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Two Palestinian Arabs have been arrested on suspicion of setting a fire that ravaged part of Samaria and destroyed homes in the Jewish community of Havat Gilad earlier this week.

In Britain, the narrative war over Oct. 7 began almost before Israel had counted its dead. Two days after Hamas’s massacre, crowds were already marching in London and other UK cities. Some did not recoil from the slaughter. They celebrated “resistance.” Since then, much of Britain’s anti-Israel discourse has moved from denial to inversion: Hamas fades from the story, Israel becomes the villain, a…

The Palestinians are framing Spain’s World Cup victory as a defeat for Israel. Basem Naim , a leading Hamas representative, wrote: "We congratulate Spain on its well-deserved victory at the World Cup and congratulate Palestine and its supporters on their joy. Even if this victory only serves to anger the Zionists and their allies, that is reason enough for us." Argentina was the favored team for…

Israeli forces entered the Palestinian village of Deir Jarir in Samaria early this morning to protect a group of Israeli civilians searching for livestock that had been stolen from them by Palestinian thieves. Locals hurled stones and cinderblocks at the soldiers, who returned fire. Two Palestinians were reportedly killed in the clash.

Iran says Jordan helped it attack US base Iran’s Revolutionary Guard issued a statement thanking Jordanian soldiers for their “cooperation and precise intelligence” enabling Iranian forces to hit an American base in Jordan a day earlier. Two US soldiers were killed in that attack.

US forces carried out a ninth straight night of strikes against regime targets in Iran.

Shrapnel fell in an open area in Eilat earlier this afternoon after an Iranian missile targeting the nearby Jordanian resort town Aqaba was intercepted.

Iranian missile launch detected toward the Red Sea resort town of Aqaba in Jordan. Sirens might sound in southern Israel given the close proximity of Aqaba.

Trump wants Israel out of Lebanon and Syria. But Israelis have heard this promise before: withdraw, trust the guarantees, and hope someone else restrains Iran’s proxies. After Oct. 7, that formula is dead. Israel does not need another diplomatic theory. It needs secure borders, disarmed enemies, and proof on the ground. A withdrawal that leaves Hezbollah and Iran-backed militias intact is not pea…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , like so many Israelis, is not hiding his preference for Argentina to win the World Cup final tonight.

Eighth straight night of renewed US strikes on Iran Trump recently said he’d need to take control of the Strait of Hormuz, and these waves of US attacks appear to be preparing the battlefield for the necessary escalation. In particular, Bandar Abbas, Iran’s strategic gateway to Hormuz, is being isolated with the bombing of roads, supply lines, and local defenses. Just as important: Iran’s retalia…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signaled he will arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if local laws allow him to. “Whatever the law allows me to do in New York City, that’s what we will do,” Mamdani told The New York Times . “I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu belongs in the Hague. He is a war criminal.” Netanyahu is scheduled to visit New York in September for the UN General Assembly.