Saraya Wa’ad Allah, an Iranian-backed militia in the island Kingdom of Bahrain, has announced its support for Hamas’ slaughter of Israelis and called for similar mobilization inside Bahrain. Despite the threat of violence, however, similar calls to action by the militia, or other Iranian-backed groups on the island over the last few years, have failed
Latest Developments Israel said on October 9 it was drafting a record number of military reservists to take the fight to Hamas. Though Palestinian gun attacks within Israeli territory waned, the Iranian-backed terrorist faction kept up the pressure with new rocket salvoes against Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Ben Gurion Airport. Preliminary media reports indicated that
Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists launched a highly sophisticated and coordinated assault on Israel that has led to hundreds of Israelis and foreigners killed, thousands wounded, and an unknown number of hostages. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the go-ahead more than a week ago for the attack, according to The Wall Street Journal. The terror strike
Latest Developments Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad told the BBC on October 7 that his organization is receiving direct backing from Iran. The statement comes one day after Palestinian terrorists infiltrated Israel, murdering at least 700 Israelis, including many women and children, in door-to-door killing sprees. Hamad’s assertion further reflects the Tehran regime’s decades-long perpetration and
Latest Developments Hamas has reportedly seized as many as 100 people as hostages, including Israelis, Americans, and other foreign nationals, since its war with Israel began on October 7. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Washington is working to verify reports of the abductions. The terrorist group likely intends to use its captives, who
Latest Developments Israel struck Hezbollah positions in Lebanon on October 8 in response to rocket and mortar fire in the Mount Dov region, threatening to open a new front along Israel’s northern border. The Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) response included artillery and drone strikes on Hezbollah positions, including the destruction of a tent erected by
Latest Analysis Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was “at war” on Saturday as Israelis awoke to a multi-front attack on Israel’s southern border. Dozens of Hamas terrorists infiltrated the border and invaded Israeli towns, going door to door killing Israelis and taking hostages back into Gaza to be held as bargaining chips. Simultaneously
One of the cornerstones of Israel’s National Security Strategy, from Ze’ev Jabotinsky in 1923, to Ben Gurion in 1953 and Netanyahu in 2018, is the determination that Israel will defend itself by itself without any outside help, even from the United States. In 2018, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added to the strategy another cornerstone clarifying
Latest Developments A senior U.S. military official said on October 5 that American military units sent to the Middle East over the summer have proven effective in deterring Iranian maritime aggression. Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central, told reporters that the “increase in surface vessels, combined with our airpower, has deterred
Latest Developments Human rights groups called this week for an independent international investigation into an attack against a 16-year-old girl on a Tehran metro that put her in a coma. The groups, including the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights and the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, claim that Armita Geravand suffered the injuries following a violent