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Egyptian media channels widely aired threats against Israel, Tel Aviv, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week as they reacted angrily to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s warning Monday that Israel would destroy Sinai if Egypt attacked Israel, delivered during an interview with the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) news site Hashtiblach. “What will cause Egypt not to attack us? They know that if they attack, there will be no Sinai,” Smotrich told the channel. “It won’t happen again. There is no [Menachem] Begin.” Then-prime minister Menachem Begin made peace with Egypt by signing the historic Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty on March 26, 1979. Under the treaty, Israel…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday, October 4, that he intends to expand Israel’s naval capabilities after hearing from defense officials about the navy’s need for additional submarines, ships, and more during a visit to the Ashdod Naval Base. Netanyahu was accompanied by Defense Minister Israel Katz. The Naval Chief of Staff and the commander of the Ashdod base briefed them on the challenges in the naval arena and the operations of forces in the southern sector, including the patrol squadron and the landing craft company. During the visit, the prime minister and defense minister were also presented with…

New details from the interrogation of Hamam al-Hammami, the Flydubai co-pilot who attempted to hijack a flight from Dubai to Israel, indicate that the terrorist intended to crash the plane into Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport and cause mass casualties, Israeli officials said on Sunday, October 4. For this reason, the officials said, al-Hammami began his hijacking attempt only over Jordan, planning to continue toward Israel so the flight would appear routine. The terrorist is suspected of having planned to approach landing as usual and, only in the final seconds—once it was impossible to intercept the plane—crash it into the terminal.…

With Israel’s sixth submarine now docked at Haifa Naval Base and formally joining Shayetet 7, the Israeli Navy’s submarine flotilla, ynet was given a rare look inside one of the military’s newest and most secretive weapons platforms: INS Drakon. Packed with pipes, intelligence screens, machinery, command systems and narrow passageways, the roughly 70-meter submarine is designed to operate for extended periods far from Israel while remaining almost entirely concealed. INS Drakon arrived in Israel last week after a 24-day voyage from Kiel, Germany. The Navy says the submarine brings with it some of the most advanced technology in its arsenal.…

Recently, a controversial film was released overseas and even won an award at the Venice Film Festival. The film, “The Causality of War,” portrays IDF soldiers and the State of Israel in an extremely negative light, without providing evidence that can be independently examined. The movie is relying, among other things, on anonymous interviews allegedly conducted with 24 low-ranking intelligence soldiers. The film accuses Israel of genocide and of disregarding human life in the Gaza Strip. It focuses on intelligence personnel who provide targets to the air, ground, and naval forces that use this precise intelligence to eliminate immediate terrorist threats to…

The IDF has identified a concerning change in Hamas activity in the Gaza Strip: the terrorist organization is removing weapons from its storage facilities and working to reestablish its military control over the territory, in violation of commitments it made in the ceasefire agreement. Security officials have confirmed the shift. Hamas terrorists have been arriving at weapons storage facilities, removing arms and using them for guarding, security and tightening the organization’s grip on areas of Gaza under its authority. The facilities contain small arms, combat equipment and rockets. In response, the IDF, guided by the Shin Bet, struck three weapons…

A chill has set in between much of Europe and Israel recently over its policies toward Palestinians, but the Alpine nation of Slovenia is bucking the trend. Under nationalist Prime Minister Janez Janša, Slovenia is launching a diplomatic reset of its relationship with Israel, which will send Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to open its first embassy in Ljubljana on Wednesday. It is an about-face from the policies of the previous center-left government, which had been one of the EU’s most critical voices on Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, which it described as “genocide.” The offensive began after the Hamas-led October…

The US Embassy Jerusalem is celebrating America’s 250th birthday during the week of September 6, at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem. Held in partnership with the museum for the second consecutive year, the “Freedom 250” celebration, headed by Ambassador Mike Huckabee, marks a milestone in American history at a defining moment for the US–Israel alliance. The celebration follows an extraordinary period in US–Israel relations. During the war with Iran, the two countries carried out coordinated military operations against a shared regional threat, reflecting an unprecedented level of strategic and operational cooperation between the allies. The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem shares…

Israel and Greece signed a €3 billion ($US 3.48 billion) agreement on Monday for Israel to build an integrated air and missile defense system for Greece, based on technologies Israel has used to defend itself against missile and drone attacks in recent conflicts. The project is expected to take 35 months to complete. Under a separate €26 million agreement, Israel will also supply Greece with Iron Dome systems designed to defend against drones. The deals represent a major step in Greece’s planned “Achilles Shield” air and missile defense network, which will integrate existing systems, including U.S.-built Patriot batteries, with Israeli…

Israeli intelligence officials uncovered a planned Iranian assassination plot against Yair Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with a US official confirming that the operation was to be carried out on American soil. The plot targeted the younger Netanyahu in Florida, where he was living in Hallandale Beach, near Miami. Israeli intelligence exposed the scheme in December 2025. A cell acting on behalf of the regime in Tehran had already arrived in the Miami area and remained in Netanyahu’s vicinity, conducting extensive surveillance and monitoring of both his residence and his daily routine. Once the scale of the…