War of Attrition

What do wars of attrition in the Middle East tell us about the Iran conflict? - analysis

The question is which side can sustain repeated rounds of conflict, absorb the costs, and ultimately translate military pressure into a lasting political and strategic outcome.

Israeli flags are displayed on a building that was damaged during the war against Iran
 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump (illustrative)

Political, economic pressures mount as US-Israel war with Iran continues - opinion

US President Donald Trump gestures at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, March 11, 2026.

The long fight ahead: US, Israel face Iran’s war of attrition - opinion

 KIKAR YONI, Yoni Square in Jerusalem, is named for the heroic Netanyahu brother who fell in the 1976 raid on Entebbe.

This week in Jewish history: Yoni and Entebbe raid, Law of Return passed


Former IDF chief: Israel's situation is worse today than it was during Yom Kippur War

Former IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz: Politicians 'spat in the faces' of bereaved families on Remembrance Day

 FORMER IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz addresses a rally outside the Knesset against the proposed judicial overhaul, last month. He describes the protests as a ‘war of liberation for the State of Israel.’

IDF Artillery Corps pays respects to casualties of the War of Attrition

The IDF Artillery Corps, in the presence of Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, commemorated 50 years to the War of Attrition.

 IDF Artillery Corps soldiers commemorate 50 years to the War of Attrition

Remembering the Rogers Plan and Israel’s forgotten war

A little more than half a century ago, Israel became embroiled in a war that seemed to be without end.

A helicopter waits to fly troops and equipment back after the completion of military action on Egypt’s Shadwan Island in 1970 during the War of Attrition

President Reuven Rivlin visits War of Attrition monument

Rivlin also went on to visit Isfiya and Daliyat al-Karmel, where he met with the towns' mayors

Rivlin in Isfiya

Netanyahu: Israel does not rush to war, but will guarantee its existence

Netanyahu spoke a day after he agreed to a ceasefire in the south, instead of a much wider military campaign against Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking during events for Memorial Day

Honoring the man behind the war

With ‘In Our Hands,’ a film about the battle for Jerusalem during the Six Day War, Arik Achmon discusses the sacrifices he and his comrades made in order for Israel to survive.

From left: a still of present-day Arik Achmon from the movie ‘In Our Hands’; Achmon in uniform during the Six Day War; Idan Barkai, the actor who plays him

To sanction Russia or to make a deal?

The Jerusalem Post

It is serious – it is an American (cold) civil war

The Jerusalem Post

This Week in Israeli History: The Bombing of the King David Hotel, SS Exodus and Operation Boxer

The Jerusalem Post

Crazy plans, daring men

Everything you want in a rip-roaring derring-do narrative of Israel’s combat operations.

A helicopter waits to fly troops and equipment back after the completion of military action on Egypt’s Shadwan Island in 1970 during the War of Attrition