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Iranians were voting Friday in a snap election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Palestinian terror groups might be able to launch advanced rockets toward central Israel from Samaria within a year, Palestinian Authority security officials told Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An Israeli soldier was killed fighting in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, the military announced Friday.
The slain soldier was named by the Israel Defense Forces as Sgt. Eyal Shynes, 19, from Kibbutz Afik.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A large-scale confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah is likely to break out in the next several weeks if Jerusalem and Hamas fail to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza, U.S. intelligence indicates.
Read more: Politico
Israeli students at Harvard University are facing “dire” exclusion on the US campus and other students are suffering because of “political litmus tests” to participate in clubs and activities, a task force charged with reporting on antisemitism at Harvard has concluded.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday concluded a large-scale combat exercise in the country’s north.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel is reestablishing working groups in various government bodies to discuss the Iran nuclear threat, after they were frozen some 18 months ago, Axios reported on Wednesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and US President Joe Biden’s administration announced separately Wednesday that progress had been made toward resolving what Jerusalem considers to be an insufficient flow of arms from the United States to Israel.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are prepared to participate in a postwar Gaza security force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed counterparts during his recent visit to the region, three officials familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel on Tuesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed and 16 were wounded during a counterterror operation in northern Samaria overnight Wednesday, the military confirmed on Thursday morning.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel and the United States have agreed to reschedule a high-level meeting on the Iranian threat that was canceled after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Biden administration of withholding arms from Jerusalem, Axios reported on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket expert, named by Doctors Without Borders as a staffer, was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Gaza City on Tuesday, the military said.
Read more: The Times of Israel
George Latimer, the Westchester County executive, defeated Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) in the Democratic primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District on Tuesday night, according to the Associated Press.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An official in Washington on Tuesday for the first time confirmed that Hamas’s response to the hostage deal outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden on May 31 amounted to a rejection.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
US President Joe Biden on Monday blasted a pro-Palestinian demonstration held outside a synagogue in Los Angeles over the weekend, which deteriorated into violent clashes between the anti-Israel participants and pro-Israel counter-protesters.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday that London and other European parties are prepared to reinstate sanctions on Iran should it continue to advance its nuclear program.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Almog Levy, whose mother was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7 and whose father was taken as a hostage to Gaza the same day, on Tuesday marked his third birthday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israeli government’s war goals in Gaza can only be fully achieved by fostering an alternative to Hamas rule in the enclave, Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi stated on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate