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Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have rebuffed requests to contribute troops to a postwar peacekeeping force in Gaza, an Arab official and a second source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel on Tuesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Several media outlets and critics of Israel noted that Monday’s release of results of an internal United Nations investigation stated that nine UNRWA staffers “may” have participated in Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Voters in Missouri’s bright blue 1st Congressional District served a sharp rebuke of the left’s progressive wing on Tuesday, denying Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., a third term.
Read more: Fox News
Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Beirut just ahead of a pugnacious speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday afternoon, as northern residents were told to stay close to bomb shelters amid a series of cross-border attacks from Lebanon.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said on Tuesday, in a move that reinforces the radical path pursued since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Read more: YnetNews
Gen. Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Hamas is leaning toward choosing a relatively unknown successor to political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated last week in Tehran, Channel 12 reported on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Several Arab sources reported Tuesday that if the conflict between Iran and Israel escalates, Pakistan plans to supply Iran with Shaheen-III medium-range ballistic missiles.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Tehran requested of Russia to use their advanced air defense systems in Iran, the New York Times reported on Monday.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told top Kremlin official on Monday that Tehran was determined to expand relations with its “strategic partner Russia,” Iranian state media reported.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The negotiations between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire-hostage release deal are on hold and will not pick up until after Iran retaliates for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and until after the terror group selects a replacement for the slain politburo chief, two officials familiar with the matter told The Times of…
Five people were wounded on Tuesday by a Hezbollah drone strike in the Western Galilee, according to unfolding media reports. A 40-year-old man was in serious condition, a 30-year-old woman was moderately wounded and the others suffered light injuries.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Daniel Schuchman writes that every American has a constitutional right to boycott Israel (“Free Speech Includes the Right to Boycott Israel,” op-ed, July 31). That’s true. What’s false, however, is that state laws related to boycotts of Israel infringe on First Amendment rights; that corporations have a constitutional right to state contracts or…
A 37-year-old man was lightly wounded when Gaza terrorists fired a rocket barrage at southern Israel on Monday, according to the Magen David Adom emergency medical service.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An Israel Defense Forces officer and a soldier were moderately wounded when a Hezbollah drone launched from Lebanon scored a direct hit near Ayelet HaShahar in the Hula Valley overnight Sunday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Hamas’s economy minister was killed during an Israel Defense Forces operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to the military.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
As Iran threatens retaliation for Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran, and Hezbollah’s vows for vengeance for the killing of their top military commander Fouad Shukr, the United States is bolstering its support for Israel. Washington is deploying a substantial fleet of warships, fighter jets, and defense systems to the region.
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Iranian officials have told Arab diplomats that Tehran is determined to strike Israel even if doing so sparks a regional war, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An Israeli Air Force strike in Gaza City on July 31 killed Ismail al-Ghoul, a senior Hamas operative who took part in the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 invasion, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate