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IDF demolishes Hezbollah tunnels below southern Lebanon’s Beaufort Ridge

The Israeli military blew up a Hezbollah tunnel system beneath the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced late Thursday night in a joint statement.

Read More…The Times of Israel 

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Saudis said to gear up for ground invasion against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen

Saudi Arabia is gearing up for a major offensive against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, by sea and possibly including a ground operation, The Guardian reported Thursday.

Read More…The Times of Israel 

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Israeli minister slams Turkey after its FM meets new Hamas leader

(July 31, 2026 / JNS)
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli on Friday sharply criticized Turkey after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met in Ankara with a Hamas delegation led by the terrorist group’s new leader, Khalil al-Hayya.

Read More…JNS 

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Iran’s European proxies: Criminal gangs recruit teens for terror

(July 31, 2026 / JNS)
On July 29, a London court convicted a 19-year-old Norwegian teenager of conspiracy to murder. He was hours away from carrying out an assassination on behalf of a Swedish criminal group that runs the Scandinavian drug trade and is linked to Iran.

Read More… JNS 

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Bipartisan House bill targets Algeria-based group, ‘instrument’ of Iranian regime

(July 31, 2026 / JNS)
Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) are leading a bipartisan effort to go after the Polisario Front, an Algeria-based Sahrawi paramilitary group.

Read More…JNS 

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Treasury sanctions network tied to Iran-linked airline

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a new round of Iran-related sanctions on Thursday targeting individuals and entities linked to Mahan Air, an Iranian airline designated by Washington and the European Union for its ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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On the road to recovery: Former hostage Evyatar David speaks out for first time since captivity

Former hostage Evyatar David spoke out for the first time since returning home, discussing his complicated rehabilitation process in a social media post on Thursday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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US strikes Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in ‘powerful response’ to attacks on its forces

US Central Command carried out “a heavy wave of strikes” on dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran, it said early Thursday, a day after the Iranian military force targeted American troops in the region with ballistic missiles.

Read more: Time of Israel

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Christians arbitrarily detained in Syria denied Bible access, forced to observe Ramadan, CSI report

Members of the Christian community have been arbitrarily detained, with their families extorted for payments in exchange for their release, the Christian Solidarity International report claimed.
Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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Negotiators working on final roadmap for Gaza’s future, Hamas disarmament, source tells ‘Post’

Discussions with mediators in Cairo are continuing and making progress, according to a diplomatic source who spoke to The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, as negotiators work to finalize a comprehensive roadmap for Gaza’s future governance and security arrangements.

Read More… The Jerusalem Post

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Flyers stating ‘we are with you Palestine,’ bearing swastika found in Southern California community

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
Flyers with antisemitic messages and neo-Nazi imagery were found in the unincorporated Orange County community of Coto de Caza, Calif., Katrina Foley, vice chair of the county’s board of supervisors, stated on Tuesday.

Read More… JNS 

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Drone strikes US-owned tanker in Nile Delta

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
A drone attack in the Egyptian city of Damietta damaged a U.S.-owned, Marshall Island-flagged floating gas storage tanker on Wednesday, marking a possibly significant escalation in Iranian-backed strikes in the region.

Read More…JNS

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United States strikes dozens of IRGC sites in ‘powerful response’ to Iranian attacks

(July 30, 2026 / JNS)
The U.S. military launched what it described as a “heavy wave of strikes” against Iranian targets on Wednesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Washington would be “hitting them hard” in response to Tehran’s recent attacks on American forces.

Read More…JNS

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Iran using social media footage to target US troops, assets in Middle East

The top US commander for the Middle East has warned troops that cellphone videos shared online can help Iran target American bases, and sources told Reuters some deployed personnel could soon be ordered to surrender their phones.

Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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US and Saudis hit back at Iraqi pro-Iran militias, as Iran renews attacks on US forces in Jordan

The US and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday launched deadly strikes on Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, blaming them for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, as Iran fired missiles at US troops in Jordan in the first such attack reported since the fighting paused over the weekend.

Read More…The Times of Israel 

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2025 deadliest year for Jews outside Israel since Buenos Aires bombing, report says

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
Twenty people were murdered in antisemitic attacks in 2025, making it the deadliest year for anti-Jewish violence outside of Israel since the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, according to a new report.

Read More…JNS

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Hezbollah explosive drone targets IDF vehicle in Southern Lebanon

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
Hezbollah terrorists launched an explosive drone at an Israel Defense Forces engineering vehicle overnight on Tuesday, in what the IDF described as a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire deal with Beirut.

Read More…JNS

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Trump: Iran ‘going to get a beating’

(July 29, 2026 / JNS)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened further military action against Iran in response to renewed attacks on American troops.

Read More…JNS