Latest Developments Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber on October 26 and affirmed Beijing’s commitment to strengthening its “comprehensive strategic partnership” with Tehran. The announcement occurred one day after the U.S. Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on Iran for its “critical role” in “providing financial, logistical, and operational support to
Israel is concentrating on the battle against Hamas in Gaza, Israel’s IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday evening, while Iranian-backed groups in Lebanon and Yemen continue to threaten Israel with attacks on other fronts. This multi-front threat is one that Israel trained for over the years, however the way it has developed
The Israeli Air Force this morning announced that it had intercepted a surface-to-surface missile in the Red Sea. The sounds of explosions were reported in Israel’s southernmost town of Eilat. The Israelis soon confirmed an interception by Israel’s Arrow, which marks the first time the long-range missile-defense system (developed jointly with the United States) has been
Latest Developments Hezbollah changed its military tactics on October 29 by reportedly firing a surface-to-air missile for the first time in this conflict. The change is likely intended to counter Israeli drones that have been able to identify Hezbollah fighters approaching the Israeli border. To maintain pressure on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Hezbollah has
On October 7, Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza security fence, entered Israel, and massacred more than 1,400 people — raping, burning, mutilating, and torturing their victims, including infants, children, pregnant women, the elderly, and disabled people. They also took more than 220 hostages back to Gaza. But you would not know about the largest slaughter of Jews
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Arrow air defense system for the first time intercepted a ballistic missile today, in an attempted strike believed to have been launched from Yemen. The Israeli Defense Forces said the interception was the first operational use of the Arrow system since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, and that it “thwarted an aerial threat
Excerpt Iran has patiently built up its “axis of resistance” over 20 years. This alliance among Iran, the Syrian regime, Hezbollah, Hamas and other radical Sunni and Shiite Arab militias is an expression of the Islamic Republic’s vibrant anti-Western ethos. It’s also a means by which the clerical regime can overcome the enormous damage the
The Israeli response to the Oct. 7 Hamas slaughter of 1,400 people, not to mention the kidnapping of more than 200 of its citizens, was utterly predictable. The Israel Defense Forces are now in the Gaza Strip, working to eliminate the Iran-backed terrorist organization. Hamas knew this would be the outcome. It attacked nonetheless. Fears of a humanitarian crisis in
Israel expanded ground operations in Gaza on Monday, October 30. Israeli forces carried out 600 strikes on targets in the last several days, according to a statement from the IDF. With tanks, combat engineers and infantry now on the ground in the Gaza strip operating to develop their maneuvers in several sectors, the ground forces
Iran backed militias launched at least four attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria since the U.S. military attempted to reestablish deterrence by striking at Iranian weapons storage sites in Syria on Oct. 27. The militia assaults threaten to pull the U.S. into a regional war as Israel prepares to enter Gaza and engage