National Security Briefs

National Security Briefs

On October 31—amid the Israel-Gaza war—Israel used its Arrow air defense system to intercept a ballistic missile en route to Eilat in southern Israel likely fired by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, and on October 19, the Houthis fired a

In the aftermath of the horrific Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on October 7 in which more than 1,400 people were murdered – including at least 35 American nationals – JINSA President Michael Makovsky, PhD urged: “It is critical that

Overnight on October 26, the United States conducted its first airstrikes against Iran-linked tar-gets since the start of the Israel-Gaza war on October 7. The U.S. airstrikes were clearly in-tended to build deterrence against the Iranian regime and its proxies

Israel-Hamas and the Law of Armed Conflict

As in previous conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel’s military operations in Gaza face prevalent accusations that they often result in war crimes and that Israel’s actions to defend itself against armed attacks are unjustified or unlawful. As a result,