Israel Police report approximately 1,000–1,200 vehicles are participating in protest convoys across the country Wednesday evening, according to reporter Dan Fisher (N12). Police blocked the entrance to Kfar Yona on the route leading to Prison 10. In Arad, police and Border Police are working to restore order after a brawl broke out in a residential area linked to the Haredi protests.
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IDF Reserve Colonel Hillel Bitton Rosen said that every village from the Mediterranean coast to Avivim has been destroyed in the current fighting, and that Defense Minister Israel Katz insists on continuing demolitions of additional structures, according to Channel 14.
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Paris registered 40.9°C (105.6°F) on Wednesday, the highest temperature ever recorded in the city during June, according to Météo-France. The heat wave comes amid a broader heat spell across Europe that has already led to dozens of fatalities in France, as The Zioneer has reported.
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According to N12, hostage families — including those of Buchtiev, Calderon, Tsengaoker, and Bibas — joined Prime Minister Netanyahu at a screening of footage from the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. The event underscores ongoing advocacy by families for a deal to release their loved ones.
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Members of Iran's national football team took part in a Muharram mourning ceremony that included self-flagellation, according to a desk-reviewed report covering Iran. The event marks the ninth day of the Shia mourning month, known as Tasua.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Fox News that 500 U.S. military aircraft took off from American bases in Italy to support Operation "Epic Fury" against Iran, calling it "massive." The statement rebuts President Trump's claim that Italy denied landing rights for U.S. aircraft during operations against Iran, as The Zioneer previously reported.
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Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has won Peru's presidential runoff, according to multiple reports. She defeated left-wing rival Roberto Sánchez, extending a string of conservative victories across Latin America.
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Segev Shalom police officers, Israel Prison Service undercover detectives, and other forces found a drone carrying an explosive charge, a mobile phone, and ammunition hidden in a vehicle in an open area near Segev Shalom. A police sapper was called to neutralize the items, which were transferred for further investigation, according to a joint police and IPS statement.
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Israel Police said Wednesday that participants in the Haredi slow-roll protest convoy have been leaving their vehicles and moving along the roadways, deviating from terms agreed in advance with organizers, according to N12. Officers warned that the protest's conduct does not match the prearranged framework.
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Yehuda Hatuʼel, a 40-year party member and longtime Likud activist from Hatzor HaGlilit, announced his resignation from the movement on Wednesday, citing the government's dismissive treatment of his community and a lack of funding compared to nearby Nof HaGalil.
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Haredi commentator Chaim Cohen published an opinion post Wednesday evening sharply criticizing ultra-Orthodox communal leaders — whom he calls "hypocritical functionaries" — over the arrest of yeshiva students amid the ongoing draft crisis. Cohen argues the leaders should face arrest instead of the young students, whom he says are not responsible for the culture in which they were raised.
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IDF Reserve Colonel Hillel Bitton Rosen said that the intensive phase of the ongoing conflict has effectively concluded on all fronts, according to an interview on Channel 14. The remarks reflect a growing assessment among some military analysts that major combat operations are winding down.
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Likud MK David Bitan, who petitioned against the cancellation of primaries, warned in an interview with 103FM that the move would harm the party and lead to its demise within eight years.
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Speaking at the annual JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran will not obtain nuclear weapons as long as he is prime minister. Netanyahu also stated the military will remain in the security buffer zone in southern Lebanon 'for as long as necessary'.
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The US ambassador to Lebanon said there have been difficulties in the Israel-Lebanon negotiations but expressed hope they will be addressed in talks today. His comments come amid a fresh round of diplomatic efforts in Washington, where the second day of discussions recently opened.
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United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush accused Supreme Court Deputy President Justice Solberg, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, and Police Commissioner Danny Levi of responsibility for violent incidents during protest day, according to a statement reported by journalist Eli Hirschman on N12.