After the Israeli Navy seized 21 boats near Crete, the IDF released about 170 activists at a Greek port. Two flotilla leaders were brought to Israel to face trial as the military braces for another convoy leaving Turkey.
President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end the war, saying, "Iran is asking for things I cannot agree to." Tehran responded: "We do not rule out a preemptive strike."
Following Friedrich Merz’s criticism of U.S. handling of Iran, the Pentagon says roughly 5,000 troops will leave Germany over six months; an air-defense battalion planned for later this year won’t deploy.
The IDF says an explosive drone hit the Shomera sector this morning, wounding 12 soldiers—two moderately and ten lightly. Troops from the IDF’s ultra-Orthodox Hashmonaim Brigade helped evacuate the wounded. Several other soldiers were treated for anxiety and ear ringing. Around midday, interceptors launched near the Lebanon border and the IDF began hitting Hezbollah infrastructure; a launcher was destroyed in the Mount Dov area.
Be'er Sheva court convicts Dr. Muhammad Azzam. After Oct. 7, during Israel's Swords of Iron war, he pledged allegiance to ISIS and downloaded guides on explosives and toxins; the judge warns he could have harmed Israelis.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the London site where two Jewish men were stabbed; protesters shouted "Traitor" and urged a tougher crackdown on antisemitic violence.
A majority of European lawmakers backed a resolution to suspend EU support for the Palestinian Authority’s school system, citing a broken pledge to remove antisemitic content. The decision now goes to the European Commission.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the Pentagon’s budget, saying Iran and Lebanon are holding their positions as the U.S. keeps pressure on Tehran.
Amid IDF operations in southern Lebanon, a contractor performing Defense Ministry engineering work was killed by an explosive UAV.
President Donald Trump claimed Iran told the U.S. it is in “total collapse” and asked to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible. Iranian media rejected the claim.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the FBI has testimony alleging Qatari officials promised to “take care of” ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, if he advanced an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
After Hezbollah labeled his government “traitors” over efforts to engage Israel, Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun said he is working to end the war without a “humiliating” deal.
At the IDF Senior Command Conference, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is striking within the security zone and north of the Litani, maintaining freedom of action under agreements with the U.S. and Lebanon. He warned that two key Hezbollah threats remain.
At Segula Military Cemetery in Petah Tikva, Sgt. Idan Fox, 19, was laid to rest after falling in combat in Lebanon. His mother, Meital, recalled being summoned to a “work meeting” at the council offices, where she received the devastating news.
Sgt. Idan Fox, 19, from Petah Tikva, a fighter in Battalion 77 of the 'Sa'ar MeGolan' formation, was killed by an explosive UAV in fighting in southern Lebanon. An officer and three soldiers were seriously wounded, one was moderately wounded, and another was lightly wounded.
A new analysis from the Jewish People Policy Institute reviewed more than 1,100 statements by UN Secretary-General António Guterres since 2017, finding Israel is mentioned the most—and more negatively—with the tone intensifying in recent years.
Arrested by the Israel Police, Shin Bet, and military investigators, the soldiers allegedly documented bases and shared fighter-jet system details with Iranian handlers for cash, prosecutors say.
Today in Washington, the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Lebanon demands that the IDF stop demolishing buildings in southern Lebanon. A Lebanese official: "This is a condition for continuing the talks"
A State Department report to Congress finds the Palestinian Authority kept paying stipends to convicted terrorists—including some released in the October 2025 Hamas cease-fire—despite earlier vows to end the "pay to slay" program. Washington is weighing its next moves and says it will continue revoking visas for senior PA officials.
Israel’s and Lebanon’s ambassadors in Washington meet tomorrow for another round of talks. Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun sets an initial condition of an IDF withdrawal from Lebanese territory and calls for at least a one-month ceasefire. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar: "Hezbollah is a shared enemy of Israel and Lebanon. It harms Lebanon’s future."
