The Israeli military on Thursday destroyed a massive underground structure beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon. The immense explosion, captured on camera by onlookers, was so powerful that seismologists recorded the event as a magnitude 4.1 earthquake.
Israel and Greece sealed a historic $3.5 billion defense agreement Monday that will see Jerusalem build Athens a complete multi-layered air defense network, significantly expanding the two countries’ strategic partnership amid growing security challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Israel’s security operation against the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon continued on Wednesday, as the landmark peace talks between Israel and the Lebanese government seemingly stalled out in Rome.
Israeli forces resumed military operations in southern Lebanon, allegedly against the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah, on Thursday after minimal progress in talks with the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is close to deciding whether to order a “massive attack” on Iran “bigger than ever before,” as the United States expands its military campaign against the Islamic Republic, reinforces its force posture across the region, and warns Tehran that further escalation will bring increasingly severe consequences.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel had “lost one of its greatest friends” as he led an outpouring of tributes from across Israel’s political spectrum following the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that some Christian villages in Lebanon have “asked to be annexed” by Israel.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will not withdraw from the security buffer zone in southern Lebanon, “even if there is an American demand.”
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he brokered a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists of Lebanon, but both sides continued to launch attacks on Tuesday, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are still issuing evacuation orders for Lebanese communities where strikes against Hezbollah are imminent.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Monday there will be “no calm in Beirut” unless the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah stop attacking Israel with rockets and drones.
Hamas confirmed its new military leader, Mohammed Odeh, was eliminated by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that “we are intensifying our operations in Lebanon” to create a larger “security buffer zone” between northern Israel and the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah.
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had “PROHIBITED” Israel from continuing its pervasive bombing campaigns in Lebanon.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday the ceasefire agreement his government mediated between the United States and Iran would also cover Lebanon, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly stated that operations against the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon would continue.
The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence organisation in Iran, Majid Khademi, was killed Monday in a targeted Israeli air strike.
The Lebanese Army on Tuesday withdrew from four border villages, two of them Christian-majority towns whose residents have refused to follow instructions from Israel to evacuate the area while the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) battle the Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday that strikes on Iran will “escalate and expand” if Iran keeps launching missiles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday they have instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to destroy all bridges over Lebanon’s Litani River and wipe out structures that could be used to shelter Hezbollah fighters in an effort to apply the “Gaza model” to the Iran-backed terrorists of Lebanon.
The Israeli military on Tuesday announced it has eliminated Iran’s de facto leader, Ali Larijani, with an airstrike.
The Maronite Christian bishops of Lebanon issued a joint statement last week denouncing Israel’s “daily attacks on the South and other regions of Lebanon, which are bringing the country to the brink of war once again.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Israel carried out a strike against Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, following deadly attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza.
The foreign ministry of the Iran-backed Houthi insurgency said on Wednesday that it has no intention of releasing at least 19 United Nations staffers who were detained in raids on Sunday. The Houthis claimed the U.N. personnel were spying for hostile powers, including the United States and Israel.
Israeli forces launched their most dramatic strike in Yemen yet Thursday, targeting a high-level gathering of Houthi leadership as the Iran-backed terror group’s chief delivered a nationally televised address, with Defense Minister Israel Katz declaring: “Whoever raises a hand against Israel, his hand will be cut off.”
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a direct threat to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Monday, warning the dictator to “look up at the sky and listen carefully to every buzz” when he emerges from his bunker, after Tehran published an assassination hit list targeting top Israeli officials.
In response to Israel launching strikes on Iran’s military and nuclear sites, Iran retaliated by launching missiles at Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, according to several reports.
Israel’s military struck a gathering of “extremists” in Syria preparing attacks against the country’s Druze population, according to a joint statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, which warned that Israel expects the new Syrian government to prevent harm to the minority community.
Encouraging Gaza’s voluntary emigration is “the most moral and humane thing to do,” according to Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, aligning with President Donald Trump’s vision to redevelop the troubled coastal territory.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ misleading claims, after the progressive Vermont senator falsely accused Israel of committing a war crime by blocking aid to Gaza.
Gazans must rise up and “demand that Hamas be expelled,” according to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who called for civilian defiance while warning that Hamas’s leadership is willing to “burn half of Gaza” to maintain power.
Israel’s cutting-edge Iron Beam laser defense system is set to become operational by the end of 2025, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz, who highlighted its role in enhancing national security and deterring future threats.
Massive crowds assembled on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday for the delayed funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization and political party, who was killed in September by an Israeli airstrike after his forces attacked Israel.
The year 2024 was not a good one for Iran, which saw much of its proxy army across the Middle East decimated by Israel, its puppet dictator Bashar Assad ousted in Syria, and its old enemy Donald Trump return to the White House.
An Israeli official said on Monday that a potential ceasefire with Lebanon would mean only a temporary “cessation of hostilities,” not an end to Israel’s war against the terrorists of Hezbollah.
Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Iran on Thursday that the “margins for maneuver are beginning to shrink” for a “diplomatic solution” to the issue of Iran’s nuclear program.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz reprimanded the Turkish embassy for flying its flag at half-mast to honor Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned France that Jerusalem believes Iran is planning to attack the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
The terrorists of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) met with the relatively “moderate” Palestinian faction of Fatah in Beijing on Tuesday and issued a statement pledging “national unity.” Hamas pledged “national unity” three times in a single sentence.
Egypt on Wednesday rejected a plan that the Israeli government presented to reopen the Rafah border crossing.
Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, is reportedly ready to normalize relations with Israel as a condition of OECD membership.
Gaza should not expect to see the water or electricity turned back on while it still holds hostages captured during the massive and deadly terror attack on Israel on Saturday, that country’s government has warned.
