Israel’s operations in Gaza may be reaching a turning point as units press close to Gaza City. At the same time, Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to give a speech on Friday, while the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen continue to make threats against Israel. This creates a regional alignment in which Iran may use the conflict in
Israel Defense Forces Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed on Thursday that the Iraqi Shi’ite militia Liwa al-Imam al-Hussein has traveled to Lebanon to assist Hezbollah in fighting Israel. If true, that adds to the mounting evidence of foreign fighters traveling to Lebanon in an attempt to combat Israel. “After a series of failures suffered by Hezbollah in
Latest Developments Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to visit Israel and Jordan on November 3 as Israeli troops conduct ground operations against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. The visit will be his second in the region since the start of the war against Hamas. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that Blinken
World War II was also “The War Against the Jews.” That was the title of Lucy Dawidowicz’s landmark 1975 book. But the Nazis took pains to conceal the fact that their goal was the physical extermination of Europe’s Jewish communities. For example, they told international observers that the Theresienstadt concentration camp in what is now the Czech Republic was
Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah—Iran’s terrorist proxy in Lebanon—is set to deliver the most important speech of his life on Friday afternoon. There are signs Nasrallah is preparing to announce an all-out war against Israel, opening a second major front where the Israeli military will face an adversary that is better armed and
The Israel Defense Forces announced the deaths of 15 soldiers over the last two days suffered as casualties while Israel ground forces pushed into more urban areas in Gaza on their fifth day of ground operations. Eleven of the soldiers were Givati brigade members killed by an anti-tank missile. Others included two members of the 7th battalion, a
Latest Developments The Israeli government said yesterday that terrorists in Gaza have fired 8,500 rockets toward Israel since Hamas launched the war on October 7. The terrorists have fired 1,500 rockets within the last 10 days, demonstrating Hamas’ determination to continue attacking Israel despite increased Israel Defense Forces activity in Gaza and deteriorating conditions on
Excerpt President Joe Biden warned Iran to “be careful” after Hamas killed 1,400 Israelis and 22 Americans in its Oct. 7 terrorist attack. But Tehran ignored his empty threats, and the Middle East is on the cusp of a regional war. Biden has only himself to blame. His policy of maximum deference to the Islamic Republic has backfired
Latest Developments Israel shot down a ballistic missile over the Red Sea on October 31 using the Arrow air defense system. The Houthis, an Iran-backed group in Yemen, had fired the missile. The shootdown is Arrow’s first operational interception of a ballistic missile since the beginning of the war with Hamas on October 7, according
The Israel Defense Forces intercepted a missile and two drones over the Red Sea that were fired by Ansar Allah, the Iran-backed group in Yemen more commonly known as the Houthis, earlier today. The attack marked the third by the Houthis that has targeted Israel, and the terror group has threatened more as Israel pushes