Shin Bet

July 13, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Reckoning Needed Between Terror-Sponsoring Qatar and United States

The emirate of Qatar continues to play an outsized role in the diplomatic efforts to end the war in Gaza. Over the weekend, these efforts once again failed to end the crisis and release the remaining 50...

July 10, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Keep Qatari Money Out of Post-War Gaza

Qatar is poised to make a comeback in Gaza. On July 10, Israeli media reported that Israel “tentatively agreed” to allow Qatar to help fund Gaza’s reconstruction once a future ceasefire comes into...

June 30, 2025 | |

Israel Dismantles Large Hamas Network in Hebron

Hamas Network in Hebron: Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency said on June 29 that it had dismantled in the West Bank city of Hebron a large Hamas network that was planning attacks...

June 23, 2025 | Joe Truzman |

Israel eliminates a key link between Hamas and Iran

On June 21, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had killed Muhammad Saeed Izadi, aka Hajj Ramadan, the commander of the Palestine branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods...

June 22, 2025 | |

‘The Campaign to Return the Hostages Is Ongoing’: Israel Recovers Remains of 3 Hostages in Gaza

3 Bodies Found: Israel announced on June 22 that the IDF and the Shin Bet had recovered the bodies of three hostages killed and taken to Gaza during the Hamas-led atrocities of...

June 11, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Israel Unveils New Proof of Qatar and Hamas’s Close Collaboration

Despite longstanding evidence to the contrary, Qatar has long maintained that it is not a “sponsor of Hamas,” claiming that no “aid has ever been delivered to Hamas’s political or military wing.”...

June 9, 2025 | Joe Truzman |

Israel eliminates Palestinian Mujahideen Movement chief Assad Abu Sharia

On June 7, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet intelligence agency announced the targeted elimination of Assad Abu Sharia, aka Abu al Sheikh, the head of the Palestinian Mujahideen...

June 7, 2025 | |

Body of Thai Hostage Recovered from Gaza, IDF Eliminates Head of Mujahideen Movement

Body of Thai Hostage Returned: The IDF recovered the body of murdered Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta, who was kidnapped by the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement terrorists during the...

May 14, 2025 | |

Hamas Operative Described as ‘Journalist’ Eliminated in IDF Strike on Gaza

Hassan Aslayih Killed in Strike: The IDF said it eliminated alleged Hamas operative Hassan Aslayih when it struck a command-and-control center located at Nasser hospital in Khan...

May 2, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

What the U.S. Can Learn from Israel’s ‘Qatargate’ Affair

White House Correspondents’ season just wrapped in Washington. Last weekend, celebrities, journalists, and politicians descended on Washington to celebrate the free press. Traditionally, the weekend...

April 29, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow, Adi Stern

The Message Trump Should Deliver in Qatar

“You saved my life,” former Israeli-American hostage Keith Siegel told President Trump at a recent dinner. “You got 33 of us home alive,” Siegel noted, adding, “we will get, with your help, all...

April 22, 2025 | Joe Truzman |

Hamas reportedly unable to pay fighters amid Israeli campaign against finances

After more than eighteen months of war, Hamas is exhibiting signs of financial strain that could escalate and possibly destabilize the organization. According to an April 16 report in The...

April 16, 2025 | |

Islamic Jihad Terrorist Involved in the Murders of Three Israelis Eliminated by IDF

Two Terrorists Killed: The IDF announced the elimination on April 16 of Muhammad Zakarneh, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist from Qabatiya involved in the murders of three Israelis in the West Bank town of Funduq on January 6. Two...

April 14, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey’s Military Presence in Syria is a Threat to Israel

Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, received a warm welcome at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum in Turkey on April 11, where his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, lambasted Israel as a “terrorist...

April 11, 2025 | |

Israel Uncovers Hamas Financing Network Funded From Turkey

Six Israeli Arabs Indicted: Israeli police and the Shin Bet announced on April 10 that they had uncovered a terror financing network linked to Hamas in Turkey. Operated by Israeli...

April 11, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow, Mariam Wahba

Qatar Tacitly Approves Muslim Scholars’ Call for ‘Armed Jihad’ Against Israel

For Israel, Qatar’s silence on a fatwa calling for “armed jihad” against the Jewish state is deafening. On April 9, Israel’s Foreign Ministry implored Doha to publicly reject the religious edict,...

April 7, 2025 | David Daoud |

Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: March 31–April 6

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous activities and operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between March 31 and April 6, 2025, also targeting a Hamas operative in the country. The...

April 5, 2025 | |

‘Commanded the Kidnappings’: Israel Eliminates Terrorist Implicated in Kidnapping and Murders of Bibas Family and American Citizens

Terrorist Eliminated: Israel announced on April 4 that it had eliminated Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Awad, a senior terrorist in the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement terror organization that is sometimes referred to as the “Mujahideen Brigades.”

April 4, 2025 | |

‘Wherever they Operate’: IDF Eliminates Hamas Terrorists in Lebanon, Gaza

Hamas Commander Eliminated in Lebanon: The IDF targeted and eliminated Hamas commander Hassan Farhat in an airstrike in Sidon, Lebanon, on April 4. According to the IDF, Farhat...

April 1, 2025 | |

A ‘Ticking Bomb’: Israeli Eliminates Iran-Linked Terrorist in Beirut

‘A Real and Immediate Threat’: Hassan Ali Mahmoud Bdeir — a member of both Hezbollah’s intelligence Unit 3900 and of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force...