An Israeli artillery gun fires into Lebanon, 2016. (File photo: 2016) Iran and its proxies in Syria and Lebanon do not have the maneuverability to respond to increasing Israeli attacks against them and are unlikely to carry out a large-scale retaliation, said experts, ahead of the border skirmish between Hezbollah and Israel on Monday. Israel has upped its attacks…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a statement at the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel with the Alternate PM and Defence Minister Benny Gantz July 27, 2020, following the high tensions with the Lebanese militant group of Hezbollah at the Israeli-Lebanon border. (REUTERS) Militias respond from Lebanon to Israeli airstrike near Damascus BEIRUT:…
On Monday, Israeli forces fired on Lebanese Hezbollah fighters who had infiltrated Israel from Lebanon. The incident reflects Hezbollah’s increased interest in carrying out lethal attacks. Hezbollah media said it suffered no casualties and that the incident was one simply born of Israeli paranoia. The Jerusalem Post reported that there were three to five fighters in the Hezbollah…
Israel isn’t fooling around with its defense. Key point: Israel does not officially confirm it has nuclear weapons. But it does and it has the submarines with which to launch them. Israel’s navy is the smallest branch of the Israel Defense Forces. However, the need to protect Israel’s recently-established gas rigs in the Mediterranean against…
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and the Palestinian Hamas on Monday said Israel’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank is an “aggression against the Palestinian people” and called for unity to confront it. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh sent a letter to Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah in which he said that the…
Smoke billows following an airstrike by Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa earlier this month – Getty Images The US and Saudi governments have made a joint public appeal to the UN Security Council to extend the 13-year old arms embargo on Iran or risk a renewed arms race in the Middle East. “Iran…
A spokesperson for the militant group said Israel’s planned West Bank annexation would be seen as a “declaration of war.” Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in a protest against Israel’s plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 26, 2020. Photo by REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa. Israel’s Defense Minister Benny…
An Israeli unity government, a weak Europe, and very strong ties with the United States means that Israel has options open to it now that it may not have again in the foreseeable future, but time is running short. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently went on a brief six-hour trip to Israel. As Israel’s…
Hezbollah is recognized as a major political party in Lebanon JERUSALEM Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday threatened to deal a “severe hit” to Lebanon, in case Hezbollah group launched any activities against Israel. “Israel holds Lebanon and its government responsible for any activity that Hezbollah might commit against Israeli goals,” Rivlin said at a…
German special police gather near the Al-Irschad center in Berlin, Germany, April 30, 2020, after Germany banned Iran-backed Hezbollah on its soil and designated it a terrorist organization. (Reuters) Iran has slammed Germany’s ban on the activities of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement on its soil, saying it would face consequences for its decision to give in…