Hezbollah
The U.S.-brokered talks will be delayed “for a few weeks,” according to Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz.
The incoming White House is inheriting a region that has undergone vast changes over the past four years.
In his first-ever interview, IDF Galilee Division commander Brig. Gen. Shlomi Binder shares his perspective on the situation in Israel’s tense north.
No dramatic changes have taken place on the northern front, a senior Israeli security analyst assures JNS, adding that Russia has decided to give Israel a free hand to operate against Iran.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calls on the Lebanese government to allow full access for UNIFIL to all areas in southern Lebanon, as well as the ability to investigate Hezbollah tunnels.
The exercise, part of the 2020 training regimen, saw an increased level of fighter jets, attack helicopters and other aircraft take to the skies during the duration of Lethal Arrow, coupled with a surge in ground military traffic.
The devices were found during bomb sweeps of the demilitarized zone where an Israeli field clinic treated Syrian civilians wounded during their country’s seven-year civil war.
“They are preparing operational plans in anticipation of the next war,” warned Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri, director of Alma’s research department, who tells JNS that Hezbollah is deeply embedded among Syrian military’s forces, using their bases to gather intelligence and prepare military attack plans.
Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, a son-in-law of Lebanese President Michel Aoun, has been targeted for corruption.
The Central European country joins Austria, Germany and Switzerland in outlawing Iran’s proxy in Lebanon in its entirety.
During a visit to the north of the country to observe a large-scale IDF drill, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz also signaled optimism about eventual peace between Israel and Lebanon.
“The few remaining buyers of Iranian crude oil should know that they are helping to fund Iran’s malign activity across the Middle East,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
