Weaponising ordinary devices ‘breaks international law’

Turning devices into deadly weapons violates international law, and those behind the pager attacks in Lebanon must be held to account, the UN rights chief says. Read more

IDF strike in Beirut kills top Hezbollah terror commander

The Israel Defence Forces conducted a targeted strike in Beirut on Friday, in just the third such instance since Hezbollah joined the war in support of Hamas following the Oct. 7 massacre. Read more

Nasrallah acknowledges ‘unprecedented’ defeat in alleged Israeli attacks

Hezbollah suffered an unparalleled defeat, the Lebanese terrorist group’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged on Thursday, saying the alleged Israeli attacks using its communication devices amounted to a declaration of war. Read more

Two soldiers killed in Hezbollah attacks, bringing IDF toll to 715

Two Israel Defence Forces soldiers were killed on Thursday in Hezbollah attacks in the north, the military announced. Read more

Israel strikes 100 Hezbollah launchers, northern residents ordered to stay near shelters

Israeli aircraft struck more than 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon, while residents of northern communities were instructed to remain close to shelters on Thursday. Read more

Wretched

Early this past Sunday morning, I was looking at the news headlines and reading the latest wretched pontifications from Blinken and Lammy. Read more

The Israeli James Bond-style attack and Hezbollah’s next steps

The events of Tuesday afternoon in Lebanon sound like they were taken out of a James Bond movie, as sabotaged pagers used by Hezbollah exploded simultaneously across the country, injuring some 3,000 people, the vast majority of whom were members of the terror organization. Read more

Israel says bid to kill ex-senior official foiled

Israeli internal security agency Shin Bet has accused Lebanese group Hezbollah of trying to kill a former senior Israeli security official. Read more

11 dead, more than 4.000 injured at a wave of Lebanon pager explosions

The Lebanese Health Ministry has declared 11 dead and more than 4,000 injured, including 200 critically, as a result of numerous explosions of the communicative devices of the Hezbollah operatives. Read more

US charges Hamas leader over October massacre in Israel

The US has announced criminal charges against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other militants in connection with the October 7 rampage in Israel. Read more

Human shields: ‘Every third house’ in South Lebanon is used by Hezbollah for military purposes

It was no accident that during Sunday morning’s Hezbollah barrage, the Israeli military warned residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes noting that the Iran-backed terror group stores and fires rockets from civilian areas. Read more

‘Nothing unusual’: Tel Aviv’s calm morning contradicts Nasrallah’s claimed drone strike

Unlike for the residents of the north, the morning looked as usual for the residents of Tel Aviv, including the northern neighbourhood of Glilot, which Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah claimed was hit by drones.
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Israel, Hezbollah trade heavy fire before pulling back

A heavy exchange of fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah has ended, with both sides signalling their most intense clashes in months is over. Read more

Israel launches major strikes on Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah plans for ‘imminent’ attack

Israel launched heavy airstrikes on Hezbollah positions across Lebanon after detecting the terror group was at readiness for an imminent attack on Israeli civilians, the Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday morning. Read more

From the president of Israel to world Jewry

President Isaac Herzog has sent a video message to Jewish communities around the world as Israel continues to face the ongoing threat of imminent attack from the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies across the region. Read more

Tense Israel in waiting as attack threat looms

Israel is bracing for an attack from its long-term enemy Iran, as ongoing violence with Lebanon’s Hezbollah threatens to spiral into an all-out regional war. Read more

Israelis accept the breach in relations with the Biden administration

Israelis hunkered down Thursday night and braced for Iran’s promised retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah and Hamas terror masters Fuad Shukr and Ismail Haniyeh. Read more

Crossed red lines’: Hezbollah vows revenge on Israel

The leader of Hezbollah says the Lebanese militant group will respond to Israel’s killing of commander Fuad Shukr in a strike on Beirut. Read more

US says Israel has a right to defence, but wary of war

Israel has a right to defend itself after the Golan Heights attack, but it must be wary of letting the situation escalate into a wider war, says Washington. Read more

Hezbollah expanding range of barrages to unevacuated communities

Hezbollah rocket barrages on northern Israel are expanding in range, reaching deeper into Israel to unevacuated communities, a researcher warns. Read more

Iron Dome blind spot, GPS disruptions likely responsible for couple’s death in rocket barrage

The Israel Defence Force’s preliminary investigation into the rocket strike that killed two Golan residents in their car on Tuesday revealed that no interceptor was launched because the Air Force classifies roads as “open areas.” Read more

Nikki Haley denounces UN and Hamas at Nova massacre site

Nikki Haley, former US presidential candidate and Ambassador to the UN visited southern Israel on Monday, touring the sites of Hamas massacres, meeting with the families of hostages, and briefings in northern Israel about the Hezbollah threat. Read more

University of Cape Town hosts Hezbollah, Houthi speakers on Zoom

Speakers from the Hezbollah and Houthi terrorist organisations addressed students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Wednesday. Read more

Hezbollah’s attack on IAF base was a wake-up call

Hezbollah’s Jan. 6 attack on the Israeli Air Force’s Meron air traffic control base, likely using Iranian-supplied Kornet-EM missiles, marks a significant escalation by the Iran-backed terrorist group.  Read more

Israel bombards Gaza after Hamas deputy’s killing

Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army have made statements suggesting the two avowed enemies wanted to avoid risking the further spread of war beyond the Gaza Strip after a drone strike killed a Palestinian Hamas deputy leader in Beirut. Read more

What can we learn so far from the war on Hamas?

The war on Hamas is not over, but certain lessons already seem very clear. Read more

You’re not antisemitic? Sure?

Amid the current debate over whether a new front will open up in Israel’s war against Hamas and its regional allies, it might be observed that this is already happening. Read more

Hezbollah fights a war of attrition on Israel’s terms

Israeli air strikes in Lebanon are exacting a heavy price on Hezbollah for its rocket fire, forcing the terror group into a war of attrition being fought on Israel’s terms. Read more

Irredeemably disconnected

Last week, I outlined how Jewish individuals and groups are displaying their disconnection from history and today’s reality. Read more

Hezbollah beats war drums as UN meets to renew peacekeepers’ mandate

With the UN Security Council due to meet on Wednesday to renew the mandate of a peacekeeping force along the Israel-Lebanon border, Hezbollah has raised its rhetoric in opposition to certain changes under discussion. Read more

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