Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
Israel hints it could hit Iran’s ‘air force’ in Syria
Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Israel released details on Tuesday about what it described as an Iranian 'air force' deployed in neighboring Syria, including civilian planes suspected of transferring arms, a signal that these could be attacked should tensions with Tehran escalate.
Europe to Hamas: Disarm and we’ll rebuild Gaza
Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2018
European groups recently passed on to Hamas a wide-reaching proposition to solve the humanitarian crises in Gaza, The Jerusalem Post's sister publication Maariv reported on Monday.
Israeli Airstrikes Target Iran’s Presence, Drones in Syria
Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2018
In recent months, Israel-Iran tensions have evolved from covert and proxy battles to direct confrontations. Early Monday, Israel targeted the Syrian regime's T-4 military air base in Homs, killing at least seven Iranian personnel. One of the fatalities…
Abbas sets conditions for hearing out Trump’s anticipated peace plan
Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday the Ramallah-based Palestinian leadership will only engage with the Trump administration’s anticipated peace plan if it backs a two-state solution and recognizes east Jerusalem as the capital of 'the State…
Assad regime places tanks, artillery in buffer zone with Israel
Posted on Friday, April 6, 2018
The Bashar Assad regime is preparing an offensive to retake southern Syria and the Syrian Golan Heights from rebel groups and has reportedly placed tanks and heavy artillery inside the demilitarized buffer zone on the country’s border with…
Mossad chief ‘100 percent certain’ Iran still seeks nuclear bomb
Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2018
The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency is '100 percent certain' that Iran remains committed to developing a nuclear bomb and believes the international community must change or scrap its nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.
7 Gazans said killed, 500 wounded amid massive border protests
Posted on Friday, March 30, 2018
Seven Palestinians were killed and some 500 were wounded by Israeli rubber bullets and live fire in the Gaza Strip on Friday, as a series of massive protests intensified along the security fence surrounding the Hamas-controlled enclave, Palestinian…