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US Vice President JD Vance on Friday warned Iran not to “play” the US as he headed to Pakistan for high-stakes negotiations aimed at ending their war.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire into Friday, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of peace talks with Lebanon, which had continued to reel from major Israeli strikes two days earlier.
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Indiana University Indianapolis told eight state representatives that its Muslim Philanthropy Initiative is no longer working with the Istanbul-based Hayat Yolu Association, which the U.S. Treasury Department designated as a “sham charity” that supports Hamas last month.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced that Jerusalem intends to hold direct negotiations with Lebanese interlocutors with a view to disarming Iran’s terror proxy Hezbollah.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced Iran for its “very poor job” in allowing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a key condition of the two-week ceasefire agreed by Washington and Tehran that paused 40 days of war in the Middle East.
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The U.S. president hailed the two-week ceasefire agreement with Tehran, suggesting the deal could mark the beginning of a 'golden age' in the Middle East.
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Under international pressure to engage in diplomacy after deadly strikes, Netanyahu says disarming Hezbollah will be focus of talks, said set to kick off next week in DC
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The president threatens unprecedented strikes if Tehran violates the emerging deal during the two-week truce.
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A Haifa resident has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out missions for Iranian intelligence, including allegedly producing explosives intended to target former prime minister Naftali Bennett, read a joint statement issued by police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Thursday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The secretary of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem was killed on Wednesday evening in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, the Israel Defense Forces announced Thursday.
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Vice President JD Vance will lead the US negotiating team in talks that will take place in Islamabad this weekend, the White House announced Wednesday.
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Air-raid sirens continued to blare throughout northern Israel on Thursday, warning of incoming rocket and missile fire from Hezbollah, Iran’s terrorist proxy in Lebanon.
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American military forces, ships and aircraft will remain deployed “in, and around, Iran” until a “real agreement” is fully implemented, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday.
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is demanding that Hamas conclude a deal to demilitarize Gaza by the end of this week, according to four diplomats familiar with the talks, The New York Times reported on Monday.
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The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday carried out its largest coordinated strikes against Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon since the start of “Operation Roaring Lion,” hitting about 100 sites across multiple areas simultaneously within 10 minutes.
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Iran launched a wave of missiles and drones at targets in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, hours after a two-week ceasefire went into effect, claiming that it was in retaliation for a strike on Iranian oil facilities.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that the military effort against Iran created “maximum leverage” that opened the door “for a diplomatic solution and long-term peace.”
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday evening that he agreed to a “double-sided ceasefire” with the regime in Tehran after talking to the Pakistani prime minister and field marshal, who “requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran.”
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Several locations in central Israel were hit by fragments from an Iranian missile following a launch towards the region, according to reports received by Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah on Tuesday morning.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Iran has attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail petrochemical complex, the heart of the kingdom's downstream energy sector and home to multi-billion-dollar joint ventures, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post