Can Israel tackle internal terror threats rising across the country?
The massive rise in lawlessness in the Negev has also fueled the rise in terror attacks.
Negev
Iran’s Great Ballistic Missile Attack Gamble
The October 1 attack by Iran is its largest gamble yet. It knows Israel is primed to respond. It knows that Israel has backing from the West. It also knows Israel significantly weakened Hamas and Hezbollah, removing two of the Iranian-backed fronts against Israel. Nevertheless, Iran’s regime believes it is stronger than it was in the past and ready to confront Israel.
Op-eds
Israeli forces in Rafah report discovering numerous tunnels and significant terrorist infrastructure
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) extended operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah during the third week of June. The IDF has been in Rafah since the evening of May 6, and it appears the campaign will...
Op-eds
Israel Expands Rafah Operation After Hamas Launches Rockets at Beersheba
Hamas launched nine rockets from the southern Gaza city of Rafah toward the Israeli city of Beersheba on May 10. Early on May 11, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) urged Gazans...
Flash Briefs
IDF tanks take Rafah crossing, forces target eastern Rafah
The Israel Defense Forces sent an armored column to seize the Gazan side of the Rafah crossing approximately one mile north of the Israeli border with Gaza. The tanks moved from near the Israeli community...
Op-eds
Between Iran and Rafah, IDF considers next steps
Israel Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi went to Israel’s sprawling Nevatim air base in the Negev to visit the pilots and air crews that played a key role in defending Israel when Iran attacked it with 350...
Op-eds
Jordan commemorates battle of Karameh against Israeli forces, echoing today’s war
The historic battle, which is lesser known to Israelis, is considered a victory to Jordanians and Palestinians alike - who have widely commemorated this historic victory to echo the current war.
Op-eds
Israel vows to press on against Hamas as conflict faces new hurdles
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at an IDF officers course graduation ceremony on March 7 at a training base in the Negev. “The IDF will continue to operate against all of Hamas’s battalions...
Op-eds
Detect and destroy: The IDF unit protecting Israel from rockets
The unit uses radar and other tech to detect all the missile threats to Israel, define their type, identify where they're heading, and help destroy them.
Op-eds
Three Weeks of Ground War in Gaza
On Saturday, November 18, Israel’s war in Gaza reached its 43rd day and the ground offensive in Gaza has now reached its three-week mark. This war, Israel’s leaders say, is going to be long....
Op-eds
Israel celebrates breaching ground Hamas didn’t foresee as war enters second month
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to members of Israel’s elite Egoz unit on Tuesday, exactly one month after Hamas’ surprise attack on the country flipped the world upside down. The Egoz...
Op-eds
The mouth of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah hath spoken—and nothing useful came out
The much-anticipated speech of Hezbollah’s talkative Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah came and went on November 3. For all the hype drummed up by Hezbollah’s propaganda organs...
Op-eds
The key figures leading Israel’s military campaign to destroy Hamas in Gaza
Here are the masterminds directing each aspect of the IDF operation
Op-eds
‘I took my gun and drove toward Gaza’: One soldier remembers Oct 7
Givati company commander recalls how he was staying in northern Israel when he heard about the attack and drove south.
Op-eds
American Military Aid to Israel Serves Both Countries Well
A response to a dangerous proposal
Op-eds
Hamas Releases Video of Israeli Hostage Held Since 2014
Latest Developments Hamas released an undated Hebrew-language video on Monday purporting to show Avera Mengistu, one of two Israeli civilians the Palestinian terrorist group is holding in the Gaza Strip....
Flash Briefs
Israel and Arab Allies Conclude Negev Forum Without Jordan
Latest Developments Senior officials from the United States, Israel, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wrapped up two days of meetings on Tuesday as part of the Negev Forum in...
Flash Briefs
Ceasefire in Effect Following More Than Two Days of Fighting in Gaza
At 11:30 p.m. local time, an Egyptian mediated ceasefire went into effect between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad-led militant groups in the Gaza Strip. The ceasefire follows more than two days of...
Op-eds
The U.S. Should Sanction Gaza’s Popular Resistance Committees
Even though the PRC has American blood on its hands, as well as that of Israelis, the group has somehow escaped U.S. sanctions.
Op-eds
Blinken plays role of political activist at Negev summit
While the foreign ministers of the US, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt and Israel held hands to show unity at the conclusion of Israel’s Negev summit on Monday, the gathering did not issue a joint statement....