Published: 27 August 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Why Iran is risking a major escalation with Israel (Haaretz)
ANSHEL PFEFFER: Israel prevented the Iranians from building bases from which to launch attacks against it. But it failed to dislodge them from Syria – and Putin plans to keep it that way
Israel said to strike Palestinian terror group base deep inside Lebanon (Times of Israel)
Reports say airstrike targets Hezbollah-allied Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command in the Bekaa Valley near Syria border; no comment from IDF
Israel-Iran conflict exposes bleeding edge of a war for the entire Middle East (Times of Israel)
AVI ISSACHAROFF: Jerusalem has taken a leading role in a campaign to halt what Sunnis see as an attempt by Tehran to carve out an empire across the region; expect the fighting to only get worse
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Three rockets fired at Israel from Gaza as tensions soar; Iron Dome intercepts two (Times of Israel)
Several minor injuries reported; rocket sparks fire near highway, shrapnel hits empty building; barrage interrupts concert in Sderot, sending attendees running for cover
Photo: In this photo provided by the Iranian Army November 5, 2018, soldiers carry the wreckage of a drone during drills in Semnan, Iran (Iranian Army via AP)
