Middle East Experience

Daxa is considered to be the highest-ranking officer to die in ground combat since the start of the war.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 401st Brigade commander Col. Ehsan Daxa killed in northern Gaza

People living near an Israeli army base hit by a Hezbollah drone strike described a loud explosion then multiple ambulances arriving, as fresh rocket fire and air raid sirens sent them rushing to shelters on Monday. Four soldiers were killed Sunday night by a Hezbollah drone at the base in the Binyamina area -- the deadliest strike on Israeli soil since the war between Israel and the Lebanese armed group intensified last month.Emergency services that helped transport the wounded to hospital said more than 60 were injured.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: People near Israeli army base shaken by Hezbollah drone attack

Turkish-American Daron Acemoglu has become Turkey's third Nobel laureate.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkish-American economist Daron Acemoglu wins joint Nobel Prize

Iran said Monday it currently sees "no grounds" for its indirect talks with the United States via intermediary Oman, citing the crisis in the Middle East.In June, Tehran said it had engaged in indirect talks with Washington via Muscat, despite the two countries having no diplomatic relations. US news website Axios reported at the time that officials from Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman "on how to avoid escalating regional attacks".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran says 'no grounds' for indirect talks with US

IDF: 221 out of 1,200 drones have penetrated air defenses since start of war • Golani air base drone spent 30 minutes flying low over highways.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF reports 221 drones landed in Israel amid ongoing threats and Golani base attack

When volunteer Lebanese rescue worker Aya Wehbeh was called to respond to a rare Israeli strike in central Beirut last week, she was terrified it had hit her family home."This period is really tough," the 25-year-old said days after the twin strikes on the Nweiri and Basta districts of the capital left at least 22 dead."I could have ended up pulling my mother, father, aunt or neighbour from the rubble," she said."I've been volunteering for five years but this ongoing offensive in very different from the other years."
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanon rescuers defy danger, lack of resources to keep working

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri was aware in 2022 that Haderech newspaper's salaries were funded illegally through the Shas education system.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Shas leader Deri knew about illegal funding of Shas party newspaper

During the raid, IDF soldiers seized weapons, ammunition, and motorcycles meant for carrying out infiltrations into Israel.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF raids Hezbollah base for planning invasions into northern Israel

We may not be heading for a world war, but we could be heading for a world at war. Here's a look at the big conflicts around the world, and ones that could soon erupt, with nuclear-armed nations.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: A world at war: These are the conflicts and tensions of nuclear-armed nations in 2024

The Lebanese Red Cross said 18 people died in a strike on north Lebanon on Monday, with the health ministry and official media reporting an Israeli raid on the Christian-majority area far from Hezbollah strongholds.A Lebanese security official told AFP the building "housed families displaced from Lebanon's south, and was targeted shortly after a man had arrived in a car".He requested anonymity to discuss sensitive matters."Eighteen dead and four wounded in the strike on Aito," the Red Cross said, referring to a village in the Christian-majority Zgharta district.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Lebanese Red Cross says 18 killed in strike in north