Mourners chant ‘Death to Israel’ at top Iranian commander’s funeral

Mourners chanted “Death to America, Death to Israel” during the funeral service on Wednesday for a senior adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards who was killed in an air strike in Syria. Three security sources and Iranian state media said an Israeli air strike outside Damascus on Monday killed Sayyed Razi Mousavi. The sources said … Read more

Iran claims Oct. 7 massacre was retaliation for Soleimani killing

The October 7 massacre in southern Israel was a response to the 2020 assassination of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qassem Soleimani, according to Al Jazeera citing an IRGC statement on Wednesday morning.  عاجل | الحرس الثوري الإيراني: عملية طوفان الأقصى كانت إحدى الردود على اغتيال قاسم سليماني — الجزيرة – عاجل (@AJABreaking) December … Read more

Iran warns Israel will pay after top IRGC commander killed in Syria

Iran vowed that Israel would “pay” for the killing of Sayyed Reza Mousavi, a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in an alleged Israeli airstrike in the vicinity of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday. “Undoubtedly, the usurper and savage Zionist regime will pay for this crime,” Iranian President Ebrahim … Read more

Hijab enforcers search bags and phones in Tehran metro – report

Plainclothes hijab enforcers have been searching the personal bags and the phones of citizens at Tehran’s Theatr-E Shahr metro station, the Iranian Jamaran news site reported on Tuesday. The enforcers filmed citizens in the station, looked through their phones, photographing their mobile registry codes, and searched their bags. A Jamaran correspondent asked one of … Read more

US intercepts over a dozen Houthi drones, missiles, IDF intercepts drone

The US military downed 12 kamikaze drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles fired by the Houthis in the southern Red Sea within a period of just 10 hours on Tuesday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced. The USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group intercepted … Read more

Drone downed near Egypt’s resort city of Dahab – security sources

A drone was downed near the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Dahab on Tuesday, in the second such incident in a month, two security sources told Reuters. The security sources could not confirm the drone’s origin. Israel said in late October that Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi movement sent drones to strike its territory after … Read more

Yair Netanyahu’s Miami security cost NIS 1m. in seven months – Israel Politics

The security costs for Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during his seven-month stay in Miami amounted to approximately one million shekels ($277,000), as reported by Haaretz journalist Gidi Weitz. Throughout his time in the United States, the younger Netanyahu had two Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) security guards, who were replaced … Read more

As Israel-Hamas War continues, Iran watches and waits

When Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and inflicted what is considered to be the Jewish state’s worst intelligence and military failure in recent years, Iran’s leadership celebrated the opening act of a wider regional conflict.  As Israel’s archenemy, Iran has repeatedly called for the destruction of the Jewish state throughout the past decades … Read more

Gaza hostages’ families shout Netanyahu down in special Knesset session – Israel Politics

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was shouted down as he addressed a special plenum session held at the Knesset on Monday in honor of the hostages still being held in Gaza and attended by the hostages’ families. Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana opened the special session, which was also attended by most of the government ministers, … Read more

US airstrikes in Syria are not a game-changer – analysis

The US carried out airstrikes in Syria targeting Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah overnight between December 25 and 26. The airstrikes are important. Iranian-backed groups have carried out at least 103 attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria in the wake of the Hamas attack on October 7. These Iranian-backed groups have also targeted US … Read more