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Secret Mossad branch revealed: 'We are not done with Iran. We are just getting started'

Secret Mossad branch revealed: 'We are not done with Iran. We are just getting started'

When David (Dadi) Barnea became Mossad chief, he established another arm to destabilize Iran. Now the head of the branch, O., reveals what happened behind the scenes: how senior regime officials are forced out from the outside ("it is cheaper than eliminating them"), and why there is still good reason to believe the regime will fall.

Hezbollah drones emerge as deadliest threat on Lebanon front despite ceasefire

Hezbollah drones emerge as deadliest threat on Lebanon front despite ceasefire

From improvised nets to rifle-mounted interception sights, the IDF’s temporary responses do not provide an adequate solution. Of the 12 people killed since the ceasefire announced on April 16, those killed by Hezbollah drones represent an exceptional share. The Israeli security establishment has acknowledged: We knew the threat from Ukraine and were not prepared.

Netanyahu against the backdrop of a burning Iran

This is how Netanyahu's Iran doctrine collapsed

For years, Netanyahu built his political identity around the image of “Mr. Iran,” the leader who argued that only pressure, deterrence and force could stop the regime in Tehran. But, a long series of impressive tactical achievements ultimately led to a resounding strategic failure.

Yiftach Unit teams with one of the drones
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A glimpse inside the IDF's secret lab

In an aging building at Tzrifin in central Israel, IDF engineers play with explosives in the morning and join troops in the field to test them by evening. At another hub in Caesarea, veterans of special forces units are developing technologies that can make a truck vanish from radar. This is what the race to find a solution to the new threat looks like.

Summer in blue and white: new olim dress for their Israeli debut

Summer in blue and white: new olim dress for their Israeli debut

Six new immigrants paired with Israel's top designers reveal how aliyah looks, feels, and wears in a time of war – a special feature for Shavuot.

What we know about the emerging US-Iran deal

What we know about the emerging US-Iran deal

Trump updated regional leaders that Iran has pledged to hand over its highly enriched uranium to the US and remove it from Iran. Israeli source says: "The significance of reaching an agreement under these terms is the start of the countdown to the next war. It may take a few years, but it will come."

To kill or not to kill? 

To kill or not to kill? 

Israel and the US are debating whether eliminating Mojtaba Khamenei would be preferable to leaving the new leader alive, functioning but weakened, not to mention who would even come after him.

Erri De Luca

Erri De Luca defies Europe's anti-Israel literary tide: 'Genocide? It is a distortion'

As the literary elite boycotts Israel, Erri De Luca insists on returning to the origins of the word “Zionist” and is set to appear at the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem. In a special interview to Israel Hayom, the Neapolitan writer makes clear that he refuses to serve as decoration for Israel-haters, explains why he sent a DNA sample for ancestry testing, and reveals the one word in the Bible that, in his view, cannot be translated.

Yiftach Unit teams with one of the drones

IDF's answer to Hezbollah: A blue-and-white explosive drone

In a rather modest building somewhere in Israel, a startup in IDF uniform is developing technologies for soldiers on the front lines, including a new type of drone that troops today do not fight without.

Rift between Trump and Netanyahu

The alliance held, the consensus broke

Benjamin Netanyah has strengthened the US-Israel security partnership and deepened cooperation, but behind the close strategic alliance lay a long and troubling process. This is how the prime minister’s years in power pushed Israel away from America’s heartland. 

Secrets of the SSQ gang: 'I did things I would rather forget'

Secrets of the SSQ gang: 'I did things I would rather forget'

James (not his real name) was a member of a gang that has been terrorizing Tel Aviv. Today, he is the first released prisoner without Israeli citizenship to undergo rehabilitation. Now he talks about his life of crime ("I stole from a different store every day") and tries to persuade the IDF chief of staff: Let me enlist.

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