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Israel

Entities from Israel

63 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings.

People

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Amos HarelILHaaretz military affairs correspondent; senior Israeli journalist covering the IDF and Lebanon front.
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Assaf OrionILIsraeli retired Brigadier-General and INSS senior researcher specialising in Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
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Basim Sheikh SulimanILIsrael Football Association vice-president; subject of Rajoub's handshake refusal at Vancouver FIFA Congress.
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Benjamin NetanyahuILIsrael's longest-serving prime minister; leading a multi-front war against Iran and Hezbollah while managing a rupturing alliance with Washington.
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Effie DefrinILIDF chief spokesman who publicly named the Iranian Supreme Leader as an assassination target.
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Eyal ZamirILIDF Chief of Staff since March 2025; prosecuting Israel's simultaneous wars in Iran and Lebanon.
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Israel KatzILIsraeli Defence Minister directing Lebanon operations and authorising targeted killing orders.
Lt. Col. Nadav ShoshaniILIsraeli military spokesman who confirmed IDF forces operating in southern Lebanon on March 3, 2026.
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Menachem BeginILIsraeli PM 1977-83; architect of the Begin Doctrine of pre-emptive nuclear strikes.
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Ron AradILIsraeli Air Force navigator missing since 1986; his fate is Israel's most emotive unresolved MIA case.
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Yechiel LeiterILIsraeli Ambassador to the United States; attended State Dept Israel-Lebanon talks on 14 April 2026.
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Yoram DinsteinILIsraeli international law scholar at Tel Aviv University; leading authority on laws of armed conflict.

Organisations

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Aqua SecurityILAn Israeli cloud-native security vendor and publisher of the Trivy open-source vulnerability scanner.
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Bar-Ilan UniversityILIsraeli research university in Ramat Gan; home of the BESA Center for Strategic Studies on Iran.
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Begin CapitalILInternational seed fund backing B2B software founders across Europe and Israel.
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Check Point ResearchILCheck Point's threat-research division; gained C2 visibility into The Gentlemen's 1,570+ victim network.
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Elbit SystemsILIsrael's largest private defence electronics company; manufactures F-35I avionics, drones, and electronic warfare systems.
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HaaretzILIsrael's oldest daily; Amos Harel's military intelligence column is the 2026 war's most-cited independent assessment.
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Investing.comILIsraeli-founded financial markets data platform; cited source for Brent crude pricing in U#105.
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Israel Football AssociationILIsrael's football governing body; fined $191,000 by FIFA; subject of PFA's CAS appeal over West Bank clubs.
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Israel HayomILIsraeli free daily newspaper with right-wing editorial line; primary source for Khamenei medical reporting in April 2026.
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Jerusalem PostILIsrael's leading English-language daily, channelling Israeli security intelligence on the 2026 Iran conflict.
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MossadILIsraeli foreign intelligence service; Iran executed an alleged Mossad asset in its atomic energy agency on 22 April 2026.
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Shabtab NewsILIsraeli Hebrew-language news outlet; first to report the execution of an alleged Mossad asset inside Iran's atomic energy agency.
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SygniaILTel Aviv-based cybersecurity firm; incident-response professional Ryan Goldberg pleaded guilty to using ALPHV/BlackCat against clients while employed there.
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The Times of IsraelILLargest English-language Israeli daily; 8 million monthly readers, centrist, multi-language.
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WindwardILIsraeli maritime AI company tracking sanctions evasion, AIS spoofing, and shadow fleet movements globally.
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YnetILLeading Israeli news website; corroborated Israel Hayom's Khamenei medical reporting and added Pezeshkian clinical involvement detail.

Nations & Places

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AradILIsraeli Negev city near Dimona struck by Iranian missiles in April 2026, injuring over 100.
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AshdodILIsraeli Mediterranean port city targeted by Hezbollah missile, triggering air raid sirens.
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Ben Gurion AirportILIsrael's principal international airport, closed and targeted during the Iran-Israel conflict.
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Bnei BrakILIsraeli ultra-Orthodox city east of Tel Aviv; struck by Iranian cluster-warhead ballistic missiles in March 2026.
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DimonaILIsraeli desert city housing the nuclear research centre struck by Iran in 2026.
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FilonILIDF base east of Safad, northern Israel; struck by Hezbollah jet drone in March 2026.
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GalileeILNorthern Israeli region bordering Lebanon; the territory every Lebanon war is fought to defend.
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HaifaILIsrael's largest port city; Bazan refinery struck by Iranian missiles in 'oil for oil' exchange, March 2026.
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HolonILIsraeli city south of Tel Aviv, struck by Iranian cluster missiles as air defences failed.
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IsraelILState conducting a multi-front war in Iran and Lebanon; ground forces reached the Zaharani river by 1 June 2026.
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JaffaILHistoric port district of Tel Aviv-Jaffa; struck by Houthi rockets on 8 June 2026, first since the April ceasefire.
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Kiryat ShmonaILIsraeli border town 3 km from Lebanon; hit by Hezbollah rockets on 9 April 2026.
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MetulaILIsraels northernmost town, on the Lebanese border, exposed to Hezbollah rocket fire since October 2023.
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NegevILSouthern Israeli desert region housing the Dimona nuclear facility, now under direct missile attack.
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Ramat David AirbaseILIsraeli Air Force base in the Jezreel Valley, northern Israel
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Ramat GanILIsraeli city in the Tel Aviv District, now a target in Iran's missile campaign.
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Rishon LeZionILIsrael's fourth-largest city; an early Zionist settlement now struck by Iranian cluster munitions.
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SafadILNorthern Israeli city near Lebanese border; historic centre of Jewish Kabbalah mysticism.
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Savidor CentralILTel Aviv main railway station, damaged by Iranian missile strike forcing rail suspension.
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Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research CentreILIsrael's nuclear research facility at Dimona, struck by Iranian ballistic missiles.
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ShohamILPlanned Israeli town near Ben Gurion Airport, struck by Iranian cluster missiles in 2026.
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Tel AvivILIsraeli commercial capital and recurring missile target in the Iran-Israel war.
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Western WallILJudaism's holiest prayer site, 400 metres from an Iranian missile strike crater.

Armed Groups

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36th Armoured DivisionILIsraeli Defence Forces armoured division deployed to southern Lebanon in March 2026 alongside the 91st Galilee Division.
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98th DivisionILIDF division deployed to southern Lebanon during the 2026 conflict.
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Israel Defense Forces (IDF)ILIsrael's national military; fighting in Lebanon and Iran simultaneously since February 2026.

Concepts

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IDF Military Advocate GeneralILIsrael's military legal authority overseeing prosecution of IDF conduct violations.
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Israeli cabinetILIsrael's collective executive government; security cabinet holds formal authority over military operations.

Events

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Israeli operations in Lebanon (June 2025)ILContinuous IDF operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon throughout June 2025.
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Israeli strikes (28 February 2026)ILJoint US-Israeli opening salvo on 28 Feb 2026 that triggered the Iran war.
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Operation LitaniIL1978 Israeli military operation into southern Lebanon; the historical precedent for the Litani River as a buffer-zone boundary in current ceasefire architecture.

Products

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TrivyILAn open-source vulnerability scanner published by Aqua Security; its supply-chain compromise via CVE-2026-33634 in March 2026 allowed UNC6780 to steal credentials accessing Cisco GitHub repositories.

Technology

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Arrow-3ILIsrael's exo-atmospheric ballistic missile interceptor, now critically depleted by sustained Iranian salvos.
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F-35IILIsraeli Air Force variant of the F-35A Lightning II; subject of a $34m range-extension contract awarded to Elbit, May 2026.
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Iron DomeILIsraeli short-range missile defence that is failing to stop Iran's evolving barrage tactics.