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IDF strikes Hezbollah infrastructure targets as Home Front Command tightens northern guidelines

The IDF began increasing strikes on Hezbollah following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's instructions to "hit the gas" on attacks against the terror group.

Israeli soldiers take position during a Hezbollah attack near the Israeli border with Lebanon in northern Israel, May 19, 2026.
(Illustrative) IDF soldiers standing near the Gaza border, in Israel, February 4, 2026

Dead animals, tetanus and rabies: IDF soldiers stationed in Gaza face extreme conditions - report

A SCENE from ‘One Eye Open,’ which tells the story of a group of soldiers in reserve duty during the Israel-Hamas War.

‘One Eye Open’ documentary wins award

An Israeli Air Force fighter jet flies over central Israel amid the ongoing war between Israel, Iran and Hezbollah, March 12, 2026.

IDF strikes city of Tyre in southern Lebanon following surge in Hezbollah drone attacks


Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati killed during combat in southern Lebanon

Recanati was a Platoon Commander in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion, and was due to marry his fiancée in about a month. 

Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati.

WATCH: IDF strikes nearly 100 Hezbollah targets, kills two terrorists near rocket launch site

Hezbollah also fired several projectiles towards Israeli territory over the past 24 hours, including explosive drones and mortar shells.

Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in southern Lebanon, May 6, 2026

IDF kills two Hamas terrorists who infiltrated Israel during October 7 massacre

The IDF also killed an additional Hamas terrorist from Hamas’s Bureij Battalion in a strike on Wednesday.

Soldiers from the IDF's 7th Armored Brigade operating in the Gaza Strip, January 14, 2026; illustrative.

Hamas revenue machine thrives under Gaza ceasefire

Aid flows almost exclusively to strengthen the military wing and fortify Hamas’s structure, while the burden of civil and governmental management relies on local tax collection from merchants.

Hamas terrorists secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025.

One soldier killed in combat in southern Lebanon, IDF kills two Hezbollah terrorists in strikes

Deputy ISIS leader killed in US-Nigeria op • Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended • Tehran giving mixed signals on US deal • IDF chief visited UAE during war • China says it won't give Iran weapons

IDF forces during the “Sulfur and Fire” readiness exercise on May 15, 2026.

WATCH: IDF conducts 'Sulfur and Fire' readiness exercise along eastern border, Dead Sea area

The exercise, dubbed “Sulfur and Fire,” included simulated scenarios of infiltrations into communities, drone threats, and complex incidents in the Dead Sea area.

IDF forces during the “Sulfur and Fire” readiness exercise along Israel’s eastern border and the Dead Sea area on May 15, 2026.

IDF declares closed military zone in Rosh HaNikra, Achziv areas after situational assessment

The closure went into effect on Thursday night, according to an order from the IDF’s Commander of the Northern Command, MG Rafi Milo.

A temporary military road block is set up near Rosh Hanikra after three civilians were wounded in a Hezbollah drone attack, in northern Israel, May 14, 2026

IDF confirms death of Hamas military chief following Gaza strike

Izz ad-Din al-Haddad was the highest-ranking military commander of Hamas and the last leader of the October 7 massacre remaining in the Gaza Strip.

A fire burns in a residential apartment after Israeli shelling, according to the Ministry of Health, in Gaza City May 15, 2026.

The Rubble Doctrine: Inside Israel's new security policy in southern Lebanon

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: The destruction of El-Khiam reflects a profound shift in Israeli military thinking after October 7: deny the enemy not only the desire, but the capability, to strike.

INSIDE THE remains of a small clothing store, where some articles of clothing still hung on racks, the ‘Post’ was shown a 25-meter shaft leading to an underground Hezbollah command center beneath the floorboards, where communications equipment, weapons, and uniforms were found.

Israel’s upcoming election season could become its ugliest yet - opinion

In the end, Israelis will survive this election. But the real question remains unanswered: What kind of society will be here once it is over?

A man wearing a mask depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds images of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at a protest in Tel Aviv, last month. When both sides view the election in such existential terms, restraint disappears, the writer warns.