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The identities of three operatives of Hamas’s financial apparatus in Turkey published by the Israeli military. (IDF International Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani on X) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed new intelligence pointing to a significant Hamas financial apparatus operating within Turkey under direct Iranian supervision. According to…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A Russian military Antonov An-22 Cock heavy transport aircraft crashed in the Ivanovo region, around 125 miles northeast of Moscow today, killing the entire crew. The incident is notable especially for the fact that the Soviet-era plane…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. During its deployment to the Middle East, where it took part in combat operations against the Houthis, the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Truman collided with a cargo ship, had an F/A-18E Super Hornet fall off the…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between December 1 and December 7, 2025. Israeli activities last week were significantly less frequent and intense than they were during October and most of November, continuing the prior week’s de-escalatory trend. Israel’s relative restraint was likely due to Pope Leo XIV’s visit…
Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters participate in a military parade. (@EgyptNews_fr on X) Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported on November 26 that Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Gaza-based terrorist group, has been “increasingly strengthening its military wing in Syria in recent weeks,” particularly around Palestinian refugee camps in Damascus. According to the report, PIJ views Syria…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. During its deployment to the Middle East, where it took part in combat operations against the Houthis, the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Truman collided with a cargo ship, had an F/A-18E Super Hornet fall off the…
US defense official Colonel Stephanie Bagley (left) meets with Kurdistan Regional Government Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Peshmerga officials on December 4. (US Consulate Erbil on X) An Iraqi government investigation concluded that two drones attacked the Khor Mor gas field in the country’s autonomous Kurdistan Region on November 26. The attack on the vital…
Death announcement for Haitham Ali Tabatabai. (Hezbollah Military Media) On Sunday, September 23, 2025, an Israeli airstrike targeted the third and fourth floors of a residential building on Al Arid Street in the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh suburbs with three missiles. The strike killed Hezbollah’s de facto chief of staff, Haitham Ali…