IDF tanks enter Deir al-Balah as UK, France, over 20 nations call to end war in Gaza

July 21, 8:15 PM

Fire under control at an oil products factory in Iran's Isfahan, state media reports

July 21, 8:12 PM

IDF tanks enter Deir al-Balah as Israel launches deeper incursion into Gazan city

The area is packed with Palestinians who left heir homes during 21 months of war in Gaza, hundreds of whom fled west or south after Israel issued an evacuation order on Sunday.

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Palestinians walk along Salaheddin road in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, July 21, 2025

(photo credit: EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

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July 21, 7:48 PM

UK, France and 20 other nations call for an immediate end to war in Gaza

"The current situation has gone on for far too long. It is a disgrace to all of humanity," King Phillipe of Belgium said in a statement.

ByREUTERS

Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, as the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 2, 2025

(photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)

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July 21, 7:48 PM

Constitution Committee debates revised NGO funding bill

The initial version of the bill that passed a preliminary vote in February would have slapped an 80% tax on “foreign state entity” donations to NGOs.

ByELIAV BREUER

A plenum session on the state budget in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, December 16, 2024.

(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg FLASH90)

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July 21, 7:36 PM

Hamas's last stronghold: Why the IDF steered clear of Deir al-Balah - until now - analysis

Deir al-Balah is an important area of Gaza because it has been left relatively untouched throughout the war. This is the last real remaining area of Hamas' power. 

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

(photo credit: REUTERS/DOAA ROUQA)

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July 21, 7:36 PM

Lebanon drops charges after Ashura gunmen detained

US Envoy Tom Barrack in Beirut speaks about the US using influence to achieve its goals in the region.

BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A Hezbollah member carries a weapon which sources familiar with its arsenal said is used to counter drones, during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon July 17, 2024.

(photo credit: REUTERS/AZIZ TAHER)

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July 21, 6:25 PM

IAF intercepts drone from east heading towards Israel

July 21, 6:19 PM

Tel Aviv court extends detention of Bnei Brak Shomrim head suspected of assault

July 21, 5:29 PM

HRF says two IDF soldiers investigated in Belgium for war crimes - report

The soldiers were visiting Belgium to participate in the Tomorrowland festival.

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israelis and Iranians meet at Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium, holding both Israeli and Iranian flags.

(photo credit: Courtesy Lishi Amor)

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July 21, 5:07 PM

Likud calls for vote to replace Edelstein as head of FADC

A replacement for Edelstein may be willing to make concessions that Edelstein was not willing to make, thus allowing the haredi draft bill to proceed.

ByELIAV BREUER

Defense Minister Israel Katz and MK Yuli Edelstein seen at a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting in the Knesset, January 14, 2025

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

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