Operation Rising Lion

'All the enemies of Israel want me to lose,' Netanyahu tells 'Post' in pre-election day interview

PM threatens to respond with force and might if Iran makes a “big mistake,” claims Tehran was “on the verge of atomic bombs” • Full interview to be published Thursday

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026.
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s foreign policy adviser Ophir Falk speaks to The Jerusalem Post in a studio interview on October 15, 2026.

WATCH: Israel ‘very close’ to creating conditions for regime change in Iran, Netanyahu adviser says

People walk past an anti-US billboard at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on September 2, 2026.

Could Iran’s regime collapse? Inside the Israeli assessment of Tehran’s future - analysis

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Operation Entebbe at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, July 12, 2026

IDF's war on all fronts: How Eyal Zamir is managing threats from Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, and West Bank


Senior Israeli defense sources: Iran regime change not military goal, creating conditions for it is

The senior Israeli defense sources noted that tackling Iran's ballistic missile threat was among the military's primary goals in the war.

Israeli soldiers keep watch as Palestinian Muslims gather at the Qalandia checkpoint in the West Bank city of Ramallah on February 20, 2026, to enter Jerusalem on their way to Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first Friday noon prayers of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

WATCH: Israel strikes Hezbollah command centers in Beirut and Tyre

According to the military, measures were taken to reduce civilian risk, including advance warnings, precision munitions, and aerial surveillance.

Smoke rises among the residential buildings following the Israeli attack on Dahieh region in Beirut, Lebanon on March 10, 2026.

Israel creating chance to topple Iranian regime, war could reshape Western world - interview

MK Simcha Rothman explains how Israel's Operation Roaring Lion could create the conditions for regime change in Iran and affect global security.

 MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Vigilant and united: Israel’s homefront resilience will decide outcome of Iran war - editorial

As Israel faces mounting attacks from Iran, the real challenge lies within: political infighting and internal divisions threaten to undermine the nation’s unity and resolve in a prolonged conflict.

People are seen at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem despite the ongoing war with Iran and Hezbollah and missile fire toward Israel, March 9, 2026.

Operation Epic Fury is 'only just beginning,' Iran will surrender, Hegseth says

“The Iranian Navy is largely no more. So their ability to project any power in that area in a naval sense is diminishing and will be increasingly diminished,” Hegseth said.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, US, December 6, 2025.

Secret site bombed by IDF critical to Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israeli sources say - exclusive

IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin revealed the strike in a March 3 press conference, though doubts had persisted about how critical the site was for Iran's nuclear program.

Smoke billows after airstrikes on oil depots on March 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continued their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28.

Iran denies medical care for political inmates at Kurdish region prisons, raises security - report

An Azerbaijani Turkic political prisoner held in Orumiyeh Central Prison was reportedly denied medical attention for hours after suffering a heart attack.

Prison cell block

Drone operator: UAVs crucial in strikes on Iran, Air Force has experienced great success

Y, a reserves member in Squadron 200, had been traveling abroad for several months before growing suspicious of an imminent Israeli-US strike on Iran.  

THE HERON 1 unmanned aircraft at the Palmachim Air Force base, on October 27, 2019.

Dozens of medical personnel reinforcements en route to Israel from Cyprus on a ship

It is believed that among the medical team are several senior doctors, who will reinforce medical teams in Israeli hospitals such as Sheba Medical Center and Rambam Medical Center.

Doctors at the gynecological oncology unit of Petah Tikva’s Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Branch.

Bomb damage at Iran's Evin prison raises fears for detained Britons, family says

Joe Bennett, who is in regular contact with his jailed mother, Lindsay Foreman, has reported worsening conditions inside the facility as bombing continues in the capital for a fourth day.

 Journalists invited to visit Evin Prison the week after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike on June 23, viewed on July 01, 2025 in Tehran, Iran.