Netanyahu to convene security cabinet at 1pm tomorrow ahead of Washington trip
Iran's oil minister says it sold $11 billion worth of oil during war, another $6.5 billion during truce * Report: Trump told US military to hold off striking Iran last night, is currently favoring talks
The Times of Israel liveblogged Saturday’s events as they unfolded.
Several injured in apparent car ramming attack on Berlin Gay Pride event
Several people are injured in an apparent car ramming attack at a Berlin Gay Pride event.
The event has been canceled, and police have cordoned off the area, a police statement adds, stating that officers are conducting a “major operation.”
Multiple people reported struck after vehicle rams into crowd at Christopher Street Day event in Berlin -BILD https://t.co/heweK6iW41
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 25, 2026
Netanyahu to convene security cabinet at 1pm tomorrow ahead of Washington trip
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow, following a full cabinet session earlier in the day, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel.
The meeting comes ahead of Netanyahu’s departure for Washington on Monday for talks with US President Donald Trump, as the administration weighs its next steps on Iran after pausing its nightly strikes over the weekend.
Trump reportedly seeks to give diplomacy more of a chance, though Israeli officials have said they remain prepared for the possibility of renewed escalation.
Small drone crashes near Ben Gvir’s West Bank home; no injuries, IDF investigating
A small drone crashed earlier today near the home of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir in Kiryat Arba, a settlement next to the Palestinian city of Hebron.
According to the far-right minister’s office, the drone was taken for investigation by the IDF.
No one was injured, and the circumstances of the incident are unclear.
Police arrest 9 in Tel Aviv for blocking road during left-wing ‘rage protest’ against settler violence
Police arrest nine people at a left-wing demonstration against settler violence on Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Road, after some protesters blocked the road and disrupted traffic, according to a police statement and video published by both police and activists on the scene.
The footage shows nine youths standing on the east-bound road at the intersection with Da Vinci Street and unfurling a banner adorned with a large X that reads, in Hebrew, “Israel, not a democracy, apartheid.”
כ־200 מפגינות ומפגינים יצאו היום להפגין נגד הכיבוש ונגד טרור המתנחלים.
נראה שגם המשטרה קצת התגעגעה. אחרי תקופה ארוכה שבה ייבשנו אותם, בטח כבר היה חסר להם קצת להפגין שרירים מול מי שמוחה. הפעם זה נגמר אחרת – וטוב שכך.
כמו תמיד, נמשיך להגיע. לא כדי להתעמת, אלא כדי להתעקש על קול… pic.twitter.com/Sh2vR2O37C
— אימהות נגד אלימות 💛 Mothers against violence (@imahot4) July 25, 2026
Over a dozen police and border police officers rush the youths, who fall to the road and hold onto the banner as the officers pull it away and then haul them off. Other protesters close in, chanting “officer, officer, whom are you protecting,” and are pushed back onto the sidewalk.
The demonstration “took place without approval and was not coordinated with police,” the statement says.
While small far-left demonstrations frequently take place on a grassy area near the Kaplan-Da Vinci interchange, tonight’s protest did not appear on a police list of approved marches.
The Arab-majority communist party Hadash and other groups had on Friday announced it would hold “rage protests” tonight in Haifa and at the Kaplan interchange against “settler terrorism,” after four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed in a shoot-out that erupted after armed settlers illegally entered the area of a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank.
Speaking at a separate anti-government rally at Habima Square this evening, Gal Goren, whose parents Maya and Avner were killed in the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, accuses the government of purposely fomenting chaos and violence.
“The needless death in the village of Tell expresses the deliberate chaos more than anything: the lives of Israelis and Palestinians keep being taken in a cruel game that we’re being kept in by design,” says Goren. “This state refuses to take heed and responsibility.”
US appeals court rules Trump cannot implement mail-in voting order
A federal appeals court declines to allow US President Donald Trump’s administration to implement in 23 states an executive order he signed that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of the November elections that will decide control of Congress.
The Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals rejects the administration’s request to lift an injunction several Democratic-led states secured on June 25 from a lower-court judge who concluded that key parts of the Republican president’s order were unconstitutional.
Iran says Ukrainian attack on vessel in Caspian Sea killed sailor, condemns ‘act of aggression’
Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemns a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, saying it resulted in an explosion that killed one sailor and injured another.
Tehran describes the incident as an “act of aggression” and says it would defend its national interests and security, while accusing Ukraine of seeking to expand its war with Russia.
Ukraine’s forces struck a Russian warship and vessels used for transporting Iran-linked military cargo in the Caspian Sea, President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier today.
Austrian Airlines, ITA said to suspend flights as crews unwilling to travel to Israel
Austrian Airlines and ITA Airways have suspended flights to Israel until at least the middle of this week after failing to fully staff flight crews, as pilots and flight attendants have been unwilling to travel to the country, Channel 12 reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
According to the report, the decisions by Austrian Airlines, part of the Lufthansa Group, and Italy’s flag carrier stemmed from staffing shortages rather than operational issues at Ben Gurion Airport.
Airport officials, meanwhile, emphasize to Channel 12 that operations remain “business as usual,” stressing that the airlines made their decisions independently.
The cancellations follow a warning from the US embassy in Jerusalem on Friday for American citizens to prepare for potential flight cancellations amid “heightened tensions” in the region, with increased concerns of escalation in the fighting between the US and Iran, the network notes.
Security Alert: Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex, with the potential for unforeseen escalation. U.S. citizens should exercise increased caution, stay alert, and be prepared for possible flight cancellations, airspace… pic.twitter.com/wnwHP7bjvF
— U.S. Embassy Jerusalem (@usembassyjlm) July 24, 2026
Officials in the Transportation Ministry have been trying in recent hours to reassure other foreign airlines to prevent additional cancellations during the peak summer vacation season, Channel 12 adds, saying that roughly 100,000 passengers are expected to pass daily through Ben Gurion airport through July and August.
Zelensky says Russian satellites helping Tehran direct strikes in Middle East
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia is passing on its satellite observations in the Middle East to Iran to enable it to direct strikes in the region.
“Since the beginning of July, we have recorded active Russian satellite surveillance of the Gulf states and US military facilities located there. These images subsequently appear in Iran,” Zelensky says in comments on X.
“At the same time, there is a clear correlation between Russia’s satellite imagery of these sites and Iranian strikes – both before the attacks, in preparation for them, and afterward, to assess the damage inflicted.”
Netanyahu planning to present Trump with intelligence on Iran’s nuclear recovery at White House meeting – report
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team plan to present US President Donald Trump with fresh intelligence on Iran’s military and nuclear recovery efforts during their planned meeting at the White House on Tuesday, including what Israeli officials believe are accelerated efforts under wartime-elected Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei to advance toward a nuclear weapon, Channel 12 reports.
The report, citing Israeli sources, does not elaborate on the alleged recovery efforts or the intelligence Israel intends to present. Previous private presentations by Netanyahu to Trump on Iran’s nuclear activities and alleged violations of its commitments reportedly played a significant role in persuading the US to strike Iran.
Channel 12 reported earlier this evening that Trump ordered the US military not to strike Iran last night, despite the Israeli military having prepared for a significant escalation in the conflict, as Trump is currently favoring allowing more time for negotiations to progress.
Nonetheless, a senior Israeli official tells the network that “the chances of reaching an agreement between the United States and Iran are virtually nonexistent,” calling an eventual escalation in the conflict “inevitable.”
US says Turkey does not yet meet requirements for F-35s after Trump indicated he’d back sale
US President Donald Trump’s administration maintains that Turkey does not currently meet the criteria necessary for purchasing F-35 fighter jets from the United States.
The US State Department made the revelation in a letter it sent to Democratic Rep. Wesley Bell earlier this week. Bell had reached out to the White House inquiring about the matter after Trump indicated during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he was inclined to back the long-stalled F-35 sale.
Turkey joined a multinational program to purchase F-35 fighter jets from the United States, but was removed from it in 2020 over its purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems.
The S-400 purchase initiated US sanctions of Turkey under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). While Trump announced in his July 7 meeting with Erdogan that he would be lifting those sanctions, the State Department letter indicates that has yet to happen.
“Our policy regarding Turkey’s purchase of F-35s remains unchanged and fully consistent with Section 231 of the CAATSA and section 1245 of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (FY 2020 NDAA),” reads the letter to Bell.
“This includes resolving the S-400 issue by Turkey no longer possessing the system or associated equipment, providing assurances against its future acquisition, and meeting the other statutory certification requirements,” the letter continues.
“Turkey has not yet met these conditions,” it adds, while not ruling out the possibility that Ankara could later meet them.
To address US concerns, Turkey has been in talks with Washington about offloading the S-400 system.
However, the letter indicates that such a transfer has not yet taken place.
The letter appeared to be another example of Trump’s public comments not lining up with the policies being advanced by agencies within his own government.
Earlier this week, Energy Secretary Chris Wright signed a deal to establish a civil nuclear program with Saudi Arabia only for Trump to declare the next day that the already-inked agreement was actually conditioned on Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords.
In its letter to Bell, State Department goes on to express concern over Turkey’s relationship with Hamas, while acknowledging that those ties proved critical in coaxing the terror group to accept the Gaza ceasefire deal brokered by the Trump administration last year.
The State Department also praises Turkey for becoming a founding member of Trump’s Board of Peace, which is responsible for overseeing the postwar management of Gaza.
Zelensky claims Russia wants to bring another 30,000 North Korean troops to fight in war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Russia wants to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to take part in its more than four-year-old conflict and is already preparing to receive them.
“We also see Russia’s cooperation with North Korea. Russia wants to bring in another 30,000 North Korean troops,” Zelensky says in his nightly video address. “Preparations have been under way in Russia’s Voronezh region since June to receive them.”
Under a mutual defense pact between the two countries, North Korea sent some 14,000 soldiers to fight alongside Russia in Kursk region in 2024 after a major Ukrainian incursion into the area.
IDF says it killed several Hamas operatives, including Oct. 7 terrorist, in Gaza strikes in past week
Several Hamas operatives, including a terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught, were killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip this past week, the IDF announces.
One strike in central Gaza on Tuesday killed Muhannad Asaad Mahmoud Abu Ghazal, a commander of a Nukhba Force cell.
The military says Abu Ghazal raided the Kissufim area on October 7.
A separate strike on Tuesday in northern Gaza killed Raed Hani Mohammed, a surveillance operative in Hamas’s aerial array, according to the IDF.
The same strike also killed Nabhan Mohammed Nabhan al-Amsi, chief of intelligence in Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade, the military says.
The IDF says the operatives had advanced attacks on troops and Israeli civilians, and were targeted to “remove the threat.”
צה"ל חיסל ראש חוליית נוח'בה שפשט למרחב כיסופים ב-7 באוקטובר ומחבלים נוספים מארגון הטרור חמאס
צה"ל תקף במרכז רצועת עזה מוקדם יותר השבוע (ב'), וחיסל את המחבל מהנד אסעד מחמוד אבו גזאל, ראש חוליית נוח'בה בארגון הטרור חמאס.
אבו גזאל פשט למרחב כיסופים במהלך טבח ה-7 באוקטובר.
בתקיפה… pic.twitter.com/fDWBhHiS9j
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 25, 2026
Democrats party kicks off ‘most fateful’ election campaign, sets sights on Education and Justice ministries
The Democrats party kicks off its election campaign at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv with a pledge to keep criminal suspects out of office and demands to control the Education and Justice ministries in the next government.
Speakers also rail against settler violence and call for dismantling settler outposts in the West Bank.
The Democrats were lambasted by figures to their left yesterday, after party leader Yair Golan and other top members described the deadly gunfight that took place between locals and settlers who illegally entered a Nablus-area Palestinian village as Palestinian terrorism. Two Israelis and four Palestinians were killed in the clash, which then sparked dozens of settler raids on villages across the West Bank, as well as a major IDF crackdown.
About 1,000 people, many of them in blue Democrats shirts, fill the square in front of the Tel Aviv city hall. They chant “democracy” in the style of the past three years’ anti-government protests, and similarly chant “Democrats.”
Golan is introduced as “the leader whose feet are firm on the ground but whose eyes look out into the distance,” who formed The Democrats by merging Israel’s legacy left-leaning parties Labor and Meretz, as well as various protest groups, in a “historic union that will change the face of the country for generations to come.”
Golan says the party is “embarking on the most fateful battle ever for the future of the State of Israel.”
“From this night on we’re going out into the field and speaking with every single Israeli and bringing in one million votes,” he says, to applause. That figure would land the party about 30 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, though polls typically show the party receiving about 10 seats in the election, which is scheduled for October 27.
Referring to the West Bank shoot-out yesterday, Golan accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz of deliberately turning the West Bank “on the eve of the election into a violent arena that endangers human life.”
“Our soldiers’ blood that has been spilled, and that unfortunately is yet to be spilled, is on their hands,” Golan says, vowing to dismantle “[National Security Minister Itamar] Ben Gvir’s armed militias and [Finance Minister Bezalel] Smotrich’s outposts” so that “our dear IDF will return to its supreme mission — protecting the State of Israel.”
“We’ll lead a political-security-regional initiative that will restore sanity,” he says.
MK Naama Lazimi, who nabbed the No. 2 spot on the Democrats electoral slate after winning the party’s primaries this week, says she seeks to replace “commissar Yoav Kisch” as education minister and clean up the “religious coercion, nationalism and racism” that Kisch’s arch-conservative allies have injected into school curricula.
“The education system will be proud to discuss equality, democracy, human and civil rights, mutual accountability, coexistence and peace,” says Lazimi, also vowing to imbue children with the values of “humanistic Judaism.”
“Especially after yesterday’s events, the education system we’ll establish will deplore fascism and messianic nationalism,” Lazimi says. “We won’t let our children serve as private security guards for the Hilltop hooligans in illegal outposts who perpetrate Jewish terror in the territories.”
At the end of the rally, supporters march on to the weekly anti-government protest on Habima Square.
Iran’s oil minister says it sold $11 billion worth of oil during war, another $6.5 billion during truce
Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad says 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 sales generated more than 60 percent of the oil revenue forecast in Iran’s annual budget, Paknejad says.
IDF says it found gun allegedly taken by Palestinian during clash with Israelis in West Bank; still looking for suspect
The military says it has found the gun that was allegedly snatched by a Palestinian during a clash between Israelis and Palestinians in the southern West Bank.
The IDF says the gun belonged to an off-duty soldier.
Troops are still searching for the Palestinian who snatched the gun and fled.
לאחר תחקור ראשוני של האירוע לפני זמן קצר במרחב היישוב סוסיא שבחטיבת יהודה, עלה כי מחבלים תקפו חייל צה״ל שהיה בחופשה וחטפו את נשקו.
לאחר זמן קצר, כוחות צה"ל איתרו והשיבו את הנשק. הכוחות ממשיכים במרדף אחר המחבל pic.twitter.com/0bZwlrcdsG
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 25, 2026
Report: Trump told US military to hold off striking Iran last night, is currently favoring talks
US President Donald Trump ordered the US military not to strike Iran last night, Axios reports, citing two sources with knowledge of the directive.
It was the first night in nearly two weeks that the US did not carry out strikes in Iran.
The decision to call off the strikes came as the Israeli military had reportedly prepared for a significant escalation in the conflict, though Axios and Channel 12 reporter Barak Ravid reports that the planned US strikes for Friday night were no different in scale than those that the US had carried out for the previous 13 nights.
The sources tell Axios that the US military is still preparing plans for a major return to combat, but that Trump has not yet ordered any such move, and is currently favoring allowing more time for negotiations to progress.
Israeli man, 25, wounded by stone during clash with Palestinians near Susya settlement
An Israeli man was wounded after being hit by a stone during a violent confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians near the West Bank settlement of Susya, the military says.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service says it took the man, aged 25, to a hospital in moderate condition.
The IDF says that during the incident, both sides threw stones at each other, and a Palestinian “terrorist” snatched a gun from one of the Israeli civilians.
There was also gunfire in the air during the clash, the army says.
“IDF troops are currently pursuing the terrorist and have set up roadblocks in the area,” the IDF adds.
IDF says Palestinian man stole an Israeli’s gun during confrontation in West Bank; searching for suspect
A confrontation erupted between an Israeli and a Palestinian at a settlement farm in the Susya area in the southern West Bank, during which the Palestinian snatched the Israeli man’s gun, according to initial findings by the IDF.
The Israeli man was wounded after being hit in the head by a rock, Magen David Adom says.
The Palestinian apparently fired the gun in the air during the incident, and no injuries were caused by the gunfire.
The IDF says it has dispatched troops to the scene and is searching for the Palestinian.
IDF says troops responding to reports of gunfire in northern West Bank; no details given
The IDF says it is responding to reports of gunfire in the Susya area in the southern West Bank.
No further details are immediately given.
Iran continuously honing its ballistic missiles to better avoid air defenses – WSJ
Iran is adapting and enhancing the capabilities of its Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile to evade air defenses better, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The Kheibar Shekan, or Kheibar-buster, is named after a Jewish castle overrun by Muslim warriors in the early days of Islam.
Iran is increasingly relying on the platform in its regional attacks, the report says. It has a range of 1,450 kilometers (900 miles), making it fully capable of reaching Gulf nations and Israel.
The report says Iranian forces have been using the missile in recent attacks on US assets in the region in the past weeks, as fighting restarted, often varying its trajectory, speed, and maneuvering to complicate interception efforts. Some missile models can perform last-minute maneuvers in the final stage of flight, helping them avoid interceptors.
A US official speaking to the paper says most Kheibar Shekan missiles launched at the region have been successfully shot down, but some have been able to punch through defenses using such advanced methods, indicating the Iranians are studying interceptions and learning how to better circumvent them.
Israeli strikes in Gaza said to kill medic, high school student; no immediate IDF comment
An Israeli strike on Saturday killed a Palestinian medic in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, medics say.
Later in the day, an Israeli airstrike, also in Khan Younis, killed Khaled Al-Breim, a high school student, according to local reports.
Relatives say Breim was killed as he sought to bring sweets to distribute to relatives and friends who had flocked into his family home to offer their congratulations as he had just concluded high school and was preparing for university.
The Israeli military does not immediately comment on either incident.
بعد يومٍ من احتفائه بنجاحه في الثانوية العامة "التوجيهي"..
استشهاد الطالب "خالد زكي البريم" بقصف الاحتلال لمدينة خان يونس، جنوب قطاع غزة. pic.twitter.com/em2krKis3z
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) July 25, 2026
Troy Jackson chosen as Democratic nominee for Maine senate seat
Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secures the Democratic nomination for US Senate in Maine.
Jackson is taking over the spot from Graham Platner, who won the Democratic primary in June but withdrew from the race earlier this month following an allegation of sexual assault that Platner has denied.
He will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a race that could decide which party controls the Senate.
Jackson, like Platner, is an outspoken critic of Israel and has adopted a number of Platner’s positions, including a pledge to end the “genocide in Gaza” and allow “no US tax dollars to Israel’s military” on his campaign website.
Lapid to fly to US this week for Lindsey Graham’s funeral, source tells ToI
Opposition leader Yair Lapid will fly this week to the United States where he will participate in the Tuesday memorial service for the late, pro-Israel, Republican senator Lindsey Graham in Washington, a source familiar with the matter tells The Times of Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also set to attend.
Some 20 settlers enter West Bank town for unauthorized ‘hike,’ in same town where deadly clash took place yesterday
Around 20 extremist settlers entered the Palestinian village of Tell, south of Nablus, earlier today, under the guise of a “hike,” according to an Army Radio report.
The “hike,” which was not coordinated with the military, follows a similar event in the same village on Friday, which sparked a deadly clash that left two Israelis and four Palestinians dead.
According to the report, no clashes have taken place as a result of today’s settler incursion into the village.
The incident is ongoing, the report added.
שוב: קבוצה של כ-20 מתיישבים נכנסה לפני זמן קצר לכפר הפלסטיני תל ליד שכם, ל״סיור״ בתוך שטחי הכפר. הסיור לא מתואם ולא מאושר על ידי כוחות הביטחון – והמתיישבים ללא אבטחה או ליווי של גורם מוסמך. ה״סיור״ בכפר מתבצע יממה בלבד לאחר הסיור אתמול בשעות הבוקר המוקדמות – שהסתבך והוביל… pic.twitter.com/Vl08FAWqff
— דורון קדוש | Doron Kadosh (@Doron_Kadosh) July 25, 2026
IDF says it apprehended over 70 wanted Palestinians in West Bank overnight
The Israeli military says it apprehended over 70 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank overnight, along with questioning hundreds of others.
The IDF says troops raided the village of Tell, where a deadly clash between Israelis and Palestinians occurred yesterday.
In Tell, soldiers detained 11 wanted Palestinians and questioned another 80, the army says.
In addition, the IDF says that in the Jenin area, troops scanned over 300 sites and captured several Palestinians affiliated with Hamas and other suspects who were planning attacks with explosive devices; in the Ramallah area, soldiers detained 15 wanted Palestinians, including some affiliated with Hamas; in Tulkarem, commandos of the Duvdevan Unit detained a Palestinian affiliated with Hamas who was planning to carry out a terror attack; and in the southern West Bank, 16 more wanted Palestinians were detained, including some affiliated with Hamas and alleged arms dealers.
Reports: Israeli settlers establish 4 new outposts in northern West Bank, near Palestinian village where deadly clash took place
Israeli extremist settlers established four new illegal outposts in the northern West Bank overnight, according to Israel’s Army Radio and Palestinian media.
One outpost was reportedly erected directly next to the village of Tell, where a deadly gunfight between settlers and Palestinians took place Friday, in which two Israelis and four Palestinians were killed.
Three other outposts were built next to the nearby Palestinian towns of Awarta, Qusra and Jabal Ubayd, Palestinian reports say.
All four outposts consist of small shelters and tents, with some including flocks of livestock, the reports add.
إذاعة جيش الاحتلال: 4 بؤر استيطانية جديدة أقيمت في مناطق "ب" و"ج" في شمال الضفة الغربية منذ أمس الجمعة حتى الآن
📌 إحدى البؤر أقيمت في موقع مقتل مستوطن وجندي في قرية تل، والبؤرة الثانية قرب قرية عورتا، والثالثة قرب قرية عصيرة القبلية، أما الرابعة فأقيمت في منطقة جبل عيبال pic.twitter.com/EKXgLz0XH9
— Ultra Palestine – الترا فلسطين (@palestineultra) July 25, 2026
Iraqi air defenses down drone near US consulate in Erbil
Iraqi air defenses shot down a drone near the US consulate in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil a short time ago, security sources tell Reuters.
Head of Hamas’s northern Gaza police said killed in Israeli strike; known as ‘governor of north Gaza’
An Israeli airstrike earlier today killed the head of the Hamas-led police force in the northern Gaza Strip, Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, the terror group’s interior ministry and medics say.
Maqadma is known as the “governor of northern Gaza.” He was killed by an Israeli airstrike in the Sheikh Radwan area north of Gaza City, the group said.
In a separate incident, another Israeli strike killed a Palestinian medic in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, medics say. They add that a police officer, wounded by an Israeli airstrike last week, died today.
There is no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces on any of the incidents.
🚨 متابعة | وزارة الداخلية والأمن الوطني في غزة: استشهاد مدير شرطة محافظة شمال غزة عميد/ عبد الناصر محمد المقادمة (54 عاماً)، إثر استهدافه من طائرات الاحتلال في حي الشيخ رضوان شمال، غربي مدينة غزة. pic.twitter.com/VLZ2oSJg2s
— فلسطين أون لايـن (@F24online) July 25, 2026
Yemen’s Houthis say they carried out operations against Aramco facilities in Saudi’s Jizan and Yanbu
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis say they carried out operations targeting Saudi Aramco oil facilities in the southern cities of Jizan and Yanbu, according to a statement by the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Sare.
There is no immediate Saudi confirmation, though footage shows plumes of black smoke rising into the air from the Aramco refinery in Jizan.
Saudi Arabia earlier issued brief warnings to residents in Jizan and Yanbu after the Houthis vowed to retaliate against the kingdom for attacks this week.
UN chief says situation in Syria’s Golan area ‘unacceptable’
UN chief Antonio Guterres says the situation around the Syrian part of the Golan Heights is unacceptable, as Syria’s foreign minister urges Israeli forces to withdraw from a UN-patrolled buffer zone where they deployed in 2024.
“What is happening in the region around the Golan Heights is totally unacceptable,” Guterres tells a press conference alongside Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, who calls for an “immediate and unconditional Israeli withdrawal” from the area where they had advanced.
Iran Guards say stopped four ships trying to transit Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say their forces stopped four ships attempting to transit the strategic Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours.
“Four vessels that had intended to transit through the southern area of the Strait of Hormuz via an illegal and unsafe route were stopped over the past 24 hours after warning shots were fired by the IRGC Navy,” the Guards say in a statement quoted by state television, adding that the ships had “altered course.”
Iran has in recent weeks hit tankers using a route hugging the Omani coast to traverse the strait, in a bid to strongarm vessels into using its own waters and pay for safe passage.
Jerusalem cafe targeted once again by Haredi protesters for operating on Shabbat
For the fourth consecutive week, ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrated outside Cafe Basimta in Jerusalem over its decision to remain open on Shabbat, Hebrew media reports.
Footage circulating online shows a crowd of Haredi men shouting outside the establishment.
Police reportedly cordoned off the area to keep demonstrators away from the premises. According to Channel 13, an unidentified individual was caught on camera early in the morning throwing a bag of feces at the cafe’s entrance.
Cafe Basimta, an official project of Jews for Jesus, has been facing repeated harassment from Haredi Orthodox protesters during its weekend hours.
Secular Israelis have flocked to the cafe in response to the protests, though some have eased their support in light of its ties to a Christian missionary organization.
Yemeni air force strikes Houthi missile and drone launch sites in Marib and al-Jawf, officials say
The Yemeni government air force has carried out airstrikes on Houthi missile and drone launch sites and arms depots in the Marib and al-Jawf provinces along the front line with the Iran-aligned group, two Yemeni military officials say.
The officials say the strikes were among the first offensive operations launched by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government against the Houthis amid renewed violence in the more than decade-old conflict, following the collapse of a four-year truce between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia.
At least 35 killed in Syria bus collision, health ministry says
Thirty-five people were killed and 30 injured in a collision between two passenger buses on Syria’s Deir al-Zor-Damascus road, a health ministry official tells state news agency SANA.
The collision involved a bus carrying members of the Internal Security Forces and a civilian passenger bus, state news agency SANA reports, citing the interior ministry.
France detains six over suspected plot targeting synagogue
Six people are in custody and expected to face charges over a foiled attack earlier this month that allegedly targeted a synagogue in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles, the French anti-terrorism prosecutor says.
The six suspects, whose identities are not disclosed, were arrested after about 300 people were evacuated from Sarcelles on July 12 when a vehicle containing weapons was found near the synagogue.
The prosecutor says that the plot was linked to Islamic extremism.
Australian public servant accused of making antisemitic comments at Bondi terror site
An Australian public servant has been issued a court attendance notice after allegedly making antisemitic comments to Jewish leaders visiting the Bondi Beach terror attack site, where 15 were killed during a Hanukkah celebration in December, Australian media reports.
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Francine Clough, 67, a public servant with the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), made several antisemitic remarks to Jewish leaders earlier this week, including “evil zionist.”
Australian police say she has been charged with offensive language.
The Sydney Swans football club was also reportedly at the site during the confrontation, having visited to show solidarity with the Jewish community.
“It’s grossly insensitive, it’s more than that, it’s inhuman and it gave them a real life example of what the Jewish community has to deal with on a daily basis,” says Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, who was present during the incident.
Clough was temporarily relieved of her duties in July 2025, after leaving a suspicious item outside a synagogue, prompting traffic diversions. She was charged at the time with leaving an article to create a false belief of danger.
According to a statement by the DCJ, Clough has remained on temporary leave since then.
Ukraine says it hit Russian warship and ships used for Iran-linked military cargo in Caspian
Ukraine’s forces struck a Russian warship and vessels used for transporting Iran-linked military cargo in the Caspian Sea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says.
“We also achieved very strong results with long‑range strikes in the Caspian Sea –including vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran,” he says on X.
Zelensky does not provide additional details.
ChatGPT experiences global outage, including in Israel
Internet users around the world, including in Israel, are reporting an outage affecting OpenAI’s artificial intelligence platform, ChatGPT, according to Hebrew media reports.
Downdetector, which tracks online service disruptions, shows a sharp increase in user-submitted reports of problems with ChatGPT beginning at around noon today.
OpenAI says on its status page that it has applied a mitigation to address the issue and is “monitoring the recovery.”
Iran FM says ‘no military solution’ to Yemen conflict
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says there is no military solution to the escalating conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen after both sides traded attacks.
“We believe that there is no military solution to the issue of Yemen, Bab al-Mandab, and other regional issues,” says Araghchi in an interview published by the state-run Iran Daily newspaper, calling for “dialogue.”
Eight dead, including children, in Kyiv strike on occupied town, Moscow-installed official says
A Ukrainian strike on a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine killed eight people, including two children, the Moscow-installed head of the Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region says.
Yevgeny Balitsky says “tourist camps” in the village of Kyrylivka, on the Sea of Azov, came under attack at night, adding: “There are dead: eight people, including two children.”
UK agency reports military encounter involving tanker in Gulf of Oman
A tanker was involved in an encounter with military forces in the Gulf of Oman yesterday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency says.
UKMTO advises vessels to consult the latest maritime security information and remain alert to the evolving operational environment.
Earlier today, the US military said it fired on and disabled a tanker ship that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.
UN chief appeals for international support for Syria ‘at this pivotal moment’
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges international support for Syria during a visit to the country, which is in transition following years of war and the 2024 overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
“I have just arrived in Damascus for a visit of solidarity. My message is clear: The UN stands with Syria at this pivotal moment and I appeal to the international community to spare no effort to support the people of Syria as well,” he says on X.
Guterres’s arrival marks the first visit by a chief of the global body since before the country’s civil war erupted in 2011.
Palestinians bury four killed in West Bank clash with settlers under IDF restrictions
Palestinians in the West Bank village of Tell bury four men killed during a clash with Israeli settlers in the village yesterday, local officials say.
“Families of the four martyrs held a common funeral early this morning, around 1 a.m., but the army restricted who could attend and only about 30 people were able to be there,” Walid Zidan, head of the Tell village council, tells AFP.
Settler violence in the West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
Yesterday, about 20 Israelis from a nearby settlement entered the village and clashed with residents of Tell defending their property, Zidan tells AFP.
A Palestinian villager seized a settler’s weapon and opened fire, leading an emergency response team from a nearby settlement to rush to the scene and more gunfire that left four Palestinians and two Israelis, a soldier and a member of the security squad, dead, the IDF said.
Israeli forces closed gates and checkpoints throughout the West Bank, severely obstructing movement, AFP journalists reported.
جانب من تشييع الشهداء الشيخ فاروق وعمران وجواد وإبراهيم رمضان في قرية تل جنوب غرب نابلس، بعد منتصف الليلة pic.twitter.com/YpeNvNSOS8
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) July 25, 2026
By the time of the funeral, movement was still restricted, and Zidan tells AFP that the military was still present in the village this morning, having detained 51 residents for questioning, releasing just six.
Ghassan Daghlas, the governor of the Nablus region, which includes Tell, attended the funeral.
“Daghlas participated in the funeral procession of the martyrs from the village of Tell, amid a large public turnout of residents from the village and across Nablus Governorate,” his office says in a statement.
In the statement posted on Facebook, a photo of the funeral shows the four deceased Palestinians’ bodies still on stretchers and wrapped in Palestinian flags.
#صورة| أهالي تل يؤدون صلاة الجنازة على شهداء القرية داخل مستشفى رفيديا. pic.twitter.com/hJuDHHyoxs
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 24, 2026
Report: Settlers open fire on Palestinian vehicles in village near Bethlehem
Israeli settlers opened fire on Palestinian vehicles last night in the West Bank village of Abu Njeim, southeast of Bethlehem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reports.
According to the report, a group of settlers entered the village, spread throughout it and fired at passing vehicles.
WAFA says the settlers also blocked the village’s main road, seized one of the vehicles and vandalized it before leaving the area.
There were no reports of injuries.
Israeli settler militias block with rocks a road serving local Palestinians in the Abu Njeim area, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, disrupting Palestinian traffic in the region. pic.twitter.com/LiPxA1FFQ7
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 24, 2026
The reported attack comes a day after a deadly gunfight between settlers and Palestinians in the Palestinian village of Tell, in which two Israelis and four Palestinians were killed.
Following yesterday’s clash, a military official warned that there was an “atmosphere” of revenge among settlers, alongside calls to enter Palestinian villages and carry out attacks.
Greek-operated air defense system shoots down missiles over Saudi
An air defense system operated by Greek military personnel in Saudi Arabia intercepts two ballistic missiles launched from Yemen targeting oil refineries in Yanbu, Greek security sources tell Reuters.
Saudi Arabia earlier issued brief warnings to residents in the southern cities of Jizan and Yanbu after the rebels vowed to retaliate against the kingdom for attacks this week.
Following the warnings, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile attack on Jizan.
Romania shoots down second drone breaching its airspace, defense ministry says
Romania’s defense ministry says a second drone breaching national airspace in as many days was shot down by a pilot in an F-16 fighter jet in an uninhabited area near the border with Ukraine.
The first drone, which Romanian prosecutors investigating the fragments said was Russian, was shot down by the NATO state yesterday, marking the first time it has done so after dozens of airspace breaches.
IDF conducts overnight raids in West Bank after deadly settler-Palestinian clash
The IDF raided several Palestinian towns and villages across the West Bank overnight, Palestinian media reports, following a deadly gunfight yesterday in which two Israelis and four Palestinians were killed.
According to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, troops in military vehicles entered the city of Tubas and the nearby al-Far’a refugee camp, raiding several residential homes.
WAFA says the forces withdrew from Tubas after some three hours without making any arrests.
Troops also searched dozens of homes in the village of Tell, near Nablus, where yesterday’s deadly clash took place, including the homes of the families of the Palestinians who were killed, Haaretz reports. More than 20 suspects were reportedly detained.
Additional military operations were carried out in the Nablus, Jenin, Qalqilya and Tulkarem districts, according to Hebrew media reports.
“There was an operation by our forces to thwart terrorism,” the military says in response to the reports, without providing further details.
Following yesterday’s gunfight in a northern West Bank village, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced a series of new measures targeting the West Bank, including expanded operations in villages identified as terror hotbeds to collect weapons.
Report: Egypt pushing to accelerate deployment of Gaza stabilization force
Egypt is working with the United States and regional partners to accelerate the deployment of Gaza’s International Stabilization Force (ISF) in an effort to prevent a collapse of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and move toward implementing postwar governance, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reports.
According to the report, which cites sources familiar with the matter, Cairo hopes the force will create a new security reality in the Strip while supporting the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza headed by Palestinian technocrat Ali Shaath.
The newspaper says recent discussions have also focused on establishing a pilot zone in Rafah, where displaced Palestinians would be housed in caravans instead of launching broader reconstruction efforts, following statements made earlier this month by Board of Peace officials, who told reporters that tens of thousands would have access to temporary housing, humanitarian aid and safety at levels sorely lacking in the remainder of the Strip.
The plan, however, remains on paper, as it still requires approval from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, which is unlikely to authorize even the smallest of IDF withdrawals as the fall parliamentary elections approach.
Sources also tell Al-Akhbar that Egypt has begun constructing new military towers and facilities near its border with Gaza to support the potential ISF deployment and is quietly working to increase the volume and quality of humanitarian aid entering the enclave while minimizing public disclosure to avoid Israeli objections.
The deployment of the ISF to Gaza has been tied to Hamas’s willingness to disarm. The terror group, which still controls large swaths of the enclave, is required to disarm according to the ceasefire it signed alongside Israel last October, though the group has so far shown no inclination to do so, which has made it difficult to find countries to volunteer for the force.
UN chief arrives in Syria, first since before civil war, state media reports
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives in Syria on the first visit by a chief of the global body since before the country’s civil war erupted, state media reports.
Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani has received Guterres “and his accompanying delegation at Damascus international airport,” state news agency SANA reports, with the UN head set to reaffirm support for Syria’s transition during the three-day visit.
Houthis claim missile attack on southern Saudi Arabia
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claim a missile attack on the southern Saudi city of Jizan, the group’s Ansarollah media posts on Telegram.
Saudi Arabia earlier issued brief warnings to residents in Jizan and Yanbu after the rebels vowed to retaliate against the kingdom for attacks this week.
Trump confirms Netanyahu plan to visit US next week
US President Donald Trump says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the US next week.
Trump’s comments come in his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
US military says it fired on tanker trying to evade Iran port blockade
The US military says it fired on and disabled a tanker ship that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.
“We disabled the tanker after the crew attempted to run the blockade at least four times prior,” Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, spokesman for US Central Command, tells AFP.
“The crew was repeatedly warned, didn’t comply, and US forces on scene disabled the ship after firing into its engine room,” he says. “The ship is no longer transiting to Iran.”
Houthis vow retaliation for Saudi strikes as conflict deepens
Iran-backed Houthi rebels vow to retaliate against Saudi Arabia after they accuse the kingdom of targeting civilian infrastructure, as the Middle East war widens across the region.
Riyadh struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida, with rebel media reporting two wounded after the Yemeni group announced a maritime blockade of the top oil producer and hit its ships.
The flare-up marks a new front of the war that has engulfed the region following US-Israeli strikes on Tehran in February, and comes on top of Iran’s parallel blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Riyadh’s only other maritime route.
“The Saudi enemy’s targeting of civilian facilities in Hodeida and Kamaran island constitutes a dangerous escalation,” the Houthis’ Ansarollah media posts on Telegram.
“We affirm that these recent crimes will not go unanswered.”
A Yemeni security source tells AFP a naval base in the port city of Hodeida and a military camp on Kamaran island were among the Saudi targets.
Venezuela to withdraw from International Criminal Court
Venezuela will withdraw from the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s perceived bias, the nation’s foreign minister says.
The announcement comes amid an ongoing ICC investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed under ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s government.
Caracas informed the United Nations of its “firm and irrevocable decision” to withdraw from the ICC, Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia writes on X.
Interim leader Delcy Rodriguez, who took over after US forces ousted Maduro in January, instructed the move, he adds.
“Venezuela considers that the Court’s actions reflect a demonstrated geographical bias, which has disproportionately concentrated its work on African and Latin American countries,” Plasencia says.
US welcomes removal of prosecutor of ‘irredeemably corrupt’ ICC
The United States welcomes the removal of International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan over misconduct allegations, branding him as an example of institutional corruption.
“It is good that he is gone, but he is only one small cog in this irredeemably corrupt institution. Today’s outcome will have no impact on the United States’ plans to dismantle the ICC,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott says on X.
Karim Khan is a quintessential example of the ICC's corruption and abuse of its supposed authority. It is good that he is gone, but he is only one small cog in this irredeemably corrupt institution. Today's outcome will have no impact on the United States' plans to dismantle the… https://t.co/ElcIOoKDyZ
— Tommy Pigott (@statedeptspox) July 24, 2026
Report: Trump switched planes in Turkey over ‘credible threat’ by Iranian proxies
The New York Times reports that US President Donald Trump’s abrupt change of planes when departing Turkey earlier this month — from the new Qatar-supplied Air Force One to the older model — was the result of information on a “credible threat” by Iranian proxies to attempt to harm him.
This threat, the report notes, was not tied to the new plane specifically, but the aircraft’s lack of advanced defenses made travel in it more dangerous.
The Times was previously the first to report that the plane swap was the result of security concerns, leading Trump’s Justice Department to attempt to subpoena its journalists to force them to divulge their sources, though it later abandoned that attempt.
Trump has spoken recently about ostensible Iranian efforts to assassinate him, threatening terrible consequences for the country if an attempt is made on his life.
US intel said to find Mojtaba Khamenei ‘far more’ inclined than father to seek nuclear weapons
US intelligence assesses that Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “far more” inclined to seek the development of nuclear weapons than his father was, according to The New York Times.
The report, citing officials who have been briefed on the issue, said that based on intercepted conversations and information gathered prior to the current war, Khamenei is thought to be less hesitant than predecessor Ali Khamanei about building nukes. The elder Khamenei was killed by Israeli strikes at the opening of the war on February 28.
The Times notes that this assessment is not based on new information gathered since the start of the war, or since Mojtaba’s ascension as leader, but on previously collected information.
Though Western intelligence agencies reject Iran’s assertion that it never sought to develop nuclear weapons, and Israel has argued Tehran took steps toward weaponization in recent years, Ali Khamenei is broadly believed to have been at least ambivalent over pursuing the matter.
But the American intelligence report assesses that those within the regime seeking nuclear bombs have now seen their position strengthened, as they argue such weapons are necessary to protect the Islamic Republic from future attacks.
Saudi-led coalition says it struck Houthis after attacks on Red Sea shipping
The Saudi-led coalition hit Houthi military sites threatening Red Sea shipping after the rebels targeted vessels there and their response is now over, the body’s spokesman says.
“The terrorist Houthi military… targeted commercial ships in the Red Sea,” Turki al-Maliki says in a statement on X, adding the coalition “carried out a decisive and strong response” targeting Houthi military sites used to threaten Red Sea shipping and that the “military response is now over.”