Middle East Experience

"Chamish Hakunach gach!" and "Cheag Sameach" branches of the UK and Irish government wished Jewish communities celebrating Hanukkah.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: UK, Irish government Hanukkah greetings fumbles mocked by celebrants

Ben-Gvir’s comments follow Tuesday’s stormy Knesset session, where Otzma Yehudit voted against the coalition and the "trapped profits" bill, which narrowly passed by a single vote. 
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'I won't back down': Ben-Gvir slams Smotrich, coalition after stormy Knesset vote

Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will publish her autobiography and is working on a book on women held like her on political charges, she said in an interview published Thursday."I've finished my autobiography and I plan to publish it. I'm writing another book on assaults and sexual harassment against women detained in Iran. I hope it will appear soon," Mohammadi, 52, told French magazine Elle.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to publish two books

Israel struck a declared humanitarian zone in southern Gaza overnight, which rescuers on Thursday said killed the head of the Palestinian territory's Hamas-run police force, his deputy and nine others.Gaza's civil defence agency said two other Israeli strikes elsewhere in the territory later on Thursday killed 14 Palestinians.The Israeli military confirmed it had carried out the overnight strike on the area of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, which it said targeted deputy police chief Hussam Shahwan over his alleged role in planning attacks against Israeli troops.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill police chief, two dozen others

The dig at Dewars Farm Quarry found five extensive trackways, one of which measured more than 150 meters in length.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Jurassic highway: Hundreds of dinosaur footprints found in UK quarry

In August 2024, the IDF decided that it should explore a special forces combined ground and air operation to destroy the facility, which ended up occurring on September 8.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: A timeline: IDF special op. against Iranian missile production facility in Syria

IDF's Shaldag unit dismantles Iranian missile factory in Syria, preventing the production of hundreds of long-range missiles in a high-stakes operation.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Inside the IDF's strike on Iran's Syrian missile factory: Shaldag's high-stakes operation

Without air force operations plowing the road through the various air defenses over time, the area around the Maysaf facility would have been a no-go-zone for Israeli aircraft.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: How the IDF beat Syrian air defenses around the key Iran missile facility

Saleh al-Arouri was killed on January 2, 2024 in a strike widely attributed to Israel.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Al Arouri elimination anniversary: Hamas calls on Palestinians to follow footsteps of ‘martyrs’

The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday that dozens of its troops were flown into Syria in September to destroy an underground missile factory funded by Iran.The military, which rarely comments on its activities inside Syria, said in a statement that the September 8 raid involved more than 100 Israeli commando soldiers who dismantled the facility in the Masyaf area near the Mediterranean coast.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported at the time that 27 people were killed in the raid. The Israeli military did not disclose any casualty figure.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel confirms Syria raid on Iran-funded missile factory in September