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Iran restricts IAEA access to main enrichment plant after attack -diplomats

Iran has been restricting U.N. nuclear inspectors' access to its main uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, citing security concerns after what it says was an attack on the site by Israel in April, diplomats say.
The standoff, which one official said has been going on for weeks, is in the course of being resolved, diplomats said, but it has also...

IDF: Soldier stabbed in West Bank, gun snatched; suspect arrested

An Israeli soldier was stabbed and moderately injured in the Jordan Valley on Thursday, the military said.
The suspect in the attack in the West Bank approached the soldier and attempted to steal her gun, the Israel Defense Forces said. The servicewoman fought back against the assailant and was stabbed in the back during the altercation, the...

Not just search and rescue: Israeli-backed efforts bring trauma therapy to Surfside

Just 72 hours after part of an oceanfront condo collapsed in Surfside, members of the Homefront Command of the Israel Defense Forces were on their way to assist search and rescue efforts.
Not only did they bring physics and engineering specialists to expertly dig through rubble, but they also offered tools to help families cope with unprecedented...

Israel Ranks Among Strongest Global Cyber Powers

Israel is one of the strongest nations when it comes to cyber capabilities, according to a report published Monday by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Israel was ranked on a par with Australia, Canada, China, France, Russia and Britain, and above Iran and North Korea.
The report assessed the cyber power of 15 countries,...

First Bahraini ambassador to Israel formally appointed

Bahraini monarch Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa on Tuesday officially appointed the Gulf kingdom’s first ambassador to Israel, following last year’s agreement between the countries to normalize diplomatic ties.
Khaled Yousef al-Jalahmah will serve as Bahrain’s envoy to the State of Israel, official Bahraini state media reported.
“His Majesty, may God...

Antisemitic vandals target San Diego State University Chabad house

Vandals targeted a Chabad house at San Diego State University (SDSU) in what seems to be an antisemitic attack, attempting to topple the large menorah outside, local CBS affiliate CBS8 reported.

The two vandals were recorded on CCTV Friday morning breaking off a branch of the large menorah outside the Chabad house and ripping a banner with the...

Hamas leader Haniyeh meets Hezbollah chief Nasrallah in Beirut

Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah met in Beirut on Tuesday, as the Gaza-based terror chief held a series of high-level meetings around the Arab world.
The two were said to discuss the recent 11-day bout of fighting between Israel and Gaza-based terror groups led by Hamas, and how they could build on...

Israeli rescue team head at Florida building collapse says not giving up hope

he head of a team of Israeli search-and-rescue specialists working at the site of a Florida apartment building that partially collapsed last week said Tuesday there was still hope of pulling people out alive, even though nearly six days had passed since the condo tower crumpled to the ground.
Col. (res.) Golan Vach told the Reuters news agency...

U.N. expert backs probe into Iran’s 1988 killings, Raisi’s role

The U.N. investigator on human rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of state-ordered executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 and the role played by President-elect Ebrahim Raisi as Tehran deputy prosecutor.
Javaid Rehman, in an interview with Reuters on Monday, said that over the years his office...

U.S. troops come under fire in Syria after strikes against Iran-backed militias

U.S. troops came under rocket fire in Syria on Monday, but escaped injury, in apparent retaliation for weekend U.S. air strikes against Iran-aligned militia in Syria and Iraq.
A U.S. military spokesman said U.S. forces had responded to the multiple rockets by firing back at the positions in self-defense.
"There are no (U.S.) injuries and damage...

Israeli rescue team vows to help find every person still alive in the Surfside condo collapse

On Day 5, the reality is slowly sinking in that rescuers may not find survivors in the rubble of the Champlain South Tower in Surfside.
After being allowed to see the destruction up close on Sunday, a new mood has fallen over some relatives waiting at nearby hotels for news.
“Families are coming to their own conclusions,” Miami-Dade Mayor...

Bennett talks to Egypt’s Sissi for 1st time as PM; they agree to meet

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke on Monday with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in what was the first call between the two leaders since the new Israeli government was installed earlier this month, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
Sissi congratulated Bennett on entering office, a move that ousted long-serving former...

Inaugurating embassy in UAE, Israel tells region: “We’re here to stay”

Israel's new foreign minister inaugurated its embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday and offered an olive branch to other former adversaries, saying: "We're here to stay."
Yair Lapid's two-day visit is the first to the Gulf state by an Israeli cabinet minister since the countries established ties last year. He was due to sign a bilateral...

Israel Defense Forces among emergency workers at Surfside building collapse

Israel Defense Force members are among the hundreds of emergency workers responding to the collapse of an oceanside condominium in Sunrise, Florida.
“Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett offered Israel’s full support to Florida, and today, at the request of some Surfside families, we welcomed an expert IDF recovery team to supplement...

With tripartite summit, Iraq, Egypt and Jordan pitch ‘common vision’ for Mideast

Egypt, Jordan and Iraq agreed to bolster security and economic cooperation at a tripartite summit Sunday that saw an Egyptian head of state visit Iraq for the first time in three decades.
The visits by Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II came as Iraq seeks to move closer to Arab allies of the United States in the...

Hamas continues recruiting child soldiers: Where is the condemnation?

Hamas is holding its annual summer camps to recruit child soldiers. It provided an explanation in English via a video on its “effort to prepare the youth” this year. It openly said it was preparing them for “training camps” named after the “sword of al-Quds battle,” the name it gave to the war in May against Israel. It said it has been organizing...

Iran has drones with range of 7,000 km, Guards commander says

Iran has drones with a range of 7,000 km (4,375 miles), Iranian state media cited the top commander of the Revolutionary Guards as saying on Sunday, a development which may be seen by Washington as a threat to regional stability.
Tehran's assertion comes as Iran and six major powers are in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal that former U.S....

Scientific American retracts anti-Israel opinion piece after criticism

They’re in hot H2O.
Scientific American found itself taking heat this month after the scholarly, 176-year-old magazine published an opinion piece titled “Health Care Workers Call for Support of Palestinians.”
The screechy diatribe accused Israel of “vaccine apartheid” and “war crimes” among other alleged abuses. The piece blasted “Israeli...

Hamas wins Palestinian hearts as Gaza conflict threatens broader shift

JERUSALEM — Hamas may be an international pariah, branded as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel, but the militant group has succeeded in winning the admiration and respect of Palestinians in the wake of the recent 11-day war with Israel.
Hamas framed its role in the fighting, which caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, as...

U.S. Airstrikes Target Iran-Backed Militia Sites In Iraq And Syria

The U.S. military conducted airstrikes on three targets in Syria and Iraq that the Pentagon said were used by Iranian-backed militias in the area.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in an announcement Sunday that the selected targets were weapons storage and operational facilities used by the militias to mount unmanned aerial vehicle...