Military Bases

Three training bases will be established for armored brigades: the 7th, 188th, and 401st, including stages for professional training and advanced exercises. Three additional bases are for the Kfir, Nahal, and Givati brigades. A senior Ministry of Defense official told Walla: The bases will be built with the lessons of October 7 in mind.

The two Russian bases in Hmeimim and Tartus in western Syria will be reorganized under a new agreement. The memorandum sets a three-month timeframe to transition these facilities into joint training centers.

Iran warned today, Thursday, Cyprus and Bulgaria against allowing the United States to use military bases on their territory for potential attacks against the Islamic Republic. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi clarified that any state that places its territory at the disposal of a foreign power for action against Iran will be considered as participating in aggression.

More than 1,100 public figures, jurists, and activists signed a letter calling for an end to the American military presence in the kingdom, arguing that it endangers Jordan's sovereignty and drags it into a regional conflict. Despite public pressure, the government is not expected to change its alliance with Washington.

For years, documentation of Arab contractors inside IDF bases has been published, raising questions regarding their presence alongside sensitive and classified facilities. This evening, we are exposing a series of investigations conducted at several IDF bases, which reveal a severe and worrying picture of deficiencies in information security.