Tag: Hezbollah
In evacuated northern kibbutz, signs of Hezbollah abound
Founded in 1916, Kfar Giladi is one of Israel’s oldest kibbutzim. Located less than a mile from the Lebanese village of Odaisseh, it is currently evacuated. Nisan Zeevi is a member of the kibbutz's...
US Lebanon diplomacy ‘a fool’s errand’ but still ‘has value’
It was Oct. 12, 2022, and U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein had just wrapped up a maritime border and natural gas agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
Hochstein tweeted that he was proud to have served...
IDF eliminates Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy head of psychological warfare operations
The Israel Defense Forces eliminated a senior Palestinian Islamic member who was instrumental in propagating the organization’s narrative through media, the military announced on Friday.
Wael Abu-Fanounah was the deputy head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s...
Slim chances for a diplomatic settlement on the Lebanese front
In his Jan. 3, 2024 speech, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah hailed “a historic opportunity” to help Lebanon regain control of disputed borderlands “after this phase ends and after the aggression on Gaza.”
The same...
Victory is more important than US support
At his press conference Tuesday evening, U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken showed that contrary to popular belief, the Biden administration is not Israel’s ally. It is the greatest obstacle to Israel’s victory.
Blinken began his remarks...
Israeli drone kills Hamas deputy chief al-Arouri in Beirut
An Israeli drone strike on a Hamas office in Beirut eliminated top terror chief Saleh al-Arouri on Tuesday night, Hamas's Al-Aqsa Radio announced.
The explosion rocked the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold. In addition to...
Only three Hamas terrorists knew details of Oct. 7
Only three Hamas terrorists knew the date and time of the Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 people in Israel, and they only shared the plan with allies some 30 minutes before the invasion began.
Lebanon-based...
FM Cohen hosts French counterpart in Tel Aviv
Paris can play a "positive and significant role" in preventing all-out war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen told his French counterpart Catherine Colonna in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
Colonna emphasized during...
UK ambassador to Israel: British Jews must feel safe
Simon Walters, the British ambassador to Israel, arrived in the Jewish state a few months ago, when talk of Israel-Saudi normalization was the main topic in the region. But on Oct. 7, the Hamas...
Iran’s grand strategy to destroy Israel is proceeding apace
The first Iranian International Hourglass Festival, which took place in 2018, predicted Israel’s destruction by 2040. After the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on Israel, the hourglass symbol is everywhere.
The festival solicited art and media...