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Oct 17, 2024 | 
fdd.org | Libby Fern |Bradley Bowman |Cameron McMillan |Lydia LaFavor
For questions about FDD events, contact . For media inquiries, please contact . Breaking news out of the Middle East: Israel has confirmed the elimination of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. Hamas’s political leader in Gaza since 2017, Yahya Sinwar is considered one of the masterminds behind the October 7, 2023, massacre on Israel.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
fdd.org | Bradley Bowman |Cameron McMillan |Lydia LaFavor
An advance team of U.S. military personnel and equipment arrived in Israel on Monday as part of the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as Israel considers its response to the October 1 Iranian ballistic missile attack. The THAAD deployment will increase the capacity to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Israel and demonstrates the need to expedite and expand efforts to increase Israel’s Arrow missile defense capacity.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
longwarjournal.org | Seth J. Frantzman |Joe Truzman |Lydia LaFavor |Bradley Bowman
IDF’s multi-front challenge: From Rafah to Lebanon | The IDF said it had dismantled the Rafah Brigade of Hamas on September 12, and over four months of fighting, an estimated 2,000 terrorists were killed in Rafah and its environs. Thirteen kilometers of Hamas tunnels, divided into a total of 203 tunnels, were found and destroyed by the IDF. Hezbollah increased its attacks on Israel on September 12 and September 13.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
longwarjournal.org | Seth J. Frantzman |David Daoud |Joe Truzman |Lydia LaFavor
Hezbollah continues attacks as IDF brigade drills for conflict in the north | An Israeli reserve brigade completed an exercise to prepare for conflict in the north. Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at Israel on September 8, and the group claimed to be responding to an IDF strike on a village in southern Lebanon. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi visited northern Israel and met with the commander of an IDF division in the Golan on September 6.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
fdd.org | Libby Fern |Bradley Bowman |Lydia LaFavor |Cameron McMillan
A livestream of the conversation will begin here at 12:00pm ET on Tuesday, September 10. For questions about FDD events, contact [email protected]. For media inquiries, please contact [email protected]. The Middle East is teetering on the precipice of major upheaval as the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies have ignited a devastating multi-front war against Israel and the West.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
fdd.org | Bradley Bowman |Lydia LaFavor
The U.S. Air Force completed the eight-day Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise on Aug. 10, bringing over 3,000 service members and more than 150 aircraft together to operate in the Western United States and Eastern Pacific. The large-scale exercise paired important Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training with a Red Flag exercise designed to hone cutting-edge tactics for air warfare.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
defensenews.com | Bradley Bowman |Lydia LaFavor
The U.S. Air Force completed the eight-day Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise on Aug. 10, bringing over 3,000 service members and more than 150 aircraft together to operate in the Western United States and Eastern Pacific. The large-scale exercise paired important Agile Combat Employment (ACE) training with a Red Flag exercise designed to hone cutting-edge tactics for air warfare.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
fdd.org | Lydia LaFavor |Ryan Brobst
The United Statesoperated two B-52H Stratofortress long-range strategic bombers from Romania for the first time on July 21 and, in another first, forward deployed one of the B-52H aircraft just days later to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
wnd.com | Bradley Bowman |Lydia LaFavor
Israel is racing to build more Iron Dome air defense systems amid a growing threat of war with Hezbollah, which has a massive stockpile of more than 150,000 mortars, rockets, and missiles. Yet Iron Dome systems themselves and their manufacturing facilities within Israel may become targets for Hezbollah, which is why the United States and Israel need to build a full, redundant Iron Dome production and integration capacity in the United States.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
highlandcountypress.com | Bradley Bowman |Lydia LaFavor
By Bradley Bowman & Lydia LaFavor Real Clear WireIsrael is racing to build more Iron Dome air defense systems amid a growing threat of war with Hezbollah, which has a massive stockpile of more than 150,000 mortars, rockets, and missiles. Yet Iron Dome systems themselves and their manufacturing facilities within Israel may become targets for Hezbollah, which is why the United States and Israel need to build a full, redundant Iron Dome production and integration capacity in the United States.
