Israel’s key decision-making security cabinet approved a controversial plan on August 8 to occupy Gaza City militarily. The decision balks at both international and domestic pressure for Israel...
American Citizen Murdered: The State Department confirmed on July 22 that a Druze Syrian-American citizen was executed in Syria alongside seven of his family members, amidst sectarian clashes involving Druze and Bedouin factions along with Syrian government forces. Hosam Saraya, 35, was identified by relatives after video emerged of masked men in military uniforms shooting eight Druze captives on July 17 while shouting “God is great.” Though one friend of the Saraya family stated that he believed the gunmen were aligned with the Syrian government, their identities could not be confirmed.
Israel has expanded its precision strikes across Iran. As Iran’s missile stockpile dwindles and top regime officials are either dead or in hiding, the Israeli military has now begun targeting critical...
In a joint operation led by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure and key leaders. The attack, reported by...
Trump has returned to office with a clear message: Iran will never possess nuclear weapons. But clarity on what that entails—and how to achieve it—is still lacking.
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...
Iran and Armenia held their first joint military exercises, “Peace,” near their shared border region of Nodruz on April 9 and 10, according to the Armenian Defense Ministry and the Islamic...
Agreed to Continue Discussions: Seeking to avoid “undesirable incidents,” Israel and Turkey held the first round of discussions in Azerbaijan on April 9 to create deconfliction...
Israel’s security cabinet met on July 28 to weigh a response to a Hezbollah rocket that killed twelve children and teenagers on July 27 in the Golan town of Majdal Shams. The death toll is...
The decision to move from “there won’t be Hamas” and “military pressure brings hostages home” to some kind of de facto ceasefire and managed conflict, and leaving Hamas in power, will not bode well.
A postwar plan for Gaza written by four Israeli academics has been circulating among leaders in Israel’s government and security establishment. Titled “From a murderous ideology...
On June 23, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predicted an imminent end to what Israel has described as a slowdown of U.S. munitions supplies to Israel. During a cabinet...
The U.S. and Israeli governments are investigating new intelligence about Iranian computer modeling activities that could support the research and development of nuclear weapons,...
A senior Israeli official predicted on May 29 that the Gaza war would last at least until the end of this year. “We expect another seven months of combat, in order to deepen...
Three Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed on May 28, when a booby trap exploded in a building in Rafah. In a statement the following day, the IDF named the fallen as...
An Israeli airstrike on Rafah on May 4 killed a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Israeli military reported. Warplanes bombed an apartment used by Aiman...
The Israeli military is preparing to evacuate Gazan civilians from Rafah, Hamas’s last stronghold, as part of Israel’s planned offensive, The Wall Street Journal reported on...
Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant arrived in Washington for a multi-day visit for meetings with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Secretary of Defense Lloyd...
Israel said on February 24 that any new Gaza truce must entail the release of all remaining hostages and allow for resumption of its war against Hamas. Mossad Director David Barnea...
Israel is trying to prevent Iranian weapons deployments to its north designed to open a second war front.