Middle East Experience

Rocket fire from Lebanon on Tuesday killed two men in their 40s in northern Israel, close to the town of Nahariya, first responders said.Emergency medic Dor Vakinin said a rocket hit a warehouse and that emergency teams arrived on the scene "quickly"."There was a lot of destruction and an active fire," he said. "We performed medical examinations on two men who were lying unconscious and suffering from severe injuries to their bodies. Unfortunately their injuries were too severe and after the examinations, we had to determine the death of both of them."
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanon rocket fire kills two in Israel: first responders

IDF intelligence had been tracking these underground facilities for years, and over recent weeks, the air force focused on destroying them.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF destroys most of Hezbollah weapons sites in Dahiyeh, mainly under civilian locations

“Climate change continues to happen, and it is important that Israel remains part of the efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change,” Behar said.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Despite war, we are leading the fight against climate change, says Israel’s Climate Ambassador

Grossi highlighted that the Islamic Republic continues to increase its 20% and 60% enriched uranium stock as well as the number of cascades it has for enriching uranium in violation of the 2015 deal.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Grossi visits Iran, only after Trump's election in first visit since new Iranian president

Ratcliffe would replace outgoing CIA director Bill Burns, who has led the Biden administration’s push for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage deal.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Trump's CIA pick John Ratcliffe seen as loyalist insider, hawkish on Iran

A CIA official has been charged in connection with a leak of classified US intelligence documents about Israel's plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran, The New York Times reported Wednesday.Asif Rahman, who worked abroad for the Central Intelligence Agency, was arrested in Cambodia by the FBI and was to appear in a federal court in Guam on Thursday, the newspaper said.It said Rahman, who held a top secret security clearance, was indicted in Virginia last week with two counts of willful retention and transmission of national intelligence information.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: CIA official charged in leak of Israel plans to strike Iran: report

The United States is now seeking an enforcement mechanism that would ensure that the only armed body in that area would be the Lebanese Army.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Katz: 'We won’t agree to just any ceasefire, Hezbollah must withdraw beyond Litani river'

Hezbollah’s drones were “ultimately,” the terrorist organization’s “trump card,” despite rockets being employed as their “main weapons.”
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Expert urges Israel to target civilian infrastructure in Lebanon's 'Hezbollah state'

The navy has, numerous times in the past, acknowledged that it carries out surveillance of Israel’s enemies, sometimes at a great distance.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Israel Navy strikes Hezbollah in Beirut, while spying on distant enemies

Sen. John Thune, an institutionalist, will lead Senate Republicans and work alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson to pass the president's policies.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: As Republicans pick leaders to navigate Trump agenda, Mideast policy in focus