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Hegseth says Mojtaba Khamenei ‘wounded, likely disfigured,’ questions if he’s governing

Hegseth says Mojtaba Khamenei ‘wounded, likely disfigured,’ questions if he’s governing

US defense secretary says Iran’s missile production ‘defeated,’ defense companies will be destroyed; 1 killed in Tehran blast as several top...

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After Trump insults, Herzog decries PM’s non-response to ‘attack’ on Israeli sovereignty

After Trump insults, Herzog decries PM’s non-response to ‘attack’ on Israeli sovereignty

Herzog says country’s dignity ‘not for sale’ and indicates Netanyahu should have pushed back forcefully after Trump called Israeli president...

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Gallia Lindenstrauss: Iran war reaches Kurds, Turkey and Azerbaijan

Gallia Lindenstrauss: Iran war reaches Kurds, Turkey and Azerbaijan

In a special wartime episode, Turkey expert examines how the players on war zone’s northern edge are reacting to attacks by Tehran, and how the...

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Netanyahu says he doesn’t know if Iranians will oust regime, threatens new supreme leader

Netanyahu says he doesn’t know if Iranians will oust regime, threatens new supreme leader

‘You can lead someone to water, you cannot make him drink,’ says PM in first press conference since war’s outset; scoffs that IRGC ‘puppet’...

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FM Sa’ar to ToI: Only Iranians can bring down regime, but they need outside help

FM Sa’ar to ToI: Only Iranians can bring down regime, but they need outside help

Foreign minister says nuclear, ballistic missile programs are ‘badly damaged,’ US wants to win as much as Israel does; ‘We were under no...

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Trump: Herzog is ‘weak and pathetic’ for not granting Netanyahu a pardon

Trump: Herzog is ‘weak and pathetic’ for not granting Netanyahu a pardon

In latest attack on Israeli president, Trump accuses him of being ‘full of crap’ for insisting on receiving a recommendation from the Justice...

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Trump: War to end soon, ‘practically nothing left to target’; Israel: No ‘time limit’

Trump: War to end soon, ‘practically nothing left to target’; Israel: No ‘time limit’

At least four salvos of Iranian missiles target Israel Wednesday, with no injuries reported; IDF chief says thousands of Iranian soldiers have been...

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Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with Iran’s new supreme leader, but talks are ‘possible’

Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with Iran’s new supreme leader, but talks are ‘possible’

US president claims Mojtaba Khamenei won’t be able to ‘live in peace;’ Witkoff says he and Kushner likely to visit Israel next week, and that...

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US defense secretary warns of ‘most intense day’ of strikes on Iranian targets

US defense secretary warns of ‘most intense day’ of strikes on Iranian targets

Hegseth: War won’t end until ‘enemy is decisively defeated’; top US general: Iran is not ‘more formidable than we thought’; Netanyahu: We...

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Backing strikes on Iran, Ukraine’s ex-defense chief says Kyiv can help defeat common foe

Backing strikes on Iran, Ukraine’s ex-defense chief says Kyiv can help defeat common foe

Oleksii Reznikov, who guided country during 2022 invasion, tells TOI that Israel and Ukraine can boost cooperation against Russia-Iran axis, and...

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Trump: Next Iranian supreme leader ‘not going to last long’ without US approval

Trump: Next Iranian supreme leader ‘not going to last long’ without US approval

US president says he’s open to new leadership from within current regime; Iranian FM says Tehran won’t surrender or negotiate a truce, will...

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‘Fake news’: Emirati official rejects Israeli reports UAE struck Iran

‘Fake news’: Emirati official rejects Israeli reports UAE struck Iran

Source denounces ‘inappropriate’ claims his country carried out a ‘limited’ attack, says it would not fear admitting if it were true

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Netanyahu tells Iranians freedom is near as Israel hits country’s oil depots for first time

Netanyahu tells Iranians freedom is near as Israel hits country’s oil depots for first time

Air Force strikes Iranian infrastructure, key IRGC missile sites; Iran fires a dozen volleys at Israel, no injuries reported; one killed in Dubai;...

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They won’t specify it in their war aims, but both Israel and US want Iran regime change

They won’t specify it in their war aims, but both Israel and US want Iran regime change

Netanyahu has been more consistent in defining goals of campaign than the White House, but Israel might once again dazzle on the battlefield while...

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Can the Iranian regime be toppled from the air?

Can the Iranian regime be toppled from the air?

In a special wartime episode, diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman explains what aerial campaigns can accomplish, who Iran’s Kurds are and where...

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Hegseth: Iran is ‘toast,’ and the US and Israel will rain down ‘death and destruction’

Hegseth: Iran is ‘toast,’ and the US and Israel will rain down ‘death and destruction’

US war secretary promises complete control of Iran’s skies within a week, says American forces can keep fighting ‘as long as we need to,’ though...

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Hoping to pressure end to war, Iran aims fire at Arab neighbors. It hasn’t worked, yet

Tehran is betting raising the costs of fighting for the stability-hungry region will lead to Trump backing off strikes, but the Gulf’s defiance has...

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Report: Israel hacked Tehran traffic cameras to track Khamenei ahead of assassination

Financial Times reports IDF used algorithms to interpret troves of data, allowing it to build pattern-of-life models for top bodyguards; CIA had human...

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Sinking Iran’s proxies, Sinwar’s Al-Aqsa Flood left Khamenei high and dry

Iran’s supreme leader pushed to restore ties with Hamas, whose October 7 attack spurred an Israeli response that washed away the Iranian axis,...

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Woman killed Saturday in strike on Tel Aviv identified as Philippine national

Israeli embassy in Manilla says caregiver Mary Anne Velasquez de Vera, 32, killed ‘while selflessly assisting her patient’; man, 102, dies after...

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Khamenei set Iran’s direction for decades. Now the public he suppressed has hope

The 86-year-old supreme leader placed the IRGC at the center of power, and built up a terror network. With so many top aides dead, it is hard to...

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Trump says ‘evil’ Khamenei is dead; Israeli official says his body has been found

Netanyahu stops short of confirming death, saying instead that growing signs point to supreme leader being ‘no more’; Iranians brave the streets...

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Despite overwhelming US military might, Iran campaign would pose complex challenges

A massive edge over the Islamic Republic still leaves US vulnerable to support-sapping attacks, and success will remain elusive unless Trump figures...

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Imam Imad Al Masri: The Muslim community spreading peace in Israel and beyond

As he marks the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Ahmadiyya cleric explains the roots of his sect, how it reached Israel, and the world it is fighting...

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Visiting Ethiopia, Herzog touts Israel’s ‘strong’ relationships across Africa

Amid push from Jerusalem to build ties on continent, president meets top officials, Jewish leaders in Addis Ababa; Israel accepts appointment of...

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Hamas seen working to maintain control of Gaza via Trump-backed bodies

Documents show terror group moving armed-wing chiefs into civil roles that will let it hold power via technocratic administration, while also girding...

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Michael Oren: Israel’s historic Iran moment

A pro-Israel US president is poised to strike a weakened Iran, whose terror axis is crumbling. But Israel’s enemies remain defiant, and both US...

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Starmer said unwilling to grant US permission to use UK military bases in Iran strike

British PM reportedly worried about violations of international law, likely prompting Trump’s public about-face on UK plan to hand over sovereignty...

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Netanyahu: If Iran attacks Israel, it will face ‘a response they can’t even imagine’

PM says Jerusalem working ‘side by side’ with Washington to confront Tehran, vows that era of containment is over: ‘If you don’t come to the...

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Israel, US envoy reject Tucker Carlson’s claim he was detained and interrogated at airport

Popular anti-Israel conservative commentator briefly visits country to interview Huckabee; friend of the two who was present for interview says...

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White House: Many arguments for a strike on Iran, they’d be wise to make a deal

US official reportedly says Iran-US talks were ‘nothing burger’; Israel on high alert for possible strike; Iran said pushing Hezbollah to join if...

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Many Muslims, including in Holy Land, start marking month of Ramadan after moon sighting

Annual holy month marked by daily fasting, prayer and giving of charity; IDF publishes social media post wishing Muslims a peaceful Ramadan

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Trump ally to ToI: Ayatollah staying in power would be ‘strategic victory for Iran’

Visiting Israel a day ahead of fresh nuclear talks in Geneva, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham says US decision on Iran is ‘weeks, not months’ away; Tehran...

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Top Netanyahu aide: Hamas will have 60 days to disarm or IDF will ‘complete’ mission

Cabinet secretary does not specify start date for 2-month period, echoes PM in saying Hamas must give up AK-47 rifles; IDF: troops kill 6 more...

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Amid snags, EU mission tries to help frustrated Gazans traverse Rafah’s tortuous crossing

EUBAM head Nataliya Apostolova acknowledges complaints but says operations at reopened terminal are steadily improving, in close coordination with...

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Lazar Berman: Are Saudis moving away from Israel and toward Islamists?

Normalization with Riyadh was seen as inevitable. Now analysts are alarmed by MBS’s cozying up to Turkey and Qatar and attacking the UAE, and...

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Returning to Israel, skeptical Netanyahu says Trump sees possible ‘good deal’ with Iran

PM insists any deal must address missiles, proxies; Trump: ‘Very traumatic for Iran’ if no deal reached; PM to skip Board of Peace meeting...

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Unpersuaded by Netanyahu, Trump insists on going ‘jaw-to-jaw’ with Iran and Hamas

Meeting in Washington, prime minister seemingly makes little headway with argument that talks with terror group and Tehran are futile and more...

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Misery deepens in West Bank amid dearth of permits to work in Israel

Some 100,000 people whose permits were revoked after Oct. 7 Hamas attack face dwindling and dangerous options as economic crisis in territory worsens

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Jetting to DC, Netanyahu says he’ll present Trump with ‘our approach’ to Iran talks

PM to meet president earlier than planned amid Israeli unease over potential direction of nuclear talks; Israeli official says PM focused on curbing...

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In meeting days before Oct. 7, Netanyahu sought to maintain quiet with Hamas – report

PM told security chiefs not to proactively assassinate Hamas leaders, Oct. 1 meeting summary said to show; omitted mention of discussion from his...

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Saudi source: Israel criticism not antisemitic, Netanyahu doesn’t want normalization

After ADL sounded alarm about shift in Saudi media coverage of Israel and Jews, royal family source insists to Kan that Riyadh has ‘no...

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Top Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal rejects disarmament or ‘foreign rule’

Mashaal says taking away terror group’s weapons is ‘criminalizing the resistance,’ vows not to accept outside rule in Gaza, urges...

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Relax, MBS isn’t aligning with Islamists. He also isn’t normalizing with Israel soon

Recent moves by Saudi Arabia against the UAE and toward Qatar and Turkey, along with a rise in antisemitism in the Saudi press, have alarmed many, but...

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PM to meet Trump in DC this week, says Iran talks must deal with missiles, proxies

Netanyahu slated to fly to Washington Tuesday, be back in Israel by Friday; Witkoff, Kushner tour US aircraft carrier a day after holding talks with...

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Netanyahu: Ties to former PM Barak prove Epstein didn’t work for Israel

PM pushes back against conspiracy theory, that he himself has publicized in past, by highlighting Barak’s activities in protest movement...

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William Daroff: What Trump needs to do for that Nobel Prize

With US Jews facing antisemitism from left and right, and with Trump’s Middle East vision in the balance, a national Jewish leader discusses...

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Placing blame elsewhere, Netanyahu shares his answers to state comptroller’s Oct. 7 investigation

PM releases selected quotes portraying security chiefs and political rivals as opposed to toppling Hamas, though before 2023 attack he wrote that he...

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After Christian Zionism rebuked, church schism blamed on higher powers in Jordan, PA

Statement from religious leaders seemingly portrayed IDF veteran Ihab Shlayan as outside consensus for Zionism and other activism, but letter lacked...

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Israeli detained in Turkey since late January for alleged offenses against Erdogan, flag

Avivit Amber held in custody for past 11 days on charges of desecrating Turkish flag, offending Turkish president; crime carries up to 4 year sentence...

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