Twelve IDF soldiers wounded in Hezbollah drone strike, CENTCOM prepares renewed strikes on Iran

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IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon on April 25, 2026.
A screengrab from a video released by CENTCOM shows a flight deck crew member signaling an F‑35 jet on an aircraft carrier, in this image obtained from social media released on February 28, 2026
Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 20, 2026.

Twelve IDF soldiers wounded in drone strike as fighting escalates along Lebanon border

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.

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A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026

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Netanyahu presses Trump on Lebanon while Washington builds Hormuz coalition

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ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents and US Marshals arrest Yechiel Yehoshua Farkas, former Bnei Brak principal, in Lakewood, New Jersey, April 30, 2026.

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Prof. Yaniv Dover, Associate Professor of Marketing and Vice Dean for Research at the Hebrew University Business School

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A nun was assaulted near King David's tomb on Tuesday April 28, 2026.
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Palestinian students hold signs demanding the reopening of the road to their school, which was closed by Israeli security forces in Khirbet Umm al-Khair in the village of Yatta, south of Hebron, April 26, 2026.
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A police officer walks next to locals, after a man was arrested following a stabbing incident in the Golders Green area, which is home to a large Jewish population, in London, Britain, April 29, 2026.
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Trump: Iranian naval blockade stays until Tehran agrees to nuclear deal

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Middle East ceasefires: A fragile peace on the brink

Netanyahu pushes two-three week deadline for Lebanon talks in call with Trump

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, April 29, 2026.

US seeks new int'l coalition to get ships moving again in Hormuz, internal cable says

Palestinians walk past the clinic of Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on January 11, 2026.

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IDF 7th Brig. chief: Hezbollah resistance in Lebanon stronger, but IDF strikes hard

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Quarter of Americans, almost half of US youth, support Hamas over Israel, Harvard Harris poll finds

Israeli soldiers are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon amid the ongoing war, April 10, 2026.
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An illustrative image of a cargo ship by the Strait of Hormuz.
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Herzog deserves our support in trying to achieve plea bargain, end Netanyahu trial saga

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, October 28, 2025.
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US-Israel talks to discuss shifting military aid funding to joint defense partnership

A DJI Mini 3 drone flies above the ground on February 8, 2026 in Radstock, England.

Ukraine claims to have intercepted 30,000 drones in March

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile in support of Operation Epic Fury, on March 1, 2026 at Sea.

Pentagon may be understating severity of US missile stockpile shortage

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Britain's King Charles standing next to Queen Camilla interacts with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a visit to the 9/11 Memorial, in New York City, US, April 29, 2026.
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UK pledges wider legislation to tackle state-sponsored threats after Golders Green stabbing

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