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October 21, 2023
How Iran keeps the initiative in attacks on Israel, US in MidEast

The October 7 attack by Hamas was unprecedented in its size and its attempt to commit genocide against Israeli communities. Following the attack, Iran has been cooperating with Hamas and other regional proxy groups to keep up the initiative against Israel and expand attacks against the US. It is important to understand how Iran has continued to create

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October 21, 2023
How War Could Engulf the Entire Middle East

Years from now, historians may look back on October 7, 2023, as the dark day that triggered an unescapable descent to global war. For from the moment Israel rose to its self-defense in answer to a savage Hamas terrorist attack, Washington DC must have recognized the awful potential of this conflict to engulf the entire region – and perhaps

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October 20, 2023
Biden is being played by Hamas, Iran and Qatar — with American and Israeli lives at stake

Despite telling the world Hamas is evil, President Joe Biden is pursuing policies of appeasement toward the terrorist group’s two largest patrons and, in so doing, undermining American and Israeli deterrence. To secure the release of hostages, enable an Israeli victory over Hamas and hold off a Hezbollah assault on Israel’s northern border, Washington must first put

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October 20, 2023
Penetrating the Fog of Israel’s War

Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel has led to war. We have to think that’s what Hamas and its patrons in Tehran expected and very likely wanted. Is that because they believe they can win on the Gazan battlefields? Does Hezbollah, Tehran’s Lebanese foreign legion, plan to open a second front? Or do Israel’s many enemies

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October 20, 2023
Israel Evacuates Northern Communities as Danger of Hezbollah Escalation Grows

Latest Developments More than 20,000 Israelis are evacuating from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, said an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman on October 20. The development comes in the wake of evacuations of multiple communities along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon due to attacks by Hezbollah. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said that the evacuations

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October 20, 2023
Hamas Releases Two American Hostages

Latest Developments Hamas released two American hostages, a mother and a daughter, on October 20. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the development to ABC News. The Israeli prime minister’s office said the two hostages, Judith and Natalie Raanan of Illinois, are being transferred to an IDF base in central Israel. Prior to the release

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October 20, 2023
Iran mobilizes proxies for drone war on US and Israel – analysis

Iran has encouraged its terrorist proxy forces in Iraq, Yemen and Syria to begin a drone war against US forces and Israel. On Thursday drones and rockets targeted Ain al-Asad base in Iraq. This is at least the third attack on the base this week. Iran operationalized the drones and rocket forces among its proxies this

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October 20, 2023
In the war against Hamas, Israeli drones are key. Here is why

In the early hours of the war against Hamas, Israeli pilots who fly large drones played a key role in helping to identify and track terrorists and defend the state. Waves of attackers assaulted the border with Gaza on the morning of October 7. It is estimated that around 2,900 Hamas members and others from Gaza

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October 20, 2023
U.S. Navy Shoots Down Missiles and Drones Launched From Yemen

Latest Developments The U.S. Navy shot down a salvo of cruise missiles and drones launched from Yemen in the direction of Israel on October 20, suggesting the Houthis are rallying to Hamas in the Gaza war. The three cruise missiles and several drones were intercepted by the USS Carney in the northern Red Sea, where

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October 20, 2023
U.S. warship intercepts missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthis

A U.S. warship intercepted three missiles over the Red Sea that were fired from Yemen by the Iran-Backed Houthis today. The Houthis have threatened to attack both the U.S. and Israel as the latter retaliates against Hamas for its deadly attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7. The USS Carney, an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer that

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