Seth Frantzman

I am thrilled to announce the release of my new book, 'The October 7 War: Israel’s Battle for Security in Gaza.' While I've covered numerous Gaza wars, this one has been harrowing and long. Awakened by Hamas rocket fire on October 7, 2023, I began covering the conflict from its…

“True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine.”

We have decided to bring our team home from Doha for consultations after the latest response from Hamas, which clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. While the mediators have made a great effort, Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good…

Israeli journalist @HavivRettigGur: After 22 months of false or misleading reports in Western media, Gaza is now actually approaching catastrophic levels of hunger. “We are very close to real, actual, desperate hunger in Gaza… It's hard to convince Israelis of that because…

New head of anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq and Syria takes command @sfrantzman in FDD's @LongWarJournal: bit.ly/4kRyVeM

I walked by a place selling sushi in one of those indoor malls that has a kind of atrium roof AND There was a sushi place with the salmon and tuna sitting out under rays of sunlight. That can’t possibly be good for raw fish to relax in sunlight and heat up slowly .

Brave new world?

Iraq’s PM al-Sudani meets newly appointed anti-ISIS commander Brig. Gen. Lambert amid potential changes to US troop roles due to growing security concerns in Syria. @sfrantzman

The Supreme Court's questioning on youth gender medicine has provided "uncomfortable insight into how advocacy groups and medical associations have tamped down their own concerns about its evidence base," @helenlewis writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

It really is fascinating that a terror group that had maybe 30,000 fighters on October 7 and which supposedly lost most of its forces in battle by the end of 2024...supposedly only had a few "battalions" left...continues to dictate terms while facing five IDF divisions. It's…

This sounds concerning. It once again illustrates the problem of lack of strategy that has put up roadblocks to Israel leveraging its more recent successes. A lot of tactical success, but it "risks unraveling." This is the tragic legacy of conflict management, relying on…

New head of anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq and Syria takes command longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

Prediction? Hamas will still be running Gaza then? Bookmark

Kaiser Permanente to ‘pause’ gender-transition surgeries for those under 19 under Trump pressure trib.al/wxgJOD6

reminder that Sharon Osbourne would throw hands for Ozzy Osbourne 😭 she got sued after this