Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef who became a Shin Bet asset known as the "Green Prince," issued a statement warning that Israel's existence is non-negotiable and that it has deliberately withheld its most advanced weapons. "We are only playing at this point," he wrote, in a defiant message directed at anyone who believes Israel can be destroyed. The statement was posted on his social media channels and is a personal commentary, not an official Israeli or security source.
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Eleven illegal residents were discovered hiding behind a plasterboard wall at a construction site in Beit Shemesh and taken into custody, Israeli police sources said. A 30-day closure order was issued for the site.
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Hamas has expressed interest in joining a 'ceasefire on all fronts' following the ceasefire achieved in Lebanon as an outgrowth of the Iran-US memorandum of understanding, according to a Hamas statement. Hamas said that its senior official Bassem Naim spoke this morning with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and that the conversation covered the situation in the Gaza Strip and the failure to enforce the ceasefire there. According to the Hamas statement, Araghchi told Naim that Iran is raising the issue of 'continuing Israeli aggression' in Gaza with mediators and the American side in the ongoing talks.
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The European Union plans to send a three-year combined military and civilian mission to advise and train Lebanese forces, according to a Reuters report. The mission will focus on strengthening the army's border battalions, improving intelligence capabilities, and enhancing maritime security.
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Fire crews are responding to a fire in an apartment in Mevaseret Zion, according to initial reports. No casualties or extent of damage have been reported yet.
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Following Yaron Avraham's report on the 'central edition' about Shin Bet director Ronen Bar's decisions regarding the agency's LGBTQ employee cell, multiple MKs have formally requested to convene the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, arguing that the principle of 'mamlachtiyut' (statesmanship) obligates the Shin Bet to protect all employees' rights.
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Taghi Selimi, 57, arrested during the January protests in Iran, has died in Amol Prison under unclear circumstances, according to reports from a Persian news channel. Family and associates say authorities have not provided a clear explanation for his death.
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A Maariv opinion piece argues that allowing a Pride flag at the Shin Bet equally justifies permitting a Messianic (religious-nationalist) flag in the IDF, framing both as expressions of personal identity within state institutions.
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An Israeli commentator warned Wednesday that the Haredi protest movement's tactic of blocking roads by sitting in air-conditioned vehicles is 'genius' — and dangerously escalatory. He cautioned that unless police stop treating the protests politically, the confrontation will end in bloodshed, marking the tenth time he has issued this warning in the past month.
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Bnei Brak Mayor said in an interview that the Kaplan protest movement served as the city's best civic educators, according to Channel 14. The remark marks a notable political statement from a prominent ultra-Orthodox leader.
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Emergency services are responding to a fire at the Yigal Alon school in Bnei Brak, according to initial reports. No casualties or damage estimates are yet available.
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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar addressed mayors and governors from around the world at the MUNI EXPO in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, stating Hezbollah began the war on March 2 at Tehran's direction and has since launched over 7,000 rockets, missiles, and drones into Israel.
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A fire that ignited in several vehicles in the Modiin industrial zone is spreading toward Ben Shemen Forest amid strong winds, the Israel Fire and Rescue Services (Central District) reports. Multiple firefighting crews are on site working to contain the blaze; no casualties have been reported.
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in Muscat and briefed him on the central topics under discussion in US-Iran negotiations, Oman's state news agency reports. The sultan expressed support for continued talks and emphasized the importance of a stable agreement on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's nuclear program, and other key issues.
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said Wednesday that the recently signed US-Iran memorandum of understanding in Islamabad is effectively a declaration of America's defeat, according to Abu Ali Express. The statement is the latest in a series of hardline remarks from Ghalibaf as diplomatic negotiations proceed.
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Rabbi Moshe Maya, a member of the Shas Council of Torah Sages, announced his support for a vehicle protest against IDF conscription, according to a message from Eli Hirschman shared via N12. The party's leadership has so far ignored the protest.
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Former Israeli ambassador to the UN and the US, Gilad Erdan, published a statement hinting at the establishment of a new political party, according to Israeli media reports. The move comes amid ongoing political realignments ahead of the next election cycle. Further details on the announcement are expected.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that President Putin reached a compromise with the U.S. on Ukraine during an August meeting with President Trump in Alaska, and the two countries agreed on how the war should end. Lavrov added that the U.S. has since renewed sanctions, sold weapons to Ukraine through European states, and failed to release frozen Russian assets or restore direct flights, according to journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12).
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Israeli forces have sealed tunnel entrances in the Tebnit area of southern Lebanon, as concerns grow that the underground infrastructure could be used for ambushes or abductions of soldiers, according to the IDF. Troops have been instructed to operate in small units. The development follows earlier reports of Hezbollah operatives trapped inside tunnels in the area.