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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘Where to kill Melania?’ IRGC-linked Tasnim shares video urging supporters to kill US’s first lady

A video with plans and suggestions on how to kill US First Lady Melania Trump was shared on Tuesday by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked Tasnim News Agency.

Read More…The Jerusalem Post 

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Iran hangs two anti-government protesters in public

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s judiciary on Tuesday announced the hanging of two men over charges relating to anti-government protests that peaked in January, with media reporting it took place in a public square.

Read More…The Times of Israel 

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Israeli airstrike kills Hamas internal security chief in central Gaza

(July 28, 2026 / JNS)
An Israeli airstrike eliminated the head of Hamas’s internal security apparatus in the central Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said on Monday.

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Drones intercepted over Jordan likely launched by Iran-backed Iraqi militias, source tells ‘Post’

The three drones that were intercepted over Jordan on Monday and Tuesday were likely launched by Iran-backed Shi’ite militias in Iraq, a source told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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Netanyahu heads to White House for eighth meeting with Trump

(July 28, 2026 / JNS)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday morning, marking the eighth meeting between the two since the latter returned to office for a second term.

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UK’s new solicitor general under fire for meetings with Hamas figures

(July 26, 2026 / JNS)
Andy Slaughter, the United Kingdom’s new solicitor general, one of the first appointments of U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham, is facing criticism after photographs and reports resurfaced showing him meeting Hamas officials during visits to Jerusalem and Gaza in 2010.

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Iran’s FM claims Ukraine struck Iranian vessel ‘at Israel’s behest,’ vows retaliation

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday vowed to respond against Ukraine for a deadly attack in the Caspian Sea that the minister claimed was carried out “at Israel’s behest.”

Read More…The Times of Israel 

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Khamenei says defense of Hezbollah remains Iran’s ‘strategic mandate’

(July 27, 2026 / JNS)
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei reiterated on Sunday that any deal with the United States must include an “absolute, unconditional” end to the fighting in Lebanon, adding that the defense of the Hezbollah terror group remains the Islamic Republic’s “strategic mandate.”

Read More…JNS 

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Israel sends three tons of medical aid to Congo amid Ebola epidemic

(July 27, 2026 / JNS)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Monday that Israel has delivered three tons of medical aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assist its efforts to confront an Ebola outbreak.

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Netanyahu heads to Washington ahead of White House meeting with Trump

(July 27, 2026 / JNS)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington on Monday afternoon ahead of a White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, his office said.

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US Treasury sanctions Turkish, British-based Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas financial networks

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a senior UK-based Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official, along with three other individuals and three entities that provided material support to Hamas terrorists, OFAC confirmed on Thursday.

Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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Israel begins preparing for 2,000-year anniversary of Jesus’s baptism

(July 24, 2026 / JNS)
Israel has begun its preparations for the 2,000th anniversary of the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, which will be marked in 2030.

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Satellite images show Iran rapidly rebuilding sites hit by US and Israeli strikes

Iran has managed to rebuild a significant amount of infrastructure destroyed during its war with the US and Israel in recent months, ranging from bridges to missile bases, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Read More…The Times of Israel

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Attacker shouting ‘allahu akbar’ stabs Jewish man with a screwdriver in NYC

NEW YORK — An attacker stabbed a Jewish man while shouting “allahu akbar” in New York City on Thursday afternoon, the NYPD said, citing victim and witness statements.

Read More…The Times of Israel

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Israeli man killed, two wounded in Samaria terrorist attack

(July 24, 2026 / JNS)
An Israeli man was killed and two other Israeli men wounded in a terrorist shooting attack near Havat Gilad in Samaria on Friday morning after a group of Israelis hiking in the area was attacked by Palestinians, according to Magen David Adom and the Israeli military.

Read More…JNS