Tag: Iran
Iran’s Khamenei orders third direct attack on Israel, says report
Iran's supreme leader has instructed the country's Supreme National Security Council to prepare for another assault on Israel, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
The report, which cited three Iranian officials, said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made...
White House warns Iran not to respond to Israeli airstrikes
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Wednesday that Iran should not respond to Israel's Oct. 26 retaliatory strikes.
Should it choose to do so, she added, "The United States will be standing by...
IDF chief: If Iran attacks again, it will be hit ‘very, very hard’
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi on Tuesday warned that Jerusalem retains the capacity to strike strategic sites in Iran if the mullahs continue directly attacking the Israeli home front.
“If...
Israel’s Force-Multiplying Nuclear Hazards: The Russia Factor
Israel’s nuclear hazards are neither singular nor isolable. Always, they are several and intersecting. Moreover, especially if Jerusalem looks closely at potential crisis interventions from Moscow or Pyongyang, these hazards could be force-multiplying or...
IDF: Hezbollah bunker under Beirut hospital holds $500 million
One of the late Hamas chief Hassan Nasrallah's bunkers, built under Sahel General Hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut, holds, according to estimates, at least half a billion dollars in US currency and...
Iranian-led ‘olim’ espionage ring uncovered in Israel
Seven Israeli Jews, including two minors aged 16 and 17, as well as a father and son, have been in custody since September on suspicion of serious espionage for Iran in exchange for hundreds...
Israel strikes at heart of Hezbollah’s terror financing system
Israeli airstrikes targeted Hezbollah financial sites across Lebanon overnight Sunday, including in Beirut.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, dozens of facilities and sites used by the Iranian proxy to fund its terrorist activities against...
Disrespect or disinterest where Israel is concerned
In a disconcerting display of barefaced evasion, sidestepping and diversion of a simple interview question, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris provided more cause for concern for those warning of the grave consequences for Israel...
Iran: Sinwar’s death bolsters ‘spirit of resistance’ in Muslim world
The killing of Hamas terror chief Yahya Sinwar will strengthen the "spirit of resistance" in the Islamic world, Iran's mission to the United Nations said on Thursday.
"When Muslims look up to martyr Sinwar standing...
Israel, Iran and Nuclear Deterrence: What Happens “Where There Is No Common Power”
Abstract: Israel and Iran remain poised for a multi-level war. Such conflict could become nuclear even if Iran were to remain non-nuclear. This generally-overlooked observation owes to an inevitably ensuing competition in risk-taking. To wit,...