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Israel SitRep: October 23, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Confirms the Death of Hashem Safieddine, Presumed Successor to Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah | IDF Eliminates Three Hezbollah Sector Commanders in Lebanon | VOA: Hezbollah Attempting...

All eyes on Rafah

Israelis eliminate Hamas’s top terrorist, but the war must go on

Israel Faces A New Phase of War in Gaza and Lebanon

Israel will need to make the next phase in Lebanon and Gaza decisive if it wants to seize the initiative from Hamas and Hezbollah.

Israel SitRep: October 21, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Strikes Hezbollah Financial Targets in Lebanon Overnight | Al-Qard al-Hassan Association: A Hezbollah Financial Institution Used to Launder Money | IDF Operating in Northern, Central,...

IDF releases details on clash that led to Hamas leader’s death

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a fight with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers that unfolded from October 16 to October 17. The IDF released new details on how the clash occurred, shedding light...

Israel SitRep: October 18, 2024

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Killing of Sinwar is huge achievement but no magic wand

The death of the Hamas leader is no guarantee that the war will end

Israel SitRep: October 16, 2024

Today at 8:30am (ET): “FDD Morning Brief,” featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Edmund Fitton-Brown, FDD Event “Time for Berri to lead Lebanon’s Shiites away from Iran,” Hussain...

IDF pushes to weaken Hamas in north Gaza

Israeli forces are seeking to uncover Hamas’s terrorist infrastructure in Jabaliya in northern Gaza while also trying to cut off the group in other areas. The current challenges facing the Israel Defense...

IDF returns to northern Gaza’s Jabaliya neighborhood

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded operations in northern Gaza overnight between October 5 and October 6, sending tanks and infantry into Jabliya, a suburb of Gaza City. It is the third time the...

Israel Helps Yazidi ‘Bride’ Escape Gaza

Israeli forces enabled the escape from Gaza of a Yazidi woman who had been brought there as a sex slave from Iraq, the Israeli military revealed on October 3. Fawzia Amin Sido...

Israel, Iran, and Lebanon: What’s Next?

Israel SitRep: September 27, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Hezbollah Aerial Unit Commander Eliminated in IAF Strike in Dahieh | IAF Strike That Killed Ibrahim Qubaisi on Tuesday Also Eliminated His Deputy | IAF Targeted Assassinations Continue...

Washington warns Israel against ground invasion into Lebanon

Despite dire warnings about its actions during the war, Israel has repeatedly demonstrated that Washington’s fears are unsubstantiated.

IDF Eliminates Palestinian Islamic Jihad Rocket Commander

Israel eliminated a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander while he was “embedded and operating inside the Humanitarian Area in Khan Yunis,” according to a statement issued...

IDF rotates reserve infantry brigade to Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor

In a deployment type that has become routine, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) moved the 5th Brigade, a reserve infantry unit, into the Netzarim Corridor, the IDF said on September 16. It’s part...

Israel SitRep: September 16, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Report: Northern Command Head Gordin Recommends Creation of Buffer Zone in Southern Lebanon | Defense Ministry and IDF: Re-equipping of 97 Civilian Security Squads in North Completed...

Now that the IDF has defeated Hamas in Rafah, what comes next?

The end of Hamas in Rafah is a crossroads in the war, as the battle to destroy Hamas is now almost a year old.

IDF’s multi-front challenge: From Rafah to Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) completely dismantled the Rafah Brigade of Hamas, the IDF said on September 12. The announcement came as Israel faced off against increasing attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon....

Israel SitRep: September 13, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF: Hamas’s Rafah Brigade Dismantled | IDF Finds Tunnel in West Bank, Near Israeli Towns and Highway 6 | Alleged Israeli Strike in Masyaf, Syria: Additional Details | IDF Soldiers...