IDF troops kill Palestinian who stabbed, wounded Israeli man in West Bank outpost attack
Victim in moderate-serious condition * Iran war shows strategic alliance with US is ‘important, but not enough,’ Qatari official says * Palestinian reportedly shot dead in clash after settlers enter West Bank village to retrieve downed drone
Iran warns South Korea against involvement in US security efforts in Hormuz
Iran’s foreign ministry warns South Korea against military deployment or involvement in US operations in the Strait of Hormuz, saying such a move would have “serious consequences.”
On Friday, Seoul said it was considering “contributions” to US security efforts in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has largely controlled since the outbreak of war against the United States on February 28.
South Korea said it would consider the move provided that its own military readiness was not compromised, but added that no decision had been made.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei warns South Korea against succumbing to what he called “US pressure and intimidation.”
“Any military deployment or participation in operations by other countries in the Persian Gulf or the Strait of Hormuz can only be regarded as direct support for the party responsible for that aggression and will have serious consequences,” he says in a post on X.
Netanyahu in response to West Bank stabbing attack: ‘No terrorist has a safe haven’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserts that “no terrorist has a safe haven” after IDF troops shot dead the Palestinian terrorist who stabbed an Israeli man at a farming outpost in the West Bank earlier today.
“We will continue to eliminate terrorists, pursue those who send them, and destroy the terrorist infrastructure in Judea and Samaria,” Netanyahu vows, using the biblical term for the West Bank.
“Anyone who tries to threaten Israel and its citizens will pay a heavy price,” he says.
IDF troops kill Palestinian who stabbed, wounded Israeli man in West Bank attack
The Palestinian terrorist who stabbed an Israeli man in the West Bank earlier and fled was shot dead by Israeli troops a short while ago, the military says.
The IDF says troops located the terrorist in a nearby village next to his vehicle.
After the Palestinian tried to stab the soldiers, a company commander of the 411th Artillery Battalion shot him dead, the army adds.
The Israeli man is in moderate-to-serious condition.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of air raids, missile strikes
Yemen’s Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of carrying out airstrikes on various areas of Yemen as the rebels push on with an offensive to seize territory bordering the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait.
“The Saudi enemy targeted the provinces of Jawf, al-Bayda, Marib and Taiz with several airstrikes and cruise missiles,” says the Saba news agency, which is affiliated with the Iran-backed Houthi movement.
Adidas apologizes for any ‘offense’ over promotion featuring ex-IDF soldier who lost leg in 2021
Sportswear giant Adidas apologizes for any “offense” as it faces backlash and boycott calls over its inclusion of a former Israeli soldier to promote a service that enables amputee athletes to buy just one running shoe.
Pro-Palestinian activists panned the company for working with Shalev Biton, injured in Gaza in 2021, citing the high number of amputees in the Strip, and in particular children, as a result of the recent war there.
“We recognize that an image used in a recent local activation by the local team has raised concerns and strong reactions. It was never our intent to cause offense and we apologize for anyone affected,” the company says in a statement from its global headquarters, apparently distancing itself from the campaign by Adidas in Israel.
Adidas stresses that its Single Shoe service is a campaign aimed at promoting inclusion that was initially introduced in Europe, but that the “service continues to expand across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, including the UAE, Palestine, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt.”
The company says it will “continue to listen, learn and work to ensure that our actions reflect the inclusive values we stand for.”
Biton, along with 10 other disabled athletes, was featured in a series of posters displayed in local Adidas outlets across Israel. The posters were only used in Israel and not as part of a global campaign.
Biton was formerly a soldier serving in the IDF’s Nahal infantry brigade. On May 12, 2021, during a conflict with Hamas in Gaza dubbed Operation Guardian of the Walls, he was injured when an anti-tank missile fired from inside Gaza hit the military vehicle he was in on the Israeli side of the border. Biton was seriously injured, and fellow soldier Staff Sgt. Omer Tabib was killed.
As a result of his injuries, Biton’s left leg was amputated. After rehabilitation, he now runs with a prosthetic limb.
Pacific island nation Nauru opens its first Israel embassy in Jerusalem
The Pacific island nation of Nauru inaugurates its first embassy in Israel in Jerusalem, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announces alongside visiting Nauruan Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea.
“Israel’s relations with the nations of the South Pacific are advancing tremendously,” Sa’ar says in a readout from the Foreign Ministry.
He adds that through MASHAV, the Foreign Ministry’s international development cooperation program, Israeli emergency-care doctors will work to strengthen local medical capabilities in Nauru, and Israel will provide the nation with “medical equipment, including cardiac ultrasound equipment, as well as water-purification systems capable of producing tens of thousands of liters of clean water each day.”
Aingimea asserts Nauru’s “unwavering” support for the Jewish state, saying it is “one of Israel’s most reliable and consistent diplomatic allies at the United Nations,” voting with Jerusalem 71% of the time — a number he says “will increase very quickly.”
Israel has previously thanked Nauru – among the smallest nations in the world, with a population of about 12,000 – for its support in the UN and other forums, where Jerusalem has faced increasing isolation in the aftermath of its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Sa’ar and Aingimea agreed on the embassy opening during a June 2025 meeting in Fiji. Israel is currently represented in Nauru by a non-resident ambassador based in Fiji.
The move reflects efforts by the Foreign Ministry “to strengthen Jerusalem’s international standing and encourage additional countries to expand their diplomatic presence in the capital,” according to a ministry statement.
Eight other countries have opened or relocated their embassies to Jerusalem in recent years, including the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Paraguay and Somaliland, as well as Pacific countries Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced plans last month to move their embassies to Jerusalem.
Most countries do not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and base their embassies in Tel Aviv, often opening smaller consulates in Jerusalem.
IDF says manhunt underway for ‘terrorist armed with a knife’ who stabbed settler at outpost
The IDF says it has launched a manhunt for the Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli settler at a farming outpost in the West Bank a short while ago.
The Israeli man aged around 20 was stabbed multiple times at the Maoz Yehuda settlement farm and is listed in moderate-to-serious condition, the Magen David Adom ambulance service says.
The military says the “terrorist armed with a knife” who attacked the Israeli man near the Palestinian village of Usarin fled the scene.
“Numerous IDF troops” were dispatched to the area to search for the attacker, the army says, adding that it has imposed closures on nearby Palestinian towns.
Man severely wounded in suspected stabbing attack at West Bank farming outpost
An Israeli man was severely wounded in a suspected stabbing attack at a West Bank farming outpost a short while ago, the military and medics say.
The Rescuers Without Borders emergency service says a Palestinian came in a vehicle to the Maoz Yehuda settlement farm, near the village of Usarin, and stabbed a settler before fleeing.
He is being treated in serious condition by medics, the service says.
The IDF says troops were dispatched to the Usarin area following the reported stabbing, and further details are under review.
Iran war shows strategic alliance with US is ‘important, but not enough,’ Qatari official says
The Iran war showed that Gulf Arab countries should not only depend on their strategic partnership with the United States for their security, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari tells a panel at the Hili forum in Abu Dhabi.
“We need to realize in the Gulf that having international forces in the region, having a strategic alliance with the US, is very important but is not enough. Self-sufficiency when it comes to security is the only way forward,” Ansari says.
Video of Ben Gvir taunting Palestinian inmates removed after anti-torture NGO appeals to election panel
A video of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir taunting Palestinian women detained at the Damon security prison last month has been removed from social media.
The removal follows an appeal by the Committee Against Torture NGO to the Central Elections Committee claiming the video constituted illegal use of state resources for election propaganda.
A spokesman for Ben Gvir does not immediately respond when asked whether the minister took down the video because of the NGO’s appeal.