Browsing: War in Israel

Senior U.S. Army ground forces commanders watched nervously as a swarm of drones advanced toward them. Forty-nine drones flying at high speed in perfect coordination presented a difficult threat to counter. Beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads in the Arizona desert heat. Then the operator pressed a button and a high-powered microwave beam was fired at the swarm, bringing all of them down at once. “It fried them,” as the common phrase goes. That 2024 event was a demonstration of the Leonidas defense system by the U.S. company Epirus, showcasing the capabilities of high-power microwave technology, or HPM. Early…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told troops in the southern Lebanon security zone on Tuesday that the military would remain in the area for the foreseeable future, crediting the soldiers’ work for the recent agreement between Israel, Lebanon, and the US that demands Hezbollah’s disarmament to enable an Israeli withdrawal. “If you identify a threat to your security, to your lives, or to the lives of your soldiers — act. Do not wait. Act. That is an ironclad directive,” Netanyahu told troops during the visit, according to a statement from his office. The visit also included Defense Minister Israel Katz and…

A new television survey finds that a large majority of Israelis remain deeply mindful of the nation’s security nearly three years after the October 7, 2023, massacre. Asked whether they fear that another disaster on the scale of that onslaught could occur in the future, 74 percent of respondents said yes, while 20 percent said no. The October 7 attack saw thousands of terrorists storm southern Israel, murdering some 1,200 people and seizing 251 hostages. In the years since, Israel has waged sweeping campaigns against its enemies in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. The survey, aired Friday, June 26, also…

For decades, Hezbollah quietly constructed a sprawling tunnel network beneath Lebanese soil, a flagship project whose true scale is only now coming into focus. The underground system was built to conceal missiles, living quarters, food supplies, weapons, and an entire raid plan awaiting the order to strike. Former Israeli sector commanders describe an infrastructure far larger than earlier estimates suggested. Much of the threat, they caution, still lies ahead. Major General (res.) Yitzhak Gershon explained that tunnels run throughout Lebanon and were designed to hide hundreds of operatives capable of raiding the Galilee within hours. Had Hezbollah joined the October…

In Israel today, technology is not just an industry. It is a lens through which the entire country can be understood. “The whole world runs through tech,” said James Spiro, a former CTech reporter who now runs an independent media platform called The Spiro Circle. Spiro was interviewed on the ILTV Podcast. Spiro spent five years reporting on Israel’s innovation economy, writing around 1,800 stories, conducting 350 interviews, and moderating seven conferences during his time at the now-defunct tech news site. Today, he argues that technology provides a powerful way to understand how Israel evolves during moments of crisis and…

The  Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee chairman, MK Simcha Rothman, said on Wednesday that work had begun on the planned court complex in Atarot, where hundreds of terrorists suspected of taking part in the October 7 massacre are expected to stand trial in a proceeding expected to pose extraordinary legal, logistical, and security challenges. Rothman, who co-sponsored the law with Yisrael Beytenu MK Yulia Malinovsky, toured the designated site in the Atarot industrial zone in northern Jerusalem, where he said that preparations had begun for the court complex. Rothman said the tour was joined by Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yair Barkat, who…

New secret Hamas internal documents have been provided by IDF intelligence to the Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Research Institute, which provided them exclusively to The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.An analysis by the Amit Center includes six documents viewed by the Post, of which three are covered in this article, showing the progression of Hamas’s secret plans from 2022 to 2023 to systematically deceive Israel into complacency so as to surprise the IDF during the October 7 massacre. Although much is already known by now about Hamas’s deception, these original documents have not previously been made public and reveal a variety of new pieces of the…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday released an official map outlining the security zone where its troops are currently operating in southern Lebanon. According to the IDF, Israeli forces are deployed up to approximately 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) inside Lebanese territory. The military said the deployment is based on operational requirements aimed at addressing security threats along Israel’s northern border. The published map indicates that Israeli forces remain present in several areas of southern Lebanon and have not recently withdrawn from those positions. An IDF spokesperson also stated that the maritime security zone is considered an extension of the…

The incoming Judea Brigade commander, Col. D., completed in recent days his first brigade-level exercise since assuming the role. The exercise was designed to test and train the brigade commander’s command-and-control capabilities, alongside staff officers who assist in managing operational incidents in the sector. As part of the exercise, a wide range of defensive scenarios were practiced across the brigade area, alongside offensive operations and efforts to engage various threats. The forces were required to deal with changing situations and respond to multiple incidents simultaneously. Battalion commanders operating in the sector, local security coordinators (Rashatzim), and special units that the…

Sirens sounded across northern Israel on the evening of Sunday, June 7, after Iran violated the ceasefire and fired three missile barrages — ten missiles in all — toward the Jewish state. The IDF said every missile was intercepted. Magen David Adom teams treated two people hurt while hurrying to shelter. The launches came after an Israeli strike on Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s Dahieh district and a wave of threats from senior Iranian figures. In response, the Home Front Command tightened guidelines nationwide, shifting the country to a stricter posture, and Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced that classes and matriculation…