Middle East / Levant

IDF spokesperson in Arabic Avichay Adraee tweeted a message directed at Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri Wednesday: “You have said these things about ...

While the operation has gotten off to a smooth start, the officer warned that the situation remains fragile.

A senior IDF officer also warned the tunnel exposed outside Metullah was to be used by Hezbollah to cut the town off from the rest of the country.

So far, IDF forces appear to have stuck to the Israeli side of the blue line, but it is conceivable that they'd be cutting in and out of Lebanese territory in their pursuit of Hezbollah tunnels.

"The Lebanese government must abide by its international commitments and fully implement the ... Security Council resolutions."

The IDF Chief of Staff called on Israelis to "feel safe, continue their daily routines and continue traveling to the north."

"We ... call upon Iran and its proxies to stop their provocative and dangerous actions." added US envoy Jason Greenblatt.

The prime minister added that Operation Northern Shield "will continue until the outcome is achieved."

The IDF has begun a limited call up of reserve forces in preparation for potential retaliation by Hezbollah.

The FIDE "has agreed to strip Saudi Arabia from the right to host a forthcoming chess tournament, after a lawyers' letter was sent by two Israeli nationals."

The tunnel was discovered as part of the IDF Northern Shield operation launched Monday morning to expose and neutralize terrorist tunnels dug by the Hezbollah terror organization into Israeli territory.

The IDF believes Hezbollah has 120,000 short-range missiles and that Iran has been equipping them with GPS guides to improve accuracy.

This could be the ultimate case of tunnel vision.

Liberman, who was eager to make good on his public announcements about getting even with Gaza, felt that Netanyahu was making him look bad, manipulating his position to make it untenable.

"The digging of tunnels that were located by the IDF in advance, before there was an immediate threat to Israeli citizens, constitutes a blatant violation of Israeli sovereignty."

Pompeo: "As we have been warning for some time, Iran’s missile testing and missile proliferation is growing."

RIA Novosti was established on June 24, 1941, by a resolution of the USSR Council of People’s Commissars and the Communist Party Central Committee, as the "Soviet Information Bureau."

The Boeing 747 belonged to Fars Air Qeshm Airlines, which is used by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Israeli military forces were deployed to search the area for exploded or fallen ordnance.

Israeli media, meanwhile, claimed security officials were investigating a report that a projectile "may have" landed in the Golan Heights.

The two leaders were attempting to convince as many Arab nations as possible to be neutral toward Israel and to accept economic relations with it.

Israel conveyed the message that it has no interest in the Erdoğan-controlled Turkey, and that it is ceasing its efforts to normalize relations.

"We are all part of one region and we have to come to terms with that reality."

The Apache is the primary attack helicopter used by the Israeli Air Force and the U.S. Armed Forces.

"There are about 200 Shiite villages in southern Lebanon... in many homes there are prohibited weapons."

According to emails sent out by Jared Kusner, UNRWA "perpetuates a status quo, is corrupt, inefficient and doesn’t help peace."

In a speech a week ago, Erdoğan attacked "The famous Hungarian Jew Soros."

The plan will be revealed, he said, "when the Administration concludes we have maximized its potential for acceptance, execution and implementation."

Greenblatt: "Rouhani continues to spread the Iranian regime’s hateful and destructive ideology instead of improving Iranian lives."

Israel has recently uncovered several Iranian attempts to carry out terror attacks on European soil.