EU, UN Urge ‘Restraint,’ Call for ‘Independent Investigation’ of Hezbollah Rocket Attack on Majdal Shams

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By  Hana Levi Julian  – 22 Tammuz 5784 – July 28, 2024  The European Union and United Nations condemned a horrific Hezbollah rocket attack Saturday on northern Israel that killed 12 children and wounded 30 others while they were playing soccer in the Israeli Druze village of Majdal Shams. The rocket used in the attack was an Iranian-made Falaq-1 that carried a warhead with 53-kilograms explosives, the Israel Defense Forces found in its initial investigation. But despite their condemnations, top officials in both international bodies urged “restraint,” while offering no proposals that would end the threat to northern Israel posed by …

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Time Is Short, You Need To Make A Decision

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Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved! In the New Testament, a jailer at Philippin asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30). Paul and Silas answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). What does it mean to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? What does it mean to be saved? First of all, it means being saved by faith, not works, Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not …

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Iran claims attacks on 85 US targets in Bahrain, Kuwait

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RGC claims combined missile and drone attack on 85 US military sites in B ahrain and Kuwait, warns they are prepared for further escalation. Israel National News Published: Jul 8, 2026, 8:20 AM (GMT+3) Drone attackiStock Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Wednesday that its Navy and Air and Space forces launched a combined missile and drone attack targeting 85 US military sites and facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait. In an official statement, Tehran said the attack was carried out in response to “the United States’ violation of the ceasefire,” after the US Air Force reportedly struck approximately 80 targets inside …

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to visit Israel following overnight strikes on Iran

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Hegseth, who is in Ankara alongside US President Donald Trump for the NATO summit, is expected to make a brief visit against the backdrop of the American strikes against Iran. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on the Iran war, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (not pictured), at the Pentagon in Washington, US, May 5, 2026.(photo credit: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS) ByIDAN KWELLER JULY 8, 2026 08:35 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to arrive in Israel on Wednesday and meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, a senior US …

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‘Absolutely necessary’: NATO’s Rutte, world leaders show support for US strikes on Iran

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“When you have a ceasefire and Iran is basically violating the ceasefire, I think it is totally crucial that the US forcefully react,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Follow us on Google NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte looks on before meeting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa on the sidelines of the NATO leaders’ summit, in Ankara, Turkey, July 7, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)What did Iran violate?➤Why were US attacks on Iran necessary?➤What did NATO’s chief say about attacks?➤Who called US attacks ‘absolutely necessary’?➤ ByJONAH DAVIDOVJULY 8, 2026 08:41Updated: JULY …

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‘A military option is still on the table:’ Senior Israeli defense officials expected to travel to US

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A source familiar with the matter tells i24NEWS ‘the military option is still on the table’ as senior Israeli officials are expected to travel to Washington DC in coming days and weeks Guy Azriel ■ Diplomatic Correspondent, i24NEWS Hebrew Channel ■  3 min read July 05, 2026 at 11:37 AM ■ latest revision July 05, 2026 at 12:02 PM A series of senior Israeli officials are expected to travel to Washington in the coming weeks for high-level meetings, as concerns grow over US-Iran negotiations, i24NEWS has learned. According to a source familiar with the matter, “the military option is still on the table,” underscoring that Israel …

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At Khamenei funeral, speaker calls to kill Trump; posters and grafitti urge death to Netanyahu, too

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Iranian poet leads chants of ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Death to America,’ threatens Trump’s life, as mourners declare fealty to new leader and urge revenge; 3 of Khamenei’s sons appear, but not Mojtaba By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell5 July 2026, 2:27 pm Masoud, Meysam, and Mostafa Khamenei, sons of the slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pay their respects to their father at a funeral ceremony at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2026; Iranian poet Mohammad Rasouli leads chants of ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Death to America,’ as he threatens Trump’s life in his address. …

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Iran, US to work on negotiating peace deal in Doha after de-escalating weekend strikes

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Mediators have established communications channels to de-escalate any incidents, and technical talks are set to continue, the source, with knowledge of the discussions, added. IRAN’S DELEGATION including Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi (C) and Speaker of the Islamic Parliament of Iran, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf (2ndR) arrive for a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex.(photo credit: URS FLUEELER / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) ByREUTERSJUNE 29, 2026 13:50 Iranian and US technical teams working on the implementation of an interim peace deal are expected to meet in Doha in the …

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Lebanese Speaker vows: Israel-Lebanon accord will not pass

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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri rejects the trilateral framework agreement with Israel and the US, calling it an unenforceable document of “dictates.” Elad Benari Published: Jun 29, 2026, 3:22 AM (GMT+3) Nabih BerriAmr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, an ally of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, on Sunday firmly rejected the trilateral framework agreement between Lebanon, Israel and the United States. The Makor Rishon Hebrew newspaper this weekend described Berri as “one of the wealthiest people in Lebanon” and the man “who is as powerful as the president and prime minister and has functioned for years as Hezbollah’s political face and ‘flak jacket’ vis …

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US and Iran agree to halt Hormuz attacks, will reportedly hold talks about strait in Qatar on Tuesday

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US official says sides to stand down ‘for now’ after Tehran skips technical talks scheduled for Sunday; Iran’s FM threatens to ‘increase tensions’ if ships don’t traverse route it controls By Agencies and ToI StaffToday, 3:08 amUpdated at 5:48 am This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026. (AFP) Iran and the United States have agreed to halt attacks, a US official said Sunday, and will reportedly meet again on Tuesday in Doha to discuss the Strait of Hormuz. The Axios news site, citing US officials and a source with knowledge …

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80 tons of explosives: IDF destroys massive Hezbollah terror tunnel in southern Lebanon

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IDF destroys a Hezbollah underground infrastructure spanning over 200 meters in length and reaching a depth of more than 25 meters in the Majdal Zoun area. Uzi Baruch Published: Jun 28, 2026, 11:07 PM (GMT+3) Updated: 6/29/2026, 12:08:17 AM 0:00 / 0:07 1x תיעוד: השמדת מנהרת הענק של חיזבאללה בלבנוןצילום: דובר צה”ל As part of Operation Closing Verse, the IDF on Sunday evening destroyed an underground terror infrastructure belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the vicinity of the southern Lebanese village of Majdal Zoun. The tunnel network, spanning over 200 meters in length and reaching a depth of more than 25 …

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Bahrain condemns Iran’s ‘systematic pattern of aggression,’ calls on UN to hold Tehran accountable

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The condemnation comes after Bahrain’s Interior Ministry announced on X/Twitter that air raid sirens sounded across Bahrain for the second time in as many hours. Damaged residential building in Bahrain following Iranian strike, June 28, 2026.(photo credit: Screenshot/X/@moi_bahrain)ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAMJUNE 28, 2026 07:58Updated: JUNE 28, 2026 11:07 The renewed Iranian attack marks a “dangerous escalation” that is part of a continued, targeted attack against Bahrain’s sovereignty, the Bahraini Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday morning. “Tehran’s actions are neither incidental nor isolated, but rather a deliberate policy and systematic pattern of repeated aggression against the Kingdom’s sovereignty and the security of its citizens …

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“There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started,” said US President Donald Trump.

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Follow us on Google n F-35 lights its afterburner as it does a flyover during a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.(photo credit: Al Drago/Getty Images)ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, JONAH DAVIDOVJUNE 28, 2026 00:50Updated: JUNE 28, 2026 10:06 The US military said it struck Iran again on Saturday, hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, in the worst escalation since the two sides signed an interim peace deal two weeks ago. “The enemy is using tricks, and we do not trust it,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps …

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Report: Iran fumes at Oman over Hormuz passage

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Oman trapped between Iranian, US, demands over Strait of Hormuz, New York Times reports. Israel National News Published: Jun 26, 2026, 10:22 AM (GMT+3)   Oil tanker in Strait of HormuziStock An Iranian source has told The New York Times that Tehran is fuming at Oman, after Oman allowed naval vessels to move transverse an alternate route through […]

Israel-Lebanon talks continue under US mediation despite deadlock over Hezbollah disarmament

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The Israeli Embassy in the United States confirmed the extension of the talks, which entered their fourth day. The negotiating teams will return to the table at the US State Department in the morning IDF troops operate in the Wadi Saluki area of southern Lebanon.(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)ByIDAN KWELLERJUNE 26, 2026 08:38 The negotiations between […]