Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel is destroying what is left of the Syrian military just as the British destroyed the fleet of the defeated Vichy regime in France so the Nazis could not use it.
This weekend Pope Francis presided over the unveiling of a nativity scene in the Vatican featuring a baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf used as a national symbol.
Army Radio’s military correspondent Doron Kadosh said Tuesday — with a sense of bewilderment — that the goal appeared to be “to completely erase Assad’s military” so that it cannot threaten Israel and cannot fall into rebel hands.
Israeli-American Roy Gross, 28, suffered a compound fracture of his leg after an assailant, who discovered he was Israeli, tried to run him and his friends over with a car recently in Laguna Beach, California.
Christians in parts of Lebanon celebrated the downfall of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad over the weekend, gathering in town squares to launch celebratory fireworks and gleefully tearing down pictures of Assad from border crossings.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand in his own defense on Tuesday in a criminal trial that his critics say is essential to the rule of law, and which his supporters say is a political prosecution.
The regime in Iran is scrambling to explain why it was unable to protect its client Bashar Assad in Syria from being overthrown by a lightning-fast jihadi offensive that accomplished in less than two weeks what a decade of civil war could not.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists on Monday evening local time that Israel had destroyed in 14 months what it had taken Iran 45 years to build: a network of terrorist groups on the borders of the Jewish state.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched hundreds of attacks on Syrian heavy weaponry and suspected chemical weapons facilities in the 24 hours since the fall of the Assad regime, as Israeli soldiers moved into Syrian territory.
The rebellion in Syria is the latest domino: Israel’s success in Lebanon, and Trump’s election win, may help Make Iran Great Again.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will reportedly attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on January 20.
Israel’s Army Radio reported Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had seized the peak of Mount Hermon, the highest mountain in the region, as a precaution against the advance of Syrian rebels as the Assad regime collapsed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Israeli-Syrian border on Sunday and delivered a statement calling the fall of the Assad regime “a historic day for the Middle East,” noting both opportunities and dangers.
Ahmad al-Sharaa, known as Muhammad al-Jawlani or Abu Muhammad al-Golani, the leader of the Syrian rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad and have taken over the country, still has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head as a wanted terrorist.
Hamas is reportedly telling other Palestinian terrorist groups to identify all Israeli hostages in their hands, in the first sign of real movement toward a hostage deal in months.
Greta Thunberg has sparked outrage after a video surfaced in which the sometime climate activist turned anti-Israel campaigner is heard laughing and chorusing “F**k Germany, F**k Israel!” at a pro-Palestine rally.
Israel’s Army Radio reported on Sunday morning local time that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had moved tanks into the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria to deter Syrian rebels after the apparent fall of the Assad regime.
Reports from the Middle East indicate that the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad has fallen, with the dictator fleeing the country as rebel forces entered the capital city of Damascus.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reinforced Israeli military positions along the Syrian border in the Golan Heights on Friday, after rebels in southern Syria joined their northern counterparts in advancing against the Syrian regime.
Amnesty International, the global human rights organization, accused Israel of “genocide” in a report Thursday — but the Israeli branch of the group disagreed, saying it was never consulted and accusing the main organization of bias.
President-elect Donald Trump told Qatar that he wants a deal to release all 100 remaining Israeli hostages by the time he is inaugurated on January 20, 2025, according to Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
Israel conducted a daring mission Wednesday to retrieve the body of a hostage who was kidnapped and murdered, and published an analysis that concluded that six other hostages were murdered by Hamas, not killed by an airstrike.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel on Tuesday accused peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) of ignoring ceasefire violations by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Aleida Guevara, daughter of communist mass murderer Ernesto “Che” Guevara, recently claimed that she would like to go to Lebanon and fight against Israel alongside the Shiite jihadist terrorist group Hezbollah.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Tuesday that they had successfully eliminated Hezbollah’s top envoy to the Bashar Assad regime in Syria, Salman Nemer Jamaa, in an airstrike on Damascus.
Embattled actor Kevin Spacey visited Israel on Sunday, touring the communities that were hit hardest by the Hamas terror attack of October 7, and meeting with a friend’s daughter, who is serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday for his statement on Monday warning Hamas of severe consequences if it does not free its remaining hostages by the time he takes office.
Israel is reportedly worried that Syria rebels may seize chemical weapons stockpiles or production facilities used by Bashar a-Assad’s regime as the militias continue their surprising advance against the government’s own forces.
Iran reportedly halted an attack on Israel following President-elect Donald Trump’s sweeping victory over Kamala Harris in November.
President Donald Trump reiterated a promise Monday to punish Hamas and its sponsors severely if it does not release the 101 Israeli hostages, including several Americans, by the time he is inaugurated on January 20, 2025.
The ceasefire in Lebanon, barely five days old, is near collapse as of Monday after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel, following the Biden-Harris administration’s erroneous claim that Israeli surveillance drones violated the agreement.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Air Force One en route to Angola on Monday that he could not explain why President Joe Biden had bought an anti-Israel book, except that he “reads broadly.”
The Biden-Harris administration continues to undermine Israel’s security on its way out the door, joining France in claiming that Israel is violating the new ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon by flying surveillance drones over Beirut.
The government of Iran, the world’s premier state sponsor of terrorism, blamed the governments of Israel and America for the surprise attack by al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) on the city of Aleppo, Syria, this weekend.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared Monday that American-Israeli hostage Omer Neutra, who was thought to have been taken alive to Gaza, was in fact killed during the October 7 terror attack and his body abducted by Hamas.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) forced an Iranian cargo plane full of weapons for Hezbollah to turn around mid-flight on Sunday after intercepting it in Syrian airspace, according to media reports.
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired another ballistic missile at Israel on Sunday morning, in a gesture of defiance against President-elect Donald Trump and despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Freed Israeli hostage Mia Schem (or Shem) announced her engagement on Thursday, a milestone celebrated around the world as an example of resilience after a brutal experience of terror and torture.
Senior officials in the United Arab Emirates attended the shiva, or traditional seven-day period of mourning, for Rabbi Tzvi Kogan, who was murdered last week by Iranian agents who kidnapped him from the capital of Abu Dhabi.
Israel has also showed several weaknesses, which its enemies could try to exploit in the next round of fighting, if there is one.
