For the first time, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi will all miss today's annual state memorial for the 2014 Gaza war. All three are attending the IDF officer course graduation held at the same hour. The government was initially sending only a deputy minister, but after criticism, Minister Shlomo Kar'iv was assigned to represent the Cabinet. The IDF says the scheduling overlap was made in good faith and will be reviewed. The Prime Minister's Office and Defense Minister's Office have not apologized to bereaved families.
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The source asserts the Democratic Party has become explicitly antisemitic and Nazi-like, saying American Jews are shocked and afraid. The post criticizes liberal Jewish voters for having supported Muslim immigration over the past two decades.
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Former IDB chairman Nochi Dankner has been officially declared bankrupt, according to Israeli business daily Globes. He will now enter negotiations to reach a debt settlement. So far he has repaid about 110 million shekels of his debts.
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A strong earthquake struck Northern California on Wednesday evening, according to initial reports. Details on magnitude, epicenter, and damage are not yet available.
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Maritime monitoring firm TankerTrackers reports that Iran exported 40 million barrels of crude oil since June 15, with half of that volume shipped on Friday, June 19, alone. The report comes as multiple tracking sources indicate a sustained surge in Iranian oil exports despite ongoing U.S. sanctions and the naval blockade.
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The wanted terrorist Mustafa Khatib was killed early Thursday morning in his home in the Salafit district of the northern West Bank, according to Palestinian reports. The IDF has not yet commented on the operation.
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Israel Police filed an indictment against a 29-year-old Afula resident for allegedly setting a vehicle on fire in early morning of June 7, damaging nearby cars. The suspect was arrested after police identified his cellphone left at the scene, according to Northern District investigators. The motive was a romantic dispute involving an acquaintance, police said.
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Alexei Chadyaev, advisor to Russia's transportation minister, published a detailed critique arguing that the current draft transport strategy ignores wartime lessons about drone vulnerability. He called for decentralized, small-scale logistics and energy production across Russia, citing the Kerch Bridge vulnerability and the drone strike that blacked out Sevastopol as evidence that centralization is a strategic liability.
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A 79-year-old pedestrian was moderately injured after being struck by a vehicle on Sderot Tsahal in Kiryat Gat. Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics evacuated him to Barzilai Hospital with head and limb injuries, according to Channel 12.
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Dr. Doron Matza of the 301 analysis platform assesses that the Trump administration is advancing two problematic tracks: supplying jet engines to Turkey and facilitating the entry of Syrian jihadist forces under Ahmed al-Sharaa into Lebanon against Hezbollah. He warns these moves constitute a strategic challenge from the Sunni axis, led by Turkey, which Israel must prepare for militarily, diplomatically, and intelligence-wise.
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US soldiers wounded in the Iranian drone attack on a US base in Kuwait in March told CBS News that the Pentagon minimized the severity of their injuries to portray a better picture of the war. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had said in March that nearly 90% of the roughly 400 wounded troops suffered only minor injuries and had returned to duty; some wounded soldiers say their conditions were far more serious than the official classifications, according to the CBS report.
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Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced that foreign search-and-rescue teams are heading to the country to assist in locating survivors of the severe earthquake that struck Thursday, according to N12. The operation follows an earlier US pledge to mobilize aid.
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A Likud-affiliated activist and commentator published a statement Thursday morning warning that the party leadership's attempts to sideline MK Tally Gotliv, including reported efforts to cancel primaries and district candidacies, are out of touch with the party's grassroots base. He described Gotliv as a symbol of the disconnect between Likud's leadership and its voters.
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Fifteen American aerial refueling aircraft departed Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday morning and were transferred to other regional bases, including Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, according to reports. The move follows the earlier evacuation of 28 US refuelers from the airport, as reported by The Zioneer on June 24, amid ongoing logistical adjustments.
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The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Poland, meeting in Berlin, welcomed the U.S.-Iran agreement as an opportunity to restore stability to the Middle East and the global economy, according to a report from the 301 channel. They expressed support for full implementation and immediate diplomatic efforts to ensure the political process leads to lasting peace.
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An IDF soldier was killed last night (Wednesday) in an operational truck rollover in the northern sector, according to Israeli media. The fallen soldier, Basel Sued, was a Druze-community fighter from the northern town of Pekiin. The military is investigating the incident.
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Israel Fire and Rescue Services crews extinguished a fire early Thursday morning at a single-story industrial building serving as an auto body and paint garage on HaPeled Street in Holon. Four firefighting teams contained the blaze using foam, and searches found no one trapped. A fire investigator has been summoned to determine the cause.
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The Zioneer published a full feature on the 2006 abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit by Hamas, with a minute-by-minute reconstruction of the cross-border raid that led to a five-year captivity. The feature draws on recently surfaced footage and declassified IDF logs.
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A 65-year-old man riding an electric bicycle was seriously injured on Route 444 between the Naveh Yamin and Jaljulia junctions, according to Channel 12 and MDA. Paramedics evacuated him to Beilinson Hospital unconscious, with head and abdominal injuries.