A senior Israeli official says the government is working with allies in a renewed push to win the freedom of an Israeli-Russian researcher who is believed to have been kidnapped in Iraq nearly two years ago.

Israel is rallying international allies to secure the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian researcher kidnapped in Iraq nearly two years ago.

Neanderthals relied on strategic ambushes that required explosive strength and precision, allowing them to overpower large prey such as lions, cave bears, and prehistoric elephants.

Israeli officials have called for dividing Syria into small autonomous regions and have proposed a federal model for the country. In the following article, I respond to these esteemed Israeli officials by explaining why the federal model is unsuitable for Syria, just as it failed in Iraq.

As the new year begins, Israel will need to find a strategy for the war in Gaza. Several factors are at play in this decision. First, the war has gone on for more than fifteen months since it began with the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7,

Tehran dominated much of the region through loyal armed groups; burned by Lebanon trauma, Israel moved away from that approach, but now leaders talk of alliances with minorities

Iran is weaker and more vulnerable than it has been in decades, likely since its decadelong war with Iraq or even since the 1979 revolution. This weakness has reopened the debate about how the United States and its partners should approach the challenges posed by Iran.

During the last year, Iranian-backed forces have launched one-way attack drones, rockets and missiles at U.S. facilities in Iraq in response to Israel’s military operations in Gaza and Lebanon. In September, the U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi ...

The strikes crossed into Israel in the area of Ein Zeitim, as well as in the city of Safed and a series of moshavs in northern Israel. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Heavy missile rockets attack that ...

Given Saudi Arabia concluded a modus vivendi with Iran in 2023, Israel cannot strike Iran by transiting Saudi airspace. It must follow a corridor over Syria and Iraq instead. When combined with long-range radars based in Iran, Iraqi air defenses ...

It is abundantly clear that there is no genocide in Gaza. There is no intent nor actions by Israel to conduct a genocide. Actually the opposite is true, Israel has done more to protect civilians and care for civilians in Gaza while Hamas does everything to get civilians killed and to prevent Israel’s humanitarian aid from reaching them.

Behrouz Esbati says now-ousted Syrian leader refused multiple requests to let Iran-backed militias attack from country after October 7; acknowledges regime’s fall a ‘very big blow’ The post Iranian general says Assad blocked Tehran’s effort to open Syrian front against Israel appeared first on The Times of Israel.