Watch Webinar – Israel at War Update 11/7
October 31 marked one of the deadliest days for Israel in the current front against Hezbollah, with seven civilians killed in rocket attacks amid reports that ceasefire talks in the north have stalled. Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continues its operations deep inside Lebanon, including the daring November 1 naval raid into northern Lebanon to capture a senior Hezbollah operative. These events come against the backdrop of Iran vowing a “strong and complex” imminent attack on Israel, potentially from outside its soil and involving weapons it has not used thus far in the war.
JINSA hosted a situational update on these developments featuring Distinguished Fellows IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror and IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin. The discussion was moderated by JINSA’s Vice President for Policy Blaise Misztal.
IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror
IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Distinguished Fellow at JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy. MG Amidror was formerly the National Security Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the head of Israel’s National Security Council from 2011-13. MG Amidror served as Commander of IDF Military Colleges, Military Secretary for the Minister of Defense, Director of the Intelligence Analysis Division, and as Intelligence Officer for the Northern Command.
IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin
Major General (ret.) Amikam Norkin joined JINSA as a Distinguished Fellow in February 2023. MG Norkin is the Former Commander of the Israeli Air Force and a former member of the Israel Defense Forces General Staff. As the IAF’s Commander, he was responsible for all of the IDF’s aviation operations, including all air and space defense and offense activities, turning the IAF to the IDF’s leading strategic arm and leading this critical organization in a rapidly changing environment with various multiple challenges. As a member of the IDF’s General Staff Forum, he was a central figure in advising Israel’s Cabinet, including the Prime Minister on the most sensitive issues of national security. Under MG Norkin’s command, the IAF entered into the era of fifth-generation fighter jets, and the collaboration with the IDF’s difference branches and the defense industries was strengthened.