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Israeli soldiers at the site where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Petach Tikvah, June 18, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Shaul/Flash90.

Holocaust survivor among victims in Iran missile strike in Petach Tikvah

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Israeli authorities have identified Yvette Shmilovitz, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor, as the fourth victim of Iran’s ballistic missile strike in Petach Tikvah last week. Eight people were killed and nearly 300 wounded by the June...
A screenshot of a video that the Mehr news agency said was of Marek Keufman taken in or af

German-Jewish cyclist held in Iran since 2024, Iran’s state media say

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A German citizen identified as Marek Kaufman, who is said to be Jewish, has been under arrest in Iran for over a year on suspicion of espionage, Iran’s state-run Mehr news agency acknowledged Saturday. Iranian authorities allege...
"No Trespassing" sign at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Nov. 6, 2015. Credit: Alex Sergeev via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran launches missiles towards US air base in Qatar

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Iran fired missiles towards the Middle East’s largest U.S. air base, home to some 10,000 American troops, in Qatar on Monday, the Gulf country’s foreign ministry confirmed. “We are reassured that Qatari air defenses thwarted...
A satellite image of the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, Dec. 30, 2001. Credit: NASA via Wikimedia Commons.

EU ‘concerned’ as Tehran threatens to block Hormuz

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European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told press in Brussels on Monday that the Foreign Affairs Council, composed of the foreign ministers from all E.U. member states, was fearful about the prospect of...
Then-U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley visits a terror tunnel built by Hamas on the Israel-Gaza border, June 8, 2017. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

IDF destroys 1.5 miles of terror tunnels in Gaza

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Israel Defense Forces soldiers operating in the Jabalia area of the northern Gaza Strip dismantled more than 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) of terrorist tunnels, the military said on Monday. Troops from the 401st "Iron Tracks"...
Hezbollah supporters wave PLO and Iranian flags as they demonstrate in support of Iran, after Friday noon prayers in Beirut's southern suburbs, on June 20, 2025. Photo by Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images.

Hezbollah holds fire after US strikes Iranian nuclear sites

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Iran’s Lebanese terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, is expected to remain on the sidelines of Tehran’s war with Israel in the immediate term, following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites early Sunday. The United States attacked three...
The note placed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Western Wall on June 22, 2025. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

From mourning to ‘Tkuma’

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A year after the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023—when 1,200 Israelis were brutally murdered and 252 taken hostage by Hamas—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a new phase in the war. He said the operation...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the Tel Nof Airbase in central Israel, June 16, 2025. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO

Netanyahu: We are changing the face of the Middle East

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night praised the military successes of "Operation Rising Lion" against Iran, asserting that the entire region was being changed for the better. "Two days after the war began,...
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington D.C., Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Liri Agami/Flash90.

Would anyone but Trump have done it?

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Donald Trump appears to have fooled both his friends and foes. And he has done something none of his predecessors dared to do. With a single stroke, his orders to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities...