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IDF soldier KIA in Southern Lebanon

Israel Defense Forces Master Sgt. (res.) Ayal Uriel Bianco, 30, from Katzrin, was killed in action in Southern Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday.

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IDF: Within a few days, there won’t be major fights left in Lebanon

The IDF on Monday said that once it completes its operation against Hezbollah in Bint Jbail in southern Lebanon in the coming days, there will not be any remaining major fights for it to undertake in the area.

2025 toll of Diaspora Jews killed in antisemitic attacks was highest in three decades

The year 2025 saw an alarming surge in violent attacks against Jews in a year when more Diaspora Jews were murdered in antisemitic incidents than in any other year in the previous three decades, a report published Monday by Tel Aviv University said.

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US set to begin blocking all maritime traffic at Iranian ports

U.S. Central Command said on Sunday that its forces will begin blockading all maritime traffic entering or leaving Iranian ports on Monday, in line with a presidential directive.

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‘We must take our fate into our own hands,’ IDF chief tells troops ahead of Yom Hashoah

“The lessons of Jewish history teach that when our existence is threatened, we must take our fate into our own hands,” Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said in a letter to the military ahead of the Jewish state’s Holocaust and Heroism Day, which is observed from Monday evening into Tuesday.

Vance warns Iran not to ‘play’ the US as he departs for peace talks in Pakistan

US Vice President JD Vance on Friday warned Iran not to “play” the US as he headed to Pakistan for high-stakes negotiations aimed at ending their war.

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Hezbollah fires missile at southern port of Ashdod as IDF strikes launchers in Lebanon

Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire into Friday, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of peace talks with Lebanon, which had continued to reel from major Israeli strikes two days earlier.

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Indiana University making changes after its program worked with US-designated ‘sham charity’ with Hamas ties

Indiana University Indianapolis told eight state representatives that its Muslim Philanthropy Initiative is no longer working with the Istanbul-based Hayat Yolu Association, which the U.S. Treasury Department designated as a “sham charity” that supports Hamas last month.

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Jerusalem to hold direct talks with Lebanon aimed at disarming Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced that Jerusalem intends to hold direct negotiations with Lebanese interlocutors with a view to disarming Iran’s terror proxy Hezbollah.

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Trump: Tehran doing ‘poor job’ at allowing oil to pass through Strait of Hormuz

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced Iran for its “very poor job” in allowing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a key condition of the two-week ceasefire agreed by Washington and Tehran that paused 40 days of war in the Middle East.

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Trump: Iran will not possess enriched uranium, will dig up all ‘nuclear dust’

The U.S. president hailed the two-week ceasefire agreement with Tehran, suggesting the deal could mark the beginning of a ‘golden age’ in the Middle East.

Israel says peace talks with Lebanon to begin ASAP, rejects calls for truce first

Under international pressure to engage in diplomacy after deadly strikes, Netanyahu says disarming Hezbollah will be focus of talks, said set to kick off next week in DC

Trump: US forces to remain until Iran honors ‘real agreement’

The president threatens unprecedented strikes if Tehran violates the emerging deal during the two-week truce.

Israeli arrested in Iranian plot to assassinate former PM Naftali Bennett

A Haifa resident has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out missions for Iranian intelligence, including allegedly producing explosives intended to target former prime minister Naftali Bennett, read a joint statement issued by police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Thursday.

IDF says it killed Hezbollah chief’s secretary as dozens of rockets fired from Lebanon

The secretary of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem was killed on Wednesday evening in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, the Israel Defense Forces announced Thursday.

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Vance to lead US negotiators at first round of Islamabad talks with Iran on Saturday

Vice President JD Vance will lead the US negotiating team in talks that will take place in Islamabad this weekend, the White House announced Wednesday.

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Northern Israel hit by fresh rocket sirens as Hezbollah fires from Lebanon

Air-raid sirens continued to blare throughout northern Israel on Thursday, warning of incoming rocket and missile fire from Hezbollah, Iran’s terrorist proxy in Lebanon.

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Trump: US forces to remain until Iran honors ‘real agreement’

American military forces, ships and aircraft will remain deployed “in, and around, Iran” until a “real agreement” is fully implemented, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

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