Defense & Security

PM instructs Finance Ministry to work with the IDF and the National Security Council on sourcing additional funding necessary to meet the "dynamic security challenges in the region."

The Iranian-backed terrorist group has threatened retaliation "from Lebanese soil" over an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria in which one of its operatives was killed.

The cell was plotting to conduct major attacks on Israeli targets and communities, including a plan to kidnap an IDF soldier to use as a bargaining chip.

"The Israelis have targeted a major ammunition depot. There were several strikes and the blasts were huge. There are reports that Iranian personnel have been killed," says a Syrian analyst with sources on the ground.

"Tehran's decision to retaliate to the Israeli and American attacks has already been made and will be implemented at the right time and place," sources in Lebanon tell Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai.

"Wing 7" was formed "to meet operational needs and the dynamic nature of threats in the various theaters," military says. 

Annual report lists only 101 Palestinian “acts of violence” against Israelis in the West Bank for 2019, whereas IDF and Shin Bet figures cite over 1,000 for the same year.

The US will now allow satellite images of Israel and the PA in resolutions up to 0.4 meters. Defense Ministry official cautions that terrorist entities could use images to pinpoint military and civilian infrastructure.

Yossi Cohen asked to remain until June 2021. Announcement comes just days after mysterious incident rocks key nuclear site in Iran.