Israel Brief: Tuesday, November 11
Washington sells theater in Rafah; Israel writes the script in Lebanon.
Shalom, friends.
In Gaza, the Yellow Line is a daily lie detector—gunmen test it, the IDF answers, and the diplomats beg for a “pilot.” Up north, precision attrition accelerates while Beirut insists disarmament happens by press release. At home, the state is relearning how to govern: jail the crooked, harden the hospitals, and pass laws that mean something.
⚡️Flash Brief: The Day in 90 Seconds or Less
South Lebanon: IAF strikes across Nabatieh and the Beqaa; weapons sites hit; three Hezbollah operatives killed. See The War Today.
Israel–U.S.–Lebanon: Washington offers LAF help to “disarm” Hezbollah; Beirut refuses house searches; Israel insists. See The War Today.
Gaza: Two Hamas gunmen shot crossing the Yellow Line toward IDF positions in the south. See The War Today.
Smuggling drone: West-to-east UAV intercepted; three M16s seized; network mapping underway. See Developments to Watch.
Iran: Larijani rejects limits on nukes and missiles; Shin Bet exposes Tehran-run crypto spy tasking in Tel Aviv. See Developments to Watch.
Regionals: Egypt refuses to host Rafah tunnel fighters; UAE declines Gaza peacekeeping force without mandate. See Developments to Watch.
Home front: Three-day IDF drill across Judea, Samaria, Jordan Valley; hospital hardening plan moves to procurement. See Developments to Watch.
The full brief and analysis continue below.
Foreign capitals market “day-after” fantasies while the IDF does “day-of” enforcement. Rafah’s “pilot program” lost two crewmen this morning, and Beirut’s “mechanism” doesn’t knock on doors—so Israeli jets keep doing the knocking. Let’s walk the fronts that actually move.