Monday briefing: How Hezbollah is fuelling fears of a new front in the Israel-Hamas war
It’s been another remorseless weekend for the people of Gaza. On Saturday night, an Israeli air strike at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp killed at least...
Month: November 2023
Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’: how Hamas and Tehran are attempting to galvanise their allies against Israel
The devastating attack on Israel by Hamas on 7 October has transformed the Middle East, thrusting the Israeli-Palestinian question – considered a diplomatic side-issue for...
Iranian state media confirm meeting between Khamenei, Hamas’ Haniyeh in Tehran
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has met with the leader of Tehran-backed Palestinian group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, Iranian state media reported on...
Iran-backed militias in Iraq threaten to close down US embassy
An Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq has threatened to increase attacks on the US interests in the country and the region, as the Israel-Gaza war...
IDF uncovers Hamas weapons cache, terror lab inside Gaza
The IDF continued its counter-invasion of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, uncovering an arsenal of Hamas weaponry including armed drones and RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades) as...
House approves new Iran oil sanctions
The House voted 342-69 on Friday in favor of the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act, a package of new Iran sanctions targeting the country’s...
Hezbollah uses new weapon on Israel, IDF hits back in Lebanon
Israel and Hezbollah traded blows on Saturday, with the IDF hitting terrorist positions and a rocket depot as Hezbollah introduced a powerful new missile, according...
Hezbollah, Tehran leading from behind
Since the Hamas attacks on southern Israel on October 7, the group’s leaders have been desperate for Hezbollah — its militant Iran-backed ally in Lebanon...
Hamas tried to smuggle terrorists among Gazan civilians, US confirms
A senior White House official said on Saturday in a press briefing that the evacuation of the wounded and foreign citizens from Gaza was delayed...
Hamas is an ISIS-like death cult, Boris Johnson says in Israel
The world must focus on the savagery of the ISIS-like death cult Hamas, former UK prime minister Boris Johnson said in a Sunday afternoon interview...
US intelligence thinks Wagner plans to send air defence system to Hezbollah
The United States has intelligence that Russia's Wagner mercenary group plans to provide Hezbollah, the Iranian backed Lebanese militia, an air defence system, The Wall...
Senior IDF officer who fought Hamas in Be’eri killed in Gaza fighting
Lt. Col. Salman Habaka, 33, commander of the 188th Armored Brigade’s 53rd Battalion, from the Druze village of Yanuh-Jat in the western Galilee, was killed...