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ts military presence in syria after israeli airstrike itamar eichner ynet news turkey understood the message and stopped the move but it is unclear for how long a senior israeli official said monday a week after an israeli airstrike on the abu al duhur airbase near idlib in syria after diplomatic efforts failed to prevent ankara s attempt to establish a presence in the area which he described as a red line the decision to strike was made with the full backing of the military echelon the official said ankara sought real and significant things that must not be there because they could restrict israel s freedom of action and create a precedent for such a turkish presence in syria he stressed that israel cannot allow the new syria to build military capabilities that could endanger it israeli intelligence eyes turkey s secret military expansion in syria itay ilnai israel hayom turkey has steadily cemented its military and diplomatic footprint in syria operating under israel s watchful gaze there is a sweeping turkish initiative to funnel an endless stream of military hardware into syria and cement its influence there the collapse of the assad regime created a vacuum in syria that turkey eagerly filled erdogan is forging an immense military machine armed with strategic capabilities and cutting edge technology the lessons of oct 7 dictate that adversaries must be judged by their capabilities not their perceived intentions turkey s strategic alliances industrial base and economic prowess easily dwarf those of iran turkey s quiet takeover inside syria shachar kleiman israel hayom a source in western syria said turkey s footprint in the region has grown significantly more pronounced particularly in the port cities of latakia and tartus officials representing turkish intelligence and the turkish military are playing in syria as if it were their private playground the syrian source revealed this manifests in turkish vehicles some of which are armored that soldiers are using to move around on the roads syrian agents have been brokering real estate deals in the residential districts of the two cities on behalf of turkish businessmen footage broadcast in july 2026 by the qatari network al araby revealed a convoy of turkish military trucks and armored vehicles advancing toward deir ez zor in eastern syria the syrian observatory for human rights reported that turkish forces have actively fortified their footprint surrounding bases with concrete blast walls defensive trenches and earthen berms turkish national defense ministry spokesman zeki akturk announced on july 16 that turkish naval forces commander ercument tathoglu had visited latakia alongside a flotilla of warships the first time turkish naval vessels had docked there in 15 years u s envoy reaffirms trump s recognition of israeli sovereignty in golan heights leo feierberg better jerusalem post u s special envoy to syria and iraq tom barrack told ap on sunday united states policy on the golan was set by president trump in 2019 and is unchanged this contradicted his claim in an interview on friday that israel occupies the golan heights they still occupy the golan against the un resolutions against all of the international order which has said the golan is syria s photos idf documents rescue missions to colombia and venezuela elisha ben kimon ynet news idf documentation soldiers took part in international rescue missions to colombia and venezuela following powerful earthquakes they captured not only rescue and engineering operations but also the human drama and encounters between idf soldiers and local civilians our photographs are also meant for the families back home said sgt h these soldiers left home in mid august to save lives on the other side of the world the photographs show their loved ones the magnitude of what they are doing the guardian frames jewish visits to the temple mount in terrorist friendliy language adam levick jewish chronicle uk there is literally no moral line within their pathological anti zionist campaign that the guardian won t cross an aug 4 report by julian borger legitimizes the latest propaganda by amman about the al aqsa mosque being in danger it uses stormed and incursion to describe peaceful jewish visits to the temple mount compound terms typically used by palestinian authority controlled and terrorist friendly news sites to convey the dangerous lie that jews are interlopers at the site and that the mosque is in danger the writer is uk media research manager at camera see also the al aqsa is in danger libel the history of a lie nadav shragai jerusalem center for security and foreign affairs 2012 hamas trying to smuggle drugs into gaza via world central kitchen aid packages emanuel fabian times of israel israeli authorities say world central kitchen responsibly reported a smuggling attempt detected inside humanitarian aid supplies during food preparation in their kitchen illegal drugs were found concealed inside canned pepper packages including 6 packs of hashish and unidentified illicit substances probably captagon an amphetamine type stimulant israel discovers second temple period burial cave in jerusalem miriam sela eitam jerusalem post an ancient burial cave was discovered beneath a building by border police officers operating in the silwan neighborhood of eastern jerusalem the israel police announced on monday the israel antiquities authority said the burials date back to the second temple period 516 bce to 70 ce other archaeological artifacts were also found within the cave the discovery came after a police investigation into a violent clash between two feuding families support daily alert rss feed archives portal fair use privacy news resources north america europe and asia u s announces new measures to target iran s economic lifelines brian schwartz u s treasury secretary scott bessent on monday announced a new campaign to isolate the iranian regime he said operation economic outcast has mapped every node every facilitator and every network that iran has used to smuggle oil and evade sanctions wall street journal see also treasury launches campaign against iranian regime on economic d day secretary of the treasury scott bessent said monday we are launching an economic onslaught against iran s financial connections around the globe our objective is to sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until tehran stands alone america is no longer managing the iranian threat we are ending it those who stand with the united states will reap the rewards of our partnership those who tether themselves to tehran should expect to share in the isolation of a withering regime any entity that facilitates money laundering or sanctions evasion on behalf of iran risks being cut off from the u s financial system today s announcement also expands secondary sanctions exposure for those who continue doing business with the iranian regime and will accelerate the pace of u s enforcement u s treasury department see also state department sanctions target iran s military procurement and oil traders u s state department news resources israel and the mideast mossad chief syrian foreign minister hold positive de escalation talks after israeli airstrike nava freiberg israel s mossad chief roman gofman and syrian foreign minister asaad al shaibani met on sunday in jordan to defuse tensions after israel s strike last week on a syrian airbase they discussed establishing a special operations room in jordan under u s supervision to prevent any confrontation in syria including involving turkey afp reported israel s channel 12 reported that the meeting was positive and was considered a step toward restarting direct jerusalem damascus negotiations an israeli security source said jerusalem has set a number of red lines for such talks including not allowing any turkish military activity in syria keeping the syrian side of the golan heights a demilitarized zone not allowing the syrian army to possess strategic weapons ensuring the security of syria s druze community and only withdrawing israeli troops from the buffer zone in syria in exchange for diplomatic achievements channel 12 also reported sunday that israel has recently identified an increase in hizbullah s attempts to smuggle weapons from syria into lebanon while the syrian and lebanese armies have publicized several weapons seizures over recent months an israeli security official said we assess that many shipments are getting through without being detected times of israel israel hamas obstructing aid efforts as gaza supplies exceed humanitarian needs amir bohbot hamas interferes with humanitarian operations exploits civilian infrastructure influences distribution mechanisms and continues its repeated attempts to smuggle prohibited items under the guise of humanitarian aid a senior official from the coordinator of government activities in the territories cogat said sunday since the beginning of the ceasefire in gaza in october the idf has continued to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and goods into gaza in coordination with the un and international organizations cogat says the volume of aid entering gaza significantly exceeds humanitarian needs as defined by un agencies more than two million tons of food have entered gaza since the ceasefire including meat poultry eggs dairy products fruits and vegetables 600 trucks enter gaza every day with 70 80 carrying food more than 70 000 cubic meters of water are supplied each day equivalent to 60 liters per person per day four water pipelines are operational in gaza three of which supply water from israel advanced medical equipment has been transferred into gaza including x ray machines generators and oxygen tanks ten permanent hospitals 12 field hospitals and four medical centers are operating regularly jerusalem post idf destroys 2 hamas weapons depots located inside gaza mosques emanuel fabian the idf destroyed two hamas weapons depots on monday which were located inside mosques in gaza city and deir al balah where hamas had stored dozens of assault rifles and other weapons this is another example of hamas s systematic exploitation of civilian infrastructure including mosques in violation of international law to advance and execute terror attacks against idf troops and israeli civilians the idf said ahead of the strikes the idf warned palestinians residing in the area to evacuate times of israel global commentary and think tank analysis iran an iran containment strategy takes shape editorial after six months of on again off again bombing in iran punctuated by futile efforts to negotiate a grand bargain with the regime president donald trump is returning to the more defensible strategy of economic containment the trump administration has decided to squeeze the mullahs by cutting them off from the rest of the world on monday treasury secretary scott bessent threatened secondary sanctions on foreign individuals corporations and financial institutions that continue to do business with tehran even if the administration succeeds in sharply constricting iranian exports trump needs to be realistic about what this can accomplish ratcheting up pressure appears extremely unlikely to compel the hard liners of the islamic revolutionary guard corps to surrender sanctions have a poor record when it comes to hastening regime change comprehensive enforcement is elusive and iran is a practiced evader the immediate goal of a policy of containment is to make an already battered iran weaker so that it s less capable of threatening its neighbors and developing nuclear weapons as the vise tightens tehran s new leaders will probably lash out militarily trump will need to respond forcefully to such attacks washington post trump bets on economic warfare in iran lt col ret or horvitz president trump has returned to maximum economic pressure to force tehran to open the strait of hormuz and agree to a resolution on the nuclear issue the shift is also an admission of the limits of military force in subduing tehran yet despite appearances this is the wisest move available the iranian regime is more extreme than ever but also weaker than ever the regime in its current form will never surrender tehran can withstand an external threat but the internal threat is the one it truly fears iran is suffering simultaneously from recession extreme inflation wage erosion job losses and a collapse in oil exports its most important source of revenue the writer served as head of the hizbullah and lebanon branch of israeli defense intelligence idi and senior advisor to the director of idi where he was centrally involved in israel s campaigns against hizbullah and iran israel hayom trump finally has the upper hand in iran david blair president donald trump is now trying to break iran s regime with the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary in the words of u s treasury secretary scott bessent the u s navy is currently mounting a total blockade of iran s ports designed to sever the regime s financial lifeline at the same time american warships are guiding tankers through the strait of hormuz hugging the coast of oman although they were still running the gauntlet of regular iranian drone attacks ships carrying about five million barrels of oil transited the strait every day in july according to windward a maritime intelligence company since then the number making it through seems to have risen the crucial point is that america has for the moment succeeded in wrecking a highly successful iranian strategy whereby the islamic republic would export its own oil safely while closing the strait to everyone else having exhausted every alternative trump has at last embarked on a ruthlessly effective strategy with a chance of delivering telegraph uk israeli security a realistic national strategy for israel prof efraim inbar israel remains small in both territory and population compared to most of its middle eastern rivals and despite its economic prosperity its resources remain limited its long term survival cannot be taken for granted israel must therefore maintain constant readiness for armed conflict and for the battle over its legitimacy any state must align its goals with the resources at its disposal and avoid overreach unlike a great power a small state cannot set the rules of the international system or significantly shape its regional environment david ben gurion israel s first prime minister understood that military power alone could not compel israel s neighbors to make peace israel could build an iron wall a concept coined by his political rival ze ev jabotinsky that would thwart its neighbors plans to destroy it in the hope that over time the states of the region would come to accept it the military achievements against hamas in gaza and hizbullah in lebanon the establishment of security zones in syria and in lebanon and the attacks on iran s nuclear and mis...