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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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One killed, many casualties from Iranian rocket barrages
One person was killed and multiple others were seriously wounded during one of several Iranian ballistic missile barrages toward central Israel, Magen David Adom confirmed on Monday afternoon. Cluster munitions were reportedly used by Iran, with...
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Iranian cluster missile wounds seven in major hit
At least seven people were wounded, with one in serious condition, on Sunday afternoon after fragments of Iranian ballistic missiles showered down over the Gush Dan portion of central Israel, according to the Israel Police and rescue services. Despite...
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IAF kills thousands of Iranian regime forces
As the war with Iran entered its second week, the air force has killed thousands of Iranian regime forces, especially in its internal repression apparatus, with some of the 6,500 bombs it has dropped on the Islamic Republic, IDF sources said on...
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IDF chief Zamir announces new phase of war on Iran
After establishing air superiority, the IDF will transition to the next phase of the war against Iran, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir said Thursday. “We are now transitioning to the next phase of the campaign, in which we will intensify...
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IAF drops 5,000 bombs, US strikes 2,000 targets in Iran
The IAF has dropped 5,000 bombs on Iran since the start of the war on Saturday, the IDF said Wednesday. US CENTCOM said it had struck 2,000 targets, more targets than Israel has struck and with fewer bombs. As of Tuesday, the IDF had dropped 4,000...
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IDF expands incursion in S. Lebanon, no invasion until after Iran front calms
The IDF on Tuesday slightly expanded its security zone in southern Lebanon, it said, adding to the five positions that it has held there since the November 2024 ceasefire in the area. However, the IDF Northern Command said that it was unlikely to...
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IDF says hundreds of Iranian missiles destroyed
The IDF reported on Monday that it has hit 600 Iranian targets with 2,500 bombs since the start of the conflict on Saturday morning. It said the pace and effectiveness of the operation were increasing as the air force broadens its air supremacy from...
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Iranian missile kills nine in Beit Shemesh
An Iranian ballistic missile on Sunday killed nine people, some of whom were in a bomb shelter, left several missing, and wounded dozens, including several children, in Beit Shemesh. There were also some other minor hits in other parts of the country,...
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US said to be ‘disappointed’ after Geneva talks with Iran
The US left the negotiating table during the third round of talks between the Americans and Iran on Thursday, Iranian media reported. The talks had made “significant progress,” Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi said, adding that...
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Modi outlines shared future with Israel
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the shared bond between Israel and India during a Knesset plenum address on Wednesday, while outlining plans to strengthen relations by working together in innovation, technology, and economic...
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Envoy: Modi visit set to open ‘new phase’ in ties
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit is expected to launch “a new phase” in India-Israel relations, with a broader agenda centered on advanced technology, trade, and strategic cooperation, according to Ambassador J.P. Singh in an interview with...
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Netanyahu: Israel to respond with ‘unimaginable’ force
Israel will reply with “unimaginable” force if Iran launches an attack on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday evening while speaking at a 40-signature debate at the Knesset. The prime minister said Israel was facing “very...
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Experts: Hezbollah is ‘weakened but willing to fight’
Hezbollah remains capable and willing to join an Iranian attack on Israel, but such a move would prove costly for the Lebanese terror group, experts told The Jerusalem Post. The experts spoke to the Post after the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)...
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IAF targets Hezbollah sites in south Lebanon, killing 10
At least 10 people were killed and 50 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, two security sources told Reuters, after the IDF said it had targeted Hezbollah sites in the Baalbek area. The strikes on Friday were among the deadliest...
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World will know in 10 days if Iran peace possible, Trump tells BoP
US President Donald Trump presided over the first meeting of his Board of Peace on Thursday, with unresolved questions on the likelihood of war with Iran hanging over the event that included representatives from more than 45 nations. The president...
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US likely to strike Iran, but Trump has yet to call it
The United States is likely to attack Iran eventually but not necessarily in the coming days despite the spike in global media “noise” surrounding the conflict, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Sources indicated that Israel’s impression is that US...
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‘Gaps remain’ between Iran and US as latest talks conclude in Geneva
Progress was made in the framework of the nuclear deal talks between the US and Iran in Geneva on Tuesday, although many details still need to be discussed, a US official told The Jerusalem Post. “The Iranians said they would return with detailed...
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US not very optimistic of deal as Iran, IAEA discuss uranium enrichment
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, met the UN nuclear watchdog chief on Monday ahead of US-Iran nuclear talks to tackle their dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program and avert conflict as US warships deploy to the Middle East. The two sides held...
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US, Israeli officials see little chance of US-Iran deal
Just days before Tuesday’s meeting in Geneva between US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, officials in both the United States and Israel assessed that the chances of a deal between Iran and the US are...
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‘US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if US President Donald Trump orders an attack, two American officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious...
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High Court blasts Levin for hampering appointment of judges
The High Court of Justice on Thursday criticized Justice Minister Yariv Levin for refusing to convene the Judicial Selection Committee. A severe shortage of judges has created a crisis in which murder suspects are being released to house arrest due to...
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Trump: I told Netanyahu Iran talks must continue
Negotiations between the US and Iran on the nuclear issue will continue, US President Donald Trump said after his meeting on Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House. “There was nothing definitive reached other than I...
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Herzog: Don’t be afraid, stand proud
SYDNEY – President Isaac Herzog had a simple message to Australia’s Jews on Tuesday, as anti-Israel protests rocked the city of Sydney during the second day of his Australian visit: Stay proud, Jewish, and Zionist. The message was delivered at two...
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Herzog condemns ‘Globalize the intifada’ as chant rings out in Sydney
SYDNEY – As President Isaac Herzog drew a straight line in the capital of New South Wales on Monday night connecting the antisemitism embodied in the chant “Globalize the intifada” and the attack on Bondi Beach, police just a few kilometers away were...
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‘Trump expects Iran to offer concessions at next meeting’
The Trump administration has conveyed to Iran that it expects the Iranian delegation led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to arrive at their next meeting “with meaningful substance,” two people familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post on...
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Israel team marches to smattering of boos at Games’ opening ceremony
MILAN (Reuters) - Israel’s Olympic team walked into the stadium during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday to a smattering of boos at what had otherwise been an upbeat and festive celebration of the global winter sports...
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Never mind Iran nukes, proxies – for Israel now, it’s about ballistic missiles
This writer has called for striking Iran’s nuclear weapons program for years, including in my book Target Tehran. Israel and the US finally did it – in just about the largest way possible. Jerusalem and Washington should not lose sight of ending or...
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Haredim block roads near IDF recruitment center to protest draft
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) demonstrators gathered next to the IDF recruitment center in Tel Hashomer on Wednesday morning, protesting the drafting of haredim into the military. N12 reported that about 80 of the new haredi recruits were due to enlist in...
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Netanyahu hosts Witkoff as US looks to talks with Iran
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Tuesday after flying in ahead of scheduled discussions set for Istanbul on Friday, where the US and Iran will seek a path to de-escalate tensions. The Jerusalem...
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Rafah border crossing fully opens
Israel fully reopened the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for pedestrians, a day after rolling out a limited pilot test to sort through unforeseen logistics issues. Collectively, the Sunday-Monday rollout allows Palestinians to...
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Israeli officials estimate US military action on Iran unlikely this week
A strike on Iran is unlikely to take place this week, although tensions with Tehran have entered a particularly sensitive period and Washington is weighing its next moves, Israeli officials said Sunday. In Jerusalem, Israeli officials tracked US...
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Tens of thousands rally in Tel Aviv over violence in Arab society, call for gov’t action
Tens of thousands of people gathered at Habima Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest the government’s handling of violent crime in Israel’s Arab society, with Arab and Jewish Israelis marching together, calling for stronger law enforcement...
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Trump weighs new, major action against Iran
US President Donald Trump is considering strikes on Iranian regime leaders and security forces to inspire protesters in the country and create conditions for “regime change,” two American sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on...
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‘Our souls are bound with you’
St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, the last Israeli hostage held in Gaza, was laid to rest in his Negev hometown of Meitar on Wednesday afternoon. Thousands of people had lined the roads of the South as his body was en route to the cemetery. At the funeral,...
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Outcome of state budget vote uncertain amid coalition crisis over haredi draft
The 2026 state budget vote is expected to be brought to the Knesset plenum for a first reading vote on Wednesday amid the ongoing crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition with the two haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties – Shas and United...
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