So far, the IDF is sticking with its initial decision not to order evacuations, but army officials noted that the IDF’s success with interceptions has been ‘very partial,’ and that a ‘long war’ is likely
Category: 3. Middle East
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IDF officials admit military struggling to intercept Hezbollah drones from Lebanon
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The vulnerability of Iran’s oil, gas lifeline
For the first time since the war began, the IDF has struck 30 fuel storage facilities belonging to the Iranian military, undermining Tehran’s claims that these installations were purely civilian infrastructure.Beyond the immediate smoke and…
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Iran war unlikely to drive Gulf states toward Israel
Since the outbreak of the recent Iran-Israel war, some analysts have suggested that the confrontation may drive Gulf States towards normalization with the Jewish State.This argument centers on the idea that Iran’s unprecedented targeting of its…
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Purim in Israel Was Canceled Because of the Iran War. Or Was It?
Purim is the most cheerful holiday on the Jewish calendar. Every year Israelis come up with clever, bold and outrageous costumes, many of them taking aim at the country’s political and public dramas of the moment, and events and parties usually…
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Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rockets
What is Israel’s best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert?
The Middle East war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran has provoked waves of retaliatory Iranian fire as well as…
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Iran beauty pageant figure praises Israel at London rally
Roxana Mohammadgholinezhad, a Europe-based Iranian activist, whom is known as “Miss Grand Iran”, joined an anti-regime rally in London, waved an Israeli flag, praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the IDF, and Israel, and said the voices of…
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Wave of settler attacks against Palestinian herders reported in central West Bank
Rural Palestinian communities north of Jerusalem have been enduring a series of attacks by extremist settlers in the last three days, with residents and human rights activists reporting a slew of assaults and harassment.
On Friday, Jewish…
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‘Nowhere safe’ after Israeli strike on central Beirut hotel
In central Beirut’s Ramada hotel, a few metres away from Lebanon’s landmark Pigeon Rocks, no one expected an Israeli strike to disturb the relative safety of this touristy area.
The rock formation, which comprises a natural arch and neighbouring…
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Trump wants to decide on Iran's next ruler, but may soon find out no one wants the job
Iran’s protest movements remain unripe and lack the leadership needed to seize power. Trump’s statements about approving the country’s next leader may evoke memories of darker times before the Islamic Republic, when foreign powers helped restore…
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Iranian army says at least 104 killed in US attack on Iranian warship last week
March 8 (Reuters) – The Iranian army said on Sunday that at least 104 people were killed and 32 were wounded in an attack by the U.S. on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast last week.
A U.S. submarine sank the frigate Dena in the Indian Ocean…
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