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October 16, 2025 | |

Houthi Chief of Staff Al-Ghamari Confirmed Dead Months After Israeli Targeted Strike

Elimination Confirmed: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on October 16 that the former chief of staff of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, Lt. Gen. Muhammad al-Ghamari,...

October 16, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iraqi parliamentary candidate killed in car bombing

Safaa al Mashhadani, a Sunni Iraqi parliamentary candidate who served on the Baghdad Provincial Council, was killed by a car bomb, The National reported on October 15. Mashhadani, a candidate...

October 16, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The Gaza Peace Deal Has One Huge Problem: Hamas Won’t Disarm

As Gaza Ceasefire Begins, Hamas Is Already Reasserting Control Disarming Hamas is key to the U.S.-backed deal to end the Gaza war. The first phase of the agreement signed Oct....

October 16, 2025 | |

Released Israeli Hostages Reveal Brutal Treatment at Hands of Hamas Captors

New Hostage Accounts Confirm Depravity of Hamas: After Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages from Gaza on October 13 in exchange for approximately 2,000 Palestinian prisoners...

October 16, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Trump says ‘disarm’ Hezbollah – Beirut says ‘contain’ Hezbollah

Lebanon must choose: They either force the pro-Iran militia to surrender their weapons or accept that Israel will handle it for them

October 16, 2025 | Ben Cohen, David May

50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled

October 16, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi, Natalie Ecanow

Al Jazeera Remains a Leopard That Can’t Change Its Spots

Despite talk of moderation, the network has continued to broadcast an upside-down, black-is-white distortion of reality.

October 15, 2025 | Mark Dubowitz |

Will Trump’s Gaza peace deal fail?

‘They’re going to disarm, because they said they were going to disarm,’ President Donald Trump thundered from the White House on Tuesday, ‘If they...

October 15, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Hamas Turns Its Guns on Gaza’s Clans

Hamas has begun settling scores in the Gaza Strip. In the wake of the ceasefire and release of Israel’s hostages, the terrorist group is targeting clans and families with whom it has long-standing feuds....

October 15, 2025 | Bridget Toomey |

The Houthi Leader Isn’t a Designated Terrorist — He Should Be

In the U.S. government’s back-and-forth over designating the Houthis as a terrorist organization, the group’s head, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, fell through the cracks. Abdulmalik has led the group through...

October 15, 2025 | Joe Truzman |

Hamas cracks down on rival clans and militias in Gaza

On October 13, the Hamas-affiliated Arrow Unit publicly executed eight members of Gaza’s Doghmush clan on charges of allegedly collaborating with Israel. Since the ceasefire between Palestinian factions...

October 15, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas begins transfer of deceased hostages, Israel threatens to limit aid due to slow pace

On October 13, Hamas began to transfer the bodies of 28 deceased hostages that it holds in Gaza, all of which, under the terms of the recent ceasefire agreement, it was supposed to hand over when it released 20...

October 15, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

The news from Gaza

Hamas is forced to release the hostages, and the cheering Gazans aren’t famine victims

October 14, 2025 | David Daoud |

Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: October 6–12, 2025

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between October 6 and October 12, 2025. Activities intensified last week relative to a trend over the...

October 14, 2025 | |

Egypt Says 15 Palestinian Technocrats Approved To Manage Post-War Gaza

Post-War Management Approved: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on October 13 that 15 so far unnamed Palestinian technocrats have been approved in conjunction with Israel...

October 14, 2025 | |

‘Blatant Violation Of The Deal’: Israel Closes Rafah Border Crossing After Hamas Fails To Release All 28 Deceased Hostages

Rafah Border Crossing Closes: Israel decided to close the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt on October 14 after Hamas released the remains of only four of the 28 slain hostages....

October 14, 2025 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

What will the Palestine deal unleash?

Regional peace is a bad bet

October 14, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

After Gaza’s Deal, A Momentum in the Region for More Peace Stability in Syria, Lebanon?

U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal to end the Gaza war has proven to be initially successful. He was able to bring together delegations from Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Israel, and Hamas in...

October 13, 2025 | |

Dozens Killed in Bloody Clashes Between Hamas and Rival Armed Clan in Gaza City

Clashes Result in Heavy Death Toll: Eight Hamas terrorists and 19 members of the rival Doghmush clan were killed during armed clashes on October 11-12. Media outlets in Gaza also...

October 13, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas frees 20 hostages in wake of US-backed deal

On October 13, Hamas freed the last 20 living hostages it had held in the Gaza Strip for two years, complying with the deal that it and Israel agreed to on October 8 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt....