Operation Roaring Lion

Israel built ‘clandestine’ base in Iraq to support Tehran bombing campaign

The site was used as a logistical hub for the air force, as well as housing search-and-rescue teams to recover downed pilots

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Israeli fighter F-16 jets perform an exhibition exercise during an Israeli Independence Day show (Getty Images)

IDF

'The Iranian regime is the weakest it's been in all my years of service,' claims outgoing IDF spokesman

By Yaakov Lappin

4 min read

Iran

US destroys six Iranian ships during ‘humanitarian mission’ to reopen Strait of Hormuz

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

King Charles

King Charles ‘agrees’ Iran should not have nuclear weapons, claims Trump

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the State Department on April 24, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Rubio rejects latest Iran ceasefire proposal

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

US forces patrol the Arabian Sea as part of a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on April 20, 2026 (US Navy/Getty Images)

Iran

Iran offers to reopen Hormuz, but no nuclear talks yet

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, on April 11, 2026 (Getty Images)

UAE

Israel sent Iron Dome to UAE during Iran War

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

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Trump cancels envoys’ trip to Pakistan after Iranian delegation leaves

US president says Iran offered a better proposal that still falls short minutes after he aborted the planned flight of Witkoff and Kushner to Islamabad

By JC Reporter

1 min read

April 26, 2026 10:21

US President Donald Trump (Image: Getty)

Israeli Air Force engineers charged with spying for Iran

The two men were allegedly asked to gather intelligence on several senior political and military figures, including taking pictures of the streets on which they live

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

April 24, 2026 14:04

Israeli and German (L and R) fighter jets fly over the Knesset on October 17, 2021 (Getty Images)

Trump extends Iran ceasefire indefinitely

The US president said the truce would allow Tehran’s ‘fractured’ regime tod evelop a ‘unified proposal’ to end the war

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

April 22, 2026 09:37

US President Trump speaks in the Oval Office after signing an Executive Order April 18, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Cathy Lawi

For many Israelis, ceasefire feels less like safety than psychological strain

When the threat becomes ambiguous, the question shifts from ‘What do I do now?’ to ‘When will this start again?’

3 min read

April 17, 2026 12:17

People take cover in an underground bomb shelter after sirens warned of an incoming Iranian missile on March 16, 2026 in Tel Aviv (Image: Getty)

Iran mission not complete until regime change, says outgoing Mossad chief

David Barnea told a Yom HaShoah event: ‘A regime that seeks our destruction must cease to exist’

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

April 15, 2026 13:40

Head of Mossad David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on April 23, 2025 (Flash90)

Israel and Lebanon ‘on the same side’ after DC talks

Pakistan has also proposed a fresh round of US-Iranian negotiations as President Trump said the war between the two is ‘very close to over’

By Melanie Swan

2 min read

April 15, 2026 10:09

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) speaks during a meeting with Lebanon's Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad (2R) and Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter (2L) at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2026 (Getty Images)

IDF ‘preparing’ for return to Iran War after US talks break down

President Trump, meanwhile, has threatened to blockade Iran’s ports until a peace deal is achieved

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

April 13, 2026 10:25

Members of the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on April 9, 2026, in Tehran, Iran (Getty Images)

By Lottie Cannon

Keeping calm (and kosher for Pesach) and carrying on while visiting Israel at war

The evacuation of the beach is a silent, practised choreography. Once the phones ping with the all-clear, we filter back out, and within moments the volleyball has started up again

4 min read

April 10, 2026 11:40