ISSUES

IRGC agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Jewish targets, spy chief says

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two agents who once lived in Australia to direct arson attacks against Jewish targets in Sydney and Melbourne, the head of Australia’s domestic spy agency said on Wednesday.

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Israeli envoy warns Lebanon talks risk becoming ‘a train wreck’ amid US-Iran diplomacy

As the fifth round of U.S.-brokered political and security talks between Israel and Lebanon began on Tuesday, Yechiel Leiter, Israeli ambassador to the United States, voiced concern that the Trump administration was allowing Tehran to fold the Lebanon issue into U.S.-Iran negotiations, potentially undermining momentum between Jerusalem and Beirut....

‘Please look at me,’ former Israeli hostage demands of UN adviser on violence against women

It’s “absurd and tragic that there are U.N. experts who are supposed to care about the rights of women, especially to combat sexual violence, and she’s one of the world’s major deniers of sexual violence against Israeli women,” Hillel Neuer told JNS.
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Israel to send aid mission after earthquakes devastate Venezuela, killing hundreds

Israel's Foreign and Health ministries are preparing official delegations and aid, while non-governmental organizations, including IsraAID and KKL-JNF, are also sending aid.
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CENTCOM Chief Cooper to visit IDF Chief of Staff to solidify Lebanon ceasefire, IDF withdrawal

For months in late 2024, the IDF complained that the Lebanese army was afraid of Hezbollah and not nearly aggressive enough in handling issues and complaints.
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IDF kills Islamic Jihad weapons commander in Gaza

Adam Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Hadid, who oversaw weapons production, was eliminated in a strike in Khan Younis, according to the Israeli military.
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IDF: Reservist KIA in Southern Lebanon

Basil Sweid, 32, a driver in the military’s 75th Battalion, was “a brave reservist fighter, filled with a sense of mission, who symbolized the unbreakable bond between the Druze community and the State of Israel,” said Israel’s prime minister.
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Israeli citizen Michael Mizrahi killed in Montreal shooting

Victim’s rabbi tells JTA he was having coffee with a friend when the attack started.
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Feds open antisemitism investigation into National Education Association

An employment discrimination case alleges harassment of Jewish members at the country’s largest teachers union.
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Tunnel discovered near Jerusalem-area security checkpoint leads to arrests

Police suspect that the tunnel was recently excavated with the intention of carrying out terror attacks and the smuggling of Palestinians into Israel.
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IDF kills Hezbollah terrorists operating near security zone

Israel will not withdraw from Southern Lebanon or Syria security zones despite potential U.S. pressure, said Israel’s defense minister.
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US-Iran MoU a ‘declaration of America’s defeat,’ says Tehran’s chief negotiator

The Islamic Republic forced Washington to “retreat both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table,” said Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
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North Carolina man sentenced to eight years for attempting to join ISIS

“It cannot be overstated that ISIS continues to pose a threat to U.S. interests, both domestically and abroad,” said Reid Davis, the FBI Special Agent in Charge in North Carolina.
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IDF strike kills Gaza terrorist who held Israeli hostage

Abu Hasna took part in holding Omer Shem Tov, who was taken by Hamas gunmen at the Nova festival on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Jewish man killed in Montreal shooting that also left a police officer dead

Reports indicate that shooter was motivated by ‘incel’ ideology and did not target Jewish neighborhood; Michael Mizrahi remembered as someone who ‘always has a kind word’
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Contradicting Vance, Iran says no plans for IAEA inspections of damaged nuclear sites

Trump claims Iran okayed inspections ‘long into the future’; regime leaders hold talks with Oman on charging fees at waterway; in another pushback, envoy says Iran will be ‘only country’ to determine how to use its unfrozen assets, warns Lebanon clash poses risk to deal
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IDF strikes Hezbollah terror cell in Southern Lebanon

Tuesday’s announcement marked the first reported airstrike in Lebanon in three days.
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Algerian TV pundit accuses ‘Jewish lobby’ of shielding Messi

Regulators have threatened to take action, after Algerian journalist Mustapha al-Maazouzi blamed the country’s 3-0 defeat by Argentina on the Jewish “mafia.”
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IDF lifts all restrictions on northern Israel amid Lebanon ceasefire

Israel maintains a military presence in Southern Lebanon to ensure a buffer zone between Hezbollah and Israeli civilians.
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IDF finds ‘drone airport’ under civilian buildings in Lebanon, 5 miles from Israel

The weapons systems found in Hezbollah’s underground infrastructure “threatened not only northern Israel, but most of Israel’s coastline.”
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