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A man walks near to a raging fire at oil storage tanks a day after Israeli strikes on Yemen's Houthi-held Hodeida port on July 21, 2024. (AFP)

IAF: Some fighter jets could be downed in war with Hezbollah

IAF issues footage of strike on Houthi-controlled port, says it’s girding for reprisal

By Emanuel Fabian

Dozens of jets hit fuel depots, cranes used to unload shipments * Probe finds deadly Houthi drone flew 2,600 km to hit Tel Aviv; in vital minutes, radar operators were tracking UAV from Iraq

A handout picture obtained from Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Media Center show a huge column of fire erupting following airstrikes in the Yemeni rebel-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Israel acted alone, US was updated ahead of time

Israel strikes Houthi-controlled port in Yemen after deadly drone attack on Tel Aviv

By Emanuel Fabian

Fuel depot, other facilities at Hodeida Port targeted in Israel’s first strike in Yemen, one of its farthest-ever actions, in response to months of attacks on country amid Gaza war

A handout picture from Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Media Center show a huge column of fire erupting following strikes in the Yemeni rebel-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. (Ansarullah Media Center / AFP)

Netanyahu: Strike on Houthi port shows Israel will reach enemies however far away

A giant fire erupts at an oil storage facility following Israeli strikes in Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. (AFP)

Yemeni medics update toll in Israeli strikes on Hodeida to 6 dead, 80 wounded

By ToI Staff and Agencies

IDF shoots down missile heading to Israel in 1st Houthi attack since Yemen port strike

By Emanuel Fabian

The long-range Arrow 3 defense system intercepted a ballistic missile outside of Israeli airspace launched by the Iran-backed Houthis from Yemen early Sunday morning, the IDF said. The Arrow 3 system is designed to take out ballistic missiles while they are still outside of the atmosphere. Sirens sounded in... Continue Reading

An interceptor is fired over southern Israel toward a missile launched by Yemen's Houthis, July 21, 2024 (Screen grab/Twitter used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Justice Minister Yariv Levin attend a meeting on the planned state budget vote, in the Israeli parliament on May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Two senior ministers boycotted vote to approve Yemen strike, protesting belated update

By Lazar Berman

Houthi supporters attend a rally against the US and Israel in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jul 21: Day 289 – Could front with Iran-backed Houthis become all-out war?

Livnot U'Lehibanot volunteers in southern Israel, in front of the bomb shelter they painted

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US President Joe Biden is greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport, October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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July 21: Meeting between Biden and Netanyahu to go ahead as planned, PMO source says

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Shira Silkoff

No immediate response from PM as Israeli leaders thank US president * Kamala Harris ‘honored’ to have Biden’s endorsement, says she intends to ‘earn and win’ Democratic nomination

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Gallant thanks Biden for 'invaluable' support during war with Hamas
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Harris: 'Honored' to receive Biden's endorsement, vows to 'earn and win' Democratic nomination
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IDF says fighter jets struck Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon after earlier attacks on northern Israel

Analysis

After deadly Tel Aviv attack, restraint against Houthis was no longer deemed an option

Yemen's Houthi rebels, another of Iran's terror proxies avowedly seeking to destroy Israel, have been targeting the country since soon after Hamas's October 7 invasion and slaughter. And Israel had elected not to strike back, even after a missile scored a direct hit on Eilat in March. But in the early hours of Friday morning, an apparently upgraded Houthi drone... Continue Reading

A handout picture obtained from Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah Media Center show a huge column of fire erupting following Israeli strikes in the Yemeni rebel-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. (Photo by ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTRE / AFP)

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree speaks at a rally against the US and Israel in Sanaa, Yemen, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Jul 20: Day 288 – Israel strikes Yemen in response to deadly Houthi drone

Ultra-Orthodox Jews arrive at the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, in central Israel, March 28, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

In historic move, IDF issues draft orders to 1,000 ultra-Orthodox men

By Emanuel Fabian

50% of first wave of 3,000 conscription notices sent to Haredim over the age of 21; next wave to be issued in two weeks

Dr. Yiftah Shalev of the Israel Antiquities Authority pictured at a section of a moat that was used to fortify the Temple Mount and the king's palace in biblical-era Jerusalem, in a photograph issued on July 21, 2024. (Eliyahu Yanai, City of David)

Believed used from era of King Josiah almost 3,000 years ago

Solving mystery, archaeologists find vast moat that protected Jerusalem’s biblical kings

Researchers say fortification required major engineering and resources, separated Temple Mount and king’s palace from rest of Jerusalem; discovery accords with biblical references

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Maya Zanger-Nadis

Post-Oct. 7 Hebrew novel ‘Night Sparkles’ shows old-new resilience of Zionist women

On the verge of dozing off during a lecture on the halutzim, or early Jewish immigrants to British Mandate Palestine, BINA Secular Yeshiva head Ayala Deckel suddenly perked up when she heard the story of an arduous, unmedicated childbirth in the newly established Kibbutz Degania, told in the mother's own words. That moment sparked Deckel's... Continue Reading

Hayuta (right) and Yosef Busel, circa 1917 (Family album, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Participants train in Krav Maga in Ma'ale Adumim, on June 26, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

Shaken by the Oct. 7 massacre, some Israelis turn to Krav Maga to learn self-defense

By AFP

Demonstrators protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Israeli government and for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the Kirya Base in Tel Aviv, July 20, 2024. (Itai Ron/Flash90)

Thousands rally nationwide, urge PM not to leave for US before finalizing hostage deal

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

At weekly protests, relatives of abductees claim Netanyahu obstructing a deal; ‘If there’s no deal, don’t go,’ says Yair Lapid in Tel Aviv; protesters expected at airport Monday

Likud MK Nissim Vaturi speaks to relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7 at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 21 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hostage families accuse Likud MK of ‘disrespectful behavior,’ aide shoves camera away

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

A group of Israelis on an educational tour visit a house that was torched by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack on Israel in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on June 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

IDF probe finds it failed to properly respond to Oct. 7 Nir Oz invasion – report

Analysis

UK’s Starmer swept the July 4 election. But how much did his stance on Gaza cost him?

LONDON -- If there was one dark cloud on the political horizon following British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s landslide victory at the polls earlier this month, it came in the form of the election of a clutch of pro-Gaza independent candidates in some of his party’s safest seats. One of Starmer’s top allies, Jonathan Ashworth,... Continue Reading

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at the European Political Community meeting, at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, southern England, on July 18, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/AFP)

A virtual model of the proposed Holocaust memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens outside the UK Parliament. (Screen capture/YouTube)

New UK government commits to building Holocaust memorial next to Parliament in London

David A. Halperin

The Knesset vote against Palestinian statehood is terrible for Israel

While the vote may score political points for Netanyahu, it harms the country’s diplomacy in the region and relations with the US

The UN World Court war against the Jews

When Hamas welcomes the ’advisory opinion,’ the rest of the world should immediately realize that anti-Israel bias is at play

Eylon, right, with troops from the Gadsar 585 unit. (Guy Fattal)

Photo essay'We are connected to this land and will fight to protect it'

An exclusive look into the faces of the IDF’s Bedouin battalion: Gadsar 585

A photographer joins a majority-Muslim IDF unit along Gaza’s southern border and shares the pain of this dedicated group of fighters and trackers as they mourn their war losses

UAE signals willingness to join postwar Gaza peacekeeping force

Senior Emirati official says Abu Dhabi could participate on condition that it’s invited by a reformed PA, that initiative is US-led and that it is part of broader two-state effort

IDF troops are seen operating in Gaza City in this handout photo from July 20, 2024. (IDF Spokesperson)

IDF says it killed many gunmen in Rafah as fighting continues throughout Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Hamas university students in West Bank arrested for planning ‘significant terror attack’

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

An attempt by Hamas to carry out a shooting attack in the West Bank directed by members of the terror group in Turkey was foiled recently, the Shin Bet announced on Sunday. According to the security agency, the cell was made up of Hamas representatives on the student... Continue Reading

Birzeit University students Mahmoud Anjatz, Baraa Romana, Amar Toil, Amer Hanoun, and Abdallah Abu Kiatz who were arrested by the Shin Bet for allegedly planning a terror attack, July 21, 2024. (Shin Bet)

Sven Koopmans (Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal / Wikipedia)

EU Middle East envoy: Bloc still committed to two-state solution

By AFP and ToI Staff

Firefighters work to extinguish wildfires following a rocket attack from Lebanon that fell in the Golan Heights, on July 20, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash9)

Two IDF soldiers wounded by Hezbollah drone attack in Golan Heights

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

One soldier injured moderately, another lightly; Lebanese terror group fires at Israel throughout the day, including barrage of 30 rockets at Dafna

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (R) with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (L) at a 'Victory Conference' calling for renewed Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, January 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

US revisiting idea of sanctioning Ben Gvir, Smotrich over West Bank policy – officials

Biden rejected move in past, but White House again considering option, believing that far-right ministers are behind lack of enforcement on settler violence, settlement expansion

Israelis mark the Sukkot holiday in front of a large Star of David in the West Bank settlement of Sde Boaz, in Gush Etzion, October 11, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

‘Fighting the same battle’: After Oct. 7, settlers court Republican evangelicals

By Jonathan Saul and Simon Lewis

Volunteers at the Oregon Food Bank, 2023. (Screenshot via YouTube/ via JTA)

When Portland charities condemned Israel, Jewish philanthropy was put to the test

By Andrew Lapin

More Headlines

Former US president and 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally with US Senator and vice presidential nominee JD Vance at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

‘I took a bullet for democracy,’ Trump says at first rally since assassination attempt

By Michael Mathes

The Eiffel Tower Is pictured from the Champs de Mars arena, with part of the Beach Volleyball court in foreground, in Paris, June 25, 2024. (Thomas Padilla/AP)

‘We will repeat Munich 1972’: Israeli Olympic athletes threatened ahead of Paris Games

Illustrative A man walks in the damaged Kele-Numaz synagogue in Derbent, Russia, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo)

Jewish graves in Dagestan destroyed; authorities say it was an accident

Palestinian swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab reacts during the men's 100m freestyle heats at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

In shadow of war, Palestinian Olympic delegation ready to compete

Illustrative: Torch bearer and French BMX world champion Matthias Dandois holds the Olympic flame at the Trocadero in front of the Eiffel Tower during the Olympic torch relay in Paris on July 15, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

French alleged neo-Nazi, suspected of Olympic torch relay plot, jailed for 2 years

By AP

World leaders in Hiroshima, western Japan Sunday, May 21, 2023, on the sidelines of the G7 summit. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)

Hiroshima dismisses calls to disinvite Israel from atomic bomb commemorations

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