Seth J. Frantzman

Israel must finish Hamas off

19 October 2024 12:57 am

The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a clash with Israeli troops could help transform Israel’s war efforts against…

There should be no ceasefire in Gaza

28 February 2024 3:11 am

Joe Biden appears to be pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. ‘My hope is that by next Monday…

Has Israel learned the lessons of Ukraine’s war with Russia?

30 November 2023 2:57 am

Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas – which has allowed for the release of dozens of hostages – looks set to continue.…

To win, Israel must destroy the labyrinth of Hamas tunnels

5 November 2023 10:51 pm

As Israeli forces continue to push into Gaza they face threats from Hamas terrorists who use a network of tunnels…

What Israel can learn from the battle for Mosul

18 October 2023 5:53 pm

Israel’s fight against Hamas has been compared to the war against Isis between 2015 and 2019. That war was largely…

Israel is trapped in a dilemma

16 October 2023 5:00 pm

Hamas’s attack was designed to massacre as many civilians as possible, while also striking at Israeli military posts along the…

Israel faces a new kind of war

8 October 2023 7:33 pm

Israelis awoke to sirens on Saturday. They began after six in the morning on the border of Gaza as Hamas…

Kamikaze drones are the future of warfare

17 September 2023 4:30 pm

The West is struggling to confront the modern military technologies of Russia, Iran and China. A year and a half…

Ukraine has exposed the limits of drone warfare

10 April 2023 4:00 pm

As Ukraine prepares for an expected offensive in the spring or summer, key weapons from western countries are bolstering the country’s armed…

The drone era has arrived

23 March 2022 7:05 pm

The Ukrainian airforce has so far held out in the battle for the skies. Russia continues to rely on missiles…

Israel's vaccine passports could be a model for the world

21 February 2021 7:58 pm

In early February I received my green-coloured vaccine certification for having two jabs in Jerusalem. Now Israel is rolling out…

How Israel became a world leader in vaccination

2 January 2021 5:25 am

On a cold night three days before the end of the 2020 I drove down to Jerusalem’s Pais Arena. The…

View from the Golan Heights: Israel prepares to take on Hezbollah

29 September 2020 11:32 pm

Ain Qana is a pretty pastoral village perched on a hillside in southern Lebanon. On 22 September a large explosion…

Ankara's aggression has spurred a most unlikely pact

16 September 2020 12:07 am

The monumental accords being signed in Washington between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain represent a new era in Israeli peacemaking.…

Libya is now the Middle East's most important proxy war

21 May 2020 1:42 am

Libya has been in the midst of civil war for almost a decade. However, in the last year, the conflict…

Why Benjamin Netanyahu has outlasted all his political rivals

13 May 2020 2:10 am

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a coalition agreement, after a year of uncertainty and three elections, to create…

Iraq’s endgame

27 August 2016 9:00 am

 Bashiqa, near Mosul, northern Iraq   At night, the temperature around the Islamic State-held city of Mosul drops to around…