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Son of couple held in Iran: ‘They aren’t spies, they’re Mum and Dad’

The son of a British couple detained in Iran has said he broke down in tears when he learned of their arrest and has not heard from them in six months.

Read more: BBC News

Trump targeted by Iranian death fatwas as watchdog group demands immediate sanctions response

A new report by United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is urging the U.S. government to impose sanctions on senior Iranian clerics and regime-controlled institutions that have issued or promoted Islamic legal rulings — known as fatwas — calling for the torture and assassination of President Donald Trump, other American citizens and Israeli Prime...

Troops destroy Hezbollah arms in rare southern Lebanon ground raids, IDF says

Israeli ground troops raided several sites inside Lebanon in recent days, destroying Hezbollah weapon depots and other infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Iran, Hezbollah implicated in Ireland’s largest drug bust

An Irish court on July 4 sentenced two Iranian nationals in connection with a transnational drug trafficking operation involving more than 2.2 tons of cocaine, as authorities investigate suspected links to Hezbollah and the Iranian regime, Irish media reported.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Netanyahu talks hostage deal in second Trump meet in 24 hours

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Tuesday for a second time in 24 hours, to discuss the possible ceasefire deal in Gaza.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

‘They held a gun to her head’: Released hostage shares new details of Hamas abuse

Released Israeli-American hostage Keith Siegel on Tuesday gave harrowing new testimony from his time in Hamas captivity, saying he witnessed severe violence and abuse of a female hostage  he was held with.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Israel says breakthrough on Gaza talks near after Trump-Netanyahu meeting

Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting Monday evening with United States President Donald Trump, senior Israeli officials said negotiations for a hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas are at a near-breakthrough, while touting the supreme coordination between Jerusalem and Washington on Gaza, Iran, and broader regional...

IDF eliminates Hamas commander who raided gas station on Oct. 7

The Israel Defense Forces had eliminated the Hamas terrorist who led the Oct. 7, 2023 infiltration of a gas station near Kibbutz Magen, the military said on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Netanyahu to meet VP Vance, House and Senate leaders

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to continue his diplomatic visit to Washington on Tuesday by meeting with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Five IDF soldiers killed, 14 wounded in northern Gaza

Five Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Beit Hanoun area of the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Tuesday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Iranian spy arrested after spying on German Jewish targets for Quds Force handler

An Iranian spy who was likely planning attacks on Jewish people in Germany has been arrested after a lengthy multi-national intelligence operation.

German Federal Prosecutor General Jens Rommel announced last week that Afghan-Danish national Ali S., 53, had been arrested under strong suspicion of “having worked for a secret service of a...

GHF slams Reuters over ‘false, so-called’ document of Gazan relocation, ‘deradicalization plan’

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) slammed Reuters for its report that claimed it proposed building camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside - and possibly outside - Gaza to house the Palestinian population, outlining its vision of "replacing Hamas's control over the population in Gaza."

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

Senior Hamas commander says group’s control over Gaza has ‘completely collapsed’

A senior Hamas commander quoted in a report published Sunday said that the terror group has lost control of around 80 percent of the Gaza Strip and that there is “barely anything left” of its military structure, after 21 months of intense fighting with the Israeli military.

Read more: The Times of Israel

US envoy ‘unbelievably’ satisfied with Lebanese response on disarming Hezbollah

US envoy Thomas Barrack said Monday he was very pleased by the Lebanese authorities’ response to a request to disarm terror group Hezbollah, which was heavily weakened in a recent war with Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Netanyahu lands in DC for meeting with Trump at White House

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his delegation landed at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington on Monday morning, ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Katz visits Rafah as IDF hits rocket cell, Hamas killers

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz visited Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, accompanied by Israel Defense Forces OC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor and Gaza Division Commander Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram, as part of “Operation Gideon’s Chariot.”

Read more at JNS.

Hamas reviews ceasefire proposal amid hopes for war’s end

Hamas has received the finalized ceasefire and hostage exchange proposal for Gaza, transmitted by Qatari and Egyptian mediators, according to multiple sources close to the negotiations.

Read more at i24

Hamas caught on camera torturing Gazans, COGAT reveals

The IDF published footage on Thursday of Hamas torturing civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian, the coordinator of the Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), shared the video on the unit’s X/Twitter account.

Read more at the Jerusalem Post.

Pentagon: US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program by 1–2 years

The U.S. military’s airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have delayed the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program by up to two years, according to a new Pentagon assessment.

Read more at JNS

Gottheimer, Lawler present bill to send bunker-buster bombs to Israel

“Israel must be able to defend herself against Iran, and ensure that Iran cannot rebuild its nuclear capabilities,” the New Jersey Democrat stated.
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday calls on Washington to send Israel the sorts of bunker-buster bombs that it needed the United States to drop last month on underground...