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Second construction worker wounded in Iranian missile attack dies

A construction worker who sustained serious injuries when debris from an Iranian missile struck a building site in the central Israeli city of Yehud on Monday afternoon was pronounced dead on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strikes Hezbollah funding apparatus assets

Israeli Air Force jets on Monday carried out a wave of strikes targeting a Lebanese association used by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group to fund its weapons and operatives, the army said on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US defense secretary warns of ‘most intense day’ of strikes on Iranian targets

The US defense chief warned that Tuesday would be the most intense day of the war against Iran so far, while Israel’s leader said regime change in Iran could only come from the people, as Washington and Jerusalem continued to strike targets across Iran on the 11th day of the conflict.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with Iran’s choice of new supreme leader

President Donald Trump said he is "not happy" with Iran’s choice of a new supreme leader but that early results from Operation Epic Fury have been "way beyond expectation."

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been installed as the next supreme leader.

Read more: Fox News

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First immigrant since start of war arrives in Israel, ministry says

Henry Garfinkle, 26, on Sunday morning became the first immigrant to return to Israel since the start of “Operation Roaring Lion” against Iran, the Aliyah and Integration Ministry said.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Explosion damages synagogue in Belgium

A powerful explosion rocked the façade of a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, early on Monday morning, resulting in no injuries.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran may still have access to enriched uranium at site bombed by US last year

Iran may be able to access and move highly enriched uranium that had been previously thought to have been buried underground by US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear facility last June, according to a New York Times report.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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US-sanctioned Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran’s next supreme leader after father’s death

Iran’s Assembly of Experts has elected Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, according to Iranian state television.
Read more: Fox News

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Seventh US service member dies due to Iranian attack

A U.S. service member has died from wounds sustained during the Iranian regime’s initial wave of attacks across the Middle East, raising the American death toll in “Operation Epic Fury” to seven, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday night.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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1 dead, 2 seriously wounded as Iranian cluster bomb warhead hits central Israel

At least one person was killed and two others seriously wounded by an Iranian missile with a cluster warhead that was fired at central Israel on Monday, the seventh salvo of fire since midnight as Tehran kept up its attacks on Israel and Gulf nations.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Russia is feeding Iran intelligence to help target US forces

Russia has provided Iran with targeting information on US military assets in the Middle East since the outbreak of the war, three officials familiar with the intelligence told the Washington Post, marking the first indication that another major US adversary may be involved in the conflict.

Read more: i24 News

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Carlson draws criticism, ridicule for claim Chabad fueling Iran war to build third Temple

Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host and current podcaster who regularly shares antisemitic conspiracy theories, is drawing another round of criticism and ridicule for his latest show, which runs more than an hour and 35 minutes, and is a war update titled “Israel’s true motives, potential false flags and oncoming global crisis.”

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US, Israel say Iran missile fire down, most launchers taken out as offensive ramps up

Military chiefs in Israel and the US said Thursday that the countries’ airstrikes had notched major successes in taking out Iran’s missile threat and warned that the offensive was set to intensify in the coming days, even as ballistic missile and drone attacks continued to harass Israel and Gulf states.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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UK arrests four Iranian nationals on suspicion of spying on London Jews for Tehran

Four men were arrested in Britain on Friday on suspicion of assisting Iranian intelligence by spying on locations and people linked to London’s Jewish community, police said.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF pummels Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold

The Israeli Air Force conducted a broad wave of overnight strikes in Beirut, targeting Hezbollah terror infrastructure, the military said on Friday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF launches new phase of Iran war, confirms death of major Hezbollah operative

After establishing air superiority, the IDF will transition to the next phase of the war against Iran, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said during a Thursday evening recorded address to the public.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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Katz tells Hegseth: Israeli-US alliance against Iran ‘changing history’

Defense Minister Israel Katz in an overnight call with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday praised the partnership between the two nations in “Operation Roaring Lion/Epic Fury” against the Islamic Republic.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran fires seven missile salvos at Israel on war’s sixth day as IAF jets pound Tehran

Iran launched seven volleys of ballistic missiles at Israel on Thursday, sending millions running to bomb shelters, as the Israel Defense Forces kept up its strikes on Iranian military and regime targets on the sixth day of the war.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Hezbollah anti-tank rocket wounds IDF soldiers in South Lebanon

Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were moderately wounded by anti-tank fire while fighting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group in Southern Lebanon, the military said on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IRGC members in Lebanon will be arrested, deported, Lebanese information minister says

Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Lebanon will be arrested, Reuters cited the Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos as saying on Thursday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post