Hamas and Hezbollah

‘Hope is still mandatory’: Israel’s resilience three years after October 7 - opinion

Resilience is part of our DNA. Our history has taught us that resilience is more than surviving tragedy. It is the strength to rise from it, rebuild, and choose life.

 Released hostage Eliya Cohen and his girlfriend Ziv Abud prayed for the return of the remaining hostages in Gaza at a visit to the Western Wall.
Hamas terrorists celebrating during a rally in the northern Gaza Strip.

Hamas, Hezbollah coordinating attacks with Iran as IDF warns of rebuilt ‘axis of evil’

Hamas terrorists look on as they escort members of the Red Cross towards an area within the so-called "yellow line" to which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire in Gaza City November 12, 2025.

Hamas urges Hezbollah to kidnap Israeli soldiers in wake of Knesset passing death penalty bill

 IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon. January 10, 2025.

Despite rocky history, Israel once again weighing security zone in Lebanon - analysis


'Russia has crossed all red lines in Gaza war' - Israeli expert to CNN

Svetlova, a Russian Israeli with expertise in Middle East affairs, said Russia was a "main beneficiary" of the current war in the Middle East. 

 Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of members of his Security Council and the government and the heads of law enforcement agencies, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia October 30, 2023

Iran FM in the US as proxies plot multi-front war - analysis

Iran is also trying to put out messaging suggesting that Gaza will “swallow” IDF forces if Israel launches the expected incursion.

 A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran

Israel continues to shape the battlefield in Gaza - analysis

On the eighteenth day of the war Israel struggles with the waiting phrase before an expected ground incursion; dealing with humanitarian issues and continued strikes 

 Palestinians inspect the site of Israeli strikes on a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2023

IDF strikes over 230 terror targets on two fronts, prepares for Gaza invasion

Anti-tank fire increasingly a threat, as Hezbollah announces two more deaths and the IDF strikes 320 targets in Gaza.

 IDF armored and infantry reserve units in military training in Golan Heights before heading South to the Gaza Strip, northern Golan Heights on October 8, 2023

IDF soldiers seriously injured after anti-tank missile impact near Lebanon

The strike on the target was in retaliation for a morning missile launch toward Israeli forces.

 Israeli soldiers near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 10, 2023.

Israeli soldiers 'will soon see Gaza from the inside,' Gallant says

"We are alert," said Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, "and if Hezbollah wants to start a war, it should first look at the photographs of Gaza City."

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Israeli soldiers at a staging area not far from the Israeli-Gaza border, October 19, 2023.

Israel’s regional strategy amid Hamas war

Israel’s challenge today goes far beyond defeating Hamas, with the IDF also needing to keep it from expanding to the North and the West Bank, and keeping Iran from exploiting it.

 IDF sniper at the Gaza border.

Nasrallah meets Hamas, PIJ to unite terror front against Israel

The reports from Lebanon said that the meeting included discussions of "political developments especially in Palestine."

 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen during a rally marking al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day) in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon April 14, 2023

Israel's enemies see opportunity in its crisis

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a speech on Monday, said Israel was on a "path of collapse and fragmentation."

 Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, carry flags as they ride in a convoy, marking the commemoration of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Houla village, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, May 25, 2023

Make no mistake – Israel no longer decides when wars are fought - analysis

Hamas learned in a more systematic way, with Iran and Hezbollah assisting, how to instigate its own ring of fire around Jerusalem.

 Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a rally during the 35th anniversary of Hamas founding, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 14, 2022.