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October 16, 2024

Israel
Missile Defense: How Vulnerable Is Israel to Iran’s Attacks?

Israel and its allies have successfully defended against Iran’s missile attacks thus far, but it has required an extraordinary level of cooperation, and the challenge is likely to only get harder if …

An Iron Dome anti-missile battery in southern Israel, April 2024.

October 17, 2024

Israel
October 7 Tested Israel and the U.S. and We Came Out Stronger

I was in Israel on October 7 of last year. That mixed experience of fear and defiance has forced me to share in Israeli trauma and trajectory.

August 29, 2024

Israel
The Israel-Hezbollah Conflict: Where It Stands

Cross-border fighting has returned to a lower intensity following Israel’s preemptive strike in Lebanon, but the conflict could escalate again, and a reprisal from Iran remains likely.

October 18, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Sinwar’s Death Does Not Mean Breakthrough in Israel-Hamas War

Despite some raised expectations, the killing in Gaza of formidable Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is not likely to hasten a formal cease-fire, nor end Israeli efforts to eliminate the group responsible f…

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar stands with his arm raised, addressing a crowd as he walks toward a rally, accompanied by two other men.

October 1, 2024

Israel
One Year Later: U.S. Policy Options in the Israel-Hamas War

As the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks approaches, panelists discuss U.S. policy options regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict, including the administration’s proposed peace deal and the …

Play An Israeli Merkava battle tank is pictured surrounded by smoke while an IDF Israeli soldier stands atop the tank, as units regroup near the border of Gaza in Palestine.

October 2, 2024

Israel
Virtual Media Briefing: Israel, Gaza, and the Middle East a Year After the Hamas Attack

CFR experts discuss developments in the Middle East a year after the October 7 attacks in Israel. LABOTT: Thank you very much. And thank you to everyone for joining this media briefing. I’m Elise …

Play Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon's Hezbollah, in Sanaa, Yemen

October 3, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
Iran-Israel Escalation, Harris and Trump Seek Hispanic Vote, Biden in Germany, and More

Hostilities between Iran and Israel reach a new level after Israel’s ground invasion in southern Lebanon and the latest Iranian missile attack on Israel; U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former …

Podcast Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the town of Khiam, Lebanon, on October 3, 2024. Carl Court/Getty Images

October 25, 2024

Iran
What Are Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities?

Iran’s nuclear program and missile arsenal have garnered increased international scrutiny amid its flaring conflict with Israel.

A view of the water nuclear reactor at Arak, Iran, December 2019.

October 29, 2024

Lebanon
What Is Hezbollah?

The Iran-backed Shiite militia was considered the most powerful non-state group in the Middle East, but an Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah in 2024 has considerably weakened it.

 A man bearing a Hezbollah flag leads ranks of militants through Beirut’s southern suburb.

May 31, 2024

Israel
U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts

Israel has long been the leading recipient of U.S. foreign aid, including military support. That aid has come under heightened scrutiny amid Israel’s monthslong war to eliminate Hamas.

U.S. and Israeli army officers talk in front a Patriot missile defense system.