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IDF likely finds body of Mohammed Sinwar, Iran claims it stole Israeli intel.

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 IDF soldiers are seen searching a house in Gaza. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF soldiers are seen searching a house in Gaza.
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Iran claims it seized thousands of Israeli intel. materials, including nuclear docs. - report

According to reports by sources to Iranian-affiliated media, the documents were allegedly transferred from within Israel to Iranian territory.

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 (Illustrative) A classified document over an Iranian and Israeli flag. (photo credit: Canva, INGIMAGE, SHUTTERSTOCK)
(Illustrative) A classified document over an Iranian and Israeli flag.
(photo credit: Canva, INGIMAGE, SHUTTERSTOCK)

Iran has obtained Israeli intelligence materials, including sensitive documents related to Israel's nuclear capabilities, Iranian-affiliated media reported on Saturday. 

The intelligence materials allegedly include thousands of documents related to that regime's nuclear plans and facilities.

The documents were transferred from within Israel to Iranian territory, Lebanese Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen remarked.

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IDF reveals identities of two killed Islamic Jihad terrorists posing as journalists

The terrorists used the compound to plan and execute terror activities against IDF troops and Israeli civilians, the IDF noted.  

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 Two Islamic Jihad terrorists killed by the IDF in Gaza who disguised themselves as journalists. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Two Islamic Jihad terrorists killed by the IDF in Gaza who disguised themselves as journalists.
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The IDF carried out a targeted strike on terrorists from the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization who were operating under the guise of journalists on Thursday, the army confirmed on Saturday.

The terrorists were operating from a command and control compound in the courtyard of the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza City area, the IDF stated. 

The Jihadists used the compound to plan and execute terror activities against IDF troops and Israeli civilians. 

"The terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip continue to use hospitals for terrorist purposes, cynically and cruelly exploiting the civilian population inside the hospital and its surroundings," the IDF concluded.

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IDF locates body of Mohammed Sinwar under European Hospital in Khan Yunis - report

The body of Mohammed Sinwar, former military leader of Hamas in Gaza, was reportedly located among the bodies of 10 other terrorists.

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 A profile of former Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar who was killed in an IDF strike in Gaza. (photo credit: Canva, IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
A profile of former Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar who was killed in an IDF strike in Gaza.
(photo credit: Canva, IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

The IDF located the body of a terrorist on Friday, believed to be that of Muhammad Sinwar, in an underground complex beneath the European Hospital near Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Army Radio reported on Saturday

The body was allegedly located in a tunnel, alongside about 10 other bodies of terrorists.

Sinwar, former head of the Hamas military wing, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on May 13 in Khan Yunis.

The operation, conducted jointly with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), targeted senior Hamas figures operating in an underground command and control center.

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Body of Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta returned to Israel by IDF, Shin Bet

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  (photo credit: GILI YAARI /FLASH90)
(photo credit: GILI YAARI /FLASH90)

The body of the Thai hostage Nattapong Pinta has been recovered from the Gaza Strip during a special operation conducted by the Shin Bet and the IDF, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Saturday. 

Natpong was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and died under captivity close to the beginning of the war, according to the statement.

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Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla could reach Israeli waters over the weekend: What you need to know

Greta Thunberg's Gaza Freedom Flotilla is edging closer to Israeli waters, but will they actually make it?

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 Activist Greta Thunberg stands aboard the aid ship Madleen, which left the Italian port of Catania on June 1 to travel to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid, in this picture released on June 2, 2025 on social media. (photo credit: FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION)
Activist Greta Thunberg stands aboard the aid ship Madleen, which left the Italian port of Catania on June 1 to travel to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid, in this picture released on June 2, 2025 on social media.
(photo credit: FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION)

Five days after climate activist Greta Thunberg set sail Sunday afternoon along with 11 other activists on a ship carrying aid to Gaza, the group could soon near Israeli waters.

Israeli officials have vowed not to allow the ship, called the Madleen, to dock. The country’s navy is reportedly preparing to rebuff the ship and, if necessary, arrest its passengers.

The group is carrying supplies for Gazan Palestinians and protesting what they say is “Israel’s “illegal, decades-long blockade, and ongoing genocide” in the enclave.

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Israel’s sports world pays tribute to fallen soldiers Yoav Raver and Chen Gross

Raver chose to enlist in the IDF's Yahalom unit as a combat engineer, though he could have continued playing basketball professionally.

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 Yoav Raver Hapoel played for Kfar Saba youth basketball team before his death in the Gaza Strip on Friday, June 6, 2025. (photo credit: Hapoel Kfar Saba basketball website, Screenshot via Maariv/section 27A)
Yoav Raver Hapoel played for Kfar Saba youth basketball team before his death in the Gaza Strip on Friday, June 6, 2025.
(photo credit: Hapoel Kfar Saba basketball website, Screenshot via Maariv/section 27A)

The Israeli sports world mourned St. Sgt.-Maj.Yoav Raver on Friday, who fell in battle alongside three other IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip

The soldiers were clearing a building in Khan Yunis when a bomb detonated, causing a building to fall on them. The incident occurred at around 6 a.m. on Friday morning, the IDF reported. Five additional soldiers were wounded in the incident, one of them is critically wounded. 

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US mulls giving millions to controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, sources say

Since launching its operation, the GHF has opened three hubs, but over the past two days, only two of them have been functioning.

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 A man is seen carrying food supplies at an aid distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, on May 27, 2025. (photo credit: Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
A man is seen carrying food supplies at an aid distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, on May 27, 2025.
(photo credit: Hatem Khaled/Reuters)

 The State Department is weighing giving $500 million to the new foundation providing aid to war-shattered Gaza, according to two knowledgeable sources and two former US officials, a move that would involve the US more deeply in a controversial aid effort that has been beset by violence and chaos.

The sources and former US officials, all of whom requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said that money for Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) would come from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which is being folded into the US State Department.

The plan has met resistance from some US officials concerned with the deadly shootings of Palestinians near aid distribution sites and the competence of the GHF, the two sources said.

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Iranian accused by Tehran of being Israeli spy confessed because regime threatened niece - report

Hossein Shanbehzadeh was tortured and had death threats issued against his niece during interrogations, an informed source said. 

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 Hossein Shanbehzadeh (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X)
Hossein Shanbehzadeh
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Hossein Shanbehzadeh, an Iranian national arrested in Ardabil last year over allegations he was working as a spy for Israel, confessed to the charges only because the Islamic regime threatened to harm his 6-year-old niece, informed sources told BBC Persian earlier this week.

After being taken by Tehran’s security forces while enjoying lunch, Shanbehzadeh was tortured and had death threats issued against his niece during the interrogation, the source said. 

After being arrested with his hands up and calmly surrendering to the police, the unidenified source told BBC Persian that several officers “severely beat him and cursed him. After much beating, they put him in a car and asked for his mobile phone password, but he resisted at first. The person sitting in front punched him in the head and face. When one of them said, ‘Bring the electric shocker,’ he stopped resisting and wrote down his mobile phone password on a piece of paper with his hands that were shaking from the beating."

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Lebanese army threatens to end cooperation with ceasefire committee after Israeli strikes in Beirut

The military force complained that Israel's strikes weakened the role of Lebanon's army, according to the report.

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Members of the Lebanese army walk near Beirut international airport, Lebanon, February 15, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/EMILIE MADI)
Members of the Lebanese army walk near Beirut international airport, Lebanon, February 15, 2025
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Lebanon's army threatened to withdraw cooperation with the ceasefire committee monitoring the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire over Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, the Associated Press reported on Friday.

The military force complained that Israel's strikes weakened the role of Lebanon's army, according to the report.

The warning came after the IDF said it struck Hezbollah's underground drone manufacturing facilities in the southern Beirut suburbs. While Israel warned civilians to evacuate ahead of the strikes, much criticism was directed at the fact the attacks were carried out on the eve of the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.

“The Israeli enemy violations of the deal and its refusal to respond to the committee is weakening the role of the committee and the army,” the Lebanese army said in its statement, adding that it would discontinue cooperation with the committee “when it comes to searching posts” should the strikes continue.

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Israel at War: What you need to know


  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across the Gaza border communities.
  • 55 hostages remain in Gaza.
  • 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says.
  • The IDF launched a ground invasion of Lebanon on September 30.
  • The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire came into effect on November 27 at 4 a.m.
  • Netanyahu confirmed the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on January 17, 2025.