Middle East

By TOI staff Israeli fighter jets launched air-to-surface missiles at a military base near the Syrian city of al-Qiswa, southwest of Damascus, according to a report in Sky News. The report claimed that the missiles were fired from within Lebanese airspace. Media outlets affiliated with the Assad regime and Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah reported that […]

The mother of one of the roughly two dozen Jewish youngsters who were attacked by an Arab lynch mob in Samaria Thursday slammed the army over its slow response to the near tragedy. Twenty-five 13-year-olds on a class trip celebrating the Bar Mitzvah of the youngest student were ambushed by dozens of Arabs hurling stones

A group of children from Samaria, who left Thursday for a planned trip approved by the IDF near the Samaria town of Migdalim, was attacked by an Arab lynch mob. Some 25 children and two adult escorts departed on the trip, which took place a significant distance from Arab villages. At a certain stage dozens

Lebanon’s chief military prosecutor on Wednesday indicted Lebanese actor and writer Ziad Itani on charges of collaborating with Israel and possessing drugs, reports The Associated Press. Itani was arrested last week and accused of collaborating with an Israeli female spy to collect information about Lebanese politicians and journalists. Itani allegedly collaborated with a Mossad agent

By Judah Ari Gross CAMP TEBETZ – Ordinarily based in the West Bank, the Kfir Infantry Brigade is now preparing to fight in an new area, one it’s had only scant experience with: the Gaza Strip. The brigade, whose name literally means “young lion,” was formed in late 2005 within the Israel Defense Forces’ Central