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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


What is Hezbollah planning for the Third Lebanon War?

As Syria continues to disintegrate, the chances increase that a new conflict with Hezbollah will erupt.

A Hezbollah member drives a 4-wheel motorbike mounted with a mock rocket in southern Lebanon in 2015

Hezbollah supporter pegged for next Lebanese president

Lebanon has endured a protracted political crisis since parliament failed to elect a new president two years ago, paralyzing government and causing a breakdown in many basic services.

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah wave Hezbollah and Lebanese flags in south Lebanon

Lessons from the Second Lebanon War

At the end of the day, there are no good wars.

IDF soldiers walk together after leaving Lebanon near the Israel-Lebanon border in August 2006

Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch sets the record straight

Hirsch recently published an English-language book called Defensive Shield. After the war, he resigned from the army.

Gal Hirsch

'In future war, Israel will be hit with biggest rocket salvos seen yet'

"It's not a nightmare, it's a very realistic scenario," says IAF air defense chief Brig.-Gen. Zvika Haimovich.

Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, July 13, 2014

How Israel missed an opportunity to cut off Hezbollah's head

A new book sheds light on an IDF plan to assassinate senior Hezbollah military officials and the man who shot the plan down.

A Hezbollah supporter waves a flag in Beirut's southern suburbs

'Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad was tortured and killed in 1988'

A Lebanese national accused of collaborating with Mossad told a military tribunal that Arad died two years after falling into captivity.

Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad in captivity after his jet went down in Lebanon in 1986

Beirut protesters shout for 'the downfall of the regime' as 'You Stink' campaign sweeps capitol

Their "You Stink" protest campaign was mobilized after the government failed to solve a crisis in trash disposal, leaving piles of refuse rotting in the summer sun.

Protesters start a fire during a protest against corruption and against the government's failure to resolve a crisis over rubbish disposal, near the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon August 23, 2015.

Criticism follows Hirsch’s appointment as chief of police

"The decision is delusional and wrong," says former Jerusalem District police chief.

Gal Hirsch

Local authorities warned of enlarged rocket threat from Hezbollah

In future war with Hezbollah, country could sustain hundreds of fatalities and billions of shekels in damages, Home Front Command says.

An iron dome launches rockets to intercept incoming rockets from Gaza on Tuesday.