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According to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, ‘We have credible reason to believe that elements within the crowd – armed and affiliated with Hamas – deliberately fomented the unrest’ The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said that 20 people had been killed in its Khan Yunis aid distribution site on Wednesday, 19 of whom were trampled to death and another fatality who was stabbed. The US-backed organization said the incident occurred “amid a chaotic and dangerous surge, driven by agitators in the crowd. We have credible reason to believe that elements within the crowd – armed and affiliated with Hamas – deliberately fomented the…

Hamas rejected the latest 60-day cease-fire proposal with Israel on Saturday, stalling talks in Qatar while the terror group continues to push for maintaining greater territorial control in Gaza. Negotiations centered on a US-backed Qatari proposal for a temporary halt to hostilities and a partial release of hostages. Israel accepted the offer, but Hamas objected to IDF troop deployments. The latest maps show Israel keeping control of roughly one-third of Gaza, including a 1.86-mile buffer zone in Rafah. Hamas demands a total IDF withdrawal. The proposal would have released 10 hostages believed to be alive and returned the bodies of…

The IDF on Thursday struck and eliminated the terrorist Hassan Ahmad Sabra, a Naval Commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, in the area of Kfour in southern Lebanon. Additionally, a Hezbollah terrorist involved in attempts to reestablish terror infrastructure in the Al-Naqoura area in southern Lebanon was struck and eliminated. The IDF stated that terrorists’ activity constitutes a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. “The IDF will continue to operate in order to remove any threat posed to the state of Israel,” it added. Continue reading this article on israelnationalnews.com

On Saturday, July 5, two American veterans working with the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) were injured in an attack while distributing aid to Palestinians. The two veterans are reportedly receiving medical treatment and are in stable condition. GHF said the Americans were “highly decorated” veterans. “GHF has repeatedly warned of credible threats from Hamas, including explicit plans to target American personnel, Palestinian aid workers, and the civilians who rely on our sites for food. Today’s attack tragically affirms those warnings,” the organization wrote. GHF vowed that it was still committed to the mission of delivering aid to…

Sirens sounded in several areas in Israel after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) identified the launch of a missile from Yemen toward Israeli territory early Thursday morning. The military announced that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) aerial defense systems were activated to intercept the threat, and several minutes later, the IDF said the missile was successfully intercepted. Following the interception, the Houthi rebel group claimed to have attacked Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv area with a ballistic missile. Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency response service said it had received no reports of injuries or damages from the launch.…

A senior Israeli official said Thursday that Israeli intelligence shows that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium had not been removed from Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan before the three nuclear sites were struck by the US last month amid Israel’s 12-day war with Iran, and has not been moved since. The stockpiles of some 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of uranium enriched to 60 percent had not moved, the unnamed official told Reuters. The official suggested, however, that the Iranians might still be able to gain access to the enriched uranium at Isfahan but that it would be very difficult to remove…

A video posted by the Hostage and Missing Families Forum on Thursday showed a sign of life from Maxim Herkin and Bar Kuperstein, who were abducted from the Nova music festival during the massacre in Oct. Hamas posted a video of the two in May but their families asked for parts of the videos to be kept from public view, until Thursday. “We are dead with a pulse, we do not feel human,” the hostages said. “We are again 30 meters underground.” The families of hostages called for the government to return all of the captives held in Gaza for…

The footage, circulated on social media, depicts Hamas members beating civilians in alleyways and dark streets, and even opening fire on them. According to Alian, the brutal violence is directed at Palestinians suspected of “violating the public order” imposed by the terror group in Gaza. “To the people of Gaza: the savage and blatant abuse inflicted by the Hamas terror organization is destroying your lives,” Alian said in a message to Gazans. “These horrifying displays of Hamas’ cruelty and evil are tools to instill fear and suppress the population, all in the name of preserving the organization’s grip on power.”…

As Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains unseen for nearly a week, a wave of uncertainty is sweeping through Iran—both within the country’s ruling elite and across its restless streets. Behind closed doors, political factions are scrambling for influence in the shadow of the absent leader, while on the ground, security forces have launched an aggressive internal crackdown following the recent military confrontation with Israel. According to reporting by The New York Times, Khamenei’s silence has unsettled the political establishment, triggering a scramble among top officials to shape the country’s path forward. Multiple senior Iranian officials revealed that rival camps are…

During Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, the Syrian government under president Ahmed al-Sharaa allowed Israel to fly through its airspace without hindrance. “Every blow to Iran is pure benefit to al-Sharaa’s regime,” University of Haifa Professor Amatzia Baram explained to Hebrew-language news site Maariv. Ahmed Al-Sharaa helped topple the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria last year. Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024, was a long-time ally of the Iranian regime. Baram said that Al-Sharaa is “quietly grateful to us for what we’ve done,” since Iran is an enemy of both Israel and the new Syrian government. “The Iranians are…