Sources have confirmed to the Jerusalem Post that the attack on Iran at Isfahan, attributed by sources in the New York Times to Israel, hit Iranian air force assets at Isfahan, almost right next door to the Islamic Republic's nuclear site in the same area. The message was unmistakable, 'we chose not to hit your nuclear sites this time, but we could have done worse right here,' sources told the Post. Israel sends a clear message to Iran In other words, the attack at Isfahan was designed not only to hurt Iran but also to make it eminently clear how vulnerable ..read more

The United States had implored Israel to think carefully and strategically when weighing a response to the hundreds of missiles and drones Iran launched at Israel overnight Saturday-Sunday. Amid the limited reliable information emerging Friday about Israel’s reported retaliation, insistent official silence in Jerusalem, and the military censor’s requirement that any allegation and detailing of an Israeli retaliatory strike be attributed to overseas media reports, it appeared that the government had indeed taken that advice to heart. After days of protracted war cabinet discussions ..read more

Explosions were heard near the Iranian city of Isfahan early Friday as Israel reportedly launched a heavily anticipated reprisal strike for an Iranian attack on Israel days earlier, defying international pressure to stand down. There was no official confirmation of a strike from Israeli authorities; state-run media in Iran reported only that air defenses were activated, downplaying claims of an attack on a military site in the city some 315 kilometers (196 miles) south of Tehran and describing the incident as business-as-usual. But unnamed Israeli and American officials told US news outlets t ..read more

The European Council decided today to list four persons and two entities under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime. "The listed individuals and entities are responsible for serious human rights abuses against Palestinians, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and for the violation of right to property and to private and family life of Palestinians in the West Bank," the EU stated. "The listed entities are Lehava, a radical right-wing Jewish supremacist group, and Hilltop Youth, a radical youth group consisting of members known for violent act ..read more

FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Wednesday that his organization remains particularly concerned that lone actors could target large gatherings, high-profile events or symbolic targets ahead of the beginning of the holiday of Passover next week, Haaretz reported. "This is not a time for panic," Wray told a briefing organized by the Secure Community Network, "but it is a time for continued vigilance." "Even before October 7 the threat to Jewish Americans had already elevated," he added. "In the six months since then, we've seen those threats elevated," he continued, adding the FB ..read more

A senior member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Ahmad Haghtalab, who is responsible for Iran's nuclear security, today (Thursday) delivered a threatening message to deter Israel from attacking the country and added that Tehran may reexamine its nuclear policy. Officially, over the years, in Iran it has been claimed that the nuclear program is not used to obtain nuclear weapons but for research and peaceful purposes, even though it has enriched uranium far beyond levels that have any non-military purposes in addition to other activity that has no civilian purpose. Hagetalev said that "a review ..read more

Israel has made significant progress in preparations for the evacuation of around one million civilians from the Gazan city of Rafah ahead of the Israeli military’s impending operation in the city, an Israeli source told ABC News on Thursday. Preparations have been ongoing for over a month, including repairing water and sewage pipes and amassing thousands of tents, the source said. There are around 1.5 million Palestinian Arabs estimated to be in the Khan Yunis and Rafah areas in southern Gaza. It is believed around 1 million people would evacuate north. The evacuation process, whic ..read more

An Israeli source on Friday morning said that the aerial attack on Isfahan, Iran, "carefully calibrated," the Washington Post reported. The source is an individual familiar with an Israeli briefing on the attack but not authorized to speak about it, the Post said. The source also said that the IDF carried out an aerial attack within Iran in response to the Iranian barrage of missiles and UAVs launched towards Israel on Saturday night. The attack was intended to signal to Iran that Israel is capable of attacking within Iranian territory. Iran's IRNA news agency qu ..read more

Christians have been attacked more and more in recent years. Believers have been forced to endure attacks from the courts, local and state governments, and violent activists who want to suppress religious freedom and expression. The attacks have occurred across the globe from the recent stabbing of an orthodox priest in Australia, to the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, to the burning of churches in America. Anti-Christian activists have spread the attacks by using the legal system. Those who stand against Christian symbols mounted a legal assault against a private club in California for i ..read more

Reports have claimed on Wednesday that Iran is currently preparing for a potential Israeli retaliation against its territory or proxies following Tehran's missile attack onto Israel on Sunday. As such, Iran has allegedly removed senior  Hezbollah and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from Syria.  This comes amid US and European pressure onto Israel to respond in a way that prevents further escalation following Tehran's missile and drone attack over the weekend. Reports citing Iranian officials said Wednesday claimed that that Iran is currently preparing its air force for pote ..read more