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Iranian official says conflict with US 'likely' to restart after Trump rejects proposal

Trump said on Friday that he was "not satisfied" with Iran's latest proposal, without detailing which elements he opposes, while the White House refused to comment on the state of the negotiations.

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Saif Abu Keshek, a leading member of the PCPA, a front for the Hamas terrorist organization, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Global Sumud Flotilla claim detained activist never meant to go to Gaza, was on 'observer boat'

Keshek was on “an observer boat which was never intended to go to Gaza,” the statement read, adding that he was “harshly beaten before being removed and isolated from the rest of the participants.”

ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE. The Mama family, whose father Osman was detained by Iranian security forces in 2022 and has not been heard from since.
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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.

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Smoke rises from the scene as the IDF detonate remaining explosives from yesterday’s drone attack that wounded 12 people, in Granot HaGalil near the Lebanese border in northern Israel, May 1, 2026.

IDF kills Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon, targets terror infrastructure

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Combat aircrafts from a NATO country stand in front of a hangar during a fighter plane maneuver exercise at the American military's Ramstein Air Base, near Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany, June 6, 2024.

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Two more minors arrested for killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, 14 suspects in total

Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, 21, was stabbed in Petah Tikva on Independence Day and later succumbed to his wounds.

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

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

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

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France’s double standards on Israel is a betrayal of moral values

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A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 lands at Hollywood Burbank Airport on April 17, 2026.

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

The EU called for any future funding to the PA to be conditional on the removal of ”antisemitic content, incitement to violence and the glorification of martyrdom and jihad” from textbooks.

British Green Party candidate posted about killing Zionists from Anne Frank parody account

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In a divided world, Israel needs a new hasbara playbook

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to international media on the Gaza war, in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025
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Two charged for terrorism after arson attack against Skopje synagogue

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

The Israel Air Force dropped 135,000 bombs in recent years of conflict, including 23,860 requested directly by ground forces for immediate support in Gaza and Lebanon.

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

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Illustrative Israeli F16s.
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Iran's enriched uranium likely at Isfahan, IAEA discusses extraction with Russia, US

Vehicles drive past a billboard depicting Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun and reading "the choice is for Lebanon" on April 24, 2026 in the capital Beirut.

US says Aoun-Netanyahu meeting could help restore Lebanese control in southern Lebanon

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

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

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

The Israel Air Force dropped 135,000 bombs in recent years of conflict, including 23,860 requested directly by ground forces for immediate support in Gaza and Lebanon.

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

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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

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

At the same time, the Trump administration condemned GSF, naming it a “pro-Hamas initiative and a baseless, counterproductive effort to undermine President Trump’s Peace Plan.”

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

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

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

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Germany urges stronger European defense after US announces troop drawdown

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