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi attended army exercises in northern Israel on June 25 and 26. The drills are part of eight months of training...

June 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

What a BBC article tells us about Israel’s Lebanon challenge

The report about this small village is symbolic: It almost gets at the truth but it refuses to fully uncover how Hezbollah has destroyed the life of villages like this.

June 11, 2024 | David Daoud, Ahmad Sharawi

Hezbollah escalates in the shadow of US-Israel tensions over Rafah

Hezbollah intensified its attacks against Israel since early May—shifting from pulling its punches on causing Israeli casualties to noticeably seeking to draw blood. Of the twenty-four Israelis slain...

June 5, 2024 |

Israel SitRep: June 5, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Hezbollah Attacks Cause Large Fires in Northern Israel; Chief of Staff: Decision Point Approaching | IDF Begins Operations in Bureij and Deir al-Balah Areas in Gaza | IDF Establishes...

April 21, 2024 | |

Hezbollah Claims to Target Multiple Sites in Northern Israel

Hezbollah claimed to target numerous areas in northern Israel on April 21. The Iranian-backed terrorist group told pro-Iranian media outlet Al-Mayadeen that it struck the northern...

April 21, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Multi-front threats: Hamas, Hezbollah, and the West Bank

Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and related groups often exploit Jewish holidays to create increased tensions.

April 16, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Quiet before the storm: Is escalating Israel-Iran violence on the way?

Reduced clashes in the Gaza and Lebanon fronts come as Iran-Israel tensions grow.

November 22, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

On eve of ceasefire, fighting continues on several fronts

Smoke billowed from the northern Gaza strip as fighting persisted Wednesday ahead of a ceasefire deal expected on November 23. The dark black smoke which came out of a neighborhood in Gaza City was bookended...

October 24, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

A Second Week of War: Israel’s Ground Forces Wait on Two Fronts

The second week of the war between Hamas and Israel began on October 15 with expectations for a ground incursion into Gaza, and ended on October 22 with Israeli forces on the border of Gaza and the border...

October 16, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran media celebrates Sderot evacuation in bid to unite against Israel

Iranian media also discuss Syria and Gaza, as Iran tries to "unify" various fronts against Israel.