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Yehoshua Kalisky, senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, said, "Whether it's a complete missile or a container, this is proof that they are trying to get such a weapon. This is a significant risk. Unlike tanks and anti-tank missiles, if a light jeep protected by fire is hit by such a missile – it will be a catastrophe."

“It is an event with significant cognitive impact, which definitely affects Hamas members wherever they are, but Hamas is more than the sum of its parts,” said professor Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies and the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy in Jerusalem. “Hamas is a well-established,...

On 1 April, a bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus resulted in the death, among others, of Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior general of the Revolutionary Guard. Although Israel did not openly recognize it, it is because its aviation was the one that carried out the aesinate. Fear of a regional war stopped. Tehran warned of the toughest of the answers. Israel is preparing...

Dr. Ehud Rosen, a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) specializing in political Islam, adds that in parallel to its military efforts, Hamas and its Islamist global support networks are engaging in a wide-ranging effort to challenge Israel’s standing on the international stage, carried out through a comprehensive framework of civil society groups.

Yemen’s Ansar Allah organization, better known as the Houthi movement, became a global sensation overnight. Its attacks on vessels beginning on Oct. 19 in the busy Bab al-Mandab strait between Yemen and Africa, the gateway to the Red Sea, disrupted global maritime shipping and prompted a United States and United Kingdom-led counter military response.

Ilan Zalayat, a research fellow at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies, points to a reform implemented by the Houthis at the start of the war, declaring that almost all products would have to be exported rather than kept in the country for domestic use. "All of a sudden, resources that were already scarce became almost nonexistent," he says.

"The Israeli – and the U.S. – militaries have been using drones for a long time, especially in counterterrorism, for intelligence gathering or for precision strikes in order to distinguish between civilians and fighters," Dr. Liran Antebi, program director of advanced technologies and national security at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, told Fox News...

On the surface, from an Israeli, regional, and even global perspective, US-led attacks in Yemen could be the first sign of further deterioration in West Asia’s security situation. Americans and the British, together with partners, acted for the first time in weeks against the Iranian proxy that has been disrupting global free trade. Yet, in Israel, there are those who believe...

In contrast, news of the strikes was welcomed in Israel, said Dr Yoel Guzansky, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies think tank in Tel Aviv. “Many wanted the coalition to conduct them because the alternative, Israel unilaterally engaging the Houthis, would make the issue only an Israeli one. Now it's a global one,” he said. Israel is less...

“The events are deteriorating,” said Professor Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies. “But, as opposed to Gaza, where Hamas is the single governmental, sovereign actor that controls the whole territory and can coerce the civilian population to cooperate, this is not the situation in the West Bank. Despite widespread support for Hamas,...