A fire has been reported in the sea area of Rehovot on Wednesday afternoon. Details on the cause, extent, and any injuries are not yet available. Firefighting crews are responding, according to initial reports.
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A fire has been reported in the town of Kiryat Arba in Judea and Samaria. No further details are yet available on the scope or cause.
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Associates of Likud MK David Akunis say Likud members allied with opposition parties to block the appointment of Ayoub Kara as state comptroller, and that Kara is demanding the continuation of the voting process already underway, according to journalist Dafna Liel.
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The IDF identified and struck two armed Hezbollah operatives in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area of the Security Zone, calling it an immediate threat. Separately, overnight, the military struck and dismantled four rocket launch positions across the Gaza Strip, established after the ceasefire, according to the IDF.
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A Times of Israel analysis argues that President Donald Trump's pursuit of a diplomatic deal with Iran, coupled with pressure on Israel, mirrors the appeasement of the 1930s. The piece says Trump is deluding himself that the Tehran regime has moderated and is pressing Israel to accept a framework that ignores Israeli security concerns.
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Haredi demonstrators blocked a bus carrying IDF soldiers on a highway near Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon, according to journalist Itai Gal-On. Footage shows the protest, part of ongoing draft-equality demonstrations. Police arrived to clear the road.
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The Moscow Oil Refinery, the capital's largest, will remain shut for at least six months due to extensive damage from two Ukrainian drone strikes this month, according to reports.
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Israeli police detained several residents of Yavne'el on Tuesday as part of an investigation into alleged secret marriages involving minors, some reportedly as young as 12. Investigators believe dozens of underage weddings may have occurred over years within a closed religious community, and authorities have identified more than 20 cases where minors gave birth without a recognized marriage.
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Israel Police have appealed to the public for help finding Rosen Almog, a resident of Afula, who was last seen yesterday at 18:00 in the city together with her 8-year-old daughter, according to Channel 12 reports. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
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The Gaza Board of Peace, a US-established body overseeing postwar Gaza reconstruction, will convene a two-day summit in Cyprus, according to available reports. The summit follows a slow start for the board since its unveiling.
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The main US oil contract (WTI) briefly traded below $70 a barrel Wednesday afternoon for the first time since the start of the Middle East conflict, according to market data cited by Insider Paper. The drop extends a sustained decline driven by the US-Iran peace deal and expectations of increased Iranian oil exports.
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MK Zvi Sukkot, chair of the Knesset Education Committee, issued an open invitation to educational staff in Umm al-Fahm to join a committee tour of schools in the city, scheduled for Sunday June 28. Sukkot said the visit proceeds despite threats and intimidation. The move follows a series of similar school inspections by Sukkot in Arab communities, and comes after local officials resisted an earlier visit.
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Political journalist Elad Bareshi, writing in the religious-Zionist magazine 'Olam Katan', assesses that the response of hesder yeshiva heads to a meeting with IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir was essentially a public-relations move, according to the report.
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A fire has been reported on Route 386, according to emergency dispatches. No additional details are yet available.
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A traffic accident between a truck and private vehicles on Highway 6 near the Daniel Interchange has blocked the southbound lanes. Emergency services evacuated injured people in varying degrees, according to reports.
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United Torah Judaism chairman MK Yitzhak Goldknopf escalated his rhetoric Wednesday, threatening 'the day will come and we will turn the state around, the whole country a blazing fire — we will turn the prisons into yeshivas,' as reported by i24NEWS.
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Lebanese sources claim at least two people were killed in a strike, according to a single report. The location, time, identity of the targets, and the party responsible for the strike are not specified.
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Police assess that the convoy of Haredi protesters departing Ashdod for Prison 10 is unlikely to reach the facility due to expected traffic congestion, according to N12. Officers are nonetheless deploying with reinforced forces.