Day: July 31, 2026

The airstrikes came hours after Trump warned Washington would be “hitting them hard.” JNS Staff (July 30, 2026 / JNS)  The U.S. military launched what it described as a “heavy wave of strikes” against Iranian targets on Wednesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Washington would be “hitting them hard” in response to Tehran’s recent attacks on American forces. U.S. Central Command said the “powerful response,” which lasted for some two hours, hit dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites across the Islamic Republic. According to CENTCOM, it struck military command centers, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and …

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The pact, which the terrorist group has yet to confirm accepting, “is a critical step toward Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian ‌government,” the U.S. president and Board of Peace chair said. Mike Wagenheim (July 30, 2026 / JNS)  U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the Board of Peace, which he chairs, reached an agreement with Hamas for the complete disarmament ‌of the terrorist groups that rule and control the Gaza Strip. Trump said that it was a “major milestone in the implementation” of his 20-point plan to bring an end to the Israel-Hamas war and …

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Hamas representatives reportedly met with IRGC officials on a recent visit to Iran for the funeral of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, per Axios.  (FILE PHOTO) Members of security forces look on during a funeral procession held for IRGC Navy Chief Alireza Tangsiri, alongside other senior naval commanders and their families who were killed in US-Israeli strikes in late March, on April 1, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.(photo credit: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFJULY 31, 2026 07:36Updated: JULY 31, 2026 07:47 Officials from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) urged Hamas delegation members not to sign Thursday’s disarmament deal, Axios reported on Friday, citing a source familiar with the …

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