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A Hezbollah member in east Lebanon was killed on Saturday. Israeli army said Hezbollah has traded near daily fire with the Israeli army across Lebanon's southern border very day, Israel used drone strike on a vehicle near eastern city of Baalbek he was part of militant group's air defense unit, as tensions run high between foes.

Hamas says it ready to dropped demand Israel vow upfront to end war, but wants mediators’ guarantees. Terror group seeking commitments that fighting won’t restart, negotiations will continue; Israel reportedly displaying 'tough stance'; CIA chief said set to join talks in Doha

https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-says...uarantees/

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U.S.trying to prevent a bigger Middle East war are issuing an unusual warning to Hezbollah: Don’t assume that Washington can stop Israel from attacking you. The message is being conveyed indirectly, the person said; U.S. doesn’t engage Hezbollah one-on-one because it is a designated terrorist organization, and it relies public communications or intermediaries. U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein & other American officials have traveled to the region recent days to rein in both sides, even as there’s a growing sense in Washington and beyond that escalation is inevitable.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/24...t-00164761

The American message is designed to get the Lebanese-based Shiite militia to back down and de-escalate the brewing crisis along the Israeli-Lebanese border. Blunt message comes as many U.S. appear resigned to possibility. Israel will make a major move against Hezbollah inside Lebanon in the coming weeks. 2 U.S. officials told POLITICO that militia needs to also understand Washington will help Israel if Hezbollah retaliates. US stressed the militant group should not count on America to act as a brake on Israeli decision-making.

Injured American citizen’s condition ‘worsening’ after Hezbollah missiles fired toward Israel. The Condition of an American citizen injured Sunday after the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired missiles toward northern Israel is “worsening,” according to the medical center treating him, 31-yr-old man suffered shrapnel injuries to his upper body & was admitted operating room Sunday local time, Galilee Medical Center said in a statement.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/07/middleeas...index.html

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July 8: IDF says it struck Hamas, PIJ operatives gathered at school in central Gaza. US says public statements from Israel, Hamas don’t reflect true state of negotiations * US not expecting policy change from Iran under new president, isn’t ready to resume nuclear talks
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-j...st_popular&utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_end&utm_content=1

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Israeli forces ramped up attacks on areas across the northern Gaza Strip despite new ceasefire discussions taking place.

At least 50 people were killed in the latest 24-hour reporting period and dozens wounded in strikes throughout the besieged coastal enclave, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.

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July 10: Gallant says pursuing hostage deal is right thing to do, Israel can deal with the risks
Hostage families set out on multi-day march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to call for deal * IDF wraps up two-week-long raid in Gaza City’s, meanwhile Shejaiya, says troops killed over 150 gunmen.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-10-2024/

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/vide...639964.cms

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Russia says US missiles in Germany signal return of Cold War. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes the plan, says it is ‘something of deterrence and it’s securing peace’.

Germany could lead to a Cold War-style “direct confrontation”, Russia has warned, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz hailed the move. The White House decision on Wednesday during a NATO summit in Washington, arguing stationing long-range weapons, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, in Europe acts as a deterrent.

Ukraine is also facing a demographic crisis
Russia warns it will ‘deter’ NATO as it creeps closer to its borders “We are taking steady steps towards the Cold War,” Kremlin spokesperson told a Russian state TV reporter on Thursday.

“All the attributes of the Cold War with the direct confrontation are returning.”

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WASHINGTON: Republican lawmakers said they would launch swift investigations into how a sniper apparently managed to evade Secret Service agents and climb onto the roof of a building near where Donald Trump was speaking at an election rally and fire multiple shots before being killed.

Mike Johnson, Speaker of the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives, said panels in the chamber will call officials from the Secret Service, the Dept of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for hearings soon. House oversight panel called Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to testify on Jul 22.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/do...us-4478831

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He turn his face to the right side in a very super fast quick split second that save his life as a live bullet pass centre of his face, (if not this bullet can, will be 100% shoot though his mouth) ✓101% a very very, very lucky man. God is with him on this split second of his life.

Trump: ‘I’m supposed to be dead,’ many think I was saved by God.
Former US president Donald Trump tells New York Post he was “supposed to be dead” after surviving an assassination attempt he described as a “very surreal x-perince." “I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” Trump told Post, an interview aboard his plane en route to Milwaukee for Republican National Convention where he is set to be confirmed as party’s presidential candidate. It was a “very surreal experience,” he recounts, with a white bandage covering his right ear,
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...ed-by-god/

“By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God I’m still here,” he says.

He praises the Secret Service agents for killing the shooter.

“They took him out with one shot right between the eyes,” he says.

Image of Trump raising a defiant fist as Secret Service agents bundled him away made front pages around world & spread virally on social media. “A lot of people say it’s the most iconic photo they’ve ever seen,” the former president tells the Post, adding, “They’re right and I didn’t die. Usually you have to die to have an iconic picture.”

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“By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God I’m still here,” he says. He praises the Secret Service agents for killing the shooter.

“They took him out with one shot right between the eyes,” a Trump raising a defiant fist as SS agents bundled him away & around world spread news on social media, “ many say it’s most iconic photo ever seen,” former president, “if right, I didn’t die. Usually one have to die to have an iconic pic.”

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Israeli negotiating team arrives in Cario for fresh hostage-ceasefire talks. Ministers say conditions ripe for hostage deal * Gallant reportedly says if no deal reached in next 2 weeks, abductees’ fate ‘sealed’
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-17-2024/

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Israeli negotiating team arrives in Cario for fresh hostage-ceasefire talks. Ministers say conditions ripe for hostage deal * Gallant reportedly says if no deal reached in next 2 weeks, abductees’ fate ‘sealed’
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-17-2024/

Israel permanently suspends combat flights with the F-16Cs. July 17, 2024.

On July 16, Israeli Air Force officially retired its last F-16C Fighting, marking end of an era. The 115 Squadron@Ovda Air Base bid farewell to the final fighter from Barak-1 program, purchased in the 1980s, brought an end to this chapter in Israeli aviation history.

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Hezbollah confirms death of commander in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. Death of Ali Jaafar Maatouk, also known as Habib Maatouk, who is reported to be a senior commander in the terror group’s elite Radwan Force. Maatouk was killed in a strike on a building in the southern Lebanon town of Jmaijmeh.

Hezbollah does not detail his rank or role in the terror group, although media reports said he had replaced a Radwan regional unit commander killed by Israel in April. Bomb shelters make good neighbors. His death brings the terror group’s toll since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip to at least 369
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...n-lebanon/

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‘Increasing signs’ indicate Muhammad Deif was killed in Gaza strike, says IDF. 

IDF sees no indication Houthi drone attack was aimed at US embassy branch
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...sy-branch/

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Israel Retires F-16 'Barak' Fighters, Greece Decommissioning Its Fighting Falcons – Is Ukraine Set For Another Boost? Israel has officially bid farewell to its last operational F-16C Fighting F – Is Ukraine Set For Another Boost. Squadron 115, who operated planes in recent years, say goodbye with a salute prove once again deep connection that exists between man and machine.”The Barak-1, a variant of F-16 Fighting Falcon, was tailored to meet the specific needs of the IAF. According to Janes, IAF operated 81 F-16Cs at the height of its operational life. This retirement follows the earlier withdrawal of 90 F-16A/B Netz fighters in December 2016.

With the F-16A/B already retired in favor of the Alenia M-346 Lavi for training roles, the F-16C’s retirement aligns with the IAF’s ongoing transition to the more advanced Lockheed Martin F-35A Adir. Despite retiring these older models, the IAF still operates 47 F-16D Brakeet twin-seat operational trainers and 97 F-16I Sufa twin-seat combat variants.
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/will-israe...-head/amp/

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Security chiefs said to agree Israel can withstand withdrawing from Gaza for 6 weeks. Defense minister, army chief, heads of Mossad and Shin Bet all reportedly told PM that Hamas won't be able to effectively regroup if IDF temporary leaves Strip as part of hostage deal.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/security-c...r-6-weeks/

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Yemen message to U.S. forces...
Tulkarem commanders of Hamas, al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades said killed in IDF airstrike
Military source says ruse used lure local heads of Hamas, Fatah armed wings to area where they were targeted * Biden vows to keep pushing to end war, free hostages after quitting race

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More than nine months into its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel now appears closer than ever to a second, even larger war with Hezbollah on its northern border. In June, the Israel Defense Forces announced that plans for a full-scale attack in southern Lebanon had been approved. And in mid-July, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the Iranian-backed Shiite group was prepared to broaden its rocket attacks to a wider range of Israeli towns.

Although possibility has received relatively little scrutiny in by international media, a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah would have consequences that dwarf the current Gaza conflict. A major Israeli air and ground assault against Hezbollah, the most heavily armed group in the Middle East, would likely cause turmoil across the entire region. 

The particularly destabilizing as US enters a crucial stage of its presidential election season. It is also far from clear that such a war could be ended quickly, or that there is a clear path to a decisive victory. The implications for Israel itself could be stark.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/is...ah-lebanon

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Following Israel's strike on Hodeidah, Yemen and its people face the blow of attack, may face greater complications due to Houthi rule. The Saudi Al-Hadath news channel presented various interpretations of the recent escalation between Israel and the Houthis in Yemen. This follows the Houthi UAV attack on Israel and the subsequent "Operation Outstretched Arm," which led to the bombing of the port of Hodeidah in Yemen.

According to the channel's commentators, Iran, which supports the Houthis, has an interest in "complicating Yemen." Former Houthi spokesman Ali Al Bukhaiti was quoted on Al-Hadath as saying, "For first time the organization was established 20 years ago, the Houthis have killed an Israeli."
https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-811504

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Addressing Congress, Netanyahu lays out vision for post-war Gaza, anti-Iran alliance. PM blasts Tehran as driving force behind turmoil, denounces anti-Israel protesters, defends conduct of war. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used much of Wednesday’s speech to frame Iran as the driving force behind violence in the Middle East, while laying out a general vision for post-war Gaza
https://www.timesofisrael.com/addressing...-alliance/

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Large numbers of people gathered to protest against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who spoke to US lawmakers today

Netanyahu blasted the demonstrators, calling them "Iran's useful idiots"

Speaking to the US Congress, he said America and Israel "must stand together" and that "our enemies are your enemies"

He recalled the Hamas attacks of 7 October - when 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage - calling it a day that "will live in infamy"

Some Democratic Party lawmakers have made clear their opposition to Netanyahu's address and did not attend the session

The PM's speech comes nine months into Israel's campaign in Gaza. More than 39,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas run health ministry

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Israel & Hezbollah have escalated attacks on each other. As both war continue?.

"The Forever War." In Lebanon, he spoke with a Hezbollah commander and to its deputy secretary general also talked with a Maronite Christian priest, whose village was not targeted by Israelis, but it was surrounded by villages were in ruins. He crossed over the border into Israel and visited a kibbutz near the border, largely been abandoned because of danger from Hezbollah rockets. His article is on New Yorker is titled "Will Hezbollah And Israel Go To War?" He says if they do, it will be a war that could draw in Iran, the U.S. We recorded our interview before Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to U.S.A. Congress.

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Bodies of 5 hostages were found in tunnel in Gaza’s Israeli-designated humanitarian zone

IDF had adjusted zone in Khan Younis, ordering civilians to evacuate area where tunnel found; soldier dies, 2 others badly hurt in Gaza, apparently after inhaling toxic fumes

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China wants peace!

So, China is evil in blocking the flow of wealth to Assmerica's military industrial complex and Wall Street! 

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Biden said set to announce plans to reform Supreme Court on Monday. Open Menu


LIVE UPDATEFROM THE LIVEBLOG OF SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2024: : --- Biden said set to announce plans to reform Supreme Court on Monday
President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 24, 2024,  US president Joe Biden will reportedly announce plans to reform Supreme Court on Monday, according to two people familiar with the matter who add that he was likely to back term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics. Biden said earlier this week during an Oval Office address that he would call for reform of the court.

He is expected to seek constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents, some other officeholders too. Politico reports, in aftermath of a July Supreme Court ruling.

That...has to stop, in this coming future•...|> ✓ >>> presidents have broad immunity from prosecution.

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Biden set to announce plans to reform Supreme Court on Monday. Open Menu: LIVE Update From the LIVEBLOG of SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2024: : --- Biden said set to announce plans to reform Supreme Court on Monday

President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 24, 2024,  US president Joe Biden will reportedly announce plans to reform Supreme Court on Monday, according to two people familiar with the matter who add that he was likely to back term limits for justices and an enforceable code of ethics. Biden said earlier this week during an Oval Office address that he would call for reform of the court.

He is expected to seek constitutional amendment to limit immunity for presidents, some other officeholders too. Politico reports, in aftermath of a July Supreme Court ruling.

That...has to stop, in this coming future•...|> ✓ >>> presidents have broad immunity from prosecution.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...on-monday/

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A ‘dark day’ for Majdal Shams: Druze community grieves after Hezbollah strike kills 12.  Eyewitness say bloody carnage on soccer pitch was reminiscent of October 7; Druze leaders in Lebanon, Syria condemn attack but steer clear of mentioning Hezbollah.

The residents of Majdal Shams in northern Israel said they expected a serious response to the Hezbollah rocket attack that killed at least 12 children and youths and injured more than 30 at a local soccer field on Saturday, leaving the residents of the Druze town heartbroken and in shock.

The attack was the single deadliest Hezbollah attack on northern Israel since fighting began on the Israel-Lebanon border on October 8, and the victims were all between the ages of 10 and 20 years old, Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Saturday night.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-dark-day...-kills-12/

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Citing safety concerns, IDF vows to halt gear donations to soldiers – even from parents
While military says donations go ‘against the values of the Israel Defense Forces,’ the nonprofit ‘Unit 11741’ says it will provide legal assistance to soldiers prosecuted. For nearly a year, American Jews have flooded Israel with donations for soldiers fighting in Gaza, even as the Israel Defense Forces said such supplies were not needed.

Now, the Israeli military has announced a crackdown against the flow of unauthorized donations, setting up a potential showdown with some of its most generous supporters. Tamir Yadai, the general commanding Israel’s ground forces, has ordered “utmost enforcement and maximum punishment” to combat the donations, according to a memo released on Monday.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/citing-saf...m-parents/

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July 28: Security cabinet authorizes Netanyahu, Gallant to decide on response to Golan attack
Reprisal expected to be strong but not prompt full-on war * After being regarded as missing, Jifara Ibrahim, 11, is named as 12th child killed by strike on Majdal Shams soccer field.

Foreign Minister Israel Katz responds to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threat to invade Israel, comparing him to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. “Erdogan is going down the path of Saddam Hussein and threatens to attack Israel. He should just remember what happened there and how that ended,” writes Katz on X.
Hussein’s regime was toppled by a US-led invasion in 2003, and he was executed by an Iraqi court after being captured and tried.

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Israel says it bombed Hezbollah sites deep inside Lebanon. Israel says Hezbollah has crossed ‘red line’, blaming the Lebanese group for Saturday’s deadly attack; Hezbollah denies the accusations.
Lebanon after blaming Hezbollah for Saturday’s deadly attack in the occupied Golan Heights, as its Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Lebanese group had crossed a “red line”, raising fears of regional escalation.

The Israeli military said on Sunday its jets bombed weapons depots and infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, in Shabriha and Burj al-Shemali near the southern city of Tyre, and the villages of Kfar Kila, Rab el-Thalathine, Khiam and Tayr Harfa.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/28...ource=Keep

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talian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni calls on Israel not to fall into the “trap” of retaliation, saying she was “very, very worried” by the situation in Lebanon and by the risk of a regional escalation.

Hospital says child infected with ‘brain-eating’ amoeba still in serious condition. Ziv Medical Center says the 10-year-old child infected with the “brain-eating” amoeba is still in serious condition. The otherwise healthy boy contracted Naegleria fowleri last week at Gai Beach water park in Tiberias. This is the same location where a 25-year-old man contracted the disease and died in early July.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...condition/