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Iranian Navy cleared out of Arabian Gulf, CENTCOM chief says

U.S. armed forces have eliminated Iranian navy presence in the Hormuz Straits and the Arabian Gulf, destroying 17 vessels as part of nearly 2,000 targets struck during  Operation Epic Fury, the general in charge of it said on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli F-35 shoots down Iranian fighter jet in historic first for aircraft

An Israeli F-35I downed an Iranian YAK-130 in the first fighter jet dogfight of the war, the IDF announced at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning.

The Russian-made YAK-130 started production in the 1990s.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF says it destroyed secret underground site where Iran moved nuclear project after June war

Israeli Air Force jets on Tuesday destroyed a secret underground site on the outskirts of Tehran where Iran transferred much of its nuclear program after the war with Israel in June, the IDF said.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hezbollah fires on Tel Aviv as Israel threatens Iranian officers in Lebanon

Hezbollah fired on central Israel on Tuesday, the terror group’s first long-range attack since the start of the Iran war, as Israeli airstrikes hammered the organization and Israel threatened Iranian officials in Lebanon.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli jets strike Tehran internal security terror hubs

Israeli warplanes struck dozens of Iranian internal security and Basij command centers in Tehran in the latest wave of a joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s military and repression apparatus, the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iranian drones hit US Embassy in Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh came under an Iranian drone attack, causing a “limited fire” and “minor material damage” to the building on Tuesday morning, the Saudi Defense Ministry reported.

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Iran claims Hormuz Strait is closed, threatens to set shipping there ‘ablaze’

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps senior official said on Monday that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, threatening that if any vessels pass through it, Iran “will set those ships ablaze,” state media reported.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Virginia mosque honors Iran’s slain supreme leader

A mosque in Northern Virginia with alleged financial ties to the Iranian regime held a remembrance service for Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed over the weekend in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran, the Washington Examiner reported on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IAF hits Iranian regime’s leadership compound in Tehran

The Israeli Air Force overnight Monday struck a Tehran compound used by the Iranian regime’s most senior officials, the military announced on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IPM: Iran’s nuke program would have been ‘immune in months’; Witkoff: They bragged to us about enrichment

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Tuesday that an attack against Iran was urgently necessary because Iran was building new underground sites to shield its missile and nuclear programs from attacks.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Iranian UAV hits building housing Israeli embassy in UAE

Debris from a downed Iranian drone on Sunday hit the Etihad Towers complex in Abu Dhabi, which houses the Israeli Embassy and several other diplomatic missions, injuring a woman and a child, the Israeli Kan News broadcaster reported.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Three wounded in Iranian missile strike on highway outside Jerusalem

Three people were wounded by the impact of an Iranian ballistic missile on a highway on the outskirts of Jerusalem Sunday evening, medics said, on the second day of the Islamic Republic’s war with the US and Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Nine killed by Iranian missile strike in Beit Shemesh

Nine people were killed and over two dozen wounded by an Iranian missile impact in Beit Shemesh on Sunday, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency medical service.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hegseth: US strikes on Iran won’t become ‘endless war,’ targeting missiles, navy

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that military operations against Iran would not lead to an “endless war,” during a press conference on Monday, though he acknowledged that the operation would not be complete overnight. Hegseth said the aim was to destroy Tehran’s missiles, navy, and other security infrastructure.

Read more: The Jerusalem…

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IDF carries out wave of strikes in Lebanon following Hezbollah rocket attack

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday afternoon completed a wave of strikes targeting senior Hezbollah operatives in the Beirut area after the Iranian-backed terror group fired rockets at Israel, the military stated.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Britain pulls staff from Iran as IAEA report reveals site of near weapons-grade uranium

London cites regional tensions and a possible US strike under President Donald Trump, while a confidential UN watchdog report says Iran stored uranium enriched to 60% in an underground area at the Isfahan nuclear site.

Read More: YNet News

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‘Newsweek’ ranks Israel’s Sheba Medical Center seventh-best globally

The hospital climbed one spot from last year. The 2026 ranking marked its eighth consecutive year in the top 10 of Newsweek’s “distinguished list.”

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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US authorizes non-emergency staff to leave Israel over Iran danger

It also issued a travel warning for the Jewish state, citing “rocket fire and armed UAV intrusions” as possible threats.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate