Nasrallah’s likely successor and a whole bunch of other Hezbollah higher-ups were meeting in a bunker, and then: A series of huge explosions rocked the densely populated neighborhoods just south of Beirut at midnight on Thursday as Israel kept up … Continue reading →
Do you remember the famous Ramallah lynching in 2000 of two Israeli reservists who’d had the terrible bad luck to wander into Palestinian territory, to be dismembered by the crowd who stormed a police station where they were being held? … Continue reading →
Since “colonizer” is a popular epithet used for Israel by Israel-haters, although the word doesn’t fit, maybe it’s time to popularize it for a country whose behavior merits it: Iran. Iran specializes in taking over already-destabilized Arab countries and establishing … Continue reading →
So far, the expected Iranian missile attack appears to resemble one back in April in scope and effect, in which the missiles were either successfully destroyed or didn’t cause deaths even though some of them hit. Israel has a robust … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “sdferr.”] Netanyahu has a message for the long-suffering people of Iran: The vast majority of Iranians know their regime doesn’t care a whit about them. If it did care, if it cared about you, it would stop … Continue reading →
With the killing of Nasrallah announced earlier today, and all the events of the last year in that region of the world, here are some musings. Of course, Israelis detested Nasrallah. But I wonder how many Arabs felt the same … Continue reading →
Here’s the story: The underground command center was embedded beneath a residential building, the IDF noted in their report on Saturday, where Nasrallah and his top commanders were coordinating terrorist activities against Israel at the time of the attack. During … Continue reading →
First, here’s Caroline Glick: Today’s news is that Israel has struck an area said to be Hezbollah’s and leader Nasrallah’s headquarters. The former seems to be true, although the truth of the latter – and any resultant damage to Nasrallah … Continue reading →
It’s been known for a long time that Israel must degrade Hezbollah’s forces in Lebanon, because the Iran proxy is determined to destroy Israel. And although much of the world mouths sentiments about supporting Israel’s need to defend itself, when … Continue reading →
I can well believe it. The Radwan forces Israel killed had plans: In a statement, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said Aqil, a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan forces, was killed alongside senior operatives in the group’s … Continue reading →
Today’s activity: An Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, Lebanese health officials said. It was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months and came shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel … Continue reading →
The more I think about it, the more audacious and astounding Israel’s recent attack on Hezbollah operatives seems. There’s little doubt this has been the largest and most precisely targeted attack on a terrorist group in history. Brilliantly planned and … Continue reading →