Izz al-Deen al-Haddad was until the other day the head of the military wing of Hamas, the successor to Yahya Sinwar, and the last of the leaders of the Oct. 7 attack still alive in Gaza. Haddad had been one of the chief architects of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, and the IDF had […]
US and Iran Are Heading for the Last Round-Up
Iranian negotiators have made clear to the Trump administration that while Iran is willing to discuss possible limits to its nuclear programs, it will not discuss the other items that the Americans demand be considered, including ending Iran’s ballistic missile discussion, its support for proxies, including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis […]
IDF Chief Warns of Iran’s Buildup of Ballistic Missiles
The Iranians have been busily rebuilding their store of ballistic missiles that the IDF so devastated in the Twelve-Day War in July. And it is that threat, and not the nuclear one that has been set back by several years, that is now preoccupying Israel’s defense chiefs. More on the warning just given by IDF […]
IDF Wants to End Gaza War Within 2-3 Weeks
Maj.-Gen.Eyal Zamiar and his associates, the Jerusalem Post has learned, want the war in Gaza to end within two to three weeks. Their thinking is as follows: first, in such an arrangement all of the living hostages, not just a few as is currently being discussed, would come home, ending the stress and divisions in […]
On IDF commandos in Iran
The very word “commando” brings to mind, or to the palpebral cinema, a multitude of Hollywood scenes. Deeds of derring-do in foreign lands with visions of determined officers (Gregory Peck? Gary Cooper?), and their men appropriately named to display the American melting pot — Rodriguez, Cohen, Endicott, and O’Houlihan — crawling in a moonless night […]