April 8, 2016
7:44 pm

File: The Soviet- and Russian-made Buk-M1-2 air defense system, also known as the SA-17 (CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons)

If Hezbollah has the SA-17, it’s a ‘big deal,’ expert says

German journalist claims Shiite terrorist group acquired advanced surface-to-air missile system, despite alleged Israeli attempts to stop it

By Judah Ari Gross

February 18, 2016
12:01 am

An IDF drone landing in an airfield on the Golan Heights, January 20, 2015. (Jack Guez/AFP)

Report: Israeli missiles hit Syrian army outpost near Damascus

Syrian military source denies strikes; no immediate reports on casualties or nature of targets

By Times of Israel staff

November 24, 2015
7:33 pm

An Israeli F-16 during an exercise on November 25, 2013. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)

Report: Israel strikes Hezbollah positions in Syria, killing 13

According to unconfirmed reports, eight fighters, five Syrian soldiers die in four IAF raids Monday; ‘dozens’ said injured

By Times of Israel staff

April 27, 2015
9:10 pm

Soldiers patrol on the Israeli-Syrian border near the town of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, on April 26, 2015, after armed forces killed four militants trying to plant a bomb near the border. (photo credit: AFP/Jalaa Marey)

Brothers killed in thwarted border attack sons of Israeli Druze

Thaer and Nazih Mahmoud, hit by IAF aircraft in attempt to cross from Syria, plant explosives, were sons of former security prisoner

By Tamar Pileggi

April 27, 2015
2:51 pm

A Syrian watches an interview of Hassan Nasrallah screened on Syria's official television channel Al-Ikhbariya on April 6, 2015 in Damascus. (AFP/STR)

New attacks show blurring of Lebanese, Syrian fronts

Hezbollah, now ruling Lebanon, doesn’t want large-scale conflict with Israel, but does want to deter IDF from ‘crossing red lines’

By Avi Issacharoff

April 3, 2015
9:08 am

From left: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini; Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif; British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond; and US Secretary of State John Kerry line up for a press announcement at the nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)

Nuclear deal leaves Israel with few options

The immediate result of the Iran agreement will not be a sprint to the bomb but an emboldened posture by Tehran across the region

By Mitch Ginsburg

March 15, 2015
8:26 pm

Amos Yadlin, right, and Zionist Union leader MK Isaac Herzog at an election campaign media event, February 22, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Zionist Union’s soft-spoken nuclear bombardier

Amos Yadlin, the center-left’s candidate for defense minister, played a key role in destroying two previous Middle Eastern nuclear programs — and insists Israel can destroy a third

By Haviv Rettig Gur

February 5, 2015
4:12 am

Israel's Ambassador Ron Prosor addresses the United Nations General Assembly, January 22, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)

UN Security Council condemns killing of Spanish peacekeeper

Israeli envoy blasts council’s failure to censure Hezbollah over attack, or mention deaths of IDF soldiers

By AP

February 4, 2015
10:20 pm

Iranian mourners carry the coffin of Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, a commander of the Islamic republic's Revolutionary Guards killed in an Israeli air strike on the weekend on Syria, during his funeral procession in Tehran on January 21, 2015. (AFP/ATTA KENARE)

Israel said to ask Iran to show restraint after Syria attack

Senior Iranian official says Tehran received message asking for a de-escalation of tensions along Lebanese border

By Tamar Pileggi

February 1, 2015
1:19 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on February 01, 2015. (Photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)

No one immune from Israeli preemptive strikes, says PM

In strongest hint yet of IDF’s responsibility for Jan. 18 Golan attack, Netanyahu tells cabinet Israel will ‘continue to act’

By Times of Israel staff

February 1, 2015
9:14 am

Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, attends a meeting of Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 17, 2013. (AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, File)

Powerful Iran general met with Hezbollah chief after Golan strike

Lebanese media report Qassem Soleimani paid condolence visit to graves of Hezbollah fighters killed in attack before sit down with Nasrallah

By Times of Israel staff

January 29, 2015
9:08 am

The site where two Israeli soldiers were killed when an IDF patrol came under anti-tank fire from Hezbollah operatives in the northern Mount Dov region, along the Israeli border with Lebanon, on January 28, 2015. (photo credit: Basal Awidat/Flash90)

Hezbollah conveys to Israel it does not want escalation

United Nations delivers message to Israeli leaders; officials on both sides of border announce return to routine

By Times of Israel staff

January 28, 2015
10:31 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at a cornerstone laying ceremony for a new neighborhood in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. January 28, 2015. (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Why a war in the north could mean the fall of Netanyahu

Recent conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza ended inconclusively, to public dismay. A repeat during an election campaign could have decisive political consequences

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 25, 2015
10:45 pm

Isaac Herzog leading a Labor Party meeting in the Knesset, December 1, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Herzog appears to publicly confirm Syria strike

Opposition head boasts he was ‘briefed on the operation,’ in apparent reference to bombing that killed Iranian general

By Times of Israel staff

January 20, 2015
7:01 pm

Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah speaking in southern Beirut, November 3, 2014. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Are Israel and Hezbollah on the brink of war?

Topic: Israeli strike on Syria

If Hezbollah has the SA-17, it’s a ‘big deal,’ expert says

German journalist claims Shiite terrorist group acquired advanced surface-to-air missile system, despite alleged Israeli attempts to stop it

Report: Israeli missiles hit Syrian army outpost near Damascus

Syrian military source denies strikes; no immediate reports on casualties or nature of targets

Report: Israel strikes Hezbollah positions in Syria, killing 13

According to unconfirmed reports, eight fighters, five Syrian soldiers die in four IAF raids Monday; ‘dozens’ said injured

Brothers killed in thwarted border attack sons of Israeli Druze

Thaer and Nazih Mahmoud, hit by IAF aircraft in attempt to cross from Syria, plant explosives, were sons of former security prisoner

New attacks show blurring of Lebanese, Syrian fronts

Hezbollah, now ruling Lebanon, doesn’t want large-scale conflict with Israel, but does want to deter IDF from ‘crossing red lines’

Nuclear deal leaves Israel with few options

The immediate result of the Iran agreement will not be a sprint to the bomb but an emboldened posture by Tehran across the region

Zionist Union’s soft-spoken nuclear bombardier

Amos Yadlin, the center-left’s candidate for defense minister, played a key role in destroying two previous Middle Eastern nuclear programs — and insists Israel can destroy a third

UN Security Council condemns killing of Spanish peacekeeper

Israeli envoy blasts council’s failure to censure Hezbollah over attack, or mention deaths of IDF soldiers

Israel said to ask Iran to show restraint after Syria attack

Senior Iranian official says Tehran received message asking for a de-escalation of tensions along Lebanese border

No one immune from Israeli preemptive strikes, says PM

In strongest hint yet of IDF’s responsibility for Jan. 18 Golan attack, Netanyahu tells cabinet Israel will ‘continue to act’

Powerful Iran general met with Hezbollah chief after Golan strike

Lebanese media report Qassem Soleimani paid condolence visit to graves of Hezbollah fighters killed in attack before sit down with Nasrallah

Hezbollah conveys to Israel it does not want escalation

United Nations delivers message to Israeli leaders; officials on both sides of border announce return to routine

Why a war in the north could mean the fall of Netanyahu

Recent conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza ended inconclusively, to public dismay. A repeat during an election campaign could have decisive political consequences

Herzog appears to publicly confirm Syria strike

Opposition head boasts he was ‘briefed on the operation,’ in apparent reference to bombing that killed Iranian general

Are Israel and Hezbollah on the brink of war?

From the web Despite the mutual threats, an escalation is unlikely, but a retaliation in some form is anticipated, The Telegraph reports

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