The remains of Shimon and Rivka Herzl, grandparents of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism, will be brought this week from their burial place in Belgrade. They will be laid to rest beside him on Mount Herzl in a ceremony on August 5, marking 77 years since Herzl was buried in Jerusalem.
Palestinian reports said Wael al-Dadawi, commander of Hamas’s Internal Security apparatus in the central camps district, was killed in an IDF drone strike. His deputy was also killed in the attack. The IDF also confirmed that it killed the head of a section in Hamas’s production headquarters earlier this week.
The family of Alon Shamriz, who was mistakenly shot and killed in Gaza by IDF soldiers while escaping Hamas captivity, asked that he be recognized as a fallen IDF soldier. The justices rejected the request, saying Shamriz “does not meet the formal criterion for classification.”
Ukraine’s military struck a Russian ship in the Caspian Sea that was operated by Iranian crews and carried equipment between Russia and Iran. An Iranian sailor was killed in the attack, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards declared: "Ukraine will pay for the attack."
With security tensions mounting on multiple fronts, the government is expected to extend the nationwide "special situation on the home front" through August 11. It is also set to renew an order allowing, if needed, the mobilization of up to 240,000 reservists. The order will remain in effect until after the Tishrei holidays.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed at the start of the cabinet meeting that he plans to fly to Washington tomorrow. He is set to meet with President Donald Trump on Tuesday. Speaking about the attacks in Judea and Samaria, the prime minister said: "We are prepared to act more broadly against terror hubs."
British security officials say Iranian covert operatives disguised as migrants are reaching the U.K. in small boats crossing the English Channel. The U.S. has also imposed sanctions on a senior Muslim Brotherhood figure and organizations accused of supporting Hamas.
The State Department has made clear to Congress that Turkey still does not meet the legal conditions required to receive the fighter jets. The main sticking point: Ankara must get rid of its advanced Russian-made defense systems.
French prosecutors said security forces arrested six people suspected of involvement in planning an attack on a synagogue in Sarcelles, near Paris. The suspects’ detention was extended, and prosecutors said indictments are expected.
Maj. Yuval Ezra, 27, a battery commander in the Artillery Corps, will be laid to rest tomorrow at the military cemetery in Beit Dagan. He was killed yesterday in a terror attack near the village of Tel in Samaria. His parents said he was set to be married next year.
For the first time in two weeks, the U.S. did not strike Iran overnight. Oman and Qatar are working on a ceasefire agreement, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he will fly in two days for a meeting with the American president.
The IDF said it carried out a strike in central Gaza and killed Mohand Asaad Mahmoud Abu Gazal, a Hamas Nukhba cell commander. In additional strikes, the military said it destroyed terror infrastructure and weapons storage sites used by the organization.
IDF forces raided the villages of Beit Furik and Tubas, where the terrorists behind two attacks in the Shomron earlier today had come from. In one of the attacks, an IDF soldier was lightly wounded after being stabbed by a Palestinian police officer. All three terrorists involved were killed.
The father of 4-year-old Yuval Kogan reported this afternoon that his son disappeared in the dunes by the beach in Ashkelon while the two were out walking. Police, with the help of volunteers, are searching on land and at sea. The Shin Bet has been asked to assist.
Less than a day after posting that he had instructed the military to "open the gates of hell," President Donald Trump is now issuing another threat. He said he does not currently believe Israel needs to be brought into a strike on Iran.
Kozo Okamoto, 78, died in Beirut, where he had lived since being released from an Israeli prison in 1985 as part of the Jibril prisoner exchange. In 1972, he and two other terrorists murdered 24 people in an attack at Ben Gurion Airport.
Iranian authorities hung a giant billboard in "Palestine Square" in central Tehran following the selection of Khalil al-Hayya as Hamas’s new political bureau chief. The image shows al-Hayya alongside Sinwar and Haniyeh. In his first interview, al-Hayya said: "We will continue on the path of the martyrs."
Defense Minister ישראל כ"ץ held a security assessment today with the IDF’s top brass. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to convene the inner cabinet tomorrow. Israel’s assessment: Iran may try to pull the region into a full-scale war if the U.S. expands its strikes.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issued a warning to the British government, threatening an attack if it helps the U.S. strike Iran. Against the backdrop of fears of escalation, Israel’s health system says it is prepared for any scenario.
The Mossad said that, working alongside the Shin Bet and intelligence and security services around the world, it thwarted an Iranian attempt to infiltrate a terror cell into Israel. International investigations exposed the network and the figure behind it: a French citizen and senior Iranian intelligence operative who was killed in Operation "Rising Lion."
