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The U.S. has reportedly warned Iran that a retaliatory attack on Israel for the recent killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran would pose a “serious risk" to the country's stability.

US issues warning to Iran of 'serious risk' if it carries out retaliatory attack against Israel: report

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken back to Gaza as hostages during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7 October. The bodies of kindergarten teacher Maya Goren as well as the soldiers Sergeant Major Ravid Aryeh Katz, Master Sergeant Oren Goldin, Staff Sergeant Tomer Ahimas and Sergeant Kiril Brodski were found in a Hamas tunnel in the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

Mediaite

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered a direct strike on Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The Times reported, according to three sources, “Mr. Khamenei gave the order at an emergency meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Wednesday […]
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Iranian Leader Orders Direct Strike On Israel Following Hamas Chief’s Killing, Per Report

WashingtonExaminer

BIDEN ‘STOP BSing ME’: President Joe Biden returns to the White House from his Delaware home this afternoon to convene a meeting of his national security team, including presumptive presidential nominee Kamala Harris, to review the spiraling events in the Middle East, where Iran is threatening a major attack on Israel in retaliation for the […]

US prepares for war as Biden warns Israel to end escalatory cycle with Iran

CBS News

Ultra-right-wing Israeli nationalists stormed two military facilities late Monday, protesting the detention and questioning of nine Israel Defense Forces reservists suspected of raping and abusing a Palestinian prisoner whose injuries were so bad he had to be hospitalized. Social media videos show guards at the Sde Teiman military base and prison, near Beersheba in southern Israel, shouting at and pushing military police who'd arrived to question the reservists, seemingly in defense of the suspects.The Sde Teiman facility is known to hold Palestinians arrested in Gaza since Israel launched its war on the territory's Hamas rulers, in response to the group's...

Alleged rape of Palestinian prisoner reveals stark divisions in Israel

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Hezbollah said that it struck northern Israel with drones and rocket attacks on Aug. 6. However, the group warns another attack is coming.

Hezbollah strikes northern Israel, warns the worst is yet to come

The Hill

President Biden and Vice President Harris will meet with national security officials in the White House Situation Room on Monday, as Iran reiterates its intention to punish Israel for the apparent assassination of top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The meeting will focus on developments in the Middle...

Biden, Harris head to Situation Room as Iran threatens attack on Israel

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

Hassan Nasrallah said his group will avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander, but keeping Israelis waiting is “part of the punishment.”

Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’

Turkey sparked outrage after its embassy in Tel Aviv lowered its flags to half-mast in honor of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who was killed in Iran earlier this week amid Israel's war in Gaza.

Turkey sparks outrage after embassy in Tel Aviv lowers flag to half-mast for Hamas terrorist

Business Times

Hezbollah launched a series of drone and rocket attacks into northern Israel on Tuesday, but warned that its much-anticipated retaliation for the killing of a top commander last week was yet to come. The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group claimed responsibility for a swarm of attack drones targeting two military sites near Acre and an Israeli military vehicle in another location.

Hezbollah Strikes Israel Amid Threats of Further Retaliation

The Guardian

Antony Blinken says US has been ‘engaged in intense diplomacy’ as the region braces for attacks from Iran and its allies

Middle East crisis: US warns Israel and Iran that conflict must not escalate – as it happened

Axios

Israel told the U.S. that if Hezbollah harms Israeli civilians as part of its retaliation for the assassination of its top military commander, the Israel Defense Force's response would be disproportionate, two Israeli officials said. Why it matters: Israeli officials say they don't want an all-out war with Hezbollah in...

Scoop: Israel told U.S. Hezbollah will pay "disproportionate price" if attack hits civilians

NBC News

The Israeli government is warning residents to be prepared for retaliatory strikes from Iran and its allies. It comes the U.S. rushed a guided missile submarine and an aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East to try and deter an Iranian attack. NBC News' Richard Engel reports from Haifa, Israel.

Israeli military on highest state of alert while bracing for Iran strike

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House will offer deportation relief and work permits to an estimated 11,500 Lebanese nationals already in the U.S., due to conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a memo on Friday. The measure, under an authority known as Deferred...

White House grants deportation reprieve to Lebanese, citing Israel-Hezbollah tensions

Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to leave their homes. "What you see is a process of continuous displacement, these are people who are taking their children, the few bags they have ... their old folks ... and just moving, in this summer heat, continously," FRANCE 24's Irris Makler said, reporting from Jerusalem.

'Continuous displacement': Thousands ordered to evacuate Khan Younis

Iran's president says retaliation for the killing of Hamas's leader is its "legal right".

Iran rejects Western calls to refrain from attack on Israel

A fire broke out Sunday at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, with Kyiv and Moscow trading blame for the incident. Ukraine, Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there had been no detected spike in radiation levels or any impact on nuclear safety.

Ukraine and Russia trade blame for fire at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

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The Middle East is on edge with the possibility that Iran and its allies may decide on a bigger attack to strike Israel.

A second Iranian attack on Israel would likely dwarf its first

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West tells Iran to 'stand down' Israel attack threats

Tensions are soaring in the region, with the United States rushing a missile submarine and an aircraft carrier group in a show of support for its...

West tells Iran to 'stand down' Israel attack threats

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