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Iran rushing to rearm Mideast terror proxies after IDF, US strikes on Tehran

Despite significant setbacks following Israeli strikes that killed key military leaders and US attacks on its nuclear facilities, Iran is accelerating efforts to rearm its militia allies across the Middle East, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Friday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli envoy condemns ‘glaring silence’ from UN agencies

Reut Shapir Ben-Naftaly, political coordinator for the Israeli mission to the United Nations, criticized several U.N. agencies during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which she said “has continued to abandon all semblance of neutrality and impartiality.”

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Israel allows limited entry of Syrian security forces into Sweida province for the next 48 hours

In light of the ongoing instability in southwestern Syria, Israel has agreed to allow limited entry of Syrian security forces into the Sweida province for the next 48 hours, an Israeli official said.

Read more: i24 News

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Israel urges UN action over atrocities against Druze in Syria

Israel has called on the United Nations Security Council to act against the Damascus regime for its role in atrocities being committed against Druze civilians in Syria’s Suweida province.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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After Damascus strikes, IDF chief vows to shield Syrian Druze

Israel “will not allow southern Syria to become a terror stronghold,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Wednesday evening.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Fordow mostly destroyed, but other 2 sites can enrich ‘within months’

The Fordow nuclear site in Iran has mostly been destroyed in the US strikes last month, according to a report in NBC on Thursday, but Iran could resume enrichment in the the other two sites hit "within months."

Read more: i24 News

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Israel to up output of Arrow anti-ballistic missiles

The Israeli Defense Ministry on Thursday announced a contract to significantly increase production of Arrow anti-ballistic missile interceptor systems, highlighting the system’s critical role during the recent war with Iran.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas leaders rattled by emergence of clans against them in Gaza

Israel is reportedly actively arming and supporting multiple local, anti-Hamas clans and militias in the Gaza Strip as part of a broader effort to cultivate a new source of local power for the “day after” the war.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu, Herzog honor Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl’s legacy

At the annual state memorial for Theodor Herzl in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog invoked the legacy of the Zionist visionary to address the modern-day challenges facing Israel, particularly in Gaza and on other fronts.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF finishes new 15 km. Magez Oz Corridor splitting critical Hamas-controlled city of Khan Yunis

The IDF on Wednesday announced that it had completed the new Magen Oz Corridor, splitting the critical Hamas-controlled southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Professor who called for Iran to strike US base removed, Georgetown says at House hearing

Robert Groves, the interim president of Georgetown University, told members of Congress on Tuesday that the school removed a professor who called for Iran to attack U.S. military bases in the Middle East.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Beirut bans all financial dealings with Hezbollah bank

Lebanon’s central bank has barred banks and financial institutions from conducting transactions with Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a financial entity linked to the Hezbollah terror organization, according to a circular dated July 14, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Exiled Yemen government claims to seize 750 tons of Iran-supplied Houthi weapons

Fighters allied to Yemen’s exiled government claimed Wednesday they had seized 750 tons of Iranian-supplied missiles and weaponry bound for the country’s Houthi rebels, the latest interdiction of arms allegedly tied to Tehran in the country’s decadelong war.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF strikes Syrian regime military HQ over threat to Druze in Sweida

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday attacked the entrance to the Syrian regime’s military headquarters in the Damascus area in response to reports of atrocities against local Druze residents.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iranian national charged with exporting electronics to Islamic Republic

Bahram Mohammad Ostovari, 66, an Iranian national and U.S. permanent resident, was arrested and charged with four counts of illegally sending electronics that are used for telecommunications and railway signaling to the Islamic Republic over at least seven years, the U.S. Justice Department stated.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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UK Jews’ wellbeing, way of life ‘increasingly challenged, undermined’ by antisemitism

The increase of antisemitism in civil society has left UK Jews feeling they have no one they can turn to outside of their own community, the Board of Deputies of British Jews said in a report released Tuesday that pointed to problems in the health service, unions, and professional bodies.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli Air Force downs Houthi drone

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday morning intercepted a drone launched from Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strikes Syrian forces moving in on Druze city at center of deadly clashes

Israel bombed Syrian government forces rolling into a Druze-majority city in southern Syria following days of ethnic fighting there, in a rare direct attack on forces loyal to the new leadership in Damascus that Jerusalem had seen as a potential ally.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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NYC comptroller backs Mamdani, divests from Israel, city mayor claims

Lander withdrew tens of millions of dollars from investments in State of Israel Bonds, prompting First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro to demand review of the decision-making process surrounding the effective withdrawal of New York City pensions funds from investment in State of Israel Bonds, claiming Lander's policies not only caused Israel harm but...

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‘Kill all Jews’: Elmo’s X account inflitrated by antisemetic hacker

Elmo's X account was taken over Sunday night by an unknown hacker. Antisemitic content such as 'Kill all Jews' was posted to the official account and was taken down within the hour.

Read more: i24 News