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Hezbollah chief says group won’t relinquish arms to Israel • Damascus thought it had ‘green light’ from US, Israel to send forces south • Israeli-Druze group crosses border into Syria
Israeli Druze cross the border to check on their family members in Syria, amid the ongoing conflict in the Druze areas in Syria, in Majdal Shams, near the ceasefire line between the Golan Heights and Syria, July 16, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD)
Fire brought under control at unit of Iran’s Abadan refinery, SHANA says
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The Middle East’s post-Iran era has begun, no matter how hard Islamic regime denies it – opinion
The Islamic Republic is eroding in Iran, not geographically, but in terms of its influence and dominance. Now it looks more like a crisis-ridden state burning down.
A missile launched from Iran is intercepted as seen from Ashkelon, last month. While Tehran bet on quantitative intimidation, Israel’s defense establishment built on qualitative efficiency, says the writer.(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
Gaza militia leader Abu Shabab: We do not see the Israeli people as our enemy
Abu Shabab even hinted at a future in politics: “We will be what our people want us to be. We will not impose any political system on their will.”
ByLIRAN AHARONI
Gaza militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab with the backdrop of the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT, Reuters/Ronen Zvulun, Ebrahim Hajjaj/File Photo)
Syrian presidency announces comprehensive ceasefire after fighting in Druze area
A Syrian military official said correspondence with the US had led Damascus to believe it could deploy forces to Sweida without Israel confronting them.
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Smoke rises as a damaged car remains along a street, as Sweida province has been engulfed by nearly a week of violence triggered by clashes between Bedouin fighters and factions from the Druze, at Sweida governorate, Syria, July 18, 2025. (photo credit: Karam al-Masri/Reuters)
IDF, Border Police disperse Israeli-Druze crowds along Syrian border, returns them to Israel
The illegal crossings came around the announcement by US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan, and regional partners.
Rachel Edri, whose quick thinking saved her and her husband on Oct. 7, returns home to Ofakim
Edri has become a worldwide symbol of remarkable resourcefulness in the face of terror, as she spoke to terrorists and gained their trust, allowing police to rescue her and her husband.
Rachel Edri attends a ceremony in honor of torch lighters of the Independence Day state ceremony, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on April 28, 2025.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
Hezbollah’s secretary-general says group ‘will not surrender weapons to Israel’ – report
Sheik Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s secretary-general, gave a speech where he rejected the idea of “giving up weapons” and assured that the war could be restarted in any moment.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem accepts condolences for the death of Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli strike, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon August 2, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR/FILE PHOTO)
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across the Gaza border communities.
50 hostages remain in Gaza, while 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity.
The IDF launched large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025.
Israel struck key nuclear sites and killed senior Iranian military and IRGC officials.
28 Israelis killed, over 1,300 wounded, including several IDF soldiers, in Iranian attacks.
