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Escalation on Israels northern front reached a hitherto unseen intensity this week. Israel carried out a series of pinpoint strikes against Hezbollah and IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps) targets, both close to the Israel-Lebanon border and far

Reporter's Notebook: I am here to discover what I can about the process whereby the bodies of the hostages were found and brought home.

Sharp differences within Israels governing coalition have emerged into the open in recent days. On the face of it, the dispute centres on preferred post-war arrangements in Gaza. But the rival stances also reflect underlying, contrasting views

Israeli, international and Hamas officials are currently awaiting the decision of Yahya Sinwar, the terror groups military leader on a proposed ceasefire deal. Egypt has put forward a phased release of Israeli hostages and a temporary end to the

On April 21, Iran-supported Shia militia fighters launched five rockets at a US landing strip near the oil town of Rumeilan, in northeast Syria. The launch site was outside Zummar, close to the Iraq-Syria border on the Iraqi side. No one was injured. A

On Tuesday, Hezbollah launched its deepest attack into Israel since the current round of hostilities between Jerusalem and the Iran-supported Islamist group began last October. Sirens sounded in the town of Acre as drones and rockets were launched at

Breaking Defense talked with a tank company commander who is helping to create the new units, which will mean less reliance on reservists for tank operations.

The reported Israeli strike on an Iranian air installation near the city of Isfahan in central Iran appears to have been the most significant of a series of attacks carried out by Israel in the course of last night. While the full picture is still

A short survey of events from some of the fronts in the multi-arena, multi-level conflict now underway in the Middle East: Earlier this week, Israeli fighter jets carried out missions against two sites in southern Lebanon – Mis al-Jabal and Tyre Harfa.

There are many interpretations of Iran’s unprecedented direct attack on Israel floating around in cyberspace, but only one in the mainstream media: Iran’s attack was appropriate payback for Israel taking down IRGC general Mohammed Reza Zahedi, the mastermind behind the October 7th massacre—and Israel should stand down since nearly all of Iran’s 300+ missiles were intercepted.