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Iran’s army spokesperson said Thursday that the military is ready for a conflict, if that is what the US wants, the official Student News Network reported, as the two countries prepare to hold talks aimed at staving off a clash.
Read More: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces launched a wave of strikes on Thursday night targeting Hezbollah terror infrastructure in “several areas in Lebanon.”
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
The event in Qatar will bring together “proponents of the darkest school of thought in modern political history,” the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
“If Hezbollah loses its cash flow and political influence within the state, it will not be able to sustain its arsenal,” Hanin Ghaddar, a Washington Institute for Near East Policy senior fellow told a House panel.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
IDF says Muhammad Issam Hassan al-Habil, a Hamas cell commander, was targeted in Gaza City’s Shati Camp; Shin Bet says he ‘brutally murdered’ Marciano at Gaza City Hospital.
Read More: Times of Israel
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to hold talks this Friday, in a rare diplomatic opening as tensions rise between the two nations.
Read More: Reuters
Soldiers of the IDF’s 188th “Barak” Armored Brigade eliminated “a terrorist in the Yellow Line area who approached the forces.”
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Riyadh on Tuesday, his first visit in more than two years, as ties warm between Saudi Arabia and its rival-turned-ally.
Read more: Times of Israel
An Israel Defense Forces reservist was seriously wounded by terrorist fire in northern Gaza on Tuesday night, in what the military called a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement by Hamas.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Tuesday tweeted a video of Syrian journalist Mustafa al-Miqdad alleging that some Gazans send their children into dangerous situations in the hope they will be injured by Israeli forces so their families can collect compensation from the Palestinian Authority.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone that approached the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, roughly 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast, U.S. Central Command stated on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The upcoming U.S.-Iran nuclear talks are now expected to be held in Oman on Friday, after the Trump administration agreed to Tehran’s request to move the venue from Turkey, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing an Arab source familiar with the discussions.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Maj. Ella Waweya, widely known as “Captain Ella,” will be appointed as the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, replacing Col. Avichay Adraee, the military announced on Tuesday.
Read more: Jerusalem Post
The New York City Police Department reported what it said was its safest January for gun violence in recorded history but admitted, at the end of a press release, that antisemitic hate crimes were up 182% in the city in January 2026 compared to January 2025.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Backed by Mexico and Brazil, Gabriel Boric, Chile’s outgoing president, nominated former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, a harsh critic of the Jewish state, to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Israel for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s military chief.
Read more: Reuters
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir held talks in Washington over the weekend with American officials, focusing on Iran.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
For Michael Ganeles and his wife, visiting the City of David in Jerusalem was a must when they took their three children to Israel for the first time from West Hempstead, New York, to celebrate their middle daughter’s bat mitzvah.
Read more: The Times of Israel