Hezbollah declared a military campaign against Israel on Wednesday night in what Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps described as a “joint and integrated operation,” launching more than 100 rockets, drones, and missiles at over 50 Israeli targets as Jerusalem retaliated with heavy strikes in Beirut and warned the confrontation is now “headed toward a serious escalation.”
All eyes turn to the international energy markets as multiple cargo ships were attacked in the critical Strait of Hormuz supply chain chokepoint off the coast of Iran, while leaders of the world’s major economies are set to meet later today to discuss the largest ever release of emergency oil reserves.
A Maronite Christian priest named Father Pierre al-Rahi was reportedly killed by an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Monday, highlighting the danger to Christian communities caught in the crossfire between the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
President Donald Trump told ABC News on Sunday that he did not expect Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to “last long” as “supreme leader” if he does not cooperate with the United States.
The military operation against Iran entered its ninth day on Sunday. Reports have indicated that cracks are emerging in the remnants of the Iranian leadership structure as it scrambles to replace slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid continued waves of strikes from the United States and Israel, some of which left the Iranian capital of Tehran shrouded in thick black smoke.
Israel continues its strikes in Lebanon, Tehran vows to keep fighting the U.S., and President Trump has promised to hit Iran “very hard”.
Israel’s military said Friday that roughly 50 fighter jets dropped more than 100 munitions on the secret underground Tehran bunker of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, destroying what it described as a key wartime command center still being used by senior regime officials as the joint U.S. — Israeli campaign against the Islamic Republic deepens.
U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth praised Israel as a decisive partner in the American campaign against Iran.
An Israeli pilot in a U.S. built F-35 stealth fighter took out a manned Russian-made Iranian fighter jet over Tehran early Wednesday, reportedly a historic “world first” during Operation Epic Fury.
Iran is attempting to choose a new supreme leader, while the U.S. and Israel continue strikes, including on Tehran and Lebanon.
Israel “flattened” the building housing Iran’s Assembly of Experts in the holy city of Qom — the clerical body constitutionally tasked with selecting the Islamic Republic’s next supreme leader — as Israeli warplanes continued pounding the regime’s central leadership compound and command infrastructure in Tehran on the fourth day of the joint U.S.–Israeli campaign.
Israel authorises forces to advance into Lebanon and “take control” to prevent Hezbollah using it to fire into Israeli border settlements.
The Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah launched missiles and drones at Israel on Sunday night, ostensibly in revenge for the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel overnight, launching rockets and drones from Lebanon in what it called retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday morning that Operation Epic Fury has already eliminated at least 48 senior Iranian officials, including the former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Israel conducted what it described as the “largest military flyover in the history of the Israeli Air Force” on Saturday.
Nate Morris, a Kentucky Republican Senate candidate seeking to replace Mitch McConnell and who has received endorsements from Charlie Kirk and Elon Musk, stated during Wednesday’s broadcast of Breitbart News Saturday that President Donald Trump has “earned the trust” of the American people following the announcement that the United States launched strikes on Iran under Operation Epic Fury, expressing support for the president and stating he believes the action will be “swift” and will not become an “endless conflict.”
There were zero casualties as a result of retaliatory strikes from the Islamist Iranian regime in response to the opening salvo of the Operation Epic Fury military operation by the United States, CENTCOM said on Saturday.
The United Nations will convene an emergency Security Council meeting on Saturday over U.S.-Israel strikes Iran, which U.N. leaders have condemned.
Israel said on Saturday that it has taken part in a U.S.-led military operation in Iran, with Jerusalem reportedly targeting the top leadership of the Islamist regime in Tehran.
A former senior Israeli commander warned that Iran could seek to arm its rapidly expanding ballistic missile arsenal — which already threatens Israel, U.S. bases, and allied interests across the region — with chemical or biological warheads, arguing that the “only viable option” may be a “massive” and “decisive” strike to bring down the regime as nuclear negotiations reach a critical juncture.
President Donald Trump hailed the return of the final Israeli hostage’s remains from Gaza on Monday as an “impossible” outcome achieved — then declared the moment now pivots to Phase II of his Gaza framework.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday morning that “there are officially no more hostages in captivity in Gaza.”
Jared Kushner on Thursday unveiled a sweeping U.S.-backed vision at Davos to rebuild the war-torn Gaza Strip into a “New Gaza” economic hub by 2035, outlining a phased redevelopment plan centered on infrastructure, investment, and employment — contingent on Hamas demilitarization and the surrender of its weapons.
The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas released a statement on Monday confirming that five of its senior leaders were killed during the Gaza war, including “masked spokesman” Abu Obeida and Mohammed al-Sinwar, the brother of former top leader Yahya al-Sinwar.
Hamas instructed its spokesmen to conceal the group’s true ideology from Western audiences, according to an intelligence analysis based on internal Arabic-only documents recovered during the Gaza war.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Al Arabiya News on Monday that “we trust Trump” to deliver peace in Gaza and stabilize the Middle East.
Israel has begun field deployment of its “game-changing” Iron Beam laser air defense system, according to the country’s Defense Ministry, which confirmed the technology is now operating as part of the country’s layered missile defense network, with its combat performance expected to inform U.S. missile defense planning.
Sen. Lindsey Graham urged a formal U.S.–Israel defense pact, arguing that U.S. aid delivers “tenfold” returns in intelligence, counterterrorism, and advanced technology.
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday announced the elimination of Ra’ad Sa’ad, a Hamas official who planned the October 7 attack.
The father of murdered IDF Cpl. Noa Marciano has revealed his daughter’s death in Hamas terrorist captivity came through the malicious actions of a civilian doctor with the moment she was killed documented in a video he was sent.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashal declared that “the resistance and its weapons are our honor and glory” and that “the battle is not over,” boasting that rights are won “at the recruitment office, not the U.N. Security Council” — a declaration that directly contradicts President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan and celebrates the October 7 “Al-Aqsa Flood” massacre as a turning point to push Israel off “our homeland” and the international stage.
Freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander returned this week to the Gaza border in IDF uniform and warned the Hamas terrorists who held him underground for 584 days that “you gave me hell — I’ll give you hell back,” saying his story “does not end with survival; it continues with service.”
Israel will deploy its first full-power Iron Beam laser defense battery by year’s end, with senior defense officials declaring the system will “fundamentally change the rules of engagement on the battlefield” as the Jewish state braces for continued clashes with Iran and its terror proxies.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday presented detailed information about a massive underground “terror stronghold” constructed by Hamas beneath the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanun.
The body of the last U.S. citizen kidnapped by Hamas, 19-year-old Staff Sgt. Itay Chen, was returned from Gaza for burial on Monday.
The terrorists of Hamas returned the remains of three more slain hostages to Israel on Sunday. All three were Israeli soldiers who were killed attempting to repel the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. The terrorists dragged their bodies back to Gaza to use as bargaining chips.
Hamas returned the body of American-Israeli Capt. Omer Neutra to Israel on Sunday, a bittersweet handover his father marked with Jeremiah’s line that “your children shall return to their own land” — “Our Omer is on Israeli soil … so much pain, and so much relief.”
During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) said that his remarks in 2023 that “when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the
Israel confirmed Thursday night that two bodies delivered by the Hamas terrorist organization via the Red Cross were those of two dead Israeli hostages, Amiram Cooper, 85, and Sahar Baruch, 25.
