Home Front Command chief Major General Shay Kleper said at the MUNI EXPO local government conference that the home front has become a front line, emphasizing the importance of cooperation with local authorities, according to N12.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he believes the technical teams involved in negotiations with Iran will reconvene on the 30th of the month, as reported by Israeli media. A separate Pakistani statement said talks would resume next week, leaving the precise date unconfirmed by other sources.
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The Iranian daily Kayhan published an infographic titled 'Unity of the Resistance Front,' depicting the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, the Houthis in Yemen, Iran's IRGC, and Hezbollah in Lebanon — but omitting Hamas entirely. The graphic quotes Iran's supreme leader crediting 'the devoted armed forces of Islamic Iran, together with the fighters of the resistance front, especially dear Lebanon' for victories against 'the American-Zionist terrorist armies.' The absence of Hamas is notable given its central role in the axis, according to the report.
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Diplomatic sources told the Lebanese newspaper Al-Jadeed that negotiations with Lebanon have hit a deadlock, as Israel insists on remaining in southern Lebanon and refuses to provide guarantees for an IDF withdrawal. The report is single-sourced and unconfirmed by Israeli or US officials.
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A new Channel 13 poll shows Prime Minister Netanyahu's party gaining one seat while Naftali Bennett's party drops a further two, continuing Bennett's sharp decline in recent weeks. Yisrael Beiteinu's Avigdor Liberman adds a mandate, and Smotrich's party also sees a rise, according to a survey broadcast Wednesday evening.
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President Donald Trump is reacting to the press in a brief statement, according to a report circulating among Israeli media. The content and subject of the statement were not detailed.
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A protest by the Haredi community in Jerusalem has ended after lasting about four hours, according to reports from the scene. No further details on turnout or the protest's demands are currently available.
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Iranian media report that four fingers belonging to one of the children were recovered from under the rubble of a school in Minab, 110 days after an alleged Israeli strike on the city. The strike reportedly killed children in the city; the figures have not been independently verified.
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Following Defense Minister Israel Katz's explicit threat against Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the security establishment is preparing to resume operations against the Yemeni group and updating operational plans. A source close to the matter reported the developments Wednesday evening, according to Hallel Bitton Rosen.
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PR man Ronen Tzor announced Wednesday evening he is withdrawing from the Democrats party primary, saying the party is too close to far-left MK Ofer Cassif and that its 'Mamadization' process will prevent it from even joining the next coalition. Tzor's statement, reported by Amit Segal (N12), marks his exit from the internal race he entered earlier this month.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sole reason Israeli forces remain inside Lebanon is Hezbollah's activity and rocket fire toward Israel, according to N12. The statement reinforces Washington's view that Israel's military presence in southern Lebanon is a direct consequence of Hezbollah's actions.
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According to reporter Chaim Cohen, a report that a woman was seriously wounded during a protest is false. Separately, a protester was struck by a vehicle that apparently intentionally accelerated into him and was evacuated to a hospital, Cohen reports. The incidents occurred amid ongoing Haredi protests over the arrest of military draft evaders.
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A widely circulated the source claims that while Israel and Iran had similar GDP in 1990, Israel's per capita output now exceeds Iran's by a factor of 20. The claim is presented as a single-sentence factoid without attribution to a specific study or statistical agency.
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An analysis by Middle East commentator Hananel Aviv argues that the modern doctrine of 'unlimited warfare' — using civilian spaces as shields — originates with Mao Zedong's guerrilla model from the 1930s, later adopted by Fatah, the PFLP, Hezbollah, and Hamas. The piece references the Chinese book 'Unrestricted Warfare' by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui as the contemporary formulation.
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An analyst observes that journalist Ben Caspit failed to mention that the senior figures who, according to State Comptroller Anglemann, asked him to drop the responsibility chapter, are from the military echelon.
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Democratic Senator John Fetterman (PA) discussed the growing hostility toward Israel within his party, against the backdrop of recent primary victories by avowedly anti-Israel candidates in New York, according to Abu Ali Express.
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told his Turkish counterpart in Baku that American hegemony in the region has been shattered and called for a new regional order led by West Asian and Muslim states, according to a single source.