Israel to build new fence along Jordan border to stem Iranian weapons smuggling

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 18:38   Updated: SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 18:42 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel will build a new border fence along the border with Jordan, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday evening. הקמנו גדר בגבולנו הדרומי (מצרים) ובלמנו את ההסתננות משם לישראל. עצרנו בכך […]

US delegation heading to Saudi Arabia amid Biden normalization push

NEW: A delegation of top US officials is slated to travel to Riyadh this week to meet with Saudi counterparts in order to discuss a potential normalization agreement between the Gulf kingdom & Israel, a US official & a PA official told @TimesofIsrael (1/4) The visit by White House Middle East czar Brett McGurk and […]

IDF commandos: Israel not equipped to handle Iranian-funded explosives

Following recent use of IEDs in attacks, most notably in a blast near Joseph’s Tomb, commandos warned it “will only get worse” in the West Bank. AMIR BOHBOT/WALLA!SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 10:33SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 11:00 Smoke billows from the aftermath of the detonation of a Palestinian explosive charge on an Israeli armoured vehicle during an Israeli […]

Libya to assess ‘internal damage’ caused by secret meeting with Israel

Mangoush was suspended and subsequently fired following Israeli publication of the meeting, leading to her fleeing Libya. JERUSALEM POST STAFFSEPTEMBER 3, 2023 09:45 Libya has officially launched an investigation into the secret meeting in Rome between former foreign minister Najla Mangoush and Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen last month, the North African nation’s attorney-general’s office announced […]

Nasrallah meets with Palestinian terror chiefs amid high tensions with Israel

Hezbollah leader, along with Hamas deputy politburo head Saleh al-Arouri and Ziyad al-Nakhala, secretary general of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, reiterate position on ‘Zionist enemy’ By ToI Staff Today, 9:53 am   Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah greets his supporters through a screen via a video link from a secret place, during a rally to mark Jerusalem […]

Iran receives combat trainer jets from Russia

Iran’s air force receives Yak-130 Russian trainer jets to “improve the training and combat capability of the air force”. Israel National NewsSep 3, 2023, 6:54 AM (GMT+3) Iran’s air force has received a batch of advanced Russian combat trainer jets to “improve the training and combat capability of the air force”, AFP reported on Saturday, […]

Iran-backed militias attack Kurds in Kirkuk

Iran uses its militias to fire rockets to target gas fields in the area that are controlled by the Kurdistan region. SETH J. FRANTZMANSEPTEMBER 3, 2023 02:12 Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in an intensive security deployment after Islamic State militants took it over the previous day in Luhaiban village in Kirkuk, […]

Hamas: ‘Zionist occupation’ to blame for crime wave in Israel’s Arab community

Ismail Haniyeh, leader of terror group political bureau, says ‘Zionist enemy’ responsible for violence ‘running wild inside the lands of 1948’ By ToI Staff Today, 3:59 am 3   The leader of Hamas’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, blamed “the Zionist occupation” for the ongoing violent crime wave in Israel’s Arab community, in the first public […]