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A senior U.S. official said that negotiations for a hostage release and ceasefire deal appear to be in their closing stages and U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will discuss remaining gaps during their meeting. “What I expect the conversation to be tomorrow is about these remaining gaps and kind of how we close them, and what the parameters are,” the official told the press. The comments came in a phone briefing to members of the press ahead of Netanyahu’s meeting with Biden at the White House on Thursday. The meeting between Biden and Netanyahu is the…

Report: New ‘ghost drones’ score huge successes in crossing into Israeli airspace; fragmenting missiles can split into dozens of smaller missiles if air defense attempt to intercept them Iran has supplied Hezbollah with bombs capable of emitting an electromagnetic pulse that can paralyze Israeli communication systems and radar, according to a report Thursday in the Kuwaiti Al-Jareeda. The paper said that the Lebanese terror group and its allied factions plan to launch an offensive against Israel in the Golan Heights and Galilee in retaliation to a potential Israeli ground operation in southern Lebanon. Citing a source in the Islamic Revolutionary…

PM blasts Tehran as driving force behind turmoil, denounces anti-Israel protesters, defends conduct of war; some hostage relatives removed for protest; Tlaib holds ‘war criminal’ sign Addressing a joint session of Congress for the fourth time in his career, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used much speech to frame Iran as the driving force behind violence in the Middle East, while laying out a general vision for postwar Gaza. Netanyahu also said he was “confident” that a hostage release and ceasefire deal could be reached, but did not offer much details, even as nearly two dozen relatives of the 120 captives still…

Reservists hit by gunfire during operation on Route 55 near Nabi Ilyas; third soldier treated at scene for minor injury Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in a drive-by shooting attack on the Route 55 highway, the Israel Defense Forces and medics said. According to an initial IDF probe, reservist soldiers carrying out a patrol on the highway near the village of Nabi Ilyas came under fire from a passing vehicle. The vehicle with the gunman fled the scene. One of the soldiers, aged 25, was moderately wounded, while the second reservist, aged 34, was listed in good condition, the Magen…

Remains of Ravid Katz, Oren Goldin, Maya Goren, Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas and Sgt. Kiril Brodski were held hostage in Khan Younis tunnel The bodies of five Israelis killed and taken hostage by terrorists on October 7 were recovered by troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip and brought back to Israel on Wednesday, officials said. Ravid Katz, 51, Oren Goldin, 33, Maya Goren, 56, Sgt. Kiril Brodski, 19, and Staff Sgt. Tomer Yaakov Ahimas, 20, were all previously declared dead by the Israel Defense Forces, though their bodies continued to be held in Gaza. All five were killed…

Argentina officially designated Hamas as a terrorist organization on Friday, July 12, the office of President Javier Milei announced. “The Hamas group has been declared by the Argentinian state as an international terrorist organization,” the statement reads. “Furthermore, in recent years, its link with the Islamic Republic of Iran has been revealed – whose leadership was found responsible for the attacks against the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires and against the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association by the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation on April 11. These attacks cost the lives of more than 100 Argentinian civilians.” “President Javier Milei has…

Sam Fried, a former soldier in the IDF Paratroopers Brigade, spoke to the ‘Post” about returning to America after dropping everything to defend Israel on October 7. When Sam Fried returned to America after serving in the Israeli Defense Forces, he faced a new battle- defending Israel and his people against misinformation and hostility with truth and dialogue. Fried, originally from Queens, NY, joined the army in 2020 and finished serving in the paratroopers in the 890th battalion in 2022. Leaving the army behind, he came back and started his career in finance with a college degree. After the atrocities…

Hezbollah will launch attacks on Israeli towns that haven’t been targeted yet, according to threats from Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese terror organization. Israel Defense Forces eliminated a senior operative in another terror group allied with Hezbollah in central Lebanon. Speaking during a celebration of the Shi’ite Muslim Ashura holiday, Nasrallah said: “Continuing to target civilians will push the Resistance [Hezbollah] to launch missiles at settlements that were not previously targeted.” The reference pointed to the alleged killing of five civilians, including three children, by Israeli strikes the day before. In his televised speech, he added that there…

Elite Oketz K9 Unit bids farewell to four-legged heroes who did not get proper final journey; ‘Outsiders won’t understand,’ says Major (res.) M The event highlighted the unique bond between soldiers and their canine partners, a relationship that Major (res.) M, the unit’s operations officer, described as something “outsiders won’t understand.” The ceremony took place at the Oketz canine cemetery near the Adam facility. At its center stands a monument for the dogs whose burial places are unknown, featuring a statue of Warrant Officer Y and his dog, Oscar, the first Oketz dog killed in action whose body was not recovered…

Thousands greet Omer Neutra’s parents with chants of ‘Bring them home’; they similarly embrace Jewish Harvard alum suing school for failing to protect him against discrimination Addressing the Republican National Convention (RNC) , the father of an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza said former US president Donald Trump had told him that “he stands with the American hostages.” “President Trump told us personally right after the attack when Omer was taken captive. We know he stands with the American hostages,” said Ronen Neutra, who addressed the RNC alongside his wife Orna. Trump has not offered extensive comment on the hostage…