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The drone gap: Israel's defense giants aren't building the weapon this war demands - analysis

Why Israel’s world-leading defense industry is failing to deliver the one weapon modern warfare demands most

A member of the Lava Unmanned Systems Regiment, Norman, poses for a photograph with a Bulava strike drone, a kamikaze UAV capable of carrying a 3.5-kilogram payload with a range of up to 100 kilometers in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.Premium
Two IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.

Hezbollah’s rock-cut tunnels under Beaufort Castle expose decades of UNIFIL failure - analysis

US officials, along with Israeli and Lebanese envoys, participate in the signing ceremony in Washington on June 26. While the agreement has been termed a diplomatic breakthrough, no direct public interaction between the Israeli and Lebanese envoys was documented.PremiumPremium

To disarm Hezbollah, Lebanon must first dismantle its parallel state - analysis

(ILLUSTRATIVE) AN IDF soldier aiming out of a window in southern Lebanon.

IDF reservist severely wounded during altercation with terrorist near Bint Jbail


Ancient cistern mistaken for Hezbollah tunnel near northern Israel border

"When you see a hole in the ground next to the fence, you instinctively think of Hezbollah tunnels. This kind of anxiety doesn’t fade easily," a Shlomi resident commented.

 The entrance to Shlomi

Voices from the Arab press: Trump's Muslim Brotherhood designation

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

ALI AKBAR VELAYATI (2nd L), top Iranian adviser on international affairs, attends a World Federation of Resistance Scholars conference on ‘resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy,’ in Beirut, 2016.

'A ticking time bomb': Experts warn Israel, Lebanon border is one misstep away from conflict

Israel is accelerating targeted strikes against Hezbollah positions, leading to Lebanon filing an urgent complaint to the UN Security Council, in a moment of increasing friction.

A UN vehicle drives near a concrete wall along Lebanon's southern border which, as seen from northern Israel, November 16, 2025

Lebanon demands Israeli strikes stop, but does not address Hezbollah disarmament - analysis

The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon should mean that there are no Israeli strikes against Hezbollah, but that would only stop when the Lebanese Gov't starts disarming them.

 Smoke billows from Nabatieh district, following Israeli strikes, according to two Lebanese security sources, as seen from Marjayoun, in southern Lebanon, May 8, 2025.

Netanyahu calls to accelerate Gaza ops., State Dept. fires press officer over Gaza policy disputes

Dermer meets Qataris in France • Four IDF soldiers injured by hand grenade explosion in southern Syria • Ultra-Orthodox Jews block central Israel highways, protest outside military prison

 An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Hezbollah a ‘cancer,’ Iran a threat, US deputy envoy Ortagus tells Arab media

In an interview with Al Arabiya, Morgan Ortagus urged Hezbollah's disarmament, calling it a 'cancer' blocking Lebanon's recovery, and accused Iran of fueling regional instability.

 U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus attends a press briefing by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2019.

Thailand names four Thai nationals killed by Hezbollah rocket fire

A series of launches that had allegedly fallen into "open areas" had actually fallen into agricultural sites in the region.

 Thai workers in Otef. "The Thais call and want to return, but no one here handles the procedure"

IDF intercepts three Hezbollah missiles fired at central Israel, strikes launchers

The missiles caused sirens to activate in 182 localities across central Israel.

 Remains of a Hezbollah surface-to-surface missile that was intercepted and landed in Holon

Hezbollah's cryptic message to northern residents may have hinted drone attack near Binyamina

Hezbollah's drone attack near Binyamina wounded 67 people, with four in critical condition.

 A message from Hezbollah following the drone attack near Binyamina that wounded 67 people.

Hezbollah beeper attack: Israel's psychological warfare - opinion

Israel must continue applying psychological pressure on Hezbollah and Lebanon to exploit the group's vulnerabilities and eventually break its resolve to fight.

 HEZBOLLAH DEPUTY LEADER Sheikh Naim Qassem leads prayers at the funeral on Sunday, in Beirut, of Ibrahim Aqil and Mahmoud Hamad, killed in Friday’s Israeli air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs.