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Maneuvers included airborne-combat scenarios, including “removing” Hezbollah forces that “infiltrated” the Mount Hermon sector.
Israel’s alleged ongoing disruptions of Iranian oil-smuggling to Syria, which enabled a terror financing channel to Hezbollah, and Tehran’s resulting retaliation may have set off alarm bells in the Biden administration ahead of new nuclear talks.
“I think we should have done it already,” says the São Paulo Chamber of Deputies member and son of the Brazilian president during a visit to Israel. “But right after I return [to Brazil], I will put the matter back on the table.”
The nation’s currency has dropped 85 percent since 2019 with the monthly salary of a soldier or police officer down to $120 from $800.
Despite challenges posed by the pandemic, the military has been holding large-scale war-training exercises as it makes sure to possess sufficient capabilities to deal with all kinds of current threats.
As development of the Arrow 4 defense system gets underway, a new report examines Israel’s readiness for the “extreme scenario” of a multi-front missile blitz. If the public’s behavior during the pandemic is any indication, says IDF Brig. Gen. Udi Dekel, Israel is woefully unprepared.
A new IDF course puts into practice the “Victory” concept, which calls for an unprecedented integration of units from different branches.
The apparent Iranian attack on an Israeli-owned civilian cargo ship is a wider threat against shipping and comes as part of retaliation for the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist. Meanwhile, Iranian proxy warfare against the United States has returned to the region.
Pentagon spokesperson Jon Kirby said the airstrikes near the Syrian-Iraqi border were “proportionate” and defensive.
A speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and a video released a day later showing targets in Israel are designed to falsely legitimize the terror group’s use of human shields, states Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri of the Alma Center, which exposed four new missile sites in Beirut.
“We must examine and designate the right timing for taking action against the precision-weapon project in the understanding that it can trigger a broad conflagration,” says former MID chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, who now heads the Institute for National Security Studies.
“I warn that even the game of ‘a few days of fighting’ will be dangerous for the Israelis and would lead them to undesirable consequences,” declares Hassan Nasrallah.
