Failed diplomacy keeps Sinwar in control
Speculation about Sinwar's fate continues, but his absence and silence fuel uncertainty, hindering both hostage negotiations and hopes of resolving the ongoing conflict.
Al-Qassam Brigades
How Israel Lost a Battle to Al Jazeera — and How It Must Do Better Next Time
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Op-eds
6 Things to Know About Samidoun, the ‘Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network’
Samidoun describes itself as an “international network of organizers and activists” that campaigns for the release of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. The group sponsors demonstrations, protests,...
Insights
IDF Destroys Transportation Rail Terror Tunnel in Northern Gaza
Israeli troops located and destroyed a terror tunnel containing “electrical infrastructure and a transportation rail within the tunnel route,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)...
Flash Briefs
Israel Urges West to Shore Up Jordan Against Iran
Israel urged Western countries on August 29 to help shore up Jordan against destabilization efforts by Iran. On the second day of an Israeli security sweep of the West Bank, Israeli...
Flash Briefs
IDF Launches Sweeping West Bank Counterterrorism Operation
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched an overnight counterterrorism operation in the West Bank on August 27, targeting militants in multiple locations, including the cities of...
Flash Briefs
Hamas and Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for botched Tel Aviv bombing
Hamas and Islamic Jihad issued a joint statement on August 19, claiming responsibility for an attempted suicide bombing in Tel Aviv the previous night. Both groups warned they would resume suicide...
Op-eds
IDF, Palestinians clash in Tubas, marking another West Bank terror escalation
The northern West Bank sees rising tensions as Palestinian terror groups expand operations near Tubas, prompting Israeli drone strikes.
Op-eds
Israel Eliminates Senior Hamas Member Directing West Bank Terror
A joint statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet security agency on August 8 confirmed that a senior Hamas operative was eliminated in an airstrike two weeks...
Flash Briefs
Jordan’s Top Diplomat Walks the Tightrope in Tehran
Jordan's leadership faces a critical challenge: maintaining domestic stability while balancing its sovereignty and commitments to Western allies.
Op-eds
After Eliminating Ismail Haniyeh, Israel’s Hunt for Hamas Leaders Continues
The strike in Tehran on July 31 that killed Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s seniormost political leader, brings to four the number of Hamas’s top leaders eliminated since the October...
Flash Briefs
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...
Op-eds
One-Third of Hostages in Gaza Believed Dead
More than one-third of the Israeli hostages still in captivity in Gaza are believed to have died, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on June 4. According to an official Israeli...
Flash Briefs
The Netzarim corridor has become a magnet for Hamas attacks
Even if the attacks don’t harm anyone and not all of them are reflected on the ground the way Hamas describes them, they symbolize the way Hamas wants to wage the next phase of its war.
Op-eds
The ideological cocktail poisoning American campuses
Woke warriors add neo-Nazism to the neo-Marxist/Islamist mix
Op-eds
Israel Calls UN Investigation into UNRWA ‘Insufficient’
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on April 22 released the final report by investigators charged with reviewing the agency’s “neutrality” in light of Israel’s...
Flash Briefs
Israel SitRep: March 29, 2024
Today’s Issue: Senior Hamas Commander Ra’ad Thabet Eliminated in IDF Operation in Shifa Hospital | IDF Releases Footage of Interrogation of Terrorist Who Raped Kibbutz Resident on October 7 | IDF Continues...
Israel at War Situation Report
Palestinian Teen Stabs Two Israelis at West Bank Checkpoint
A Palestinian teen stabbed two Israelis at a checkpoint along a West Bank highway leading to Jerusalem on March 13. Israeli police said in a statement that soldiers from the Israel...
Flash Briefs
Teen Terrorist Injures Israeli in Jerusalem
A Palestinian teenager from eastern Jerusalem stabbed a 64-year-old Jewish man on March 6. The victim, identified as Tzvi Tal, was waiting at a bus stop in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov...
Flash Briefs
Part I – Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities
Part one in a three-part series. “How will I conquer this beleaguered one? He possesses courage, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and tools of war.’ And then he said, ‘I’ll not rob his strength,...