Syrians angry at Israel

Published on May 7, 2013

Khalil Sharif wants everyone to stay out of his country’s business.

Israel launches air strike on Gaza; First since truce

Published on April 2, 2013

Israel launched an air strike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first such attack since an eight-day war in November, Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the territory, and Israel's military said.

Israel said to have attacked Syrian weapons transport

Published on January 30, 2013

Israeli planes reportedly struck a Syrian weapons transport on the Lebanese border amid increasing fears that the country’s chemical weapons stockpile could fall into the hands of Hezbollah.

Israel launches Gaza offensive, kills Hamas commander

Published on November 14, 2012

Israel launched a major offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing the military commander of Hamas in an air strike and threatening an invasion of the enclave that the Islamist group vowed would "open the gates of hell."

Israel says 80 rockets fired at it from Gaza

Published on October 24, 2012

Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza on Wednesday and an Israeli air strike killed a militant, a day after the Emir of Qatar made a rare visit to the enclave's Hamas leadership.

Cross-border violence continues between Israel and Gaza

Published on June 22, 2012

An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two men in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Israel and Hamas medical officials said, two days after an Egyptian-brokered truce had calmed an outbreak of cross-border violence.

IDF: Gaza strike killed terrorist planning attack on Egypt border

Published on December 8, 2011

An Israeli air strike on a car killed two militants and wounded two other men on a crowded Gaza street Thursday, the Israeli army and local medical officials said.

Sudan blames Israel for deadly airstrike

Published on April 6, 2011

Sudan's foreign minister blamed Israel for a bombing attack on a car near the country's port city that killed two.

Israel attacks Hamas terror squad, killing 3

Published on April 3, 2011

Israel's Air Force attacked what it said was a terror squad planning to kidnap Israelis over the Passover holiday, killing three.

New violence suggests end of calm between Israel and militant Palestinians

Published on March 23, 2011

Violence between Israel and militant Palestinians rose sharply this week with a bombing in central Jerusalem and a dramatic increase in rocket attacks on southern Israel.

Gaza operation begins with bombings, Olmert calls for unity, U.S. blames Hamas

Published on December 28, 2008

In an address Saturday night, Israel's prime minister, flanked by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, asked the Israeli public to unite around the Israel Defense Forces operation that began in Gaza earlier in the day.

Was Israeli strike in Syria a repeat of 1981 Iraq anti-nuke mission?

By Leslie Susser
Published on September 20, 2007

With Israel refusing to discuss the apparent airstrike two weeks ago against Syria, observers have begun to suggest that a major event may have taken place. The apparent bombing run might have been akin to Israel's bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak in 1981, if international media reports are to be believed.

Rocket attacks pose huge policy dilemma for Israel

By Leslie Susser
Published on May 24, 2007

More than a week of unabated Qassam rocket attacks on Sderot has created a huge policy dilemma for the Israeli government: What should it do to stop radical Gaza-based terrorists from firing missiles on Israeli civilians and causing pandemonium in the border town of 22,000.

Iran nuclear threat: What to do?

By Raphael J. Sonenshein
Published on April 19, 2007

As the wild ride known as the Bush Administration careens toward its end, the only question remaining is whether the president will order an attack on Iran. Mired in the endless quagmire of Iraq, desperate for some military success, Bush might try to salvage his wounded sense of mastery with one great roll of the dice.