IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on Sunday night appointed Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin the next IDF chief spokesman to replace Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari. Defrin has recently been a fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of…

President Trump and his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff have threatened a return to war in the Gaza Strip if Hamas doesn’t release its remaining hostages. Israel is already plotting out how that would happen. Israel has drafted plans for…

Israel has drafted a step-by-step plan to escalate pressure on Hamas—including cutting off essential supplies, launching airstrikes, forcing Gazans who returned to the north to evacuate again, and ultimately reentering the Gaza Strip—if the terror group does not release the…

President Donald Trump said he sent a letter to Iran’s supreme leader this week expressing interest in negotiating a nuclear deal amid growing concerns the Islamic Republic could develop nuclear capabilities in the near future. “I said I hope you’re…