For Iran and its allies, the conflict does not concern borders, refugees, prisoners, settlements or checkpoints. It is actually about Israel’s continued existence in the Middle East.

“We want to return to martyrdom operations,” Khaled Mashaal, who represents the Gaza terror group abroad, told a conference in Istanbul.

After October 7th, I was looking for an opportunity to travel to the south of Israel. Most would run away from danger during times of war, but a part of me needed to see so that I would never forget.

“We must deal with the threat just as we deal with the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza,” said Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz.

The community’s security team managed to hold off the terrorist onslaught on Oct. 7 but the children underwent immense trauma.

Qaid Farhan Alkadi (52), father of 11 children, was freed from captivity in the Gaza Strip. Israeli special forces risked their lives for a Muslim citizen. Do you understand what I’m saying?

Israel’s long focus on Iran and the northern front has come at the expense of intelligence gathering and operational attention to Gaza.

Time may be running out for Yahya Sinwar. “We have actually been minutes away more than once,” said a former Shin Bet official.

Israel has sealed 150 terror smuggling tunnels so far; Egypt cannot be relied upon to prevent new smuggling, observers say.