1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (453+ words) Israel's critics, and even many of its friends, consistently fail to grasp the brutal reality of Israel's security dilemmas: They rarely present good options, only variations of bad ones. Lebanon exemplifies this predicament. Israel cannot tolerate a heavily armed Hezbollah…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (200+ words) Israel's Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused European countries of standing on the sidelines during the war with Iran while benefiting from the weakening of the Islamic Republic's military capabilities. In an X post, the ministry shared a CNN segment with…...

5+ hour, 30+ min ago  (167+ words) The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday announced updated defensive guidelines following an ongoing situational assessment by the military's Home Front Command. The current guidelines remained unchanged until 6 a. m. Thursday, April 9. From 6 a. m. until 8 p. m. , new directives were to take effect based on security…...

50+ min ago  (480+ words) Messages from the Israeli government following U. S. President Donald Trump's Iran ceasefire announcement on Tuesday were few and brief. Defense Minister Israel Katz reaffirmed that Israel's war against Hezbollah continues unabated. For Israel, it is difficult to interpret the surprise American…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago  (232+ words) Israel's Foreign Ministry accused Lebanon's leaders of failing to confront Hezbollah and allowing continued attacks from its territory. Israel's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused Lebanon's leaders of hypocrisy for criticizing Israeli strikes on Hezbollah, saying Beirut had failed to curb…...

6+ hour, 11+ min ago  (213+ words) The Israel Defense Forces eliminated the personal secretary of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem, the Israeli military said on Thursday. Ali Yusuf Harshi "played a key role in managing and securing Qassem's office," according to the IDF. The IDF said it…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago  (292+ words) The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday killed a senior Hamas terrorist who doubled as a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera outlet, the military said on Thursday. Muhammad Samir Muhammad Washah served as a "key terrorist" in Hamas's rocket and weapons…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (182+ words) Turkey's transformation under President Recep Tayyip Erdo'an into a bastion of Palestinian advocacy and Israeli hostility has become impossible to ignore. Anyone walking through Istanbul's streets encounters a disturbing visual landscape'painted portraits of Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the Oct....

2+ hour, 50+ min ago  (283+ words) Turkish authorities have detained 10 people in connection with a shooting on Tuesday near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing state media reports. One attacker was killed and two others wounded in an exchange of fire with…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (511+ words) U. S. Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that Washington never indicated Lebanon would be included in the ceasefire with Iran, attributing Tehran's claims to the contrary to a "legitimate misunderstanding" about the terms. "I think the Iranians thought that the…...