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Two suspected Islamic extremists detained after attack outside Israeli embassy in Belgrade. Two men were ordered held in custody after a Serbian police officer killed a man who shot him with a crossbow outside the Israeli embassy in the Serbian capital Belgrade in a “targeted terrorist act,” a minister says.

Assailant, the police identified as being a “convert” to Islam, shot the officer while he was on duty in front of the Israeli embassy early Saturday. The policeman opened fire in self-defense and the attacker later died.

Assailant, from Mladenovac, near Belgrade, lived in Novi Pazar, a historical political center Serbia’s Bosniak Muslim minority, a searches can establish whether they were linked with “targeted terrorist attack.” What is indisputable about those people is that they belong to the Wahhabi extremist movement. ”Suspected of being linked to ultra-conservative Wahhabist branch of Islam dominates in Saudi Arabia, “

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IDF says at least 40 Hamas operatives killed as it pushes ahead with Shejaiya offensive.

A weekly govt meeting, by PM Benjamin Netanyahu stresses again that Israel backs the hostage release deal that US President Joe Biden presented on May 31.

“Today everyone knows a simple truth,” says Netanyahu, “Hamas is the only obstacle to the release of our hostages.” Last night, Prime Minister’s Office released a statement saying Israel is committed to the May 31 terms after a report emerged that the US is changing some of the terms in an attempt to reach a deal.

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Is Israel Knesset a better place to draft Haredim regulation or legislation?. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tells closed session Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, currently work on ultra-Orthodox enlistment bill, preferable to deal issue through govt regulation rather than legislation. Hebrew media reports, he says military (need 10k) new soldiers, can only accommodate enlistment of an additional 3,000 ultra-Orthodox recruits this yr, beyond 1,800 who already drafted annually, he claims gov had one point agreed with ultra-Orthodox, Haredi quota for enlistment would rise 5% annually til reaches 50% eligible within 5-yrs, but disagreements whether to pass law or regulations, coupled arguments over sanctions for draft dodgers, torpedoed negotiations.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...gislation/

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Vast majority of Gaza’s population now in Israeli-designated humanitarian zone. Israeli-designated “humanitarian zone,” according to fresh IDF assessments. Some 1.9 million Palestinians of the 2.3 million Gazan population are currently in the humanitarian zone, located in the al-Mawasi area on the Strip’s coast, some western neighborhoods of Khan Younis, and central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah.

A few hundred thousand Palestinians remain in northern Gaza, and only some 20,000 Palestinians remain in the Rafah area, according to the estimates.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...rian-zone/

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Vast majority of Gaza’s population now in Israeli-designated humanitarian zone. Israeli-designated “humanitarian zone,” according to fresh IDF assessments. Some 1.9 million Palestinians of the 2.3 million Gazan population are currently in the humanitarian zone, located in the al-Mawasi area on the Strip’s coast, some western neighborhoods of Khan Younis, and central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah.

A few hundred thousand Palestinians remain in northern Gaza, and only some 20,000 Palestinians remain in the Rafah area, according to the estimates.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...rian-zone/

Palestinian population: IDF assessments see 1.9 mil Palestinians of 2.3 mil Gazan population are currently in humanitarian zone, so more located in to al-Mawasi area on Strip’s coast, some western neighborhoods of Khan Younis & central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah. Be4 here, around 1.4 mil Palestinians had been sheltering in Rafah, till IDF launched its offensive there in May, ordering civilians to move to newer humanitarian zone.

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Israel kills a senior Hezbollah commander in a Drone Strike outside Tyre  - Reuters Reported  

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...ast-latest

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IDF says it struck multiple Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, including a building in Shihine & infrastructure in the Jabal Blat area, were struck by fighter jets overnight, As the govt is advancing a bill to exempt ultra-Orthodox Israelis from military service, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi says “we do not have the right to consider whether to enlist or not.” The ‘people’s army’ is more relevant than ever. its correct professionally, & it is correct ethically,” Halevi says to graduates of the IDF Command and Staff College.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...st-or-not/

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Lebanese report: Israeli jets break sound barrier over Beirut after

https://www.timesofisrael.com/

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Hezbollah Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has launched more than 200 rockets attack drones into northern Israel, in response to the killing of one of its senior commanders. Israel's military said one of its officers was killed in the barrage, which started a number of fires.

The Israel military said it had targeted Hezbollah “military structures” & other targets in southern Lebanon in response. Lebanese media reported.
The latest barrage, followed one comprising 100 rockets on Wed afternoon, one of the biggest so far in 9-mths of cross-border violence which have raised fears of an all-out war.

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Hardliner faces reformist in Iran presidential run-off. Voting is under way to elect a new Iranian president as a hardline conservative goes head-to-head with a reformist. The run-off comes after no candidate secured a majority in the first round of the election on 28 June, which saw a historically low voter turnout of 40%. One of them Dr Massoud Pezeshkian, a former heart surgeon, is critical of Iran’s notorious morality police - but his rival Saeed Jalili favours the status quo.
The election was called after Iran’s previous president Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in May, in which seven others died.

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As hostage-truce talks advance, Hezbollah chief huddles with Hamas delegation. Ben Gvir reportedly threatens to bolt coalition after PM sends delegation to Doha * IDF: Around 100 gunmen killed, over 100 terror sites destroyed during op in Gaza City's Shejaiya.

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Question?. whether Israeli govt will opt diplomatic or limited op w/ground to create security buffer, or full-scale war as 9-mths, IDF’s targets in campaign on Hezbollah included infrastructure within range of tens k/m. Israeli border, in exceptional upto 100 k/m like observation posts, outposts, camps, launch sites, command & ctrl ctrs, manufacturing sites, UAV surface-to-air missile batteries, vehicles, launch pits, combat complexes that supported Radwan force's (Hezbollah's elite force).
https://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-809125

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Question?. whether Israeli govt will opt diplomatic or limited op w/ground to create security buffer, or full-scale war as 9-mths, IDF’s targets in campaign on Hezbollah included infrastructure within range of tens k/m. Israeli border, in exceptional upto 100 k/m like observation posts, outposts, camps, launch sites, command & ctrl ctrs, manufacturing sites, UAV surface-to-air missile batteries, vehicles, launch pits, combat complexes that supported Radwan force's (Hezbollah's elite force).
https://m.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-809125

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Hamas expected to attempt major terror attack in Gaza or West Bank soon to stymie hostage-truce talks — report. The Israeli defense establishment believes Hamas will try to carry out a major terror attack in the coming weeks in an attempt to stymie renewed efforts to close a hostage-ceasefire deal, according to an unsourced Hebrew media report.

The attack could be inside Gaza, near the border with the Strip, or in the West Bank, the report adds, without giving further details. Channel 12 report.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...ks-report/

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Hamas says it 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. Hamas has given initial approval for a US-backed proposal for a phased truce and hostage exchange deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel give an upfront commitment for a complete end to the war, a Hamas and an Egyptian official said Saturday.

At same time, a key stumbling block appeared to be Hamas’s desire for “written guarantees” from mediators that Israel will continue to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal once first phase of a ceasefire goes into effect. Hamas representative told Associated Press the group’s approval came after it received “verbal commitments & guarantees” from mediators that war won’t be resumed & that negotiations will continue until a permanent ceasefire is reached. “Now we want these guarantees on paper,” he said

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

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Injured American citizen’s condition ‘worsening’ after Hezbollah missiles fired toward Israel.
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-year-old man suffered shrapnel injuries to his upper body and was admitted to the operating room Sunday evening local time, the Galilee Medical Center said in a statement. Two other people injured by the missile fire – a soldier and a civilian – have also been hospitalized in a surgical department, the center added.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/07/middleeas...index.html

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IDF: Officer seriously wounded in northern Gaza battle, evacuated for medical treatment. An officer from the IDF’s 7th Armored Brigade’s 82nd Battalion has been seriously wounded in battle in the northern Gaza Strip, the military says. He has been evacuated for medical treatment and his family has been updated.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...a-battles/

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IDF assesses much of Hamas tunnel network still in ‘good functional state’ – Military said to believe Hamas retains limited ability to approach, cross border; civil security heads disturbed, want destruction of tunnels to be top priority. After nine months of war, much of Hamas’s tunnel network is still in a “good functional state” many parts of Gaza, the terror group still has capacity to organize raids close to border with Israel. 

Senior Israeli defense officials in January assessed Hamas’s Gaza tunnel network was between 350 to 450 miles long, an astounding figure given that the enclave is only some 140 square miles in total size. Official told Times of Israel it could take years to dismantle tunnels, noting that underground passages must be mapped & checked for booby traps and hostages before Israeli forces can destroy them.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-assess...te-report/

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France “strongly condemns” in a statement Israel’s recognition of five new settlements, the approval of the construction of thousands of new homes in the West Bank, and the declaration of thousands of acres of land in the Jordan Valley as state land. Statement says moves are “extremely serious” be'cos of their implications for the stability of the West Bank and the region.

“Israeli colonization of the Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, constitutes a violation of international law,” says France.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...ttlements/

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France “strongly condemns” in a statement Israel’s recognition of five new settlements, the approval of the construction of thousands of new homes in the West Bank, and the declaration of thousands of acres of land in the Jordan Valley as state land. Statement says moves are “extremely serious” be'cos of their implications for the stability of the West Bank and the region.

“Israeli colonization of the Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem, constitutes a violation of international law,” says France.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...ttlements/

The Greater German Reich, was the same German state between 1933 and 1945, when Putin is the boss same same for he in controlling Russia today 10th day of July 2024 years, it is the same as for Adolf Hitler in those Nazi Party controlled the country.

 Transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship into World War two (WWII) with another one between year 2029 to 2032.   that...I hope China / U.S.A. can control their weapons and keep their in warehouse, so also for North Korea too to keep their in warehouse too for Taiwan and for S E.A. nations to have a temperature cool down with peace in their stupid mind over war is over.

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Halevi: IDF not ‘treading water’ in Gaza, always seeking to hit senior terrorists. PM tells White House envoy he wants hostage-truce deal, as long as red lines aren’t crossed * Nasrallah: Hezbollah will cease attacks on Israel if truce deal actualized in Gaza. 

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IDF major killed in Rafah; military orders fresh evacuations as fighting continues. Slain officer named as Maj. Jalaa Ibrahem; brigade commander moderately hurt in separate Rafah battle; Hamas civil defense agency says deputy labor minister killed in strike.

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IDF major killed in Rafah; military orders fresh evacuations as fighting continues. Slain officer named as Maj. Jalaa Ibrahem; brigade commander moderately hurt in separate Rafah battle; Hamas civil defense agency says deputy labor minister killed in strike.

Loss of Maj. Jalaa Ibrahem, 25, a company commander in Combat Engineering Corps’ 601st Battalion, from Druze town of Sajur, came during intense fighting  as Israeli officials signaled the military operation in Strip’s southernmost city was drawing to a close, with Hamas’s formal military structure was close to being dismantled.


Ibrahem’s death brought Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza in military ops along the border with the Strip to 326.

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White House says US ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Gaza hostage talks. The United States is “cautiously optimistic” about Gaza hostage-for-ceasefire talks, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby tells CNN, adding that gaps between the two sides can be narrowed.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...age-talks/

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1) Window for Biden to broker Israeli-Saudi deal b4 election has shut with Congress in session for only 4 more weeks b4 US presidential vote, there’s not enough time left for Senate ratify agreement, which first requires still-elusive on Gaza truce.

2) Haredi leader to yeshiva, asking students: don’t go to IDF draft offices or answer summons.
Senior Ashkenazi rabbi said. Complying with High Court judges’ ruling ‘amounts to surrender in their war on God’. 

*3) A survey of nearly 8,000 people who self-identified as Jews from 13 European countries, 96% of respondents say they encounter antisemitism in their daily lives. Some 37% of respondents say they were harassed and 4% say were attacked previous year b'cos they R Jewish. Survey is published today by Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union. Most respondents say they worry for their own (53%) & their family’s (60%) safety and security.

3-quarters feel people hold them responsible for Israeli govt’s actions b'cos they are Jewish, they say in survey, which took place b4 Hamas attacks on Oct 2024 includes info on antisemitism collected from Jewish organizations in 2024.
Just over half of respondents indicate thinking “criticizing Israel” is “probably antisemitic.” A pattern “always noting who is Jewish among [one’s] acquaintances” is deemed as such by 64%, and not considering Jewish citizens as compatriots is indicated as “definitely antisemitic” by 91% of respondents.

The countries surveyed are: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden. Total 11 members.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-j...ry-3329318

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Two suspected Islamic extremists detained after attack outside Israeli embassy in Belgrade. Two men were ordered held in custody after a Serbian police officer killed a man who shot him with a crossbow outside the Israeli embassy in the Serbian capital Belgrade in a “targeted terrorist act,” a minister says.

Assailant, the police identified as being a “convert” to Islam, shot the officer while he was on duty in front of the Israeli embassy early Saturday. The policeman opened fire in self-defense and the attacker later died.

Assailant, from Mladenovac, near Belgrade, lived in Novi Pazar, a historical political center Serbia’s Bosniak Muslim minority, a searches can establish whether they were linked with “targeted terrorist attack.” What is indisputable about those people is that they belong to the Wahhabi extremist movement. ”Suspected of being linked to ultra-conservative Wahhabist branch of Islam dominates in Saudi Arabia, “

Israel’s Knesset votes to reject Palestinian statehood. The resolution says creation of a Palestinian state would pose ‘existential danger’ to Israel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/18...-statehood

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition with far-right parties co-sponsored the resolution. Opposition leader Yair Lapid’s centre-left party left the session to avoid supporting the statement, despite previously saying he favoured a two-state solution, the Times of Israel newspaper reported.

Mustafa Barghouti, the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, slammed the passing of the resolution.

“No Zionist party from both the government and the opposition voted against the resolution,” he wrote on X.

“This resolution represents a rejection of peace with Palestinians and an official declaration of the death of [the] Oslo agreement,” Barghouti posted.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/18...-statehood

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Biden won’t give Netanyahu ‘satisfaction’ of quitting before PM’s speech to Congress — report
NY Times says US president remains resistant to ending candidacy but increasingly realizes he may have no choice. 

United States had given Israel prior warning about the Houthi drone that exploded in Tel Aviv on Friday, but the army decided not to shoot it down due to a series of missteps in accurately identifying the target, Channel 12 reported.

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Report: Moscow may arm Yemen’s Houthis over US support for Ukraine. White House said working to dissuade Putin from renewed push to transfer missiles to Iran-backed rebels, as CENTCOM chief says strikes in Yemen 'failing' to prevent Red Sea chaos. US intelligence agencies say Russia could send advanced anti-ship missiles to Yemen’s Houthis in retaliation for Washington’s support for Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Meanwhile, US Central Command chief Erik Kurilla was said to warn that US-led operations were “failing” to prevent Houthi attacks on Red Sea. In a classified letter to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Kurilla reportedly called potentially stronger military action and a “whole of government” approach that would step up diplomatic and economic pressure on the Houthis.

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Some 45 rockets were launched from Lebanon at northern Israel in the past hour, the IDF says. The first barrage of some 30 rockets targeted the northern Golan Heights, at 3:35 p.m. According to IDF, some of the rockets were intercepted while others impacted open areas. Some of the rocket impacts sparked fires. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for that barrage. A barrage of 10 rockets was fired at the Western Galilee and another five rockets were fired at the Upper Galilee shortly before 4 p.m., the IDF says. The Gaza Strip-based Hamas said its Lebanon branch carried out the rocket fire on the Western Galilee.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...past-hour/