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Officials in Jerusalem and Washington believe Hezbollah has stepped up its fire toward northern Israel in an effort to sabotage direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon. Delegations from both countries met yesterday at the Pentagon and agreed to hold another meeting later this week.

Severely wounded inside Gaza, Ziv Shilon says one thought about his mother gave him the strength to survive.

Danny Danon calls the decision “a moral disgrace,” saying the UN placed Israel on the same blacklist as Hamas and ISIS

Israel’s Police Internal Investigations Department says it questioned an officer serving in Lahav 433 on suspicion of maintaining contact with an Iranian intelligence agent. He was released under restrictive conditions.

Forty-four Knesset members voted in favor of the daycare subsidy bill, which would base eligibility for daycare assistance on the toddler’s mother rather than the father. Thirty-seven lawmakers opposed it, while members of the Religious Zionism faction were absent from the vote.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir spoke at the ceremony welcoming the strategic refueling aircraft "Gideon" to Nevatim Airbase, the first of six purchased in the U.S., and addressed the Iranian front: "The evil structure of the ayatollah regime has been significantly cracked."

Muhammad Oudeh, who took over the terror group’s military wing just 10 days ago after Izz al-Din Haddad was killed, was reportedly eliminated last night in a safe apartment in Gaza. At the same time, a senior Hamas intelligence official was struck and critically wounded.

A new State Comptroller report exposes serious failures in the cyber defenses of Israel’s government and emergency agencies. The findings raise real concern about leaks of sensitive information and damage to the functioning of critical systems.

Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir announced that former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi will be dismissed from the IDF. At this stage, the process does not include a rank reduction.

Guests at a Red Sea resort woke up one morning to find the staff gone. Years later, the astonishing truth was finally revealed.

Sgt. Nehorai Leizer was killed when an explosive drone made a direct hit on a *Namer* armored personnel carrier near Bint Jbeil, and his commander was seriously wounded. His sister, Mai, mourned him through tears: "We woke up to a morning of a new life, with a piece taken from our hearts. And we will rise from this with Hashem’s help."

Contacts between the United States and Iran are moving toward a draft agreement, but major disputes remain unresolved. In Tehran, officials insist the nuclear issue is not part of the initial understandings. A senior Israeli official said, “Trump made clear that he will stand firm in the negotiations on his consistent demand to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program.”

As Jewish groups boycott his events, New York prepares for a larger-than-ever pro-Israel parade with Israeli lawmakers and Muslim supporters expected to attend

At a meeting in Prague, the Czech Republic laid out a hard line against any European effort to impose sanctions on Israel. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar sharply criticized European governments that, he said, are pushing an anti-Israel agenda: "They are harming relations with the only democracy in the Middle East in order to win applause from the terror states in our region."

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung sharply criticized Israel over its takeover of Gaza-bound flotilla ships, calling the operation "excessive and illegal." Yesterday, the IDF completed its takeover of dozens of flotilla vessels.

A powerful true story about family tension, choosing peace over pride, and the moment one act of giving in may have saved an entire family.

A request has been filed with the International Criminal Court in The Hague seeking the arrest of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. The prosecution alleges his involvement in offenses against the Palestinian population in Judea and Samaria. Similar requests may also be filed against ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and ישראל כ"ץ.

The Times is still defending the column as Israel threatens legal action and critics question the sourcing behind its most graphic claims

After a Hezbollah drone exploded just 50 meters from orchard workers with no siren at all, residents of Kibbutz Sasa near the Lebanon border decided to spread protective nets above kindergarten yards, day care centers, and playgrounds.

Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was freed from captivity, revealed in an interview how she used her captors’ carelessness to gather sensitive intelligence about them. After her release, the information she passed to the FBI helped strengthen the case against a senior Iraqi *Kataib Hezbollah* figure accused, among other things, of involvement in an attempted assassination plot against President Donald Trump.