Jacob Nagel

January 8, 2025 | |

Israel SitRep: January 8, 2025

Today’s Issue: | IAF Conducts Southern Gaza Strikes Against Hamas October 7 Participants | IAF Strikes Hamas Command-and-Control Center in Northern Gaza | IDF Troops Destroy Five Weapons Depots in Lebanon...

November 27, 2024 | |

‘Now Hamas Has A Choice to Make’: After Lebanon Truce, Hamas Indicates Openness to Deal in Gaza

Biden Signals Renewed Push for Gaza Deal in Coming Days: Following Israel’s truce with Hezbollah on November 27, Hamas officials expressed willingness to revive ceasefire and...

November 27, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: November 27, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Detains Four Who Approached Troops in Southern Lebanon, Warns Lebanese Against Moving Southward | IAF Strikes Numerous Targets Overnight Throughout Lebanon and Between Lebanon and...

November 25, 2024 | Jacob Nagel, Mark Dubowitz

Israel’s only option on Iran is ending Khamenei’s regime

Supreme leader has set 2040 as target for final destruction of Israel, necessitating a change in strategy that transitions from defensive to offensive action using the IDF's intelligence and operational capabilities, U.S. support and regional alliances

November 22, 2024 | |

Russia Supplies Air Defense to North Korea as Kim Jong Un Threatens Nuclear War

Russia Bolstering North Korea’s Outdated Air Defenses: Russia provided air defense missiles and related equipment to North Korea, South Korean National Security Advisor Shin Won-shik...

October 30, 2024 | Boaz Golany, Jacob Nagel

North Korean Troops in Ukraine: Are We on the Path to World War III?

A new version of the defunct Warsaw Pact is emerging in front of our eyes. With Russia and China as its two major driving forces, joined by regional powers such as North Korea and Iran, that brings with it its proxy terror organizations.

October 2, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: October 2, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Iran Strikes Israel with Ballistic Missiles; IDF: ‘We Will React When and Where We Decide’ | IDF Kills Two Hezbollah Commanders in Targeted Strikes on Tuesday | More Than 150 Terrorist...

August 30, 2024 | Boaz Golany, Jacob Nagel

Ukraine’s Invasion of Kursk: A Silver Bullet, a Wild Gamble, or Both?

Ukraine’s attack on Kursk has surprised the Russians, and some of Ukraine’s allies, who were caught unprepared for such a move. Not less surprising is the Russian response, instead of shifting troops...

July 19, 2024 | |

Iran ‘One or Two Weeks Away’ From Producing Deadly Nuclear Fissile Material, Blinken Warns

Latest Developments U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on July 19 that Iran was days away from producing fissile material sufficient for a nuclear weapon. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum,...

July 18, 2024 | |

Washington Warns Iran over Alleged Nuclear Weapons Work

Latest Developments The United States recently warned and questioned Iran over intelligence that the regime is working on applications relevant to nuclear weapons, Axios reported on July 17. Tehran...

July 15, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 15, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Confirms the Death of October 7 ‘Mastermind’ Rafa’a Salameh in Targeted Killing | Chief of Staff: IDF Will Continue to Pursue Hamas Officials Who Planned October 7 Massacre...

July 12, 2024 | Mark Dubowitz, Jacob Nagel

2040: The year Iran predicts Israel will be destroyed. Now is the time to prepare

The Islamic Republic is developing a comprehensive strategy to bring about Israel’s elimination as a sovereign state.

July 12, 2024 | Jacob Nagel |

Playing into Sinwar’s hands: Which of Hamas’s ceasefire demands can Israel accept?

If there is a chance to reach a deal that Israel can accept, it is only by increasing the military pressure, not by reducing it.

July 8, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 8, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Begins Counterterror Operation in Gaza City at UNRWA Headquarters | IDF Eliminates Member of Hezbollah Rocket and Missile Unit in Overnight Strike | IDF Troops Kill More Than 30...

July 5, 2024 | Jacob Nagel |

Impending Gaza deal: Is Israel ready to make painful concessions?

Israel faces critical decisions as military pressure mounts and the possibility of a controversial deal with Hamas looms.

June 19, 2024 | Jacob Nagel |

New Israeli paradigm needed to prevent a nuclear Iran

Analysis: The biggest threat to Israel’s existence remains Iran's nuclear program and Israel must prevent the Islamic Republic from reaching its goal of achieving an atomic weapon of mass destruction

June 17, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: June 17, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Spokesman: Hezbollah ‘Bringing Us to the Brink’ of Possible ‘Wider Escalation’ | IDF Chief of Staff: Army Seeking to Expand Enlistment, Haredi Community Has Opportunity for...

June 14, 2024 | Jacob Nagel, Jacob Bardugo

AI in military applications – could a machine make life and death decisions? – opinion

The use of AI in IDF systems is accompanied by very careful operating methodologies and it is very important to maintain this approach.

June 3, 2024 | Enia Krivine, Jacob Nagel

Only Defeating Hamas Can Lead to an Israeli-Saudi Normalization Deal

United States President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, visited Israel and Saudi Arabia in mid-May, offering a Saudi-Israeli normalization package that he says would lead to greater...

May 15, 2024 | Jacob Nagel |

America’s dangerous game with Israeli security

It is crucial that Israel clearly and loudly communicates to Sullivan the drawbacks of the proposed normalization and the defense pact and does not rush into signing.