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The APT42, an IRGC-linked cyber group conducts targeted campaigns against Israeli diplomats, academics and former defense officials as well as both US presidential campaigns Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared their findings concerning APT42, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-backed threat agent, and their targeted phishing campaigns against Israel and Israeli targets. Google also confirmed recent reports around APT42’s targeting of accounts associated with the U.S. presidential election. According to the Threat Analysis Group, APT42, associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) consistently targets high-profile users in Israel and the U.S., including current and former government officials, political campaigns, diplomats,…

Hamas insisting on releasing ‘living or dead’ hostages from ‘humanitarian’ group, Israel insists first stage of deal include 30 living hostages. One of the central issues holding up an agreement on a ceasefire-prisoner swap deal is the number of living hostages to be released in the deal’s first stage, Israel Hayom reported. In the initial stage of a deal, 33 hostages are expected to be released. This stage “would last for six weeks … [and] would include a full and complete ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli forces from all populated areas of Gaza, release of a number of hostages, including women, the elderly, the wounded,…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said an Israeli delegation will attend ceasefire-for-hostage negotiations with Hamas, making the announcement immediately after the United States, Egypt and Qatar issued a joint call for talks to resume next week with the aim of swiftly concluding a deal. “It is time to bring immediate relief both to the long-suffering people of Gaza as well as the long-suffering hostages and their families. The time has come to conclude the ceasefire and hostages and detainees release deal,” said the Thursday statement signed by US President Joe Biden, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Qatari Emir Tamim…

In recent weeks, troops of the 252nd Division have been investigating and locating underground tunnel routes, eliminating hundreds of terrorists and dismantling terrorist infrastructure in the central Gaza Strip. The engineering unit of the Southern Command and the Yahalom Unit investigated and dismantled a multi-story underground tunnel approximately 3 kilometers long that consisted of multiple branches. Inside the tunnel, several rooms, weapons and means for long-term stay used by terrorist operatives were located. Continue reading this article on israelnationalnews.com

Iran has rejected attempts by the US and Arab nations to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, as Israel braces for an attack from the Islamic Republic and the Lebanese Iran-supported Hezbollah, saying they would strike the Jewish state even if it means war, American media reported. According to the American news outlet’s report, foreign ministers from Jordan and Lebanon traveled to Iran in an attempt to diffuse the situation, but Iran told the Arab diplomats that it was set on striking back against Israel and “it didn’t care if the response triggered a war.” Further, the Permanent Mission of…

The Shin Bet found numerous fake profiles used by Iranian intelligence, which have been identified and monitored. Iranian intelligence agents have been approaching Israeli citizens on various social media platforms in an attempt to recruit them for tasks in Israel that could harm the state’s security, the Shin Bet revealed on Thursday. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) found numerous fake profiles used by Iranian intelligence, which have been identified and monitored. Additionally, posts by the “IRAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE” were found in Telegram groups and channels. The posts offered “interesting and exciting” jobs with the promise of high pay for completing them.…

Iran reportedly plans to attack Israel on the day of Tisha B’Av, where Jews mourn the loss of the first and second Temples. Western intelligence sources told Sky News Arabia that they had evidence Iran plans to attack Israel on Tisha B’Av in response to the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, which begins on August 12 and ends on August 13. Iran’s attack will reportedly be coordinated with Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terror group embedded in Lebanon. On Tisha B’Av, Jews lament the destruction of the first and second Temples. During the annual event, there is fasting, mourning and…

At least 12 American warships are concentrated in the region With Israel bracing for potential retaliation from Iran and its proxies after two assassinations in Beirut and Tehran, the United States is scrambling forces to prepare for an escalation that threatens to engulf the Middle East. At the same time, the U.S. is launching a diplomatic offensive aimed at preventing a regional conflict and returning Israel and Hamas to the negotiating table regarding a hostage release and ceasefire deal. A U.S. Pentagon official told the Washington Post on Thursday that at least 12 American warships were concentrated in the eastern Mediterranean and the…

At least 12 children and youth between the ages of 10 and 20 years old were killed—and dozens more seriously wounded—by the impact of a rocket fired by Hezbollah on a soccer field in Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights. According to the Magen David Adom (MDA) rescue service, large rescue forces, including ambulances and helicopters, were rushed to the Druze village of Majdal Shams. At least 12 children were critically wounded in the attack and passed away within hours. 11 of the 12 children have been named. Continue reading this article on allisrael.com

IDF announces reinforced defense systems • Iran and Hezbollah vowed to strike back, reportedly targeting military sites Israel is preparing for a possible retaliation from Iran and/or Hezbollah following the recent eliminations of senior terror officials in Beirut and Tehran. The Israeli military has announced the strengthening of its defense systems and the improvement of its readiness, while maintaining the Home Front Command unchanged for the civilian population. On Tuesday, Israel killed Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in an airstrike on Beirut. A day later, Hamas senior leader and negotiator Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran, with Iran and Hamas…