IDF shifts focus to Iranian nuclear threat as Trump briefed on CENTCOM plan to renew Iran strikes

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BoP denies rumors of Kiryat Gat base closure • Two injured, car destroyed by Hezbollah drone attack • Trump 'not satisfied' with Iran's latest offer

IDF: Iron Beam laser saw limited use in Iran war due to lack of batteries, 14 needed

FILE PHOTO: A view of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr, Iran on April 28, 2024.
US President Donald Trump gives a speech during the State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn on day two of the State Visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the United States of America, on April 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Mason sails in the US CENTCOM area of responsibility in an undated picture, published April 29, 2026.

Trump 'not satisfied' with latest Iranian proposal, says leadership is 'fully disjointed'

Speaking to the media outside the White House, Trump said that Iran wants to make a deal "because they have no military left."

US President Donald Trump speaks during an event with the Artemis II astronauts in the Oval Office of the White House on April 29, 2026 in Washington, DC.
A billboard with Iranian centrifuges illustrations and portraits of nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes is displayed on a street in Tehran, Iran August 29, 2025

IDF shifts focus to Iranian nuclear threat as ballistic missiles, regime change fall by wayside

All IDF officers are careful to state that the military never promised regime change, and at most the opportunity to improve conditions for such a change.

A fragment of an Iranian ballistic missile intercepted by Israeli air defense systems is seen lodged in the ground in the Golan Heights, March 19, 2026
REPORT

Iran using ceasefire as opportunity to dig out buried missiles, launchers

Man sentenced to 10 months in prison for urinating on tefillin cabinet, looting charity boxes

US Army Brig. Gen. Curtis King, commanding general of 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command speaks with Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll, April 30 in Ansbach, Germany.

US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say

A man wearing a keffiyeh stands next to a poster as he waits to vote during the municipal council election at a polling station in a school in Birzeit, near Ramallah on April 25, 2026.

EU condemns Palestinian Authority textbooks containing 'antisemitism, glorification of jihad'

US President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One upon his arrival at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Florida, US, May 1, 2026.

Trump says Iran war 'terminated,' as war powers deadline arrives

Vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was intercepted on international waters by the Israeli Navy, sail off the city of Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, Greece, May 1, 2026.

Sinking the ‘condom flotilla’: How Israel took control of the Global Sumud Flotilla narrative

CCTV footage from IDF interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, May 1, 2026.

Israel's arrest of Gaza flotilla activists a 'brazen violation of int'l law,' Mamdani charges

Detained activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, May 1, 2026.

Most Gaza flotilla activists to disembark in Greece, Israel to bring two in for questioning

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No magic way to stop Hezbollah's FPV drones from striking, IDF admits

However, removing US restraints on IDF attacks in northern Lebanon could reduce the threat by 80%.

Israeli Air Force says it dropped 135,000 bombs in recent wars, warns of Syrian military rebuild

Firefighters douse flames in a field after a drone launched from southern Lebanon fell near Kibbutz Snir in the Upper Galilee.
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Bennett, Eisenkot lead PM suitability polling ahead of Netanyahu

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Why Bennett, Lapid's union actually strengthens Netanyahu's hand in next elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to IDF generals on April 27, 2026
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JERUSALEM REPORT

'Totally lost': Israel's next generation faces rising wartime trauma, study warns

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Naftali Bennett speaks during a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on January 22, 2026.

Can Bennett become Israel’s Peter Magyar in the fight for democracy?

OPINION
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to international media on the Gaza war, in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

In a divided world, Israel needs a new hasbara playbook

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From Auschwitz to today: How Israel’s days of memory define who we are

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FEATURE

History of violence against Jews, police: What we know about Golders Green attacker

EXPLAINER

An investigation by Campaign Against Antisemitism and confirmed by The Jerusalem Post reveals a long history of violence that includes attacking officials and disrupting demonstrations.

London police charge man with attempted murder in antisemitic Golders Green stabbing attack

Essa Suleiman stabbed two London Jews with a knife before being overpowered by Jewish volunteer security and Metropolitan Police.

Police seek public aid to identify suspect who shot at two Toronto area synagogues

Police seek public aid to identify suspect who shot at two Toronto area synagogues, May 1, 2026.

Two charged for terrorism after arson attack against Skopje synagogue

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Man convicted of attempting terrorist attack at Israeli embassy in London

Khamenei vows to protect nuclear program, warns US over Gulf presence in written statement

Khamenei reiterated that Iran will defend its nuclear and missile technologies, accusing the US of causing instability in the Persian Gulf and vowing to expel foreign forces.

Pezeshkian, Ghalibaf look to fire FM Araghchi over allegiance to IRGC commander

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Iranians stand on a pavement along a street next to a billboard depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran on April 24, 2026.

Palestinian FA chief hits out at Israeli federation VP at FIFA Congress

An empty classroom

IDF Home Front restores security guidelines for northern border towns with Lebanon

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In Israel’s Arab sector, war exposes a dual threat of rampant crime and no shelter

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Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s memoir about her son's murder tops NYT bestseller list

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Elbit subsidiary Fuse, Mistral to provide US Army THOR drones

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US-Israel talks to discuss shifting military aid funding to joint defense partnership

THOR Group 2 uncrewed aircraft system.

Despite tensions, dozens of Israeli companies set to head to Eurosatory 2026

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Growing Hezbollah drone threat shows Israel's innovation race is in its infancy

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A person holds a Sting interceptor drone by the Ukrainian company Wild Hornets at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 16, 2026

Ukraine claims to have intercepted 30,000 drones in March

US imposes new Iran sanctions, warns shippers not to pay Hormuz tolls

The move comes after the US imposed new sanctions on Tuesday on 35 groups and individuals involved in operating Iran's covert "shadow banking" financial network.

US ships 6,500 tons of munitions, equipment to Israel in 24 hours

A large US flag flies outside the White House in Washington, DC on November 23, 2025.
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Spain reportedly summons Israeli chargé d'affaires as protests erupt over Gaza flotilla seizure

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Israel rejects Russian grain ship amid Ukraine sanctions threat

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Security footage shows suspect Cole Allen shooting Secret Service officer before White House dinner

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Your Taxes: Israel’s lower mid-market is tempting international M&A buyers

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Fluorescence microscopy images of Bacillus subtilis spores harboring GFP or Scarlet fusion to a DNA packaging protein (SspA)

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West Bank hospitals in crisis as PA reported pays medical staff only fraction of wage for April

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New Hampshire GOP state Rep. Travis Corcoran (center) walks out of his own disciplinary hearing for tweeting a "final solution" reference at a Jewish colleague, April 27, 2026.

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