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Israel Expands Permanent Military Bases in Gaza as Reconstruction Plans Stall
Satellite images show Israel constructing permanent military infrastructure inside Gaza, according to Al Jazeera. The expansion comes as US-backed plans for postwar reconstruction of the territory remain at a standstill....
Spain Pushes EU to Suspend Association Agreement with Israel Over Rights Violations
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced plans to formally ask the European Union to suspend its association agreement with Israel, citing human rights violations. The move represents an escalation in Spain's effor...
Kuwait Detains US-Kuwaiti Journalist as Gulf States Tighten War Reporting Restrictions
Kuwaiti authorities have detained journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has not been seen publicly for six weeks. The arrest is part of a broader crackdown by Gulf states on reporting related to ongoing regional conflicts....
Iran-US Talks in Islamabad Uncertain as Tehran Cites Naval Blockade
A second round of Iran-US nuclear talks in Islamabad appears in jeopardy after Iran's Tasnim news agency said Tehran will not send a negotiating team to Pakistan as long as a US naval blockade remains in place. Al Jazeer...
Harris Accuses Netanyahu of Drawing Trump into War with Iran
Former US Vice President Kamala Harris, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of dragging Donald Trump into a war with Iran, warning that American servicemen are being...
Iran Keeps Hormuz Closed as US Threatens Strikes and Moves Talks to Pakistan
Iran is holding the Strait of Hormuz shut pending removal of what Tehran calls a US siege on its ports, with Iran's parliament speaker Ghalibaf warning Tehran is fully prepared for resumed hostilities; France 24 reports ...
Israel's Population Reaches 10.244 Million Ahead of 78th Independence Day
Israel's population stands at 10.244 million as the country approaches its 78th Independence Day, with 76% identifying as Jewish or 'other' and 21.1% as Arab. Over the past year, 177,000 Israelis were born, 48,000 died, ...
Trump Threatens to 'Blow Up' Iran While WSJ Reports Chaotic War Management
President Trump told Fox News that the US would 'blow up the whole country' if Iran refuses to sign a peace deal. A Wall Street Journal report separately described Trump managing the Iran war through contradictory impuls...
Israel's Abandoned Fishponds Repurposed as Solar Energy Sites
A pioneering project in northern Israel is converting abandoned fishponds into solar energy installations, with a deal structured to generate clean energy, restore natural habitats, and share profits between local kibbut...
IDF Reservist Killed in Lebanon as Ceasefire Strains Under Attacks and Occupation Fears
IDF reservist Sgt. First Class Lidor Porat, 31, was killed when an engineering vehicle rolled over a bomb in southern Lebanon, with nine others wounded; the IDF carried out strikes in response (Times of Israel). Displace...
Turkey Warns Muslim Countries Alarmed by Israel-Greece-Cyprus Alliance
Turkey's government said Muslim-majority countries have expressed concern over a growing trilateral alliance between Israel, Greece, and Cyprus, framing it as a destabilizing alignment in the Eastern Mediterranean region...
Tel Aviv Hit-and-Run Suspect Shot in Paris Had Lengthy Criminal Record
Eric Robic, the Jewish Frenchman who fatally struck Lee Zeitouni in a Tel Aviv hit-and-run, was shot dead in Paris and is reported to have had a long history of financial crime, including over a dozen convictions since 1...
Israeli Supreme Court Accuses Justice Minister Levin of Blocking Judicial Appointments
Supreme Court justices publicly accused Justice Minister Yariv Levin of abusing his power by refusing to convene the judicial selection committee, leaving critical vacancies unfilled in district and magistrate courts. Ju...
New Website Lets Virtual Visitors Explore Eilat's Coral Reefs
A new website has launched offering virtual armchair tours of the Gulf of Eilat's coral reefs, featuring underwater habitat safaris, a live reef camera, and scientific research materials, aimed at raising awareness about...
Analysis: Five Key Failures in the US-Israel Conduct of the Iran War
Times of Israel diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman outlines five points of apparent failure in the Iran war, focusing on diverging US-Israeli priorities, disagreements over Lebanon policy, and the IDF's difficulties i...
Iran Turns Back Tankers at Strait of Hormuz, Claims Faster Missile Replenishment
Iran's armed forces turned back two tankers attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday after issuing warnings, according to semi-official Tasnim news agency. Separately, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official ...
UN Condemns Killing of French UNIFIL Peacekeeper in Southern Lebanon
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the killing of a French peacekeeper and the wounding of three others in an attack on southern Lebanon. The incident prompted an official statement from a UN spokesperson ca...
UK PM Starmer Fights for His Job as Mandelson-Epstein Scandal Deepens
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure as a scandal surrounding envoy Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein roils the Labour government. Senior allies have rallied to Starmer's defence, descr...
GCC States Urged to Move Beyond Peace Support to Joint Defence and Development
An Al Jazeera analysis argues that Gulf Cooperation Council states, while demonstrating growing unity, must now translate that cohesion into concrete joint defence arrangements, energy security cooperation, and coordinat...
Declaration of Independence Read Aloud at the Egalitarian Kotel in Israel
Jews from Israel and around the world gathered at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall for a live reading of Israel's Declaration of Independence, an event framed as an affirmation of shared values and Jewish peop...