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Meet the Elite Medics Who Saved Lives on October 7

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 | The Egoz Unit was among the first to be deployed to southern Israel on October 7. “That day, I was supposed to fly on a mission to the US,” says Captain Dr. G., the unit’s medic, who was one of the first to arrive at the Kissufim outpost along with

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Israeli Intelligence Countered Hezbollah’s Plans and Prevented Regional War

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 | Early intelligence indications from the IDF’s [Israel Defense Forces] Military Intelligence Directorate (MID) about Hezbollah’s extensive preparations for a strike on Israel, including the center of the country, prevented potentially severe damage and a possibility of significant casualties during the terror group’s attack on Sunday. The warning, sounded after information

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Cairo Negotiations Break Down as Israel, Hamas Fail to Reach Compromise

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 | The latest round of hostage negotiations ended without results as the Israeli delegation led by Mossad [Israeli intelligence agency] chief David Barnea returned home from Cairo on Sunday. Off-and-on negotiations have continued for months with the United States, Egypt and Qatar acting as mediators. Ground down militarily in 10 months

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IDF Strike Targets Terrorist Stronghold in Judea and Samaria

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 | The Palestinians report that at least five people were killed in an IDF [Israel Defense Forces] drone strike in the Nur al-Shams camp near the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] city of Tulkarm, which the IDF said in a statement on Monday night, was aimed at an “operations room in

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Israel Receives 500th Aircraft with Military Supplies from US

Tuesday, 27 August 2024 | Israel on Monday received its 500th aerial shipment of weapons and military supplies from the United States as part of a large-scale logistical effort that began with the outbreak of the war following Hamas’s October 7 massacre. The operation is a collaboration between the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Production

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Israel Unveils its Preemptive Capabilities

Monday, 26 August 2024 | The Israeli Air Force’s [IAF] major preemptive strike on Sunday, launched a little before 5:00 a.m. against Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, was a stinging surprise to the Iranian-backed terror army. However, despite this important achievement and the welcome activation of preemptive steps, it is important to remember that the

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Intelligence and Cyberwarfare: Israeli Locations Hezbollah Targeted for Destruction

Monday, 26 August 2024 | In a twist reminiscent of a spy novel, Mossad’s [Israeli intelligence agency] secretive headquarters and a top-tier intelligence-gathering unit, coupled with a base allegedly masterminding GPS disruptions across the Middle Eastern skies, were thrust into the limelight by none other than Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah. He claimed these were the

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Shaping the Story: ‘Iran’s Retaliation’ and the Battle for the Narrative

Monday, 26 August 2024 | Ever since Israel assassinated Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran (according to foreign reports) and Fu’ad Shukr in Beirut, it seems the world has been anxiously awaiting Iran’s response. But regardless of what may finally happen on the battlefield, we Israelis should long ago have learned a certain lesson that our enemies

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Hezbollah Claims Victory, Says Attack ‘Over for Today’

Monday, 26 August 2024 | Hezbollah on Sunday morning claimed its missile attack against Israel had been “carried out with the highest precision and success,” and that it had “successfully implemented the retaliatory operation it had planned,” according to its media mouthpiece Al-Mayadeen. “Israel’s claim of preemptive action thwarting Hezbollah is a military lie, a

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Sinwar Insists His Life Be Spared as Condition for Deal

Friday, 23 August 2024 | The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who has eluded Israeli crosshairs since October 7, is making it a precondition to a ceasefire and hostage release deal that Israel spare his life, according to reporting in Asharq al-Awsat, an Arabic publication in London. Israel media reported—citing Egyptian officials who spoke anonymously with

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