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Qaani Asks Assad to Launch Attacks from Syria, Establishes Joint Operations Room

Fighters came prepared with anti-armour missiles and Iranian-made Ababil drones, according to Sawt al-Asima. Affiliated groups of Hezbollah’s Radwan unit have recently arrived at one of the military barracks surrounding the village of al-Suhailiya in the northern countryside of Daraa. They came prepared with anti-armour missiles and Iranian-made Ababil drones, …

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What Comes After Hamas?

A Plan to Return the Gaza Strip to Palestinians and Keep Israel Safe Israel’s offensive against the Gaza Strip is ramping up. After the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas spilled out of Gaza to stage a brutal attack on Israel on October 7, the enclave is now under siege. Israel has …

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What Friends Owe Friends

Why Washington Should Restrain Israeli Military Action in Gaza—and Preserve a Path to Peace Israel’s desire to destroy Hamas once and for all is entirely understandable. The terrorist group’s October 7 attacks resulted in the deaths of more than 1,300 Israelis, injuries to thousands more, and the seizure of some …

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Resurrecting Arafat in Beirut?

Hamas, with Hezbollah’s help, is building up a military presence in Lebanon, whose ultimate consequences could be devastating. During the past two years of turmoil in Lebanon, Hezbollah has taken to slowly overturning the accepted postwar norms regarding Lebanon’s policy vis-à-vis the Palestinian refugee camps and the Palestinian issue as …

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Gaza Has Created a Dilemma for Hezbollah

The party has spent almost two decades building up a deterrence capacity, and now may be its prisoner. Since Hamas’ attack against Israeli towns on October 7, and the ensuing Israeli bombardment and military operations in and around Gaza, Hezbollah’s response in southern Lebanon has been mostly restrained. The party …

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The Iron Swords War
Updated to 1 p.m., October 18, 2023

The southern sector: The IDF continued its activity in the Gaza Strip, mainly by conductingairstrikes on terrorist targets of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Terrorist facilitieswere damaged and several senior Hamas terrorist operatives were killed, the most prominentof whom was Ayman Nofal. In the evening the Palestinian Authority reported …

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