Israel Targets More Hamas Interests in Gaza Over the Weekend

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck multiple Hamas targets over the weekend in response to arson balloons launched from Gaza; Saturday’s strikes follow Thursday’s targeting of a Hamas weapons production facility. In the second occurrence of IDF strikes in Gaza this week, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) targeted more Hamas military sites on Saturday in […]

Lapid-Bennett Government Decides: No More Qatari Cash Suitcases to Gaza

David Israel24 Tammuz 5781 – July 3, 2021 Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 The Bennett-Lapid government is working to end the flow of Qatari suitcases full of cash into the Gaza Strip, Channel 12 News reported Friday night. Instead of the existing procedure, whereby every few weeks a car full of cash in suitcases and […]

Israel strikes Hamas weapons factories in response to arson attacks

It was the third time Israel has carried out airstrikes in Gaza since the end of the 11-day war that Hamas started in May. By Associated Press Israeli fighter jets struck a weapons manufacturing site in Gaza overnight in response to incendiary balloons and arson attacks launched over the border into Israel, the military said […]

Arson balloon attacks continue for second day after IDF strikes Gaza

Two fires spark in southern Israel on Friday and Saturday, after military targets Hamas weapons factory in response to four earlier blazes By Emanuel Fabian Today, 7:01 pm   Incendiary balloons launched from the Gaza Strip sparked one fire near a town along the southern border Saturday, on the second day of such attacks since […]

Israeli cargo ship hit by ‘unknown weapon’ in Indian Ocean – report

While the damaged vessel is reportedly Israeli-owned, Israeli sources say the ship’s crew is not from Israel. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JULY 3, 2021 19:48 An Israeli-owned cargo ship was struck by an “unknown weapon” in the northern Indian Ocean, causing a fire to erupt onboard the vessel, the Hezbollah-linked Al-Mayadeen news site reported on […]

10 cars burned, 7 injured as brushfire hits Gan Hashlosha National Park

Five people have so far been evacuated to Ha’emek Medical Center in light condition due to smoke inhalation, Magen David Adom reported. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JULY 3, 2021 17:22 A brushfire spread across Gan Hashlosha National Park, also known by its Arabic name as the Sakhne, engulfing at least 10 motor vehicles, Israel Police […]

Iran’s sole nuclear power plant up and running after closure

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s sole nuclear power plant is back online following an emergency shutdown two weeks ago, state TV reported Saturday. The report quoted Mostafa Rajabi Mashahdi, spokesperson for the country’s energy ministry, as saying the Bushehr plant “returned to production energy” after the completion of needed maintenance. Mashahdi did not elaborate but […]

Iran digs deep in hollowed-out Syria

BEHIND THE LINES: Arab diplomatic efforts unlikely to shift Tehran’s extensive infrastructure. JONATHAN SPYER JULY 1, 2021 22:01 The attacks by pro-Iran militias on US positions in eastern Syria come at a time of significant diplomatic action on the Syrian file. These attacks also graphically demonstrate the problem at the core of the current diplomacy […]

EXCLUSIVE Iran restricts IAEA access to main enrichment plant after attack -diplomats

July 1, 20216:43 PM UTCLast Updated ago EXCLUSIVE Iran restricts IAEA access to main enrichment plant after attack -diplomats John IrishFrancois Murphy   PARIS/VIENNA, July 1 (Reuters) – Iran has been restricting U.N. nuclear inspectors’ access to its main uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, citing security concerns after what it says was an attack on […]

Many Without Power in Iraq as Temperatures Rise

Iraq was hit with a series of power outages on Friday amid extremely high temperatures; Iraq has been forced to significantly reduce its power usage in multiple regions as temperatures exceed 48 degrees Celsius. During a time in which some of the highest temperatures are reached, several people have been left without power throughout Iraq. […]

Holocaust memory is being challenged by Poland again

Poland has chosen to use lies to double down on pride and obstinancy rather than compromise and face inconvenient historic events. MICHAEL FREUND JULY 2, 2021 22:11 In the sweep of history, 76 years is a blip on the screen, a relatively brief stretch of time too short to excuse a willful and utter disregard […]