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Following precise intelligence received by the IDF Intelligence Directorate and an emergent opportunity overnight (Tuesday), the IDF struck a staffed command center in the heart of Tehran and eliminated Ali Shadmani, the War-Time Chief of Staff, the most senior remaining military commander, and the closest remaining figure to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Shadmani served as War-Time Chief of Staff and Commander of the Emergency Command of the Iranian Armed Forces. He commanded both the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian army. At the start of the operation, he was appointed to command the Iranian Armed Forces after...

The IAF on Wednesday night conducted an intelligence-based strike in the Humanitarian Area in Khan Yunis and eliminated the head of Hamas Internal Security Forces in the southern Gaza Strip, terrorist Hassam Shahwan. Shahwan was hiding among the civilian population in the humanitarian area when he was eliminated by the IAF. "The Hamas Internal Security Forces have conducted violent interrogations of the Gazan population, violating human rights and suppressing dissent within the organization," the IDF stressed. "Hassam Shahwan was responsible for developing intelligence assessments in coordination with elements of Hamas’s military wing in attacks on the IDF in the Gaza...

An Israeli security source on Saturday confirmed to Sky News Arabic that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's successor, Hashem Safieddine, was eliminated in a Friday night strike. According to Al Hadath, commanders from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were eliminated together with Safieddine. On Friday, Israel estimated that Safieddine was injured in the strike, since those who were with him in the underground area which was struck could not have escaped the site alive. In addition, it is estimated that alongside Safieddine, senior Hezbollah intelligence officials were also present at the site and were also injured. Safieddine, 60, is a cousin of...

Overnight, during a joint IDF and ISA intelligence-based activity, the IAF struck and eliminated the terrorist Nidal Abdel-Aal, Head of the Lebanon Branch of the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) terrorist organization. The terrorist Imad Odeh, who was the Head of PFLP's Military Office in Lebanon, was eliminated alongside him. Abdel-Aal led PFLP’s efforts to plan and carry out terror attacks against the State of Israel and directed the organization's terror activities in Judea and Samaria. He operated to establish terror infrastructure in Judea and Samaria to use in attacks on Israeli targets. .....

The Israeli left unmasked Posted: July 11, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Aaron Klein JERUSALEM – Much has been said here and abroad about controversial statements made in recent weeks by a yarmulke-wearing, prominent international leftist Jewish leader and senior activist of Israel's "peace camp" who called on Israel to cease being a Jewish state and instead model itself after Europe. But I think most people are missing the point. Avraham Burg, once an important Knesset member in Israel's leftist Labor party, recently published a book, "Defeating Hitler," in which he repeatedly compared various Israeli Jewish policies with that of...

Blackout: the conspiracy theory December 05 2003 at 09:27AM Popular Mechanics By Jim Wilson Several explanations, some more likely than others, have been offered for the massive power failure in the north-eastern United States and Canada on August 14. The official version, scheduled for release by the US department of energy as our American edition went to press, was expected to retell the story that had already been told: a critical interconnection point in the FirstEnergy electric grid in Ohio had failed. What should have been an easily contained local power failure cascaded east, causing more than R5-billion in damage...

Oct. 13, 2003 Ministers steer clear of 'Geneva' deal By GRACE B. MCMILLAN Not a single minister in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet is expected to support the Geneva Initiative hammered out over the weekend by a team of Israeli leftists and Palestinians in Amman. Former Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, who initiated the plan, had expressed hope of attracting support from Shinui and Likud MKs. The two sides in Amman agreed to bring the deal to their governments for approval. But Shinui leader Yosef (Tommy) Lapid released a statement criticizing the initiative and National Infrastructure Minister Yosef Partitzky, who considers...

A First Look at the Geneva (Swiss) Agreement 21:00 Oct 12, '03 / 16 Tishrei 5764 (IsraelNN.com) Senior government officials have released strong statements opposing today signing of the “Geneva/Swiss Agreement” in Amman. According to Giora Inbar, a retired IDF brigadier-general and one of the Israelis who participated in the ceremony, the agreement brings new hope to the area. He explained that he and his colleagues see a true willingness by the PA to work towards peace with Israel. He did not offer any explanations as to the past ten years of attacks since the signing of the Oslo Agreement,...

Oct. 9, 2003 Barak deplores leftists' 'Swiss Agreement' By TOVAH LAZAROFF AND GIL HOFFMAN Former Labor prime minister Ehud Barak has harshly criticized the "Swiss Agreement", an alternate peace agreement with the Palestinians penned by Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo. He called it "irresponsible and damaging to the State of Israel," Y-Net reported. He said that if the Labor Party wants to be taken seriously, it cannot be a party to such initiatives that "confuse both the public and our friends alike." A group of left-wing and Labor politicians left for Jordan on Thursday evening to sign the agreement....