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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

Read More: The Times of Israel

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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.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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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.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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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.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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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.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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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.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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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.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Board of Peace demands Hamas disarm by week’s end

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is demanding that Hamas conclude a deal to demilitarize Gaza by the end of this week, according to four diplomats familiar with the talks, The New York Times reported on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF launches largest strike on Hezbollah since start of ‘Roaring Lion’

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday carried out its largest coordinated strikes against Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon since the start of “Operation Roaring Lion,” hitting about 100 sites across multiple areas simultaneously within 10 minutes.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Despite ceasefire, Iran claims refinery hit, launches wave of attacks against UAE, Kuwait

Iran launched a wave of missiles and drones at targets in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, hours after a two-week ceasefire went into effect, claiming that it was in retaliation for a strike on Iranian oil facilities.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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White House: US military created opening for diplomatic solution in Iran

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that the military effort against Iran created “maximum leverage” that opened the door “for a diplomatic solution and long-term peace.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Trump agrees to ‘double-sided ceasefire’ with Iran for two weeks

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday evening that he agreed to a “double-sided ceasefire” with the regime in Tehran after talking to the Pakistani prime minister and field marshal, who “requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iranian missile fragments hit several locations in central Israel following interception

Several locations in central Israel were hit by fragments from an Iranian missile following a launch towards the region, according to reports received by Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah on Tuesday morning.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Iran attacked Saudi Arabia’s Jubail petrochemical complex, IRGC says

Iran has attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail petrochemical complex, the heart of the kingdom's downstream energy sector and home to multi-billion-dollar joint ventures, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF Home Front Command maintains strict safety guidelines

The Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command announced that its guidelines will remain unchanged at least until 8 p.m. on Thursday. By then, it will conduct another assessment.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel welcomes UNICEF’s rebuke of Tehran’s child recruitment

Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Monday welcomed what it described as a belated condemnation by UNICEF of Iran’s recruitment of children into its military.

“We appreciate that UNICEF is at last acknowledging the Iranian regime’s appalling recruitment of children into its insane war machine—a barbaric violation that demands clear condemnation and...

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1 attacker killed, two hurt in gun battle with police outside unstaffed Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Three assailants opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, sparking a gunfight that left one attacker dead, Turkish officials said. The two other assailants were injured and captured.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Netanyahu calls Trump: Deeply proud Israel could help save US pilot in Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared on Monday morning that he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump and was “deeply proud” that Israel could “contribute to saving a brave American warrior,” referring to the rescue mission of the downed pilot from Iranian territory.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Katz, IDF: We assassinated IRGC intelligence chief Majid Khademi

Defense Minister Israel Katz and the IDF announced on Monday that the Israel Air Force assassinated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s Intelligence Organization chief, Majid Khademi.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Downed US airman said to have directed strikes on Iranian positions from hiding place

As the US weapons officer whose fighter jet was downed over Iran hid in a mountain ridge waiting for American troops to rescue him, he helped direct airstrikes against the Islamic Republic’s advancing forces via emergency communications equipment, The New York Times reported Sunday.

Read more: The Times of Israel