President Isaac Herzog said in an interview with Fox News that Hezbollah has effectively hijacked Lebanon, and insisted Iran must be removed from the equation for any regional peace to be possible.
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In a 2015 statement, then-Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham said that if elected party leader, his first foreign visit in that capacity would be to Israel, according to the quote resurfacing on social media.
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Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, a prominent religious-Zionist figure, released a statement arguing that current global wars, broken alliances, and pressure on Israel are not random chaos but part of a larger biblical redemptive process. He said redemption draws near as Israel is being pushed to stand in faith and covenant identity.
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Palestinian sources report that an IDF force detained seven people today near Abu Hamid Square in eastern Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. Details on the identity of those detained or the circumstances have not yet been confirmed.
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Israeli police have uncovered a network of parents who encouraged each other to document and sexually abuse their own children and shared the recordings on Telegram, according to reports. The probe expands an ongoing investigation that has already drawn in around 20 suspects, including a grandfather and mother arrested in recent days.
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Commentator and former senior military figure Hillel Bitton Rosen sharply criticized Defense Minister Israel Katz's statement that IDF troops have no restriction on operating in Lebanon to remove threats. In a social-media post Sunday afternoon, Rosen argued that soldiers are not puppets and that Israel must operate with full force around the clock to destroy the enemy, not merely remove threats, echoing his long-running campaign against what he considers overly restrictive rules of engagement.
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A warning was broadcast Sunday afternoon on Israeli public radio (Kan Reshet Bet) against clicking a link in an SMS purporting to be from the Home Front Command asking recipients to update the HFC app. The radio report described the campaign as an Iranian cyberattack. No official government or HFC confirmation has been issued yet.
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A new analysis published by The Zioneer describes President Trump's Iran memorandum of understanding as divisive: supporters see a breakthrough, while critics argue it offers major economic relief to Tehran without resolving key security concerns, raising the question of whether it is a path to stability or merely a pause.
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Authorities in occupied Crimea have banned the sale of gasoline and diesel to private individuals and businesses, effective immediately, citing supply shortages linked to Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure. Senior Russian-appointed official Sergei Aksyonov announced the measure on Telegram, stating fuel will be reserved exclusively for state services responsible for security and public safety in Crimea.
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Tel Aviv (Gush Dan) was ranked fourth in the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) 2026 by Startup Genome, holding its position from the previous year, according to the published findings. The report values the Tel Aviv ecosystem at approximately $250 billion, with 162% growth in the latest period, according to the data.
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An image was published from a meeting between Iranian officials Mohammad Bagher Kahlibaf and Abbas Araghchi and Pakistani mediators, according to N12.
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Constitution Committee Chairman MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism) on Sunday called any justice who rules on how judges are appointed in a democratic state, and on a Basic Law passed by 68 MKs, a "criminal." His statement came as the High Court sitting with an expanded panel heard petitions against the judicial selection reform he co-authored.
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Representatives of the United States, Iran, and mediator Qatar began meetings in Switzerland on Sunday afternoon focused on a Lebanon ceasefire, according to Israeli and international reports. The talks build on earlier diplomatic contacts mediated through Switzerland.
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Hellenic Navy chief Vice Admiral Dimitrios-Eleftherios Kataras concluded an official visit to Israel, meeting his counterpart Vice Admiral Eyal Harel. The visit included a tour of the Haifa naval base, missile vessels, submarines, and the Shayetet 13 commando unit at Atlit, where he was briefed on Israeli naval capabilities, according to the IDF.
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A second 'Mishnat Yosef' food distribution point in Bnei Brak was closed Sunday morning, a week after the first closure, following a lawsuit by local residents citing traffic congestion, parking shortages, and litter. The closures come amid complaints over nuisances from the charity network's operations.
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Baruch Shay, currently deputy director of the i24NEWS channel and a former head of the news division at the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (Kan), is set to become editor of TheMarker, a business daily owned by Haaretz Group.
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Supreme Court Justice Noam Solberg said during Sunday's hearing on the Judicial Selection Committee law that the Attorney General's position appears to split actors into 'good and bad,' with judges and lawyers always good and politicians always bad, according to N12.
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Supreme Court President Isaac Amit said during the expanded High Court hearing on the selection committee that coalition-opposition horse-trading on judicial seats may spill into other appointments, asking "how much will a Supreme Court justice be worth?" according to N12.
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MK Michal Woldiger (Religious Zionism) criticized the coalition's decision to advance the daycare funding bill at this time, speaking Sunday at an employment fair for ultra-Orthodox women. She argued that daycare slots should be given absolute priority to women whose husbands serve in reserve military duty, calling the bill's timing wrong.
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Two Israelis in their 40s were killed in a single-vehicle car crash in Malibu, California, Israeli media report. ZAKA's International Unit is assisting the families and coordinating with U.S. authorities.