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Israel on Guard for Iranian Terror Campaign

Israel’s intelligence and defense branches are monitoring indications of potential Iranian terror plots on multiple fronts. The IDF and security services are closely watching regional sea routes, pro-Iran militias, threats on the Lebanon border, and Tehran’s terrorist networks overseas. Last…

IDF Simulates Raid on Lebanese Village in Golan Drill

Diverse teams of IDF forces tested their firepower last week in a drill simulating a battle in Lebanese territory. To create a real-life experience, the army built a model of a southern Lebanon village at an undisclosed location on the…

IDF Crosses Lebanon Border Fence to Collect Intelligence

IDF tanks and engineering forces crossed the Lebanon border fence last week to collect intelligence on Hezbollah targets. The troops operated in Israeli enclaves beyond the border barrier, the army revealed. The rare operation is part of a conceptual shift,…

Israel Faces 3 Key Security Tests As Netanyahu Era Ends

A new Israeli government will be sworn-in on Sunday, marking the end of Benjamin Netanyahu‘s 12-year rule. The incoming prime minister, Naftali Bennett, will be facing important and possibly dramatic tests and decisions on the security front in the coming…

Israel Must Threaten to Destroy Lebanon, Ex-General Says

Israel must target Lebanon’s national infrastructure and not only Hezbollah assets in a future conflict, a former IDF general says. Threatening to destroy Lebanon is the only way to keep the next war short, Giora Eiland wrote in an article…

Why War in Lebanon Will Be Different Than Gaza Conflict

Hezbollah is worried by what it saw during the Gaza war, former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot says. Israel’s intelligence, attack and defense capabilities were on display and will be fully utilized in a future conflict in Lebanon, he added during…