Communications

"We always prefer the Americans," Orna Mizrahi, a former Israeli deputy national security adviser now serving as senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, told Newsweek. "But we understand that, because of [the Russians'] really good relations nowadays with the Iranians, maybe they can provide something that will contribute to this for the stability of...

Orna Mizrahi, a senior research fellow at the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, told CNN that such unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are harder to detect because they “are small in size, very light, with very low radar signature.” Iran and its allies are seeking to overwhelm Israel’s defense systems, Mizrahi said, adding drones to the equation...

Once southern Lebanon is largely cleared of Hezbollah fighters, weapons and tunnels, the IDF can monitor the border area and respond from Israeli territory, said Orna Mizrahi, a former deputy national security adviser and senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies. “We understand that it’s going to be a very long, devastating war both for Israel and...

"Nasrallah taught us to take his speeches seriously, and we followed him blindly. It became a ritual. Nasrallah speaks, and everyone rushes to read, interpret, and explain," said Orna Mizrahi, former deputy head of the National Security Council and a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies. "Nasrallah created a certain clarity for us. You could read...

Orna Mizrahi of the Institute for National Security Studies think tank in Israel told ABC News that the communication devices operations stand out due to "the amount of people that were eliminated." "We don't call it assassination; we call it elimination," said Mizrahi, who previously served in the Israel Defense Forces' Military Intelligence Research Division and in the prime...

Orna Mizrahi, senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, said that as far back as 2008, both Nasrallah and Iran had decided that Mr Safieddine would be his replacement. Although Mr Safieddine has mainly dealt with Hezbollah's finances and ties to its Shiite constituency, he was assigned to some military tasks, Ms Mizrahi said from Tel Aviv. “He does not...