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April 19, 2024
Turkish Flotilla to Set Sail for Gaza
Israel is bracing for potential maritime trade disruptions due to imminent seaborne aid deliveries to Gaza from Turkey by Turkish charities and pro-Palestinian activist groups. The...
April 19, 2024
Iran and its network of militias threaten to destabilize Jordan
Iran has sought to leverage its militias and proxies, including Lebanese Hezbollah, to destabilize Jordan, reported the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on April 16. There...
April 19, 2024
Iran Threatened to Reevaluate Nonproliferation Obligations if Israel Attacked Atomic Facilities
A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened on April 18 to reevaluate Iran’s commitment not to develop atomic weapons if Israel attacked...
April 19, 2024
Israel Carried Out Strikes in Iran, U.S. Officials Say
Israel carried out strikes inside Iran U.S. officials told CNN on April 19, reportedly using warplanes with long-range missiles to strike at an Iranian military airbase near Isfahan....
April 19, 2024
The Islamic Republic’s internal messaging chaos
In an unprecedented escalation on April 13, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched some 331 projectiles from its soil toward Israel, including 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface-to-surface...
April 19, 2024
Israel SitRep: April 19, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Continues Pinpoint Gaza Operation, Eliminating Terrorists and Destroying Tunnel Shafts | IDF Announces Targeted Killing of Hamas Internal Security Officer | IAF Destroys 25 Targets...
April 19, 2024
Iran’s Oil Exports Continue to Rise
Iran exported 141.7 million barrels of oil during the first quarter of 2024, a 28 percent increase over the same period last year. Increased oil exports enhance Tehran’s currency reserves and enable...
April 18, 2024
U.S. Vetoes Palestinian Statehood Bid at UN
The United States on April 18 vetoed the Palestinian bid to gain full membership at the United Nations. Twelve members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) supported the...
April 18, 2024
Hamas Leader to Meet With Erdogan in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on April 17 that he plans to meet Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Turkey over the coming weekend, calling Haniyeh the “leader of...
April 18, 2024
Qatar Reevaluates Role as Hamas Mediator
Doha is reevaluating its role as a mediator between Hamas and Israel, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on...
April 18, 2024
Iran Attempts to Destabilize Jordan
Iran has sought to leverage its militias and proxies, including Lebanese Hezbollah, to destabilize Jordan, reported the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on April 16. There are...
April 18, 2024
White House Defends $10 Billion Sanctions Waiver to Iran Following Attack
The White House on April 15 defended Iran sanctions waivers it last extended in March, giving Iran access to $10 billion in funds. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby...
April 18, 2024
Israel Arrests Terrorists Hiding in School in Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers arrested Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists hiding in a school in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on April 17. “Over...
April 18, 2024
U.S. Presidential Elections Loom Over the Iranian Rial
On March 25, 2024, as Iranians celebrated Nowruz (Persian New Year), the black market rate of the Iranian rial plunged to a record low. Despite sanctions relief and infusions of cash, the Islamic Republic’s...
April 18, 2024
Israel Foils West Bank ISIS Plot
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian overnight who was planning an imminent attack on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS). Undercover commandos carried out the arrest in Beitunia,...
April 17, 2024
Hamas Obstructs Hostage Negotiations
Hamas rejected all proposals and expanded demands during recent hostage negotiations, Israeli and American officials said on April 14, 15, and 16. Hamas rejected the latest Gaza...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah Rocket Fire Wounds 18 in Northern Israel
Hezbollah launched a combined rocket and drone attack on northern Israel on April 17, wounding 14 Israeli soldiers and four other people, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. The...
April 17, 2024
The Despotic Duo
April 17, 2024
Israel Promises Response to Iran Attack as World Leaders Urge Restraint
Israel’s war cabinet decided to strike back at Iran “clearly and forcefully” during a closed-door meeting on April 15. The Times of Israel, citing Israel’s Channel 12, reported that the cabinet chose to respond to send a message that Israel “would not allow an attack of that magnitude against it to pass without a...
April 17, 2024
Iran Briefly Closed Nuclear Facilities to IAEA Inspectors
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on April 15 that Iran briefly closed its nuclear facilities to inspectors the day before amid security concerns about possible Israeli...
April 17, 2024
History has been made as Arabs fought alongside Israel
Iran’s Islamist ruler Ali Khamenei made history with his unprecedented direct attack on Israel on Saturday night, but not, perhaps, in the way he intended. By dispatching a barrage of more than 300...
April 17, 2024
Israel SitRep: April 17, 2024
Today’s Issue: 13 Wounded in Hezbollah Attack on Israeli Bedouin Village in North | IDF Kills Two Hezbollah Commanders in Separate Drone Strikes | IDF’s 162nd Division Continues Pinpoint Operations...
April 17, 2024
US Army ships heading to Gaza, arrive in Crete
US Army ships heading for the Gaza Strip to build a temporary pier or floating dock have arrived in Crete, according to vessel-tracking websites. The ships left Fort Eustis on the James River on...
April 17, 2024
Listening to our enemies
One of the many ways last weekend’s drone and missile attacks on Israel could have been worse: If Iran’s rulers had instructed their U.S.-based operatives to simultaneously carry out a terrorist attack,...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah claims to target IDF base with Burkan missile
The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah on Wednesday claimed it targeted the headquarters of the IDF’s 91st Division in Biranit, near the Lebanese border, with a Burkan missile, according...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah’s drones and missiles may become increasingly effective
A Hezbollah drone and missile attack on April 17 wounded 14 soldiers and 4 civilians in the village of Arab al-Aramshe in northern Israel. The first and second drone attacks on April 16 near...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah-Israel tensions grow as drones, airstrikes increase
On April 16, Hezbollah launched two drones that crossed into Israel and struck near the community of Beit Hillel in the Huleh valley two miles from the Lebanese border. The pro-Iranian Al-Mayadeen media claimed that...
April 16, 2024
Australia Shows That Hamas’ Terrorism Pays
Terrorism pays. That is the message Australia’s government is sending by considering recognizing a Palestinian state in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 attack...
April 16, 2024
The path that led to Iran’s attack on Israel was one of US appeasement
To understand how we got to Iran’s attack against Israel last weekend, you have to look back at the policy of appeasement pursued by the Biden administration since 2021. To begin with, his campaign...
April 16, 2024
UK Fails to Designate IRGC as Terror Group Despite Iranian Attack on Israel
The British government is resisting a campaign by key UK politicians to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. UK Prime Minister...
April 16, 2024
Israel Increases Humanitarian Aid Transfers to Gaza
Israel facilitated the transfer of 126 aid trucks to northern Gaza and the opening of two bakeries there, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on April 16. The effort, led by...
April 16, 2024
Russia Defends Iranian Attack on Israel
Russia on April 14 defended Iran’s attack against Israel, blaming it on the Jewish state’s killing of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general in Syria in an April 1 airstrike....
April 16, 2024
What We Can Learn From Iran’s Attack on Israel
Iran launched an unprecedented direct attack against Israel this weekend consisting of approximately 350 missiles and drones with a combined payload of around 60 tons of explosives, yet only a handful...
April 16, 2024
Anti-Defamation League Report Card Grades 85 Universities’ Records on Antisemitism
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) unveiled its new Campus Antisemitism Report Card on April 11, assessing 85 U.S. colleges and universities according to 21 criteria. The Report Card serves as a valuable...
April 16, 2024
Israeli Air Force Kills Three Hezbollah Terrorists
Israel killed three Hezbollah terrorists, at least one of them a commander, in two air strikes in southern Lebanon on April 16. Ismail Baz, who died in a strike on his car near Tyre,...
April 16, 2024
Quiet before the storm: Is escalating Israel-Iran violence on the way?
The Iranian attack on Israel on April 13-14 involved not just Iran but also Iran’s proxies. Iran operationalized Hezbollah and the Yemenite Houthis to simultaneously carry out the attacks....
April 16, 2024
What Iran’s attack on Israel means for global energy
Iran-Israel direct confrontation will last months, not days The Iran-Israel direct confrontation is not over. Currently, the oil market does not correctly reflect the risks to disruption of oil supplies,...
April 15, 2024
How Biden helps Iran pay for its terror by refusing to enforce current sanctions
President Biden has spent his three years in office making it clear to Tehran’s terrorist regime that America won’t make it pay a price for attacking our allies, bankrolling Hamas and expanding Iranian nuclear capabilities...
April 15, 2024
Why Israel’s failure to strike back at Iran could lead to NUCLEAR WAR
There is no going back to the days before October 7, 2023 - before Hamas stormed across Israel's borders to murder, rape, maim and kidnap innocent civilians...
April 15, 2024
Sidestepping Tensions With Israel, Jordan Helps Repel Iran With U.S.-Led Coalition
The Jordanian Air Force joined a U.S.-led coalition to help repel Iran’s weekend attack against Israel, shooting down dozens of drones in Jordanian airspace overnight between April...
April 15, 2024
Following Failed Onslaught, Iran Threatens Further Attacks
Iranian leaders warned Israel on April 14 that the Jewish state would face “stronger” retaliation if it attacked the Islamic Republic in response to Tehran’s failed onslaught...
April 15, 2024
Israeli Navy and Air Force Shoot Down More Drones in Wake of Iranian Attack
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) downed a drone on April 15 one day after the Israeli Navy intercepted a drone — the latest attacks on Israel following Iran’s onslaught. The drone...
April 15, 2024
Congress Seeks Answers on U.S. Failure to Sanction Iran-Russia Nuclear Cooperation
Congress is seeking an explanation from the Biden administration for its failure thus far to sanction Russia for assisting Iran’s nuclear program, as required by U.S. law. In February...
April 15, 2024
IDF Troops Wounded Inside Lebanon
An explosion wounded four Israeli soldiers within Lebanon on April 15, in what appeared to be the first acknowledged Israeli ground incursion against Hezbollah since hostilities...
April 15, 2024
Putting U.S. Power Behind Israel Will Keep Iran at Bay
Until Iran’s barrage of missiles and drones against Israel, the two countries had avoided open military intrusions into each other’s territory. Tehran most often acted through proxies, and...
April 15, 2024
Between Iran and Rafah, IDF considers next steps
Israel Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi went to Israel’s sprawling Nevatim air base in the Negev to visit the pilots and air crews that played a key role in defending Israel when Iran attacked it with 350...
April 15, 2024
Israel SitRep: April 15, 2024
Israel SitRep: April 15, 2024 Today’s Issue: IDF: About 99 percent of Some 300 UAVs and Missiles From Iran Were Intercepted | Four IDF Soldiers Wounded by Explosion on Lebanese Border, One Seriously...
April 15, 2024
A pawn in a dangerous game: Hezbollah’s role as an Iranian proxy
Hezbollah stands at a crossroads after Iran’s attack on Israel. Tehran launched drones and missiles from multiple directions; Hezbollah is a key Iranian-backed terrorist group. However, its role...
April 15, 2024
US Central Command’s crucial role in downing missiles, drones
On Monday, US Central Command released details of its unprecedented role in confronting the drone and missile threats to Israel on Saturday night and Sunday. “CENTCOM forces, supported by US...
April 15, 2024
After attacking Israel, Iran counts on Russia’s support moving forward
Iran is hoping for Russian support in the wake of its massive attack on Israel. The Iranian Foreign Ministry praised Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday and noted a phone call between...
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