Middle East Experience

The launch from Russia is the latest sign of the growing ties between Tehran and Moscow in a range of sectors.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Russia launches two Iranian satellites into orbit as ties grow

“For a year, I tried to dissuade her from enlisting, but it didn’t work. I am so proud of her," Eshel's mother said.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Sisters of IDF observers murdered by Hamas on October 7 enlist into military

The notes, written in Arabic and found in an undisclosed location, included some 14 pages, with drawings of drones and sections of rockets.  
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Gaza terrorists trained in Iran to learn how to manufacture weapons

Intelligence agencies in Europe have pointed to Moscow as being the source of a series of fires and acts of sabotage in Europe aimed at destabilizing allies of Ukraine.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Exploding parcels in Europe part of plot to target US flights, officials say

Municipal workers began demolishing seven homes in occupied east Jerusalem's Silwan neighbourhood on Tuesday, Palestinian residents and the municipality said, after an Israeli court called their construction illegal."This morning the Jerusalem Municipality, with a security escort from the Israel police, began its enforcement against illegal buildings in the Al-Bustan neighbourhood in Silwan," Jerusalem's Israeli-controlled city hall said in a statement.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel demolishes seven Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem

Officials have been warning Americans about attempts to undermine the election with wrong information and have urged US voters to seek out credible information from reliable sources.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: FBI warns about two fake videos citing terror threats and voter fraud

Concern grew Tuesday for an Iranian student arrested after stripping to her underwear in protest at alleged harassment over her dress, with activists worried authorities could confine her in a psychiatric institution.In videos shared on social media, the woman, a student at Tehran's prestigious Islamic Azad University, was seen protesting outside the campus on Saturday dressed only in her bra and underpants.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Concern grows for Iran woman detained over underwear protest

Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza told AFP on Tuesday that whoever emerges victorious in the US presidential election must end the conflict in the territory, which has taken an appalling human toll."We are hanging by a thread, and like every other people in the world, we are looking for someone who can stop the war," said Ayman al-Omreiti, 45, from Gaza City's Al-Daraj neighbourhood."Our hope is that the American people will choose someone who can end the suffering of the Palestinian people."
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gazans want new US president to end the war

Palestinian officials said Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians during separate operations in the West Bank on Tuesday, with the military confirming it had targeted militants.Two people were killed in the town of Tammun, said Ahmad Assad, governor of the nearby city of Tubas whose jurisdiction includes Tammun."There is a martyr from the air strike whose body is torn to pieces," he told AFP.The Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah confirmed two men had been killed by Israeli forces in Tammun.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Palestinians say Israeli forces kill 7 in West Bank operations

Reporters' Notebook: This is my second time in Jabalya during the war against Hamas. It’s also the second time in the neighborhood with the IDF’s Multi-Dimensional Unit.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Technology, drones and complexity: The IDF’s battle for Jabalya