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Times of Israel

After factory strike, IDF says Iran trying to weaponize opioid at least 50x stronger than heroin

Trump says US will be ‘leaving’ the Islamic Republic ‘very soon,’ insists regime change was never a goal * IDF says Beirut strikes targeted a top Hezbollah commander, ‘another senior terrorist’ The post After factory strike, IDF says Iran trying to weaponize opioid at least 50x stronger ...

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Times of Israel

After factory strike, IDF says Iran trying to weaponize opioid at least 50x stronger than heroin

Times of Israel

Iran's regime remains defiant despite absorbing massive blows from Israel and the US

While the US insists Tehran is 'effectively neutralized,' experts say the regime is entrenched, looks to 'cause sustained pain and to drive up the costs of the war' for Trump The post Iran's regime remains defiant despite absorbing massive blows from Israel and the US appeared first on The Times of ...

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Times of Israel

Iran's regime remains defiant despite absorbing massive blows from Israel and the US

Times of Israel

Nearly half of tech firms struggling with worker shortages due to Iran war – survey

Companies report that more than a quarter of their workforce is absent because of reserve duty, closure of educational frameworks, and security restrictions The post Nearly half of tech firms struggling with worker shortages due to Iran war – survey appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Times of Israel

Nearly half of tech firms struggling with worker shortages due to Iran war – survey

Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu says Islamic regime 'weaker than ever' as Lapid slams PM for inability to win Iran war

Netanyahu outlined 10 significant hits Israel has dealt Iran since the start of Operation Roaring Lion, including decimating Hamas and Hezbollah, and fighting West Bank terror.

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Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu says Islamic regime 'weaker than ever' as Lapid slams PM for inability to win Iran war

Jerusalem Post

US war on Iran 'last best chance' to avoid a nuclear Islamic regime, Rubio says

“Under no circumstances can a country run by radical Shia clerics with an apocalyptic vision of the future ever possess nuclear weapons,” Rubio said in a video statement.

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Jerusalem Post

US war on Iran 'last best chance' to avoid a nuclear Islamic regime, Rubio says

Jerusalem Post

All critical, essential targets within Iran to be destroyed before Passover, IDF announces

The IDF deemed "critical" targets as those that immediately threatened Israel, such as ballistic missile industry targets, as well as targets that were at the heart of the mission goals of the war.

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Jerusalem Post

All critical, essential targets within Iran to be destroyed before Passover, IDF announces

Haaretz

Netanyahu: Iran still a threat to Israel, 'but no longer an existential one'

Netanyahu said in a recorded statement that Iran still has the ability to threaten Israel, but 'can no longer threaten our existence.' In June 2025, the PM said Israel 'had removed two immediate existential threats' and declared a 'historic victory'

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Haaretz

Netanyahu: Iran still a threat to Israel, 'but no longer an existential one'

Haaretz

Cease-fire or regime change? Israelis split on how Iran war should end, poll shows

A month into the joint Israeli-U.S. war with Iran, Israelis are divided: 45.5 percent want the campaign to continue until the Iranian regime falls, 30 percent favor a cease-fire after maximum military damage, and 19 percent support an immediate cease-fire

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Haaretz

Cease-fire or regime change? Israelis split on how Iran war should end, poll shows

Haaretz

IDF confirms: AI infrastructure built in Gaza now active in Iran, Lebanon

A military source says the IDF's AI 'data factory' creates a single operational picture from multiple data streams. Haaretz has learned it also processes strike plans and targets – confirming its role in offensive operations for the first time

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Haaretz

IDF confirms: AI infrastructure built in Gaza now active in Iran, Lebanon

algemeiner

Iran Expands Child Soldier Recruitment, Cracks Down on Dissent Amid Escalating US-Israeli Strikes

As US and Israeli strikes pound Iranian military sites, Iran is lowering the enlistment age for security roles to 12...

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Iran Expands Child Soldier Recruitment, Cracks Down on Dissent Amid Escalating US-Israeli Strikes

Times of Israel

UN probe shows roadside blast killed 2 UNIFIL troops; IDF: Hezbollah planted bombs

UN security source says 3rd Indonesian peacekeeper killed this week was hit by Israeli tank fire, says debris from shell found nearby; IDF investigating both incidents The post UN probe shows roadside blast killed 2 UNIFIL troops; IDF: Hezbollah planted bombs appeared first on The Times of Israel. ...

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UN probe shows roadside blast killed 2 UNIFIL troops; IDF: Hezbollah planted bombs

Jerusalem Post

WATCH: IDF strikes, dismantles missile launchers in southern Lebanon

The launchers were used in the terror group's latest barrage against Israel, which left three people injured, including a 6-year-old child.

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WATCH: IDF strikes, dismantles missile launchers in southern Lebanon

Haaretz

'We need everyone': IDF pressured reservists with PTSD to serve, some threatened with arrest

Israeli soldiers with psychological injuries, including severe PTSD, told Haaretz they were threatened with penalties, including arrest, because they had not yet received formal disability rulings – a process that can take years

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'We need everyone': IDF pressured reservists with PTSD to serve, some threatened with arrest

Haaretz

Without evidence, IDF claims again that Hezbollah is extensively using ambulances for military purposes

According to the WHO, 52 medical personnel have been killed in Lebanon in the war this month. As proof of Israel's claims, the IDF referred Haaretz to a two-year-old post on X, noting that according to 'assessments,' Hezbollah uses the vehicles to transport operatives and weapons

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Without evidence, IDF claims again that Hezbollah is extensively using ambulances for military purposes

Haaretz

IDF looks to demolish south Lebanon villages and establish permanent military outposts

Similar to IDF's current Gaza model, the defense establishment intends to destroy villages near the Israel-Lebanon border, and establish permanent military outposts in the area between the border and the Litani River

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IDF looks to demolish south Lebanon villages and establish permanent military outposts

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Newest Members of the IDF's Ultra-Orthodox Hasmonean Brigade Get Their Berets

The third set of soldiers in the Hasmonean Brigade, the Israel Defense Force's first ultra-Orthodox brigade, completed eight months of...

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Newest Members of the IDF's Ultra-Orthodox Hasmonean Brigade Get Their Berets

Jerusalem Post

Israeli chess player expected a forfeit, her Iranian opponent showed up

Yarden Bloch said she had assumed the game would not take place because Iranian athletes have often been prevented from competing against Israelis.

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Israeli chess player expected a forfeit, her Iranian opponent showed up

Jerusalem Post

Hamas urges Hezbollah to kidnap Israeli soldiers in wake of Knesset passing death penalty bill

Abu Ubaida, a Hamas spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, addressed his message to the Hezbollah terrorist organization, whom he referred to as "the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon."

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Hamas urges Hezbollah to kidnap Israeli soldiers in wake of Knesset passing death penalty bill

Haaretz

Safe from missiles, not from disease: Israeli doctors warn over underground hospitals

For over a month, Israel's hospitals have operated underground amid Iranian missile threats, exposing patients to infectious diseases due to overcrowding, a senior doctor said. Another warned: 'This is a catastrophe, already costing lives'

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Safe from missiles, not from disease: Israeli doctors warn over underground hospitals

Haaretz

'I don't want a hero for a son': Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon laid to rest

The four soldiers were killed in a close-range fight with gunmen in southern Lebanon, according to the IDF. 'We waited for you at home, and you came back – but in a coffin,' said one of the soldiers' father

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'I don't want a hero for a son': Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon laid to rest

algemeiner

Israeli Artist Forced to Close Mexico City Exhibit for 'Safety Reasons' After Antisemitic Harassment, Vandalism

An Israeli artist based in Berlin was forced to close his solo exhibition at a Mexico City gallery a week...

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Israeli Artist Forced to Close Mexico City Exhibit for 'Safety Reasons' After Antisemitic Harassment, Vandalism

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Israeli Forces to Expand Control in Southern Lebanon as Defense Chief Outlines Long-Term Security Plans

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will maintain security control over territory...

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Israeli Forces to Expand Control in Southern Lebanon as Defense Chief Outlines Long-Term Security Plans

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Europe Shows Unwillingness to Help With Iran War, Pushes Back on Some US-Israeli Military Operations

France and Italy have pushed back against some US-Israeli military operations, sources said on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump criticized NATO allies in Europe as unhelpful in...

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Europe Shows Unwillingness to Help With Iran War, Pushes Back on Some US-Israeli Military Operations

Jerusalem Post

'This is apartheid’: International politicians, governments condemn terror death penalty law

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also responded to the bill on Tuesday, calling its passing "one more step toward apartheid."

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'This is apartheid’: International politicians, governments condemn terror death penalty law

Jerusalem Post

Israel's new death penalty law marks moral break, sparks discrimination fears, expert says

For Prof. Yoram Rabin, a criminal and constitutional law scholar and president of the College of Management Academic Studies, the law is both a moral rupture and a legally vulnerable one.

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Israel's new death penalty law marks moral break, sparks discrimination fears, expert says

Haaretz

Five arrested as police violently disperse protest against Israel's new death penalty law

Foreign Press Association slams 'attack on journalists performing their work' after veteran photographer injured by water cannon

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Five arrested as police violently disperse protest against Israel's new death penalty law

Haaretz

With the death penalty for Palestinians, Israel signals: Long live the Jewish terrorists

Legal viability aside, the new law reveals a deeper question, reflecting a perverse dissonance in Israeli society: Why are Jewish terrorists spared the noose while Arab ones are hanged?

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With the death penalty for Palestinians, Israel signals: Long live the Jewish terrorists

Haaretz

Racist and unlawful: Israel's death penalty law is driven by bloodlust

Approving the law devalues human life, serves terror organizations, and underscores Israel's abandonment of liberal values, revealing a reactionary regime. Any court that approves it is unfit to sit in judgment

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Racist and unlawful: Israel's death penalty law is driven by bloodlust

algemeiner

'Jewish Blood Is Not Cheap': Israel Passes Controversial Death Penalty Law for Palestinian Terrorists

Israeli lawmakers on Monday passed a contentious law allowing the death penalty for Palestinian terrorists from the West Bank, a...

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'Jewish Blood Is Not Cheap': Israel Passes Controversial Death Penalty Law for Palestinian Terrorists

Times of Israel

Funerals held for 3 of the soldiers killed fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

'My son is a hero, but I don't want a hero for a son,' says father of Staff Sgt. Maxsim Entis, 21; Cpt. Noam Madmoni, 22, Staff Sgt. Ben Cohen, 21, also buried in separate funerals The post Funerals held for 3 of the soldiers killed fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon appeared first on The Times ...

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Funerals held for 3 of the soldiers killed fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

Jerusalem Post

Northern Israel faces over 50 Hezbollah rocket launches, drone infiltrations, leaving three injured

Three people were lightly injured in the attacks, including a 6-year-old child. Only two people were taken to a nearby hospital for their injuries.

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Northern Israel faces over 50 Hezbollah rocket launches, drone infiltrations, leaving three injured

Haaretz

Iranian missiles, Hezbollah rocket fire lightly wound 11 in central, northern Israel

An Iranian cluster missile struck Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak and Petah Tikva on Tuesday, prompting rescue deployments, while a Hezbollah rocket from Lebanon moderately wounded a construction worker in the Upper Galilee area, who was hit by shrapnel and taken to a Safed hospital

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Iranian missiles, Hezbollah rocket fire lightly wound 11 in central, northern Israel