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Trump warns US can wipe out Iran's power grid in 'small part of an afternoon' if deal not reached

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US President Donald Trump gestures after ringing the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq during an event to mark the launch of "Trump Accounts" in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, July 6, 2026. (photo credit: Evan Vucci/REUTERS) US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday about the ongoing negotiations with Iran, at an event marking the launch of  Trump Accounts , saying, "We're going to make a deal, or we're going to finish the job." The  president  said, "We freed up the blockade because we're close to maybe making a deal - I don't know, look - we're going to win one way or the other.? He then went on to say, "It won't be tough to finish the job. I'd rather make a deal, because I don't want to affect 91 million people. We can knock down their bridges in one hour; we can knock out their energy supply, all of those big plants that they built - big, bea...

IDF kills Hamas terrorist training commander in Gaza Strip

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The IDF announced on Monday that it killed Hamas terrorist training commander Fadi Falah Ashour Daghmash in an overnight strike in the northern Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, Daghmash led various Hamas training programs with an emphasis in training Hamas’s Nukhba forces in the years leading up to the October 7 massacre. He also directed Hamas operations against Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip. IDF kills Hamas terrorist training commander Fadi Falah Ashour Daghmash in an overnight strike in the northern Gaza Strip. (CREDIT: IDF Spokesperson's Unit) Daghmash also recently advanced attacks against the IDF and worked to restore Hamas’s terrorist capabilities in the Gaza Strip

Iran targeted civilians as tactic of war, new report pushes IRGC accountability - interview

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Rocket trails are seen in the sky amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on March 23, 2026. (photo credit: Jack GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images) The  Islamic Republic of Iran  targeted civilian populations as a matter of military strategy during the round of conflict stretching from late February through early April of this year, Adv. Uri Morad, an international law attorney and director of international law and public diplomacy at the Jerusalem Institute of Justice (JIJ), told  The Jerusalem Post  last week. “What the Jerusalem Institute of Justice legal team found is that Iran’s breach of international humanitarian law, and mainly customary international law, throughout the latest round was systematic,” Morad said. “It came from the senior commanders of the IRGC targeting civilians in densely populated areas. And that was a tactic of war, not accidental.” Morad spoke to the  Post  weeks after JIJ  p...

If Hamas dissolves its Gaza government, who will enforce its disarmament? - analysis

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Government Media Office Director Ismail Thawabteh (R) and Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem (L) speak at a press conference regarding the resignation of the head of the Government Emergency Committee and the acting head of Government Follow-up. (photo credit: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) Reports on July 5 and 6 indicated that  Hamas  might be open to dissolving its government in Gaza. This is widely reported now under claims that Hamas might “hand over” governance or that it was going to “announce dissolution” of its government. The US-backed  Board of Peace  has said, “We have taken note of the announcement today regarding the dissolution of the ‘Emergency Committee’ in Gaza.” Hamas has its messaging, and it wants to stir the pot and confuse everyone by obfuscating whether it will give up power that it was never supposed to have. Go to the full article > >

Negotiations offer Gaza hope, but residents say collapse is already here - feature

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Employees of a water desalination plant speak to the press about the water crisis in the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: Screenshot/The Media Line) In Gaza, uncertainty over negotiations and postwar arrangements is deepening the strain of daily life. As shortages spread across water, fuel, health care, and basic services, people inside  Gaza  and beyond say the current framework is not addressing the deeper crisis on the ground. Political analyst Iyad Jouda describes a growing sense that the political process is preserving the status quo rather than changing it. “I believe the actual agreements were not what they should have been. There were headlines that the Peace Council wanted to promote and convince us were real, but in reality, the coordination being carried out with the Israeli prime minister reflects an agreement on procedures that maintain the current situation in Gaza.” For him, the gap between promises and reality is central. “Israel is not abiding by its commitment...

Yemen condemns Iran for operating flight to transport Houthis to Khamenei's funeral in Tehran

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HOUTHI SUPPORTERS hold up weapons as they demonstrate in Sanaa, Yemen, to show solidarity with Lebanon, after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, April 17, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/KHALED ABDULLAH) In a statement on Saturday, Yemen's internationally recognized government condemned Iran for operating a direct flight from Sanaa International Airport to transport  Houthi  terrorists to former supreme leader Ali  Khamenei's funeral . Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi called the flight "a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the Republic of Yemen and a blatant challenge to international law," in the statement on his official website.

Houthis launch major offensive in western Yemen, raising fears of wider escalation

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Members of Yemen's security forces stand guard as Shiite Muslims listen to a speech by Huthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Huthi being broadcasted on a giant screen during a ceremony commemorating Ashura, in Sanaa on June 25, 2026. (photo credit: Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP via Getty Images) The Iranian-backed Houthis have been  reinforcing  frontlines in Yemen and preparing possible offensives over the last month. This has now manifested in several incidents over the last 96 hours that may be part of a pattern. The main information on the  Houthis ’ activities comes from Al-Ain News in the UAE. It has good security sources in Yemen. As a UAE-based source, Al-Ain opposes the Houthis and is sympathetic to the  UAE  and to some extent to Saudi Arabia’s views of Yemen.