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Israeli Defense Forces troops of the Gaza Division operate in Gaza in November. (IDF) On December 2, Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office announced that Israel “received, via the Red Cross, findings that were handed over to an IDF [Israel Defense Forces] and ISA [Israel Security Agency] force inside the Gaza Strip,” a reference to the transfer of unidentified…
A martyr poster for Haytham Ali Tabatabai. (Hezbollah Central Media on Telegram) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed Hezbollah Chief of Staff Haytham Ali Tabatabai and four additional operatives in a strike on an apartment in Beirut’s Dahieh suburb on November 23. Tabatabai was among the last legacy senior Hezbollah commanders to survive the recent…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill released by Congress Sunday night calls for maintaining funding of arms purchases for Ukraine, though at a rate drastically less than in the past, and support, albeit with caveats,…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.K. Ministry of Defense has confirmed that the Royal Navy’s forthcoming Type 26 City class frigates will be armed with the Stratus missile, two discrete versions of which are being developed under the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon…
Armed Druze men patrolling the streets of Suwayda. (@cocktailSyria on X) On November 29, members of Suwayda’s National Guard, a militia affiliated with Druze spiritual leader Hikmat al Hijri that describes itself as the “official military institution that represents the Druze,” carried out a series of arrests in Suwayda province. The individuals it detained included…
The rifle Younis Ishtayeh used to shoot an Israeli soldier on November 20. (IDF Spokesperson’s Office) The Shin Bet intelligence agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and the Israel Police announced on November 21 that security forces killed a Palestinian police officer who had shot and wounded a reserve Israeli soldier the day before. Al…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The House Armed Services Committee has advanced a new draft of the annual defense policy bill that it says includes full funding for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based combat jet program. The proposed legislation would also…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Korean People’s Air Force (KPAF) provided an apparent first look at three new types of air-launched weapons, intended to arm the KPAF’s Su-25 Frogfoot ground-attack aircraft, and potentially others. The…
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Nejad (left, wearing black turban), a representative for Al Mustafa International University in Venezuela, attends a 2023 briefing on Latin America hosted in Tehran. On November 7, 2025, the Daily Mail reported on an Iranian assassination plot against Israel’s ambassador to Mexico. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) orchestrated the plot, according…
The rifle Younis Ishtayeh used to shoot an Israeli soldier on November 20. (IDF Spokesperson’s Office) The Shin Bet intelligence agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and the Israel Police announced on November 21 that security forces killed a Palestinian police officer who had shot and wounded a reserve Israeli soldier the day before. Al…