Author: Mike Brest

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 Israelis in a terrorist attack the likes of which the country had never seen. Since then, Israel has been determined to eradicate Hamas from Gaza while fending back attacks from Iran and its proxies. The aftermath of the attack has strained relations between the United States and…

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 Israelis in a terrorist attack, the likes of which the country had never seen. Since then, Israel has been determined to eradicate Hamas from Gaza, while fending back attacks from Iran and its proxies. The aftermath of the attack has strained relations between the United States and…

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 Israelis in a terrorist attack, the likes of which the country had never seen. Since then, Israel has been determined to eradicate Hamas from Gaza, while fending back attacks from Iran and its proxies. The aftermath of the attack has strained relations between the United States and…

Iran launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles into Israel Tuesday night in what the regime said was a direct response to the deaths of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps figure. Israelis across the country were ordered to seek shelter, though Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, IDF spokesman, has since said civilians…

Israeli forces have begun localized ground operations in southern Lebanon, the latest development in their conflict with Hezbollah, which could engulf the region. Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari acknowledged on Tuesday for the first time that Israel has carried out “dozens of targeted operations near the border” in southern Lebanon over the…

Hezbollah has been rocked in back-to-back days with exploding electronic devices, including pagers and walkie-talkies. On Tuesday, about a dozen people were killed and approximately 2,800 injured when a batch of pagers that Hezbollah operatives were carrying exploded across Lebanon and Syria. Subsequently, on Wednesday, more electronic devices, including walkie-talkies, suffered a similar fate. The…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly changed some of the terms of a recent U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement, according to Israeli media. Netanyahu is facing continued pressure to agree to a deal that would secure the release of the hostages after Israeli forces recovered the bodies of six who had been executed shortly beforehand last weekend.…

Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Mongolia, a member of the International Criminal Court, this week, disregarding the court’s arrest warrant against him. Putin’s trip, which is set for Sept. 3, will mark his first visit to a country that is a member of the ICC since the arrest warrant was issued against him…

More than a dozen Jewish House Democrats criticized the United Nations in a letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over the exclusion of Israeli and Jewish victims, including the casualties of the Oct. 7 attack, from a recent exhibit honoring victims of terrorism globally. The U.N. commemorated the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to Victims…

America’s allies believe the Biden administration’s credibility is deteriorating on the world stage and that it has lost control of escalation management in conflict zones, namely the Middle East and Ukraine. This Washington Examiner series, Lost Authority, will look at the reasons why. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. The United States’s counterterrorism landscape has changed in the three…