Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday it had deployed additional forces in the Syrian-controlled areas of the Golan Heights, where Israel had allegedly struck at an increasing rate over the last few months. The forces, from Russia’s military police, were tasked with de-escalating tensions in the Syrian provinces of Quneitra and Daraa, as well … Read more
Israel boycotted Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo on Sunday after Hamas rejected its demand for a complete list naming hostages that are still alive, according to reports. A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo for the talks, billed as a possible final hurdle before an agreement that would halt the fighting for six weeks and … Read more
The targeted killing of three Lebanese Hezbollah members by Israel this week constitutes a significant escalation in the limited war now underway between Israel and the Lebanese Shi’ite Islamist movement. Lebanese Hezbollah regional unit commander Hassan Hussein Salami was killed while driving in the village of Majadel in southern Lebanon. Elsewhere, Israeli jets struck … Read more
The sudden resignation of the Palestinian government, as announced by Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Shtayyeh, has stirred up a wave of rumors and analyses regarding the reasons behind the move, as well as its implications and repercussions. While some claimed that the resignation was made as a concession to US pressure to “revitalize” the … Read more
Iran has given Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah the green light to escalate its attacks along Israel’s northern border, the Arabic Post reported on Wednesday, citing high-level Iranian and Lebanese sources. The Islamic Republic has reportedly set conditions for Hezbollah, ordering it to launch a large-scale attack on Israel only after it “had become certain … Read more
Hezbollah struggled to contain flames that erupted on Monday evening after Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah weapons storage facilities, as well as an oil production plant, near the city of the Lebanese city of Sidon, local media reported on Tuesday. The strikes, carried out in response to drones launched toward Israel’s Lower Galilee area, … Read more
The opposition party Yesh Atid would be willing to join the government in order to save the 136 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza if the far-right parties Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionist Party leave the government in opposition of a deal, opposition leader and Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid said in … Read more
Reports emerged on Sunday night of a suspected US attack on the western Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah, a port city on the Red Sea controlled by the Houthis. Reports also suggested Israel could have been involved in the attack. Yemen’s Houthis have targeted ships traveling through the Red Sea toward Israel as part … Read more
Sirens sounded across northern Israel on Friday afternoon amid suspected hostile aircraft intrusions, as the IDF said it was carrying out a widespread assault on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The IDF struck a Hezbollah military compound and other infrastructures in addition to several launchpads placed along the border. Israeli forces also struck an anti-tank … Read more
Israeli fighter jets, tanks, and artillery forces struck several Hezbollah terror compounds and infrastructure across southern Lebanon on Thursday in response to a day of heavy rocket barrages in the North, the IDF reported. Air-raid sirens sounded from Haifa’s bayside suburbs to the Golan Heights on Thursday. Earlier, the IDF shot down an unmanned … Read more
