Hamas and Hezbollah

Hamas urges Hezbollah to kidnap Israeli soldiers in wake of Knesset passing death penalty bill

Abu Ubaida, a Hamas spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, addressed his message to the Hezbollah terrorist organization, whom he referred to as "the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon."

Hamas terrorists look on as they escort members of the Red Cross towards an area within the so-called "yellow line" to which Israeli troops withdrew under the ceasefire in Gaza City November 12, 2025.
 IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon. January 10, 2025.

Despite rocky history, Israel once again weighing security zone in Lebanon - analysis

Fire and smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes on Kfar Hatta in southern Lebanon, Lebanon, January 11, 2026.

WATCH: IDF kills several Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, strikes command center

 Homes are destroyed, following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel November 2, 2023

My Word: The painful probe into October 7 - opinion


Israel continues to shape the battlefield in Gaza - analysis

On the eighteenth day of the war Israel struggles with the waiting phrase before an expected ground incursion; dealing with humanitarian issues and continued strikes 

 Palestinians inspect the site of Israeli strikes on a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2023

IDF strikes over 230 terror targets on two fronts, prepares for Gaza invasion

Anti-tank fire increasingly a threat, as Hezbollah announces two more deaths and the IDF strikes 320 targets in Gaza.

 IDF armored and infantry reserve units in military training in Golan Heights before heading South to the Gaza Strip, northern Golan Heights on October 8, 2023

IDF soldiers seriously injured after anti-tank missile impact near Lebanon

The strike on the target was in retaliation for a morning missile launch toward Israeli forces.

 Israeli soldiers near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 10, 2023.

Israeli soldiers 'will soon see Gaza from the inside,' Gallant says

"We are alert," said Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, "and if Hezbollah wants to start a war, it should first look at the photographs of Gaza City."

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Israeli soldiers at a staging area not far from the Israeli-Gaza border, October 19, 2023.

Israel’s regional strategy amid Hamas war

Israel’s challenge today goes far beyond defeating Hamas, with the IDF also needing to keep it from expanding to the North and the West Bank, and keeping Iran from exploiting it.

 IDF sniper at the Gaza border.

Nasrallah meets Hamas, PIJ to unite terror front against Israel

The reports from Lebanon said that the meeting included discussions of "political developments especially in Palestine."

 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen during a rally marking al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day) in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon April 14, 2023

Israel's enemies see opportunity in its crisis

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a speech on Monday, said Israel was on a "path of collapse and fragmentation."

 Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, carry flags as they ride in a convoy, marking the commemoration of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Houla village, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, May 25, 2023

Make no mistake – Israel no longer decides when wars are fought - analysis

Hamas learned in a more systematic way, with Iran and Hezbollah assisting, how to instigate its own ring of fire around Jerusalem.

 Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a rally during the 35th anniversary of Hamas founding, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 14, 2022.

Israel assassinated Islamic Jihad member in Syria, PIJ claims

The alleged assassination comes just a day after the secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad movement met with Hassan Nasrallah.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants attend a military parade in Gaza October 19, 2016.

PA doubles down on decision to end security coordination

The Palestinian Authority's decision to end security coordination with Israel came as a response to the killing of nine Palestinians during an Israeli military raid in Jenin Refugee Camp.

 Arab Israelis protest in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp, in Umm al-Fahm, January 27, 2023.