Middle East
U.S. identifies Navy SEALS KIA while intercepting an Iranian arms shipment off the coast of Somalia • Iran “very directly involved” in Houthi attacks, says head of U.S. 5th Fleet.
“Who told you that we do not attack in Iran?” Netanyahu asked.
A senior Quds Force intelligence officer was among those killed in Damascus.
The attack took place after the Biden administration announced plans to re-designate the Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen as a terrorist organization.
The Israeli prime minister reportedly dismissed the proposal, brought to him by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
A two-state solution is part of “the basic recipe” for peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, said the U.S. National Security Advisor.
Observers say Iran was an intended target audience of last week’s strikes; Egypt’s Suez Canal records major drop in sea traffic and revenue.
Monday’s salvo comes as Washington and its partners face off against Iran and its proxies in Yemen, Syria and Iraq, as Tehran supports Hamas.
“The IRGC made a mistake. They crossed the thin red line between being daring and too aggressive,” says Israeli analyst.
For 18 years, Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee has been at the forefront of the military’s public diplomacy effort.
The council roundly rejected a series of Russian amendments, including one attempting to shift the blame for the Red Sea attacks to Israel.
Harel Manshari, one of the co-founders of the Shin Bet’s cyber unit, tells JNS that while China is an important country for Israel, it is no friend of the Jewish state.
