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Dahlan denies involvement in Haaretz report alleging UAE warned Netanyahu ahead of Oct. 7

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  MOHAMMAD DAHLAN, leader of Fatah’s Democratic Reform faction, has called for Palestinians to put past divisions aside and build a political system in which elections transfer power, and institutions are ‘greater than individuals.’ (photo credit: REUTERS) Fatah Reform Democratic faction leader Mohammed Dahlan rejected allegations made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night that the exiled Palestinian politician was behind a Haaretz report accusing Netanyahu of ignoring a warning from the United Arab Emirates ahead of the October 7 attack, FRD spokesperson Dimitri Diliani told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Netanyahu, who has also announced plans to sue Haaretz for libel in addition to the report’s author, Shlomi Eldar, claimed that Emirati-based Dahlan was behind the “false report.” Dahlan, according to claims published by Likud , “needs a weak left-wing government of Eisenkot, Yair Golan, Lieberman, and the Arab parties” so that he can seize control of the G...

Katz threatens attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure in Rosh Hashanah message

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  Defense Minister Israel Katz at Jerusalem City Hall, December 15, 2025. (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90) Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to set Iran back decades if the Islamic regime attacked Israel in a Rosh Hashanah message to Iranian civilians on Thursday. Katz threatened to attack Iranian energy infrastructure if regime leadership decided to strike Israel.  "Any attack on Israel for any reason and anywhere will be met with a powerful response," he said, "which will inflict severe damage on Iran that it has not yet suffered to this day, including on its central energy facilities , which provide resources and capabilities for the Iranian war and terror system and for harming the citizens of the State of Israel."

IDF kills Hamas Nukhba terrorist who murdered Col. Steinberg during Oct. 7

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  The IDF killed Ismail Ibrahim Darwish Kandil in a strike on September 10, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) The IDF killed Ismail Ibrahim Darwish Kandil, a Hamas terrorist who took part in the October 7th massacre, in an air strike in Gaza, the military said on Thursday.   The military said it struck in Gaza's Khan Yunis, where Kandil was planning attacks against IDF troops and working to restore terror infrastructure in Gaza.  Notably, Kandil killed Nahal Brigade Commander Colonel Yonatan Steinberg on the October 7 massacre. 

Iranian arms and advice helped Yemen's Houthis seize key Red Sea city, sources say

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  Houthi supporters demonstrate in solidarity with Iran, amid a two-week ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Sanaa, Yemen, April 10, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah) The lightning Houthi advance down Yemen's Red Sea coast this week came with direct guidance from Iran's Revolutionary Guards seeking to open a new front in Iran's war with the US, according to Yemeni government, Iranian, and regional sources. By seizing the southwestern port city of Mocha, the Houthis have strengthened their chokehold on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait , a key waterway whose disruption further constricts global energy supplies after Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Six months into the wider regional conflict between the Houthis' Iranian allies and the United States, the group now looks focused on consolidating that grip on the strait even as opposing government forces backed by Saudi Arabia focus on an offensive in the north.

Iran Companies Decline in Missiles Production

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  An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022. (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS) Iran has resumed producing ballistic missiles from existing components while working in underground facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing officials from the United States and the Middle East. The missiles are being assembled in more limited quantities than before the war, the report added. This is a developing story.

Israel kills senior Hamas terrorist behind series of deadly 2000s West Bank attacks

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  A smoke plume billows during an Israeli strike on an industrial area in Gaza City on July 12, 2026; Illustrative. (photo credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images) Israeli security forces eliminated Hamas terrorist Farah Hamed, who was responsible for a series of deadly attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers and later helped direct terrorism in the West Bank , the IDF, Israel Security Agency (ISA) and Israel Police announced on Thursday. Hamed was killed on Wednesday in a joint ISA, IDF and Israel Police operation involving a strike in the central Gaza Strip , according to the security agencies.

Netanyahu vows Iran will not obtain nuclear weapons while he is prime minister

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  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in east Jerusalem near the separation wall with the West Bank on July 5, 2026. (photo credit: ILIA YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty Images) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed that Iran would not obtain nuclear weapons as long as he remains prime minister, after US President Donald Trump said that Tehran was attempting to rebuild its nuclear weapons capabilities. “President Trump announced this evening that Iran is trying to arm itself again with nuclear weapons. That is true,” Netanyahu said.