The Shadow War
A review of Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, “Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East” (Simon & Schuster, 2023).
Mossad
‘Whatever Distance is Necessary’: IDF Strikes Sana’a International Airport in Retaliation for Houthi Attacks
Israeli Air Force Strikes Houthi Targets, Including Sana’a International Airport: Israeli warplanes struck Houthi “terrorist targets” in Yemen on December 26, the fourth...
Flash Briefs
‘As With Haniyeh, So Too the Houthis’: Israel Vows to Decapitate Iran-Backed Terrorist Group
Latest Developments Israel’s Defense Minister Claims Hamas Chief’s Assassination: In the first public acknowledgment of Israeli responsibility, Defense Minister Israel Katz on December 23 said...
Flash Briefs
Hamas Yields on Key Israeli Demands, Hostage Deal Hopes Renewed
Terror Organization No Longer Demands Israeli Military Withdrawal from Gaza: Hamas has reportedly told mediators that it would no longer demand a full IDF withdrawal from Gaza during a proposed pause in fighting that would see up to 30 Israeli hostages released.
Flash Briefs
Spy surge: Tehran’s espionage strategy against Israel
The Islamic Republic has accelerated its intelligence operations in Israel, with at least five spy rings uncovered by Israel in October alone. Between October 14 and 31, authorities arrested some 20 individuals...
Op-eds
Egypt Proposes Two-Day Gaza Ceasefire Deal
Egypt proposed a two-day Gaza ceasefire on October 27 that would see Hamas free four hostages in exchange for some Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails...
Flash Briefs
Israel Likely Eliminated Key Iranian Weaponization Site
Israel likely destroyed an Iranian site that played a key role in the Islamic Republic’s past nuclear weapons program, known as the Amad Plan. The potential elimination of the facility sends a strong...
Insights
Israeli Delegation Will Travel to Qatar for Renewed Talks on Hostages Held by Hamas
A new round of negotiations for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas is set to take place in Qatar on October 27. Mossad director David Barnea was in Egypt this week to...
Flash Briefs
Sri Lankan Police Arrest Three Locals Over Planned Terror Attack on Israelis
Police in Sri Lanka arrested three locals on October 24 over a planned terrorist attack against Israeli tourists visiting the South Asian island nation. According to the Israeli...
Flash Briefs
The ‘How’ over the ‘What:’ Israel’s dilemma beyond target selection in Iran
Israel’s war cabinet has reportedly agreed on what Iranian targets to strike in response to Iran’s October 1 missile attack. So, the question now is what method Israel will employ to carry...
Op-eds
Only the UN Could Present Qatar as a Champion of Human Rights
The United Nations just re-elected a veteran human rights abuser to a seat on the Human Rights Council. That tends to happen every year, but there is special cause for concern when the abuser is Qatar,...
Insights
‘Axis of Resistance’ or ‘Axis of Espionage?’ Iran’s struggles to staff leadership
The Kuwaiti Al-Jarida newspaper reported on October 13 that Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed the Quds Force deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Israel eliminated Nasrallah’s successor
The Israeli army successfully assassinated Hashem Safieddine, the likely successor to Hezbollah’s veteran Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel had also killed just two weeks ago....
Op-eds
U.S. Should Sanction Iran’s Brutal Judge Iman Afshari
The death sentences keep coming from Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court. In July, the court’s presiding judge, Iman Afshari, pronounced the dreaded verdict for Pakhshan Azizi, a prominent...
Op-eds
Israel’s Northern Command prepares for possible ground operation
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued to strike Hezbollah sites in Lebanon on September 25, the third day of Israel’s “Northern Arrows” operation. In addition, the head of Israel’s Northern...
Op-eds
Tehran’s damage control tactics amidst Hezbollah’s setbacks
In light of the significant losses suffered by Hezbollah and the escalating concerns in Tehran regarding a potentially unpredictable Israeli attack, the regime’s current strategy appears to be one of...
Op-eds
IDF Reserve Brigades Deployed in Northern Israel as Hezbollah Launches Ballistic Missile at Tel Aviv
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced it is dispatching two reserve brigades to be deployed in northern Israel as Operation Northern Arrows targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon entered...
Flash Briefs
Israel SitRep: September 25, 2024
Today’s Issue: | Numerous Projectiles Fired at Israel Wednesday, IDF Carries Out Airstrikes in Beqaa and Southern Lebanon | David’s Sling Intercepts Hezbollah Missile Fired Toward Tel Aviv | Northern...
Israel at War Situation Report
Iran’s Assassination Plots Against Jews Persist Despite the West’s Leniency on Regime
The French police recently charged a French-Algerian dual citizen and his partner for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Israelis and Jews in Paris, Munich, and Berlin — all at the behest...