US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper wants to pull out some American troops from the Multinational Force and Observers mission the US heads in the Egyptian peninsula. Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz: The international force in Sinai is important, and the US participation in it is important.
"We are not calling to shut down the mission tomorrow morning but we want them to become more efficient," Israeli ambassador to the UN says of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. UNIFIL includes more than 9,400 ground troops and over 850 naval personnel in a Maritime Task Force. Its budget from July 2018-June 2019 was $474 million.
Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused the Iranian-backed terrorist group of multiple attempts to breach the border in three areas, says Israel will lodge a complaint with the UN Security Council.
The suspect was arrested in mid-March after it was ascertained that he had several meetings overseas with Iranian intelligence officers and had received funds, training, and secret encryption tools to continue contacting them "in an encrypted manner even after his return to Israel."
Maj. Gen. Mickey Edelstein, who heads the military's counter-tunnel warfare development efforts, warns that some of the tactics already developed for underground warfare will soon become obsolete.
Amid weekend rocket attack and tensions in the northern sector, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, “We will continue to act in all fronts for the security of Israel, both through open means and also through secret means, at sea, in the air and on the ground." Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz: A military operation in Gaza could be forced upon the Israeli government.
The defense establishment’s highest honor to recognize the intelligence, technological and operational effort that discovered and neutralized a grid of terror tunnels burrowing under the Israel-Lebanon border. Mossad team that brought Iranian nuclear archive to Israel also honored.
Officers with the Coordination and Liaison Administration confiscate parcels containing goods that could be used in terrorist activity, including communications equipment, drones, and accessories for weapons.
Israel Police, IDF announce success of covert operation to bring illegal weapons into Israel from Jordan • Four people arrested.
Hezbollah's missile arsenal has been static for years and the organization lacks the industrial ability to convert, upgrade or produce...