Middle East Experience

Washington accused Ibrahim Akil of involvement in the bombing of US marines and kidnapping of American citizens in Lebanon in the 1980s.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Who was Ibrahim Akil, top Hezbollah member killed in Israeli strike?

While Lebanese officials decried the strike, Israeli officials claimed that Hezbollah was “paying the price” for its continued attacks on the northern border.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'New phase of the war': Gallant promises to pursue Hezbollah until evacuated residents return North

US President Joe Biden said Friday he was working to allow people to return to their homes on the Israeli-Lebanon border, in his first comments since a wave of explosions targeting the Hezbollah militia sent tensions soaring.Biden added that it was crucial to keep pushing for a Gaza ceasefire to underpin regional peace, despite a media report that his administration had given up hope of securing a truce before he leaves office in January.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Biden says 'working' to get people back to homes on Israel-Lebanon border

Israel had to "use or lose" Hezbollah beeper bombs; UAE emphasizes ‘realignment’ ahead of Washington visit.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Is there anything Biden can do in the Middle East?

Just a year after announcing that diplomatic ties with Israel were getting closer, Saudi Arabia's de facto leader has shut down talk of normalisation as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spread.The tougher tone from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came the same day that exploding walkie-talkies killed members of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, again raising fears of a wider war.The Iran-backed group blamed Israel and has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces since October in support of Palestinian movement Hamas.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Saudi cools talk of Israel ties as wider war threatens

Iran unveiled a new ballistic missile and an upgraded one-way attack drone at a military parade on Saturday, state media said, amid soaring regional tensions and allegations of arming Russia.Iran stands accused by Western governments of supplying both drones and missiles to Russia for use in its war with Ukraine, a charge it has repeatedly denied.The solid-fuel Jihad missile was designed and manufactured by the aerospace arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and has an operational range of 1,000 kilometres (more than 600 miles), state news agency IRNA said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran unveils new drone, missile amid rising tensions

Sullivan said the Friday strike served justice to Aqil, who was wanted by the US for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than 300 people at the American embassy and a US Marines barracks.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Sullivan says Israel-Lebanon escalation worrying, justice served in strike on Hezbollah

Gaza's civil defence agency reported 21 killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, the latest attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians where the Israeli military said it targeted militants.A spokesman for the civil defence agency, Mahmud Bassal, said more than half the dead at the Gaza City school were children. According to witnesses, a group of orphans had earlier gathered at the building to receive sponsorship from a local aid group.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter kills 21

The current war has done nothing to diminish Naomi’s love for Israel. “If anything, it has made me more patriotic,” she says. “This is my home, and I am here for better and for worse.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Naomi Oren: A journey from Siberia to Israel

After Trump's remarks, IAC CEO Elan Carr spoke alongside US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, the Holocaust scholar Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, about the rise in antisemitism.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IAC highlights October 7 in opening night of summit dominated by Trump