Naim Qassem on Hezbollah’s post-ceasefire posture
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered two speeches—one on November 29 and another on December 5— after the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that took effect on November 27. Most...
Shebaa Farms
‘We Will Go Deeper’: Israel Warns Lebanon of Consequences Should Ceasefire With Hezbollah Collapse
Ceasefire in Jeopardy: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israel would “act with strength and go deeper” if the ceasefire agreed with Hezbollah on November 26 collapses....
Flash Briefs
‘Gross Ceasefire Violation’: Hezbollah Launches Mortar Rounds at Har Dov
Israel Vows Forceful Retaliation: Five days into the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon, Hezbollah terrorists launched mortar rounds at Har Dov — an Israeli position near the border between the...
Flash Briefs
Arab states watch Hezbollah deterrence weakened, Israeli deterrence restored
After losing it after October 7, now, Israel is returning to the impression that the region has had of the country for the past decades.
Op-eds
IDF trains for escalation in the north as Hezbollah publishes a new drone video
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue training units for a possible escalation with Hezbollah in Israel’s north. After nine months of war in Gaza, Hezbollah maintains daily attacks on northern Israel...
Op-eds
Israel Faces Two-Front War as Hezbollah Increases Rocket Attacks
Hezbollah launched over 215 rockets at northern Israel on June 12, in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah commander.
Op-eds
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
Israel Retaliates for Rocket Fire From Lebanon
The Israeli military struck terrorist cells in southern Lebanon that had fired rockets at northern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on April 2 and 3. The “Hezbollah...
Flash Briefs
Israel beefs up air defenses, calls on reservists as Iran vows to avenge IRGC assassinations
On April 3, the Israel Defense Forces said they were increasing manpower for their air defenses by calling up reservists. Israel operates a complex, integrated and multi-layered air defense array that...
Op-eds
Israel targets Hezbollah drones
On March 11, the Israel Defense Forces targeted Hezbollah in Lebanon after two days of increased Hezbollah attacks on Israel. Airstrikes in the Beqaa Valley targeted sites that “belong to Hezbollah’s...
Op-eds
Lebanon is using Hezbollah to blackmail Israel on border talks
War once again looms between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah. After the last conflict between the two adversaries, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 1701, which installed...
Op-eds
Israel releases data on three months of fighting in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces published extensive data collected from the last three months of fighting Hamas in Gaza. The data also includes information on the threats Israel has faced from Hezbollah and...
Op-eds
Elderly Israeli and Son Killed in Terror Attack on Israel-Lebanon Border
Lebanese terrorists launched an anti-tank missile at an Israeli border village on January 14, killing an elderly farmer, Miri Ayalon, and her son, Barak Ayalon. Their 74-year-old...
Flash Briefs
Hezbollah front group likely behind attack in northern Israel
An unknown organization calling itself the Islamic Azz Brigades claimed responsibility for infiltrating the border fence in northern Israel at Shebaa Farms and attacking Israeli troops on Sunday...
Op-eds
Rocket fire targets northern and central Israel
Hamas in Gaza fired several large barrages of rockets at Israel on December 21 as Hezbollah in Lebanon targeted the northern Israeli community of Avivim with anti-tank missiles. While most civilians...
Op-eds
Drones continue to define the Gaza war for the IDF and Hamas – analysis
Hezbollah uses drones and there have been a number of incidents of the IDF downing drones that were flown from Lebanon.
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: Nov. 3, 2023
Today’s Issue: Hezbollah Intensifies Attacks Ahead of Nasrallah Speech Hezbollah Intensifies Attacks Ahead of Nasrallah Speech Hezbollah claimed on November 2 that it launched two explosives-laden...
Israel at War Situation Report
Gaza and the De-Colonization Narrative
Western views of Arab society often get one major thing wrong – Arab agency.
Op-eds
Israel Strikes Hezbollah Cells in Lebanon
Israeli aircraft struck a pair of Hezbollah cells in Lebanon on October 23, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. According to the IDF, Hezbollah fighters had been preparing to launch...
Flash Briefs
Biden Backdoors Israel in the U.N., Rescinding Trump’s Recognition of Sovereignty over the Golan
In a move from the Obama playbook, the U.S. is advancing a stealth agenda in the Middle East at the expense of its allies