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The Israeli military pressed its ground incursion into southern Lebanon on Tuesday, calling the operations “limited ...

Military defeats matter. Israel’s inexcusable complacency on Oct. 7, 2023, allowed Hamas, a terrorist force with a small ...

Gaza Hezbollah has yet to announce plans for the funeral of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air ...

Recent security measures have also been strengthened in Basra, Iraq's southern port, amid concerns that it could be a target ...

As tension escalated after IDF eliminated Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah, Israel launched an all-out attack on Hezbollah. Recently, the Palestinian militant group, Hamas said, an Israeli strike ...

Israel's widely expected ground invasion of Lebanon appeared to be getting underway early on Tuesday as its military said ...

The IDF announced the beginning of "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids" targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

The IDF said in a statement that it had begun "limited, localised, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence" ...

Broadly speaking, there exist two kinds of war: choice and/or necessity.

Israel’s apparently impending ground incursion into Lebanon will drive home a new strategic reality of a year of war — the once-mighty US is powerless to rein in its ally or to influence other major ...

The Israeli military has launched what it called a "limited, localized" ground offensive in southern Lebanon against the Iran ...