Yom Kippur War

June 13, 2025 | |

Iran Launches Dozens of Ballistic Missiles at Israel

Missile Attack on Israel: Retaliating against the extensive Israeli airstrikes on key targets in the Islamic Republic, Iran launched salvos of ballistic missiles toward Israel on...

March 3, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi, Joe Truzman

Nascent Syrian armed group emerges to confront Israeli forces

An armed organization calling itself The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria—Great Might (formerly known as The Front for the Liberation of the South) has issued statements warning the Israel Defense Forces...

February 5, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Can any of the plans for Gaza prevent a Hamas takeover?

Terror group remain a factor in talks on rebuilding the Strip

January 17, 2025 | |

Syria’s New Rulers Call for UN Peacekeepers Along Syria-Israel Border

Al-Sharaa Says IDF Presence on Border No Longer Needed: Syria’s de-facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, said on January 16 that the new government would welcome UN peacekeepers in the...

December 11, 2024 | David Daoud |

Israel Secures its interests in Syria

Bashar al Assad’s regime fell in the early morning of December 8, withering away in the face of a mere 11-day onslaught by a coalition of opposition armed groups. Israel found itself caught off-guard by...

December 8, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Reporting from the Golan Heights, on the day Assad was overthrown

Jerusalem Post reporter Seth J. Frantzman reports from the Golan Heights, near the abandoned Syrian town of Quneitra, where a lone regime flag still stood.

July 10, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: July 10, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Shells Syrian Army Buildings in Israel-Syria Buffer Zone | IDF Troops Raid UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza City, Find Large Quantity of Weapons | Apparent Israeli Airstrike Kills Hezbollah...

June 29, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Northern fire: The Artillery Corps battalion defending the North

The IDF’s 405th battalion of the Artillery Corps uses M109 howitzers to defend the North against Hezbollah.

May 13, 2024 | Mark Dubowitz |

As Expanded War Looms, a Subdued Israel Marks Memorial Day

Mournful sirens wailed across Israel on Monday morning as the Jewish state paid tribute to its fallen soldiers and civilians on Israel’s annual Memorial Day. The remembrance is always moving: busy...

February 8, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Meet the Israeli tank unit that led the way into Gaza

Tank gunner Dar Cohen recalls how his company of tanks drove to fight terrorists on the Gaza border on October 7 and 8 and then prepared to lead the charge into Gaza.

January 14, 2024 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Israel’s Motion Offense

REVIEW: ‘The Art of Military Innovation: Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces’ by Edward N. Luttwak and Eitan Shamir

October 20, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

In the war against Hamas, Israeli drones are key. Here is why

Israel’s Hermes 450 Zik drones of the 161 Squadron played a key role defending Israel from Hamas terrorists

October 13, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The War After the War Between Wars

The latest phase of the war between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran was bloody and brutal. It began on October 7 with a surprise attack by the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group out of the Gaza...

October 12, 2023 | Tony Badran |

Was Biden’s Speech as Pro-Israel as You Think?

No. Because it was missing the only word that matters.

October 10, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

A 21st century pogrom

The final failure of Israel’s land-for-peace experiment

October 8, 2023 | Bill Roggio, Joe Truzman

Israel ‘at war’ after Hamas-led terror assault kills more than 700

Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists launched a highly sophisticated and coordinated assault on Israel that has led to hundreds of Israelis and foreigners killed, thousands wounded, and an unknown number of hostages.

September 28, 2023 | Eyal Hulata |

Strategic cooperation between Israel and the United States, on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. 

The Israeli government is pursuing a defense alliance with the US that will do more harm than good.

September 21, 2023 | |

Motorbike-Riding Terrorists Killed in Strike Near Golan

Two terrorists were killed in a southern Syrian village near the Golan Heights on September 21, in what Lebanese and Palestinian reports alleged was an Israeli airstrike. The two,...

September 19, 2023 | |

Israel Rolls Out New AI-Enabled Battle Tank

Israel rolled out its new main battle tank on September 19, with features including AI-assisted combat technologies. The Barak (“Lightning”) has been formally incorporated in...

May 23, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

The Road to Israel-Saudi Normalization Runs Through Washington

Open ties between the two nations are in everyone’s interest, but it will take serious intent and deft maneuvering from America to get there. Is the administration up to it?