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116 articles shownof 116 totalLast updated 2026-06-21 19:25 UTC
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Freed Israeli Hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal Describes Sexual Assault by Hamas Captors During Two Years in Gaza

Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 24, abducted from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, has publicly detailed repeated sexual assaults he suffered during two years of Hamas captivity. He spoke to Israeli First Lady Michal Herzog in a recorded interview. He says he is going public to encourage other survivors to do the same.

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il defense 5 1d ago 4 min read

Israeli Minister Says Syria and Turkey Pose Greater Threat Than Iran, Warns War Is Coming

Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli publicly declared Israel 'will be at war with Syria sooner or later,' calling the Damascus-Ankara axis more dangerous than Tehran. The statement lands as Israeli forces have maintained a sustained military presence inside Syrian territory since December 2024, well beyond the Golan Heights buffer zone.

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us defense 6 1d ago 4 min read

Israeli Strikes Kill Lebanese Conservationist, Destroy Villages as Lebanon Ceasefire Strains

Since the U.S.-Iran deal that was supposed to cool regional tensions, Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon have continued and intensified. A 76-year-old environmental activist is dead, BBC reporters documented leveled Shia villages under Israeli occupation, and the ceasefire with Hezbollah is under renewed strain.

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Israeli Strike on Gaza City Apartment Kills 2 Children, Palestinian Health Officials Say

An Israeli strike hit a residential apartment in Gaza City, killing two children, according to Palestinian health officials, AP News reported.

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us politics 7 1d ago 4 min read

Iran Closes Hormuz Again as Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Blow Up Switzerland Talks

Iran's joint military command announced Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz is closed again, blaming Israeli strikes in Lebanon and U.S. failure to halt the fighting. The Switzerland negotiating session, already postponed once from Friday, is still listed as upcoming by Iranian state television, but the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is functionally broken. The U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding is now being stress-tested in real time, and it is not passing.

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us defense 6 2d ago 4 min read

Vance Rebukes Israel's Ben-Gvir and Smotrich Over Iran Deal Opposition, Warns Against Alienating Trump

Vice President JD Vance publicly challenged two senior Israeli ministers who oppose the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, signed by President Trump on Wednesday in Versailles. Vance told them to name a better plan, warned that Trump is Israel's last sympathetic ally among world leaders, and defended the deal's terms — including Iran keeping some ballistic missiles — as conditioned on Iranian behavior. Prime Minister Netanyahu has NOT publicly attacked the deal to the same degree, and Vance says that's because Netanyahu actually knows what's in it.

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us politics 6 2d ago 4 min read

Witkoff and Araghchi Head to Switzerland as Iran Nuclear Talks Restart, Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Holds

Since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect Friday, the diplomacy that had stalled around that conflict is moving again. Steve Witkoff is en route to Switzerland, Jared Kushner is already there, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to follow on Sunday. The talks are part of a 60-day window to nail down a nuclear framework, and whether the Lebanon ceasefire stays intact will likely determine whether they actually happen.

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us politics 7 2d ago 4 min read

U.S.-Iran Implementation Talks Cancelled as Israel Strikes Lebanon, Splitting Trump's Own Coalition

Planned U.S.-Iran technical talks in Switzerland were cancelled Friday after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon killed 18 people and Hezbollah fighters killed four Israeli soldiers, threatening the ceasefire condition that underpins the entire MOU. Back in Washington, the White House is now trading insults with pro-Trump conservative commentators who called the deal a humiliation, while Senate Republicans like Tom Cotton are raising specific, dollar-denominated concerns about sanctions relief. The deal is signed, the Strait of Hormuz is opening, and the opposition is fracturing on multiple fronts simultaneously.

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us defense 6 2d ago 4 min read

U.S. Intelligence Warns Netanyahu Will Undermine Iran Deal. A Ceasefire With Hezbollah Took Effect Friday Anyway.

American intelligence agencies have warned the Trump administration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to take actions that blow up the newly signed U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding. A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect at 4 p.m. local time Friday, but Israeli strikes killed dozens in Lebanon hours before the deadline. The occupation of southern Lebanon, not just the shooting, may be the deal-killer.

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us energy 6 2d ago 4 min read

Switzerland Talks Back on Track: Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Clears the Path, but Oil Markets Face a Supply Glut

After Iran refused to send a delegation to Switzerland over Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire beginning at 4 p.m. local time Friday, brokered by U.S. and Qatari negotiators with help from Iran. The diplomatic path to resumed nuclear talks is now unblocked, while oil markets contend with a structural oversupply problem that diplomacy alone cannot fix.

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us defense 6 2d ago 4 min read

Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Takes Effect, Switzerland Talks Canceled, and Brent Crude Heads for an 8% Weekly Loss

Since fighting in southern Lebanon threatened to derail the broader U.S.-Iran interim deal, Friday became a test of whether the pieces could hold together. They mostly did: Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire starting at 4 p.m. local time, the planned U.S.-Iran follow-on talks in Switzerland were scrapped, and oil markets kept selling off on the prospect of tens of millions of barrels of Persian Gulf crude flooding back into global supply.

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us defense 7 3d ago 3 min read

Four Israeli Soldiers Killed in Southern Lebanon as Fighting Escalates Alongside Stalled Iran Nuclear Talks

The Israeli military confirmed four soldiers killed in southern Lebanon as ground combat intensifies there. The deaths come as U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations hit a delay, with Vice President Vance postponing a trip to Switzerland to lead a new round of talks. The overlap of two active military fronts puts Washington in an increasingly complicated position.

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us defense 5 3d ago 4 min read

Israel's Military Wins Haven't Produced Strategic Gains. Nearly Three Years After Oct. 7, That Gap Is Widening.

Israel has killed nuclear scientists, degraded Hezbollah, and struck targets from Gaza to Qatar. But a new U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding has handed Tehran diplomatic elevation as a regional power and left Jerusalem without a single binding constraint on Iran's nuclear program. The military ledger looks strong. The strategic ledger does not.

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us politics 7 3d ago 4 min read

Netanyahu Defies the MOU. Vance Warns Israel It Has No Other Friends. Implementation Talks Begin at Burgenstock.

Since the US-Iran MOU was signed at Versailles on Wednesday, the deal's survival has immediately come under pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who vowed Thursday that IDF forces will not leave southern Lebanon despite explicit ceasefire language in the agreement. Vice President JD Vance responded by publicly warning Israeli officials that attacking 'the only powerful ally' they have left is a bad idea. Implementation negotiations are scheduled to begin Friday at the Burgenstock resort in Switzerland.

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us defense 6 4d ago 3 min read

1,005 Palestinians Killed in Gaza Since October Ceasefire, Health Ministry Says

Gaza's Health Ministry reported Wednesday that Israeli operations have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians since a ceasefire was reached with Hamas last October. Near-daily strikes have continued across the strip, and both Israel and Hamas accuse the other of violations. The ceasefire exists on paper. What's happening on the ground is more complicated.

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il defense 6 4d ago 4 min read

Israeli Nationalists Praying at al-Aqsa Compound Challenge a Decades-Old Status Quo Agreement

A small but growing faction of Israeli nationalists is openly flouting the decades-old agreement that restricts Jewish prayer at the al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem. The agreement was designed to prevent exactly this kind of provocation at one of the most combustible religious sites on the planet. Whether Israeli authorities enforce the rules, or continue tolerating the violations, will carry real consequences for regional stability.

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us defense 7 4d ago 4 min read

Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon Again as Iran Says the U.S. Deal Covers Lebanese Territory

Israeli jets hit targets in southern Lebanon on Wednesday morning despite the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding announced Sunday. Iran says Israeli forces remaining in Lebanon violates the deal. Israel says it doesn't.

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us energy 6 5d ago 5 min read

Iran Deal's Day-Two Reality: Congress Wants the Text, Israel Was Denied It, and Qatar's LNG Restart Has a Permanent Ceiling

Since the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding was digitally signed on Sunday, the cracks in the deal have widened faster than the oil price has fallen. As of June 16, Congress still hasn't seen the text, Israel was formally denied access to the document, and QatarEnergy's celebrated LNG restart plan tops out at 80 percent of pre-war capacity for years. The Strait of Hormuz is scheduled to reopen Friday, but whether ships will actually transit it is a separate question.

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us energy 7 6d ago 4 min read

Iran Deal Heads Toward Friday Signing in Geneva. Congress Is Skeptical, Netanyahu Is Trapped, and the Text Is Still Secret.

Since the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding was electronically signed over the weekend, the document itself has not been made public. VP Vance says Trump may release it before Friday's formal ceremony in Geneva, but Congress hasn't seen it, Israel is defying it, and the one-and-a-half-page MOU leaves critical nuclear details unresolved.

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us defense 7 6d ago 4 min read

Netanyahu Tells Trump Israel Won't Honor Lebanon Clause of Iran Deal, Will Keep Forces in Place

Since the US-Iran memorandum of understanding was signed electronically Sunday, Israel's biggest challenge to the deal has moved into the open. Benjamin Netanyahu informed Donald Trump directly that Israel does not consider itself bound by the agreement's Lebanon provisions, and Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon continued Monday even as displaced Lebanese civilians began returning home.

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us defense 6 6d ago 5 min read

Eurosatory Day Four: Israeli Booths Boarded Up, France Picks European Rocket Over HIMARS, and Five More Developments

Since Eurosatory opened in Paris, the show has escalated from hardware unveilings into a diplomatic flashpoint. On June 15, Israeli defense firms found their booths walled off by temporary barriers, France formally cut the U.S. out of its long-range rocket competition, and a parade of new systems — from a 26-tonne gun vehicle to a sub-kilogram drone — reminded the world that Europe's rearmament is moving fast and spending real money.

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us defense 6 6d ago 4 min read

U.S.-Iran Deal Signed Friday in Switzerland, but Israel Signals It Won't Stop Lebanon Operations

The ceasefire framework announced Sunday now has a formal signing date: Friday in Switzerland. The Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed as of Monday morning, and Israel has given no indication it will comply with the deal's demand to halt operations in Lebanon — the single condition Iran insisted on before agreeing to anything.

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us politics 7 Jun 15 4 min read

Trump Announces U.S.-Iran Deal. Israeli Analysts Call It a Political Defeat for Netanyahu.

President Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. and Iran have reached an agreement, including the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and removal of the U.S. naval blockade. Israeli commentators across the political spectrum are calling it a win for Tehran and a strategic failure for Netanyahu, who they say made Israel dependent on Trump without securing core Israeli interests. Iran's ballistic missile program and its funding of regional proxies remain unresolved.

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us defense 6 Jun 14 3 min read

IDF Kills Hezbollah Commander Ali Musa Daqduq, Accused of Orchestrating Murder of 5 U.S. Soldiers in Iraq in 2007

The Israeli military announced Sunday that a precise strike south of the Litani River on Friday killed Ali Musa Daqduq, a senior Hezbollah commander whom U.S. forces imprisoned in 2007 for orchestrating the kidnapping and murder of five American soldiers in Karbala, Iraq. Daqduq had walked free in 2012 after Iraqi authorities released him, citing lack of evidence, and the U.S. Treasury sanctioned him afterward. His death adds another name to a long string of Hezbollah senior commanders eliminated by Israel over the past two years.

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us defense 7 Jun 14 4 min read

Israel Struck Beirut Hours Before a US-Iran Deal Was Set to Sign. Trump Told Netanyahu: 'What the F*ck Are You Doing?'

A US-Iran memorandum of understanding that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and address Tehran's nuclear program was reportedly hours from being signed on Sunday, June 14, when Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs. Trump publicly rebuked Netanyahu, Iran warned the attack 'won't go unanswered,' and as of Sunday afternoon the deal's fate is unresolved.

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us defense 6 Jun 14 4 min read

Israel Strikes Dahiyeh Again on June 14, Killing Two. Iran Says the Attacks Make U.S. Peace Talks Pointless.

Since Israel's prior strike on Dahiyeh last week helped fracture Iran deal negotiations, Israel hit Beirut's southern suburbs a second time on June 14, killing two people and wounding four. Hezbollah fired three projectiles into northern Israel first. Iran's chief negotiator responded by saying there is 'no point' in continuing talks with Washington.

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us defense 7 Jun 13 4 min read

Israel Strikes Nabatieh Region as Lebanon Army Pulls Back, Iran Deal Stalls, Drones Hit Strait of Hormuz

Since Israeli troops pushed into southern Lebanon in late May, the conflict has widened on multiple fronts as of June 13, 2026. Israel struck the Nabatieh area after ordering evacuations, the Lebanese army withdrew from at least one southern village, U.S. forces downed Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz, and an Iran-U.S. ceasefire memorandum that had been expected to be signed June 14 in Islamabad will not happen on that date.

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de defense 5 Jun 12 4 min read

Israeli Defense Firms Flood Berlin Air Show With Counter-Drone Tech: Lasers, Loitering Munitions, and AI Battle Management

Since the Berlin Air Show opened on June 10, Israeli companies have dominated the counter-UAS floor space, unveiling pulsed laser systems, AI-driven threat management platforms, and a new Elbit-Diehl loitering munition partnership targeting German procurement. The volume of Israeli defense tech on display reflects how seriously European militaries are treating the drone threat — and how aggressively Tel Aviv's defense industry is chasing the budget surge that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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us defense 7 Jun 8 4 min read

Trump Pulled U.S. Air Defenses From Israel During Iranian Missile Salvo — While Tehran Offers to Reopen Hormuz for a Price

Since the fragile Iran-Israel ceasefire collapsed into renewed exchanges of fire, a major new development has emerged: the Trump administration deliberately withheld U.S. anti-air defense support from Israel during active Iranian missile attacks. Simultaneously, Iran is floating a 'toll regime' to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, oil markets are spiking toward $97 a barrel, and the Houthis are threatening the Bab-el-Mandeb. Every major energy chokepoint on the planet is now in play.

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us defense 7 Jun 8 4 min read

Iran Declares End to Military Operations Against Israel — But the Ceasefire Is Held Together With Tape

After trading strikes with Israel overnight on the war's 100th day, Iran declared Monday it has ended military operations — but warned it will resume if Israel keeps hitting Lebanon. Trump is pushing hard for a deal by June 30, but an Iranian official told MS NOW that a deal with Trump is 'no longer feasible at this stage.' This thing could unravel by Tuesday.

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us defense 6 Jun 8 4 min read

Houthis Declare Red Sea Blockade on Israeli Ships as Iran-Israel Exchange of Fire Escalates

Since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire began fraying in April, the Iran-Israel conflict has escalated sharply — and as of Monday, June 8, the Houthis have formally declared a complete ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, threatening global energy shipping corridors on two fronts simultaneously. Iran launched direct missile strikes on Israel overnight, Israel hit back with strikes inside Iran including a petrochemical plant, and now Yemen's proxy force is threatening to choke the Bab el-Mandeb strait. The world's energy supply chains are caught in the crossfire.

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us politics 7 Jun 8 4 min read

Israel Strikes Iran Despite Trump's Direct Plea — Netanyahu Defies the President, Then Backs Down on Beirut

Since the U.S.-Israel ceasefire with Iran paused the regional war in April, that deal has now cracked open again. Israel struck central and western Iran on Monday in direct defiance of Trump's personal call to Netanyahu — then, hours later, agreed to stand down on a planned Beirut raid after Trump reportedly unloaded on Netanyahu in terms that left no room for ambiguity.

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il defense 8 Jun 8 4 min read

Iran and Israel Exchange Strikes on Day 100 of the War — Ceasefire Is Functionally Dead

Since the fragile ceasefire took effect on April 8, both sides had traded small provocations — but Sunday night, Iran fired multiple ballistic missiles at Israel for the first time since that agreement, and Israel responded with airstrikes on central and western Iran by early Monday morning. Trump is calling it a bump in the road to a deal. The facts on the ground say something different.

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il defense 6 Jun 7 3 min read

Drive-By Terror Attack Near West Bank Kills One Israeli, Wounds Five; Suspected Gunman Dead

A drive-by shooting attack on Sunday near the Palestinian West Bank city of Qalqilya killed a 35-year-old Israeli man and wounded five others at three separate locations. Israeli police identified the suspected shooter as an Israeli Arab from the city of Tayibe — he was also killed. Hamas praised the attack but stopped short of claiming it.

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il defense 6 Jun 7 4 min read

Israel Kills Multiple Hamas Commanders This Week — Including Oct. 7 Cell Leader and New Military Wing Chief

Since this conflict entered its current phase, Israel has been systematically eliminating Hamas leadership — and this week added several more names to that list. The IDF and Shin Bet killed Sakr Abu Karim, a Nukhba cell commander who led the Kissufim infiltration on October 7, along with Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Odeh and two other senior commanders. These are targeted strikes against named operatives caught actively rearming — not random airstrikes into a crowd.

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il health 6 Jun 7 3 min read

Gaza's Tent Cities Have a Sanitation Crisis That Is Making People Sick

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians crammed into tent cities across Gaza are living without adequate toilet facilities, creating a public health emergency on top of an already catastrophic humanitarian situation. Raw sewage, disease, and the breakdown of basic sanitation infrastructure are killing people who survived the bombs. This is what happens when war grinds a civilian population's basic infrastructure to dust.

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il defense 7 Jun 7 4 min read

Israeli Soldiers Shot a 7-Month-Old Dead in the West Bank. The Army's Story Doesn't Hold Up.

Sam Fahd Abu Haikal turned seven months old on Friday, June 6, 2026 — the same day Israeli soldiers shot him in the face in Hebron. His father says the car was stopped and hands were raised. The IDF says soldiers thought the vehicle was accelerating toward them. Their own initial inquiry already admits the victims were uninvolved civilians.

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us defense 6 Jun 7 4 min read

War's Civilian Toll Widens: UN Warns 6+ Million Newly Hungry, Israel Kills Lebanese Army Officers, and Iran's Asset Standoff Deepens

Since the conflict entered its fourth month, the humanitarian fallout has spread well beyond the Gulf — the UN World Food Programme now says millions of people in Somalia, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka are going hungry because of it. Meanwhile, Israel killed three Lebanese Army officers in a South Lebanon airstrike Saturday, and Washington's plan to redirect Iranian frozen assets to Gulf allies is making peace talks even harder.

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fr defense 5 Jun 7 4 min read

Israel's Ambassador to France Said He Wants Anyone But Melenchon as Next President — Now France Wants Him Summoned

Israeli Ambassador Joshua Zarka told French television on June 5 that he would prefer 'anyone rather than Jean-Luc Melenchon' win France's 2027 presidential election — a statement that exploded across the French political spectrum as 'foreign interference.' Zarka also confirmed he met with far-right National Rally leader Marine Le Pen in April. The real story isn't just one ambassador's loose lips — it's the broader context of documented Israeli influence operations in French politics that most mainstream coverage is burying.

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us defense 7 Jun 7 4 min read

Israel Kills Lebanese Army Brigadier General and Two Soldiers in Airstrike — Days Into Ceasefire It's Already Violating

Since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect Wednesday, Israeli airstrikes have killed nine people, including three Lebanese Army soldiers — one of them a brigadier general. The IDF says the car was moving suspiciously in a combat zone. The Lebanese Army calls it 'aggressive and barbaric.' Both things can be partially true, and neither side looks clean here.

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us politics 5 Jun 6 3 min read

Trump and Netanyahu Spoke Again — Here's What We Know and What We Don't

Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held another phone call, discussing regional stability as the Gulf ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran remains fragile. Details from the call are thin, but the timing matters — Treasury Secretary Bessent's plan to use Iran's frozen assets to fund Gulf rebuilding is still on the table, and a new exchange of fire in the Gulf this week is testing the ceasefire hard.

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us defense 6 Jun 6 4 min read

Pentagon Raises Israel's Spy Threat Level to 'Critical' — Highest Designation Possible

The Defense Intelligence Agency has elevated Israel's counterintelligence threat rating from 'high' to 'critical,' the agency's highest designation, citing specific incidents of Israeli surveillance targeting senior Trump administration officials. The targets include Trump's own chief negotiator Steve Witkoff and Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby. Israel denies everything. The facts say otherwise.

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us defense 6 Jun 6 4 min read

Israel Used White Phosphorus Over Lebanon's Nabatieh on May 30, NYT Verifies — Days Before Ceasefire It Then Violated

The New York Times verified through social media footage that Israel deployed white phosphorus over the Lebanese city of Nabatieh on May 30. That's significant on its own. But paired with the nine people killed in Israeli airstrikes after Wednesday's U.S.-brokered ceasefire — including three Lebanese army soldiers — the picture emerging from southern Lebanon is one of a conflict with no real off switch.

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us defense 7 Jun 6 3 min read

Israel Kills Three Lebanese Army Soldiers in Airstrike Days After U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire

Since the U.S.-brokered Lebanon-Israel ceasefire was announced in Washington, Israeli airstrikes have already killed nine people in southern Lebanon on Saturday, June 6 — including a brigadier general, a captain, and a soldier from the Lebanese Army. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun called it a 'flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty.' Israel says it's investigating but insists the vehicle was moving suspiciously toward its troops.

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us defense 6 Jun 6 4 min read

Israel Ran Covert Military Network Around Iran's Borders During Operation Roaring Lion, CNN Reports

Israel deployed special forces, Mossad operatives, and drone units to Azerbaijan, Iraq, the UAE, and Somaliland to encircle Iran during its military campaign. The network gave the IDF intelligence reach and operational range hundreds of miles beyond its own borders. Azerbaijan, Iraq, and the UAE all deny hosting Israeli forces — but the on-the-ground details from CNN's four sources are specific enough to matter.

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us economy 7 Jun 6 4 min read

U.S.-Israel War on Iran Enters Month Three With No Defined Victory Condition

The United States has been militarily engaged against Iran for roughly 2.5 months, relying almost entirely on airpower against a nation of 90 million people. There is still no publicly stated definition of what 'winning' looks like. That's not a strategy — that's improvisation with bombs.

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us defense 7 Jun 4 4 min read

Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Framework Signed — But Hezbollah Hasn't Agreed to Anything

Since Iran droned Kuwait Airport and U.S. strikes hit Qeshm Island last week, the region has lurched toward a conditional ceasefire framework between Israel and Lebanon — but the group that actually does the shooting, Hezbollah, wasn't at the table. The deal requires Hezbollah to disarm south of the Litani River and accept Lebanese army control of new 'pilot zones.' Whether that happens is a completely different question.

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us defense 6 Jun 4 3 min read

Netanyahu Downplays Trump Blowup, Defers Military Escalation Decision to Washington as Iran War Enters Month Four

Since the Trump-Netanyahu phone call blowup reported earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone on a public charm offensive — telling CNBC he and Trump have mere 'tactical disagreements' while quietly acknowledging Trump holds the trigger on any further escalation against Iran. The war, which Trump predicted would last weeks, is now in its fourth month, oil is hovering near $100 a barrel, and a U.S.-Iran peace deal keeps slipping out of reach — partly because Netanyahu keeps threatening Beirut.

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us politics 6 Jun 4 4 min read

House Passes War Powers Resolution 215-208 as Trump Privately Sets New Red Line and Netanyahu Rift Goes Public

Since the House first tried to curb the Iran war three months ago, opposition has steadily grown — and on Wednesday it finally crossed the finish line. The vote was 215-208, with four Republicans breaking ranks, but Trump will almost certainly veto it. Meanwhile, Trump confirmed he called Netanyahu 'crazy' on a phone call, and the WSJ reports he privately told aides he won't escalate to all-out war unless American troops are killed.

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us defense 7 Jun 4 4 min read

Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Announced — But It Hinges on Hezbollah Compliance While Iran Strikes Kuwait Airport

The U.S. State Department announced Wednesday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire, conditioned on Hezbollah stopping attacks and pulling its operatives from southern Lebanon. But the same day, Iran struck Kuwait International Airport — and Netanyahu told CNBC both Israel and the U.S. are ready to hit Iran again. This 'ceasefire' is a conditional framework, not a done deal.

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us defense 7 Jun 3 4 min read

Trump and Netanyahu Are Now Publicly Fighting Over This War While Iran Keeps Shooting

Since Iran bombed Kuwait Airport and struck Gulf neighbors earlier this week, the ceasefire has continued to deteriorate — and now the Trump-Netanyahu partnership is cracking in public view. Netanyahu told CNBC on Wednesday that there are 'tactical disagreements' between the two leaders, hours after Trump confirmed he cursed at Netanyahu in a phone call over Israel's continued attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. Meanwhile, Iran still hasn't responded to Washington's latest peace proposal.

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il energy 4 Jun 3 3 min read

Kuwait Eyes Global Oil Storage Expansion Following Iran-Israel War Disruption

Kuwait is reportedly exploring expanded global oil storage capacity in the wake of the Iran conflict that rattled Middle East energy infrastructure. This is a strategic move that signals serious concern about supply chain vulnerability — and it tells you a lot about where oil markets are headed. The story is thin on confirmed details right now, and that's worth saying plainly.

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us defense 7 Jun 2 5 min read

Trump Curses Out Netanyahu, Rubio Declares Iran War 'Over,' and the Nuclear Talks Are Still a Mess

A phone call between Trump and Netanyahu turned ugly, Rubio told Congress the war is done while Iran keeps contradicting itself on nuclear talks, and the U.S.-Israel alliance is showing real cracks. This is the biggest single-day escalation in the diplomatic drama since the ceasefire.

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il defense 7 Jun 2 4 min read

Israel Hits Southern Lebanon Day After 'All Shooting Will Stop' — Eight Dead, Including Children

The ink wasn't dry on Trump's ceasefire announcement before Israeli drones killed eight people in southern Lebanon, including children. Netanyahu confirmed the deal — then immediately said Israel would keep operating in the south AND strike Beirut if Hezbollah doesn't stand down. This is NOT a ceasefire. It's a conditional pause with active combat baked in.

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ir defense 7 Jun 2 4 min read

Iran Threatens to Walk Away From Nuclear Talks as Israel Keeps Shooting in Lebanon — and Trump Shrugs

The partial Lebanon ceasefire is holding in name only: Israel struck southern Lebanon again, Hezbollah fired on Israeli tanks, and now Iran is threatening to blow up the broader US-Iran nuclear negotiations over it. Trump's response? He told NBC News going 'silent' on the talks 'would be very good.' That's not a peace process — that's a house of cards.

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il defense 7 Jun 2 4 min read

Israel-Hezbollah 'Ceasefire' Is Already Leaking: Both Sides Shooting Despite Trump's 'All Shooting Will Stop' Declaration

Trump announced Monday that Israel and Hezbollah agreed to halt all fighting — both sides started shooting again within hours. Netanyahu carved out explicit exceptions for south Lebanon and reserved the right to hit Beirut. This is a partial, fragile arrangement at best, and mainstream coverage is overselling it as a breakthrough.

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ir defense 7 Jun 2 4 min read

Iran Kills Ceasefire Talks, Threatens Full Hormuz Blockade After Israel Hits Beirut — Oil Jumps 7%

Iran has officially cut off diplomatic communications with the U.S. and threatened to completely seal the Strait of Hormuz, blaming Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. Oil prices spiked more than 7% on the news. Meanwhile, Trump told CNBC he 'couldn't care less' if negotiations collapse — which is either strategic posturing or a catastrophically cavalier attitude toward a shooting war.

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ir defense 7 Jun 2 3 min read

Iran Walks Out of Ceasefire Talks Over Lebanon. Trump Claims He Fixed It. Netanyahu Disagrees.

Iran announced Monday it is suspending all diplomatic communications with the U.S. unless Israel halts its expanding offensive in Lebanon. Trump immediately went on Truth Social claiming he'd already resolved it. Then Netanyahu said the Israeli military is pressing forward anyway. All three can't be right.

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us energy 6 Jun 2 5 min read

Trump Told Netanyahu 'You're F**king Crazy,' Iran Rebuilt 50 Missile Tunnels, and Tanker Traffic May Never Recover — Here's the Full Picture

The U.S.-Iran standoff escalated sharply overnight: Trump reportedly cursed out Netanyahu demanding a Lebanon ceasefire, Iran announced it was halting talks before Trump contradicted that on Truth Social, and satellite imagery now confirms Iran rebuilt 50 of 69 bombed missile tunnels during the ceasefire. Meanwhile, analysts warn the Strait of Hormuz may see permanently altered traffic patterns regardless of how the diplomacy ends.

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ir energy 7 Jun 2 4 min read

Iran Rebuilds 50 of 69 Bombed Missile Tunnels, Attacks Kuwait, and Trump Curses Out Netanyahu — The Ceasefire Is Fracturing in Real Time

While mainstream coverage fixates on diplomatic theater, the hard military reality is this: Iran has already dug out 50 of 69 targeted missile tunnels and still controls over 75% of its launchers. Trump reportedly screamed at Netanyahu to stop threatening Beirut, Hezbollah agreed to a conditional ceasefire, but Iran then launched missiles at Kuwait and the US bombed Iranian radar sites in response. None of this looks like a deal holding.

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