Military

A looming conflict with Iran, escalation in Gaza and West Bank and an all-out war in the northern borders are possibilities that confront Israel this year, according to a new report by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) from Tel Aviv University.

In a “strategic assessment,” INSS warned of a “rise in the likelihood of war” with regards to a variety of security, political and diplomatic factors.

The number of injured protesters continue to increase as Lebanese security forces fire water cannons and rubber bullets over violent demonstrators who began stone-throwing in Beirut, Lebanon.

More than 370 people were recorded wounded, the largest injury toll since anti-government protests began in October 2019 as Lebanese people took to the streets to question their government’s incompetence for the country’s worsening economic crisis.

Britain has subjected the entire Hezbollah organization to asset-freezing after tagging it as a terrorist group, based on UK’s Terrorism and Terrorist Financing rules.

Jewish communities all over United States are standing their ground amid spate of anti-Semitic attacks in New York since December 2019.

Rabbi Ken Brodkin of the Congregation Kesser Israel in Oregon said the Jewish people will not cower and is prepared to deal with these hate crimes head on.

Anti-Semitic attacks in the US has increased since the 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where 26 people were killed and 20 others injured in what was considered as one of the deadliest mass shooting incident in US history.