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IDF reservists kill Hezbollah terrorist during clash in Southern Lebanon

Israeli reserve forces killed a Hezbollah terrorist during a clash in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

The troops, operating under the command of the 91st Division in the Bint Jbeil area, were searching a building when the terrorist opened fire at them.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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WATCH: IDF Home Front teams operate in Venezuela

Israel Defense Forced Home Front Command expert teams are operating in Venezuela as part of an Israeli aid delegation, assisting local authorities following recent damage to infrastructure, the IDF said on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu: Giving ‘radical’ Turkish regime F35s would ‘destroy’ Mideast power balance

Turkey has “aggressive aspirations” and supplying Ankara with fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets would “destroy the power balance in the Middle East,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF kills Hamas terrorist who infiltrated Kibbutz Nirim on Oct. 7

Israeli forces killed a Hamas Nukhba cell commander in a strike in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the military said, identifying him as Mohammed Emad Alrahman Abu Taima, a participant in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack who infiltrated Kibbutz Nirim.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US strikes Iran, revokes oil sanctions waiver after attacks on tankers in Hormuz

The US military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, putting further pressure on an already fragile ceasefire.

Read more: Times of Israel

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Democratic leaders begin to abandon Graham Platner amid sexual assault allegations

Senate leaders threatened to withhold funding from the race if Platner remains the nominee, while several of his progressive backers rescinded their endorsements

 

Read More…Jewish Insider

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Israel urges WHO to condemn Hamas over press conference at Gaza hospital

The terrorist group held the media event outside the emergency room at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
 

Read More…JNS

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Israeli envoy says Jerusalem views deal with Lebanon as superseding US MOU with Iran

In onstage interview in DC, Yechiel Leiter dimisses reports of Netanyahu-Trump rift as media ‘drama,’ says upcoming round of Israel-Lebanon talks slated for next week in Rome
 

Read More…The Times of Israel

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Iran fires missiles at commercial vessels in Strait of Hormuz

Two ships suffered significant damage, but no casualties were reported.
 

Read More…JNS

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IDF strikes five terrorists in northern Gaza

At least one of the gunmen, a member of Hamas’s Nukhba Force commandos, was killed.
 

Read More…JNS

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Hamas official resigns in first step to dissolve Gaza governing body, hand authority to NCAG

Gaza Board of Peace: ‘Assessment will be guided by actions, not promises’ • Hamas says move made to facilitate handover of administrative powers to technocratic committee
 

Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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Sa’ar says Turkish FM’s remarks a ‘clear call for genocide’

Israel’s foreign minister warns that Hakan Fidan’s rhetoric framing Israel as a burden echoes history.
 

Read More…JNS

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Katz: Any Iranian leader seeking Israel’s destruction will be eliminated

“The destroyer has been destroyed,” the Israeli defense minister said as Ali Khamenei’s funeral procession got underway.
 

Read More…JNS

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Jews, who are 10% of New Yorkers, targets of 55% of hate crimes in city in first half of 2026, NYPD says

From Jan. 1 to June 30, Jews were the targets of 178 confirmed hate crimes in New York City—more than 55% of all hate crimes that the city recorded, and a 2.3% increase over the 174 in 2025. In the same span, there were about 8.5 times fewer anti-Muslim confirmed hate crimes (21) and about 5.4 times fewer such incidents targeting people based on…

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Evil forces standing against US, Israel, retiring Washington state rep says

Growing socialist influence among Democrats could undermine long-standing bipartisan support for Israel, according to Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), who is retiring after more than a decade in Congress and more than 20 years in public service.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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National Library of Israel marks America’s 250th birthday

As the US celebrates 250 years of independence on July 4, the National Library of Israel is marking the occasion in Jerusalem with an exhibit of rare American history artifacts from its collections that is also available online.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Iran increases attacks on Kurdish opposition following days of clashes

The centrist and nationalist KDPI is a historic Kurdish Iranian opposition group, which Iran has targeted for many years, assassinating its leaders decades ago.
 

Read More… The Jerusalem Post 

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Syrian FM says Damascus open to meeting Hezbollah, after Trump said it should fight group

Asaad al-Shaibani visits Lebanon, meets President Aoun and Hezbollah-allied parliament speaker Berri, after Israel, Syria and Lebanon rejected US suggestion
 

Read More…The Times of Israel