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Israel’s worst-case scenarios in the Flydubai incident

Hours before Flydubai passengers sang at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel prepared for worst-case scenarios — from a crash or hijacking to a possible shootdown to prevent a 9/11-style attack; fighter jets and elite units were on standby

Elisha Ben Kimon, Itamar Eichner | 10.01.26

בנימין נתניהו, מלך ירדן עבדאללה השני, רצועת עזה

King Abdullah calls Israel ‘regional threat’; Jerusalem hits back over Palestinian rights

Jordanian monarch accuses Israel of war crimes and an ‘expansionist appetite’; Netanyahu avoids a direct response as water and border cooperation continue under the 1994 peace treaty

Lior Ben Ari | 09.24.26

Liberman proposes ‘Israeli-Jordanian confederation’ for parts of West Bank

Yisrael Beytenu leader says Jordan should assume security and administrative control of Areas A and B, while Israel retains full control of Area C; Netanyahu demands he retract proposal

Yuval Karni, Moran Azulay | 09.23.26

‘Leave no one behind’: how IDF paratroopers abducted Jordanian Legionnaires to free a comrade

In 1954, wounded paratrooper Yitzhak ‘Little Gibli’ ordered his comrades to leave him behind and was captured by Jordan; what followed was a series of extraordinary missions to seize Jordanian soldiers and build leverage for his return

Oded Kramer, Itzik Shasho | 09.18.26

חייל צבא דרום לבנון ליד כבר זוטר אל-ע'רביה

Paris summit revives push to fund Lebanese army as Hezbollah disarmament stalls

Presidents Joseph Aoun and Emmanuel Macron and Jordan’s King Abdullah II will prepare a new donor drive as Beirut seeks to strengthen its army, advance the stalled southern Lebanon deal and plan for the end of UNIFIL’s mandate

Associated Press | 09.17.26

More than 30 handguns, M-16 rifles seized in smuggling attempt from Jordan

Two Jericho residents crossed into Jordan and returned with more than 30 handguns and two M-16 rifles. IDF surveillance soldiers tracked them, alerted forces and helped foil the smuggling attempt: 'Complacency is our enemy'

Gal Ganot | 09.11.26

US destroys 5 Iranian tankers after attacks on warship; Iran fires missiles at Jordan

CENTCOM said Iran's Revolutionary Guards twice tried to hit a US Navy ship in the past two days, but it evaded the attacks; the US then destroyed 5 Guard oil tankers; Iran fired missiles at Jordan, with interceptions seen over Israel

Lior Ben Ari | 09.09.26

מסמכים חסויים מהפגישה החשאית של שמעון פרס עם המלך חוסיין

How a disguised Shimon Peres helped pave the way for peace with Jordan

Newly released documents reveal the clandestine 1993 Amman meeting where Peres and King Hussein initialed a memorandum that helped shape the 1994 peace treaty, as Hussein warned he might have only 'a year or two left' and vowed to risk everything

Itamar Eichner | 09.08.26

Jordan keeps quiet under Iranian missile fire and this may be why

King Abdullah has long cultivated ties with Washington to bolster Jordan’s security; now, under repeated Iranian missile attacks, the kingdom is showing restraint as its strategic role also makes it a target

Lior Ben Ari, AP | 09.05.26

Released Lebanese detainee: ‘I wasn’t tortured in Israel, but the psychological pressure was hard’

Hussein Ayash says he was questioned about Hezbollah and held in isolation after his detention in south Lebanon; meanwhile, two were killed in an Israeli strike and Iranian missiles were reportedly fired toward Jordan

Israel Moshkovitz, Gal Ganot, Lior Ben Ari | 09.04.26

Jordan has had enough of Netanyahu, and is waiting for Israel’s election

Opinion: Jordan’s peace with Israel has frozen under Netanyahu, but security ties still endure; officials in Amman are now waiting for Israel’s election, hoping a change of government could reopen the palace doors and revive a relationship left in deep freeze

Smadar Perry | 09.03.26

Iran launches ‘decisive’ retaliation, fires missiles at US bases in Jordan

Tehran says missiles were fired at US bases in Jordan and claims an MQ-9 was downed; blasts were heard in Eilat as Jordanians received shelter alerts warning of possible falling debris; Trump: 'When it is over, there will be very little left of Iran'

Lior Ben Ari, Ilana Curiel | 09.02.26

Israel, Iran see latest US clash as limited, but Trump warns: ‘We’re going to hit them hard’

Israel was briefed on the US strike on Larak Island, while a senior Iranian source warned that Hormuz conditions would worsen for vessels violating Tehran’s rules and said no target in the region was beyond Iran’s reach

Lior Ben Ari, Itamar Eichner, News Agencies | 08.31.26

Iran fires ballistic missiles at US bases in Jordan

IRGC says strikes on King Hussein and Al Azraq bases retaliate for US attack on Iran’s Larak Island; Jordan says it intercepted eight missiles

Reuters | 08.31.26

China’s President Xi Jinping (L) and King Abdullah II of Jordan (R) gesture after attending a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China

Jordan’s Beijing pivot: what it really means for Israeli security

Analysis: Not a rupture, not a crisis, but Chinese digital infrastructure near the Jordan Valley is a new intelligence vulnerability that Israel cannot ignore

Amine Ayoub | 08.26.26

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