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Oren Levi

Oren Levi

Oren Levi joined Mena Today earlier this year. Based in Tel Aviv, he has worked for several Israeli newspapers and television channels. He covers news in Israel and the Palestinian territories

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Israel expands its Lebanese footprint

Lebanon

Israel expands its Lebanese footprint

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had instructed the military to further expand the existing security buffer zone in southern Lebanon, vowing to fundamentally change the security situation there.

Israel widens its war on Iran

Israel

Israel widens its war on Iran

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Friday that the Israeli military will expand and intensify its strikes against Iran in direct response to Tehran's continued missile bombardment of Israeli civilians.

IRGC Navy chief dead

Iran

IRGC Navy chief dead

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Thursday that Israel had eliminated the Navy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), holding him "directly responsible for the terrorist act of bombing and blocking the Strait of Hormuz."

Israel's 36th Division intensifies ground operations in South Lebanon

Lebanon

Israel's 36th Division intensifies ground operations in South Lebanon

Ground fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah continued through the night of Saturday to Sunday in South Lebanon, with the most intense clashes concentrated in the eastern sector of the border, particularly around the towns of Taybeh and Khiam.

Iran strikes Dimona nuclear zone

Israel

Iran strikes Dimona nuclear zone

Around 59 people were wounded - most lightly - by Iranian missile strikes on Dimona in southern Israel, according to Israeli emergency services Magen David Adom, as reported by multiple Israeli media outlets. 

Israel kills Iran's intelligence Minister

Iran

Israel kills Iran's intelligence Minister

Israel announced Wednesday it had killed Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib,  the second elimination of a top Iranian leadership figure in as many days, and revealed that the Israeli military had been given blanket authorisation to target any senior Iranian official without requiring additional political approval.

Netanyahu's vision goes beyond war

Israel

Netanyahu's vision goes beyond war

In his first press conference since the outbreak of war against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu laid out Thursday, on day 13 of the joint US-Israel offensive,  a bold and explicit three-part war agenda that goes far beyond military strikes.

Israel says it launched pre-emptive attack against Iran

Israel

Israel says it launched pre-emptive attack against Iran

 Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West.

Israel on edge as Iran tensions escalate

Israel

Israel on edge as Iran tensions escalate

Israel’s military says it is on heightened alert amid rising tensions with Iran, but officials stress that there is no change in instructions for the civilian population.

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