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Trump calls off strikes, says deal with Iran agreed by all
US President Donald Trump announced that he had canceled scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran on Thursday night, after a deal with the Islamic Republic had been agreed upon. Trump had earlier announced that the US would be striking Iran in a...
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Israel and Iran trade blows before Trump imposes end to fighting
For the first time since the April 7 ceasefire, Israel and Iran traded repeated blows on Sunday night and Monday until US President Donald Trump imposed a new ceasefire on both sides late in the afternoon. Although the Islamic Republic demanded that...
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Yesh Atid petitions High Court over state comptroller vote, calls process ‘fundamentally corrupt’
The Yesh Atid faction filed a petition to the High Court of Justice on Sunday against the highly controversial Knesset vote on Wednesday in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal attorney, Michael Rabello, was elected as the new state...
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2 IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon
Two IDF soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon in separate incidents, the IDF announced Saturday night. Capt. Shahar Gamla, 23, from Natur, a deputy company commander in the Egoz Unit of the IDF’s Commando Brigade, died after being severely injured...
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Hezbollah rejection clouds Lebanon ceasefire
DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The pro-Iran Hezbollah movement rejected a new ceasefire in Lebanon on Thursday and Israel said it would not withdraw troops from the country, undermining US President Donald Trump’s efforts to halt fighting there and to forge...
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Iran hits Kuwait, US strikes near Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gulf hostilities flared again on Wednesday as Iranian attacks on Kuwait damaged its airport and injured dozens while the US military carried out strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, with diplomacy to halt the war showing...
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MOSSAD CHIEF ROMAN GOFMAN UPON ASSUMING ROLE: ‘Iranian-Shi’ite axis suffered a tough blow’
Members within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition sharply criticized Israel’s decision to cancel strikes on Beirut at the urging of US President Donald Trump on Monday, calling on the premier to “say no” to Trump and strike in Lebanon with...
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US, Iran pause IDF attack on terrorist stronghold in Beirut
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz on early Monday morning ordered the IDF to return to heavy attacks on Hezbollah’s Dahiyeh stronghold in Beirut, but at press time, their orders had been delayed by interventions from...
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Amid Hezbollah attacks, IDF secures Beaufort Ridge
Israeli soldiers took control of the Beaufort Ridge outpost and Wadi al-Saluki areas north of the Litani River, the IDF reported Sunday morning. Nevertheless, Hezbollah managed to shower the North with drones and more than 50 rockets throughout the...
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Hezbollah intensifies, expands assault on North
Hezbollah expanded its attacks on Israel over the weekend, firing dozens of missiles and drones as far south as Karmiel, with the IDF saying it was planning to intensify its campaign against the terrorist organization in Lebanon. Residents of numerous...
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‘One-third of Hezbollah’s pre-2023 forces killed’
About one-third of Hezbollah’s pre-2023 forces have been killed by the IDF in recent years, IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin said Thursday. He was addressing criticism that the IDF and the government were not doing enough to protect Israelis...
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IDF penetrates deeper into south Lebanon to root out Hezbollah
The Israel-Hezbollah conflict intensified on Wednesday with the IDF striking over 150 targets in Tyre, Nabatieh, the Bekaa Valley, and throughout southern Lebanon, and the terror group launching drones at Rosh Hanikra and Shlomi, and with sirens...
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Army invades Lebanon beyond Yellow Line
In response to ongoing Hezbollah drone attacks that have harmed an increasing number of IDF soldiers, Israel confirmed on Tuesday that the military has infiltrated deeper into Lebanon beyond the April 17 ceasefire Yellow Line. The IDF did not specify...
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Zamir to cabinet: Israel must target Beirut
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir told a Security Cabinet meeting on Monday that Israel must target Beirut in response to Hezbollah’s drone attacks on Israel’s troops in southern Lebanon, multiple sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post. Zamir...
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‘No rush for Iran deal, US blockade stays’ – Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, appearing to dampen hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war that had been raised by both sides a day earlier. The US...
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US, Iran report progress on deal to end 3-month war
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Iran, the US, and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday that progress had been made in talks on ending almost three months of war. Iran said it was focused on finalizing a memorandum of understanding after its top...
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Knesset passes preliminary reading of dissolution bill
The coalition bill to dissolve the Knesset passed its preliminary reading on Wednesday with 110 MKs in favor and none against. Passage of the bill begins the process of moving the election date forward slightly from October 27. Prime Minister...
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Bill to dissolve Knesset set for debate today amid crisis over haredi draft bill
The coalition’s bill to dissolve the Knesset is scheduled to be brought for its first vote in the plenum on Wednesday amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition with the ultra-Orthodox parties over the haredi draft bill. Passage...
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Flotilla vessels sail toward Gaza despite Israeli interceptions
About 20 vessels out of an initial flotilla of 54 continued on their journey to the Gaza Strip on Monday night after Israel Navy forces intercepted the boats, the Global Sumud Flotilla reported. The organization activist said it was losing contact...
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UTJ unimpressed as Likud seeks to put haredi draft bill back on Knesset agenda
The coalition’s controversial haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft bill was scheduled on Sunday to return to the Knesset’s agenda for advancement this coming Wednesday, ahead of its final readings, amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
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IAF assassinates Hamas military chief in Gaza strike
Hamas military leader Izz ad-Din al-Haddad was killed in an Israeli strike on Friday in the Gaza Strip, the IDF confirmed on Saturday, following an earlier Reuters report that Hamas had confirmed his death. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir...
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Throngs revel in Jerusalem Day
Tens of thousands of people wearing white shirts poured into Jerusalem to celebrate the 59th Jerusalem Day and participate in the annual flag march, in which thousands bearing Israeli flags walked through the streets of the Old City, including the...
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Coalition presents bill to dissolve Knesset next week
Coalition whip MK Ofir Katz submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset with the full backing of coalition faction leaders, he announced on Wednesday night. According to the proposal, the date of the elections, likely to be in September or October, will...
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Haredi leader tells Degel Hatorah to disperse Knesset
Rabbi Dov Lando, the spiritual leader of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Degel Hatorah faction, gave a green light on Tuesday to work toward dissolving the Knesset “as soon as possible” over the haredi conscription bill, in a move that could cause early...
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‘They filmed everything’: The sexual violence was documented
A two-year independent investigation into the sexual and gender-based crimes committed during the October 7 massacre and against hostages in Hamas captivity argues that the next stage is no longer only documenting that the crimes occurred, but...
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Zamir pushes Knesset to rethink draft law as HR worries grow
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir pushed to draft large numbers of haredim (ultra-Orthodox) into the military, as well as to pass other laws to expand the IDF during a closed session on Sunday in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee...
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No sign from Tehran of response to US proposal
WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – A state of relative calm prevailed around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after days of sporadic flare-ups, as the United States waited for Iran’s response to its latest proposals to end more than two months of fighting...
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North on edge after Radwan chief killing
Despite the IDF’s confirmation on Thursday of the assassination of Radwan special forces commander in Beirut, Ahmad Ghaleb Balout, the highest-ranking official Israel has killed from Hezbollah since November 2025, the terror group had not forcibly...
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US, Iran said to be on cusp of agreement
The US and Iran are closing in on a one-page memo to end their war, a Pakistani source involved in the peace efforts told Reuters on Wednesday. That confirmed an Axios report that cited two US officials. “We will close this very soon,” the source...
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US says Iran truce holds despite exchange of fire
WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said it came under attack from Iranian missiles and drones on Tuesday, even as Washington said a shaky ceasefire was intact, despite an exchange of fire the previous day as US forces attempted to...
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Gulf tensions rise as Iran sets UAE oil port ablaze
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran hit several ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and set a UAE oil port ablaze, as American President Donald Trump’s attempt to use the US Navy to free up shipping provoked the war’s biggest escalation since a...
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Unacceptable: Trump rejects Iran proposal to end war
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had reviewed Iran’s latest peace proposal and that it was “not acceptable,” according to an interview he gave to Kan News. The rejection comes after Al Jazeera reported the details of Iran’s 14-point...
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As attacks from Hezbollah rage, security restrictions restored in North
Hostilities in the North continued to rage over the weekend, as Hezbollah launched cross-border attacks on communities in the Galilee and on Israeli troops as the military carried out airstrikes that reportedly killed at least seven people in...
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US blockade strangling Iran’s oil storage
Iran could run out of storage capacity for the oil it is producing within 15 to 60 days, two Western intelligence sources have told The Jerusalem Post. Once its storage capacity is exhausted, Iran will be forced to make significant decisions, which...
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Terrorist wounds 2 Jews in London terrorist stabbing, HAYI claims attack
Two London Jews were wounded in a knife attack in the heavily Jewish-populated Golders Green neighborhood on Wednesday, according to North West London Shomrim, Community Security Trust, and the Metropolitan Police. The perpetrator was arrested under...
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Trump unhappy with latest Iran proposal
Efforts to end the Iran conflict were at an impasse on Tuesday with US President Donald Trump unhappy at Tehran’s latest plans, which he said had informed the US it was in a “state of collapse” and figuring out its leadership situation. Iran’s most...
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IDF strikes 100 km. deep inside Lebanon
The IDF on Monday attacked Hezbollah around 100 kilometers deep into the territory of the Bekaa Valley for the first time in weeks, in an attempt to set its own rules for the current post-ceasefire period. The IDF-Hezbollah ceasefire technically...
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Trump says Iran can call if it wants to talk
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran could call if it wanted to negotiate an end to the war launched by the US and Israel, as Iran’s foreign minister returned to Pakistan for talks despite the absence of US counterparts. Hopes of reviving...
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7 minors detained for killing pizzeria worker who asked to stop spraying foam in shop
Israel Police on Saturday detained seven minors in connection to the murder of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, a 21-year-old man who was stabbed to death outside a Pizza Hut branch in Petah Tikva on Independence Day eve. Zalka, a recently released IDF soldier,...
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Mojtaba Khamenei believed not in control
Some Israeli and American officials believe Mojtaba Khamenei is not functioning as Iranian supreme leader and is not in control, two people familiar with the matter have told The Jerusalem Post. One source said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
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Iran seizes ships in Hormuz after Trump extends ceasefire
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic waterway after US President Donald Trump called off attacks with no sign of peace talks restarting. As Trump...
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IDF reservist killed in Lebanon
A 48-year-old IDF combat soldier was killed in Lebanon after the ceasefire went into effect on Friday, the IDF announced on Saturday evening. Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Barak Kalfon in the 226th Brigade from Adi was killed and three other soldiers were wounded...
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Israel and Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire – Netanyahu
A 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel will begin at midnight Israel time, US President Donald Trump announced Thursday. The ceasefire was reached after separate conversations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph...
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Ben-Gvir defends role as minister, blasts A-G at High Court hearing to fire him
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara is trying to silence right-wing voters, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Wednesday. He criticized the judicial system ahead of a High Court of Justice hearing on petitions to impeach him. “Gali...
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Rubio says ‘historic’ Israel-Lebanon talks should lay foundations for peace agreement
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted a rare meeting between Israeli and Lebanese envoys in Washington on Tuesday, saying he hoped the two countries would agree to a framework for a peace process, even as Israel pressed its war on Hezbollah. The...
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Trump threatens to ‘eliminate’ Iran ships nearing Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump warned that any Iranian vessels attempting to come close to the US’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will be “immediately ELIMINATED,” in a post to Truth Social on Monday. The post came as the United States blockade of the...
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Court presses gov’t over failure to enforce its haredi draft ruling
The High Court of Justice pressed the government on Sunday over its failure to implement last year’s ruling requiring effective enforcement of military service obligations against ultra-Orthodox (haredi) draft dodgers in a hearing on motions to hold...
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US-Iran negotiations underway in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - US and Iranian negotiators held their highest-level talks in half a century in Pakistan on Saturday to try to end their six-week war as President Donald Trump said his military was starting the process of clearing the Strait of...
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Israel, Lebanon to begin direct discussions on disarming Hezbollah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced that his cabinet would begin ceasefire and Hezbollah disarmament talks with Lebanon “as soon as possible,” in light of the current active warfront between the IDF and Hezbollah and the upcoming...
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Trump announces two-week ceasefire
US President Donald Trump announced a “double-sided ceasefire” between the United States and Iran, on Wednesday, stating that Operation Epic Fury would be suspended for two weeks so an agreement regarding the ceasefire can be finalized. Israel also...
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US military ready for major offensive as Iran deadline looms
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2026 20 NISAN, 5786 The US military has completed preparations for strikes if US President Donald Trump’s Tuesday deadline expires without a deal, one US official told The Jerusalem Post on Monday night. “The American military has...
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Four missing after Iranian missile hits residential building in Haifa
Four individuals, including an elderly couple, their son, and a foreign worker, were missing on Sunday night after an Iranian missile strike caused the collapse a residential building in Haifa, according to Israel’s Fire and Rescue...
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Iranian, Hezbollah barrages pound country
Israel was bombarded by Iranian and Hezbollah missile barrages over the weekend, as US President Donald Trump repeated his threats to intensify attacks and warned Tehran that time was running out on his latest deadline to end the war. Across the...
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Continual missile barrages pummel country as Passover holiday begins
Dozens of missile attacks were launched against Israel as the public made its final preparations for Passover, and the barrages continued as the nation sat down for Seder night and celebrated the first day of the holiday on Thursday. Magen David Adom...
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Four soldiers killed, two wounded in S. Lebanon
Four soldiers of the Nahal infantry brigade were killed while fighting in southern Lebanon on Monday evening, the IDF confirmed on Tuesday. Capt. Noam Madmoni, 22, St.-Sgt. Ben Cohen, 21, St.Sgt. Maxsim Entis, 21, and St.-Sgt. Gilad Harel, 21, were...
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Trump tells Iran to open Strait of Hormuz or risk US strikes on oil wells, power plants
The United States is in talks with a “more reasonable regime” to end the war in Iran, US President Donald Trump said Monday. Nevertheless, he reiterated his warning to Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz or risk American attacks on its oil wells and...
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US mulls Iran operation as Pakistan hosts regional peace talks focused on Hormuz
By early next week, the US military is expected to deploy sufficient ground forces to the Middle East to support a potential ground operation against Iran, a US official told The Jerusalem Post. Asked whether such an operation would be authorized,...
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Iranian missile barrage kills one Israeli, wounds dozens
Iran launched several missile attacks on Israel over the weekend, killing one and wounding at least two dozen. Vyacheslav Vidamant, 52, from Ashdod, was confirmed by Israeli officials as the sole casualty of the Iranian missile barrage that targeted...
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Israel kills Alireza Tangsiri, IRGC Navy chief ‘behind blocking of Strait of Hormuz’
A strike killed the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Navy, Alireza Tangsiri, in Bandar Abbas, adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz, the IDF and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed after an Israeli official informed The Jerusalem Post...
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Iran wary of US motives as talks intensify, officials tell ‘Post’
Iran has growing concerns that ongoing negotiations with the United States may be an American ploy rather than a genuine attempt to reach a meaningful agreement, sources told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. “Twice we sat down with Witkoff and Kushner...
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Iran, Hezbollah continue to pound country
The country, especially the North, continued to bear the brunt of attacks by Iran and Hezbollah on Tuesday, the 25th day of the current war. A woman in her 30s was killed in the North after rocket fire from Hezbollah in Lebanon hit her car on Tuesday...
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Trump looks to wind down war, claims regime change ‘has happened’
US President Donald Trump said the US may share control of the Strait of Hormuz with Iran while also suggesting that regime change has already happened, given the number of regime officials eliminated thus far in the war. “[It would be controlled]...
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Iran, Hezbollah barrages cause havoc across country, one man killed in North
Kibbutz Misgav Am named Ofer Moskowitz as the individual killed on Sunday morning when his car was hit by a projectile near the border with Lebanon, possibly a friendly fire incident as the war with Iran entered it fourth week. Page 7 The IDF was...
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Iran targets Dimona as missile fire strikes locations across country
At least 47 people were taken to a hospital following the Iranian ballistic missile impact in Dimona on Saturday night, including a young boy in serious condition after he was hit by shrapnel. This came as Iran and Hezbollah pummeled Israel over the...
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Israel, US strikes set back Iranian military by years
Although the IDF has set back Iran’s military industrial complex by years, if viewed in a vacuum, military sources admitted on Thursday that they have no ability to estimate how much quicker the regime might recover in certain areas, such as ballistic...
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IDF stifles Hezbollah’s threat to launch large-scale attack
Despite Iran’s deadly overnight ballistic missile attack on Israel, which killed two Israelis and wounded many others, the IDF said on Wednesday that it had succeeded in reducing Hezbollah’s ability to stage its planned larger-scale rocket assault. On...
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IDF kills Iranian regime boss Ali Larijani, Basij commander in airstrikes on Tehran
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Iran overnight, the IDF and Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. Israeli confirmation of the assassination came after...
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Katz vows southern Lebanon will be turned into wasteland like Gaza
Following Division 91’s dramatic deeper push into southern Lebanon against Hezbollah, Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday said that the military would turn the villages there into a wasteland as they did in Gaza. Katz said he and Prime Minister...
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Iran will need years to rebuild its military industrial capacity – IDF
Even if the war were to end immediately, the damage that Israel and the US have inflicted on Iran’s military industrial complex will take years to rebuild, the IDF said Sunday. At the start of the war, the IDF mapped out 2,600 Iranian military...
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Teen injured in Eilat after Iran launches weekend missile volleys
Iran sent at least five volleys of missiles to Israel on Saturday, triggering alarms across the country as the war entered its third week. Magen David Adom has said that only two people were injured as a result of the missiles, and that it had...
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Lebanon front as important as Iran – Zamir
Lebanon is now a co-equal primary front with Iran in the current war, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Thursday. Zamir’s comments came amid a flurry of messages from top Israeli defense officials about the next stage in the conflict with...
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IDF moves forces, poised for Lebanon incursion
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir on Wednesday ordered significant reinforcements to the North, indicating that Ground Forces involvement in Lebanon might escalate. He instructed the IDF to reinforce Northern Command and redeploy the Golani...
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Trump hints at exit, Israel not ready
In a CBS interview on Monday, US President Donald Trump said the war was “very complete, pretty much.” The words had an immediate calming effect on markets. Oil prices, which had been hovering above $100 a barrel amid fears of a prolonged conflict...
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