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A Palestinian man prays inside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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President Isaac Herzog spoke with the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, on Sunday, calling the country an "important partner in shaping the future of the Middle East" in a post on X/Twitter.
The Iran war will end "when the Iranian regime falls, or weakens to such an extent that it understands that it must end its nuclear program," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a Sunday interview with Fox News.
Even as Turkey and Egypt are having a renaissance in certain areas militarily, senior Israeli defense sources sense opportunities for Israel and Cairo to work together to counterbalance Ankara's naval interests, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the country's armed forces struck a Russian warship and vessels used for transporting Iran-linked military cargo in the Caspian Sea.
Saudi Arabia has loaded no crude for export via the Bab Al Mandeb strait from its west coast since the Houthis declared a maritime embargo on Saudi shipping.
The U.S. military says it has fired on a merchant vessel attempting to breach its blockade of Iranian ports. It’s the second commercial ship to be disabled since the military reimposed its blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Religious Zionist Party (RZP) on Sunday began its internal primaries, with party committee members eligible to cast their votes for candidates throughout the day to determine who will make up the party's Knesset slate ahead of the upcoming elections.
Member states of the International Criminal Court voted on Friday to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan over misconduct claims, with 82 of the court's 125 members backing dismissal in a secret ballot at the United Nations in New York.
Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its pause on strikes, but Tehran remains skeptical of US intentions, a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Sunday.
As part of a security clampdown across the West Bank over the weekend, Israeli forces arrested around 60 Palestinians
An Israeli air strike has killed two Hamas security officials including Colonel Wael Musa al-Ladawi, a senior officer who was head of the group’s internal security service in central Gaza, according to the interior ministry.
The High Court of Justice rejected on Sunday a petition seeking to recognize Alon Shamriz as a fallen IDF soldier, ruling that the law left it unable to grant the request despite what the judges described as his extraordinary courage in escaping Hamas captivity.
We all know Israel’s hospitality industry had barely recovered when it was heavily hit by Oct. 7. Yet one of Jerusalem’s flagship hotels, the Inbal, is attempting to find a niche to distinguish itself in a reduced market.
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Ukraine recently carried out a strike on ships in the Caspian Sea, claiming vessels were “used in military cargo shipments involving Iran.” In addition, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Russia was provided “new assistance to the Iranian regime.”
The Palestinian Authority’s complete economic collapse has been staved off by funds provided by the European Union and the World Bank, with only a fraction of support coming from Arab states, according to research published by the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) last week.
A combined Iranian and Hezbollah attack on Haifa Bay, including strikes against civilian shipping near the natural harbor or gas rigs in the Mediterranean, is among several key threats Israel must now prepare for, according to a new assessment published by the Alma Research and Education Center last week.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has revealed that Damascus is actively working to reach a security agreement with Israel with the participation of several countries.
The Iranian military warned on Sunday that conflict could spread further across the Middle East if the US continues attacking Iran.
The US military paused its air campaign against Iran for a second consecutive night after nearly two weeks of tit-for-tat strikes. US strikes were aimed at degrading Tehran's one-way attack drone and missile capabilities around the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran hit US bases in the region.
Israeli telecommunications company Cellcom announced Sunday that it would make HBO Max available to Cellcom TV+ subscribers as part of an expanded television and fiber-internet package.
Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said Iran sold $11.5 billion worth of oil during the war and a further $6.5 billion during a ceasefire, when lower risks to tanker traffic helped increase exports and enabled the sale of part of around 100 million barrels of stored crude oil and gas condensate.
The ship Ukraine struck in the Caspian Sea on Saturday contained components for drones and missiles on their way to Iran, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk said in an interview with N12 on Sunday.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of assisting the Iranian regime on Saturday after Iran threatened Ukraine with potential missile attacks in response to an attack on a ship in the Caspian Sea.
Syria and Israel are working to reach a security agreement with the aid of several countries, Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa told Al Jazeera on Sunday.
Iran said on Sunday it has halted retaliatory attacks against US allies in the Middle East after Washington stopped its strikes on the country for the past two nights.
The UAE delivered food parcels, shelter materials and 20 water tanks to serve embattled communities in the Gaza Strip this week under a major relief drive.
Lebanon's army on Sunday condemned ongoing Israeli attacks in the country's south that it said were preventing its full deployment under a framework deal reached with Israel last month.
In his comeback fight, Anthony Joshua suffered two early knockdowns but recovered to dramatically stop Kristian Prenga in the second round in Saudi Arabia, to remain on course for a meeting with Tyson Fury.
The Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for an official visit. He leads a high-level ministerial delegation in the country for talks focused on energy supplies, economic partnership and regional stability.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters on Sunday that Israel is "prepared to act more broadly" in the occupied West Bank following a surge in settler attacks and military raids against Palestinians over the weekend.
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Iran has formally accused the US of deliberately striking two of its search-and-rescue vessels in the Persian Gulf, calling the attack a war crime. The accusation comes as the US maintains a blockade of Iranian ports and continues to attack the Iranian Navy.
Iran has formally accused the US of deliberately striking two of its search-and-rescue vessels in the Persian Gulf, calling the attack a war crime. The accusation comes as the US maintains a blockade of Iranian ports and continues to attack the Iranian Navy.
IDF intelligence officials and commanders on the ground have warned in their operational assessments of "a very tense situation" for some time, a senior officer in the IDF Central Command stated on Sunday.
The Palestinian Authority must end its continued use of arbitrary detention, torture, and other forms of ill-treatment against Palestinians, particularly journalists, dissidents, and political activists, under the pretext of “security reasons,” the UN Human Rights Office demanded last week.
The United Nations recognizes the Golan Heights as part of Syria, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, condemning Israel's actions in the region during his visit to Damascus on Saturday.
Israel's Security Cabinet is expected to discuss on Sunday a new Gaza proposal drafted by the Board of Peace (BoP), two Israeli sources told The Jerusalem Post.
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A Ukrainian strike on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea could open a new front in a growing overlap between the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Israeli settlers have set fire to two mosques, as well as cars and agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say, as tensions in the territory continue to flare.
We reported earlier that two Palestinians had been killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle near central Gaza's Deir al-Balah.
International carriers are extending flight suspensions across parts of the Middle East amid escalating tension in the region.
Iran summoned a Ukrainian diplomat in Tehran on Sunday to protest an attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, as the war in the Middle East threatened to overlap with the Ukraine conflict.
Two Palestinians have been killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on a vehicle south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wafa news agency reports.