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Powerful general in Iran seen as Tehran readies for Khamenei's funeral

In this photo released by Iran’s Supreme Leader’s office, mourners gather around the coffin of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as it lies in a mourning hall adjacent to the Imam Khomeini Hussainiya within the Supreme Leader’s compound before his funeral in Tehran, Iran, late Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Off…

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IDF Disabled Veterans Org. warns of 'national disaster' amid exclusion in defense budget

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are “abandoning the future of those who sacrificed their bodies and souls in battle for the State of Israel,” the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization said following a newly agreed-upon defense budget that reportedly excludes increased funding for…

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Gaza's breast cancer patients face immediate mastectomies as doctors plead for end to blockade

Physicians and health professionals in Gaza marked 1,000 days of genocide on Thursday with a plea for international pressure to lift Israel's nearly two-decade blockade, as well as its ban on critical medical supplies for Palestinians that even include chlorine bleach to disinfect hospitals.

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Gaza's breast cancer patients face immediate mastectomies as doctors plead for end to blockade

Physicians and health professionals in Gaza marked 1,000 days of genocide on Thursday with a plea for international pressure to lift Israel's nearly two-decade blockade, as well as its ban on critical medical supplies for Palestinians that even include chlorine bleach to disinfect hospitals.

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Iran Runs Into Big Problem: No Buyers For Its Oil, As Full Tankers Pile Up Off China

Iran was euphoric when as part of the Trump MOU, it got permission to flood the world with its oil after Trump effectively eliminate sanctions that had been in place for 40 years. However, it has quickly run into another, potentially far bigger problem: as the armada of Iranian oil tankers exits the Persian Gulf, it…

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‘Behind closed doors’: 70+ NGO staffers allege antisemitism, lack of accountability in new report

“As people committed to human rights and humanitarianism, we felt what’s going on in these organizations is incredibly dangerous,” Danielle Haas, the Executive Director of EiGHT and former senior editor at Human Rights Watch, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

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Reporters Notebook: Along the Syria buffer zone where the threat is far from over

One thousand days after the October 7 massacre, the buffer zones in Gaza and Lebanon have become well-known to the Israeli public, but the story of the buffer zone in Syria is entirely different. Syria was the only front where there was no continuous fighting following the October 7 attacks.

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