• Hizballah received 35 new Iranian speedboats
DEBKAfile’s military sources report that three weeks before Hizballah seized western Beirut, the Shiite terrorist group took delivery of 35 fast speedboats for use with explosives from Iran. The craft can threaten US Sixth Fleet and Israel Navy shipping...
May 12th, 2008 09:49
• Rocket lands near school in Ashkelon
Ashkelon's resident woke up Monday morning to the sound of a rocket alert siren. Moments later, at around 7 am, explosions were heard in the area. One rocket hit a southern neighborhood in the seaside city and another in the Ashkelon National Park south...
May 12th, 2008 09:34
• As Lebanon turns into Gaza
While America's secretary of state devotes her time to doomed Israel-Palestinian talks and America goes ga-ga over a candidate whose entire foreign policy strategy is to talk to dictators, yet another crisis is empowering radical Islamists...
May 12th, 2008 09:27
• 3 suffer shock as Kassams hit Sderot
Mortar fire victim Jimmy Kedushim, 48, was laid to rest in the Kfar Aza cemetery as projectiles continued to rain down on the western Negev Sunday afternoon. Rockets pound western Negev. A number of mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel...
May 11th, 2008 19:26
• Ark of the Covenant altar found in Sheba's palace
The queen of Sheba's palace at Axum in Ethiopia, purported to once have been the home of the Ark of the Covenant, has been found, archaeologists from the University of Hamburg report. The Ethiopian queen was the friend and ally of King Solomon
May 11th, 2008 08:22
• Iranian-Hizballah offensive closes in on Israel
DEBKAfile’s military sources report: Hizballah’s advance on two key Lebanese locations Saturday, May 10 had immediate effect on the strategic balance between the Iran-backed Shiite group and Israel. Sidon in the south, Lebanon’s second largest city...
May 11th, 2008 08:07
• The battle for Jerusalem
What was it like fighting for Jerusalem six decades ago? David Kimche, who is currently president of the Israel Council for Foreign Relations, gives a detailed account of his service in the Hagana's Moriah Battalion, beginning in 1947, when the..
May 11th, 2008 07:55
• 'Bush to offer Israel powerful radar'
The US may offer Israel a powerful radar system that would greatly strengthen Israeli defenses against ballistic missiles while incorporating it directly into a growing US missile shield, Reuters reported on Saturday. US President George W. Bush is expected...
May 11th, 2008 07:42
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