Middle East
Almost half of Gaza Palestinians willing to ask Israel to help them leave poll
May 7, 2025 — Ramallah think tank finds majorities in Gaza and West Bank oppose Hamas disarmament, unconvinced Israel will withdraw if demands met; 87% deny Hamas committed ‘the atrocities seen in videos’ from Oct. 7
Hamas says pointless to engage in ceasefire talks report
May 6, 2025 — These comments come as Israel issued on Monday an ultimatum to the terror group following a decision made by the security cabinet.
IDF targets Hezbollah weapons manufacturing storage site in Lebanons Beqaa Valley
May 6, 2025 — Israel says Iran-backed terror group was trying to restore the facility, which had been targeted before; IDF also struck Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon’s Srifa, it says
Iranian explosives located in kibbutz near Gaza
May 6, 2025 — The explosives are believed to have been left behind by Hamas forces during the October 7th massacre. Police sappers neutralized them safely.
Israel US joint counterstriking Houthis in Yemen following Ben-Gurion Airport hit
May 5, 2025 — Foreign reports are describing close to a dozen attack sites.
Israel okays conquering Gaza holding the territories as IDF chief said to warn we could lose the hostages
May 5, 2025 — Plan approved unanimously by ministers envisages gradually expanded military operation; implementation only after Trump visit to region next week; revamped aid delivery also okayed
Official Lebanese army has dismantled over 90 of Hezbollah infrastructure near border
May 2, 2025 — Iran-backed terror group has withdrawn north of the Litani River without fight, security official claims, as President Aoun says full deployment hindered by IDF control of 5 posts
Iran had imperial ambitions in Syria secret embassy documents show why it failed
May 1, 2025 — Huge projects were stymied early by corruption, sanctions and money problems, and the plans went spectacularly wrong with the fall of Assad.
IDF strikes Hezbollah missile warehouse in Beirut kills operative in south Lebanon
April 28, 2025 — Military issues evacuation alert, fires warning shots before hitting storage site — no casualties reported; Lebanon condemns strike, appeals to the US and France for protection
Folly to think Palestinian state will produce peace Netanyahu tells JNS
April 28, 2025 — “The idea is folly, nothing more than folly,” Netanyahu told the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem.
Media watchdog publishes first interactive map of Hamas tunnels in Gaza
April 28, 2025 — Users can explore more than 37 miles of documented tunnels, less than 10% of the infrastructure Hamas is believed to have built underground.
Scope of Gazans fleeing the territory 36 thousand have left so far to Hamass dismay
April 25, 2025 — Despite Hamas’s efforts to prevent it, since the war began, over 36 thousand people have left the Gaza Strip, some through Israel to Jordan and other countries, others to Egypt.
