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Top Military Officials, Scientists Killed as Israel Strikes Iran

Khamenei threatens 'severe punishment' for Israel

(Newser) - In the aftermath of Israel's strikes on Iran, Israeli army chief spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Iran had launched more than 100 drones toward Israel in retaliation and that "all the defense systems are acting to intercept the threats." Israel, Iraq, Iran, and Jordan shut down...

Israel Launches Attack on Iran
Israel Launches
Attack on Iran
Jun 12, 2025 7:38 PM CDT

Israel Launches Attack on Iran

Explosions were heard across Tehran

(Newser) - Explosions rang out across Iran's capital early Friday local time as Israel said it was attacking the country. People in Tehran awoke to the sound of the blasts. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced a "special situation" in Israel over the attack on Iran and declared a nationwide...

Israel Might Make 'Dramatic Break' With US on Iran

Country is reportedly considering striking Iran without American support

(Newser) - The US has pulled nonessential staff from its embassy in Iraq amid concerns about a possible Israeli strike on Iran, but officials say any such strike is unlikely to have US support. Sources tell NBC News that Israel is considering a unilateral strike, possibly within days, because talks between the...

Nuclear Watchdog Rebuked Iran. It Swiftly Retaliated

Western powers cite undeclared nuclear activity as tensions rise

(Newser) - For the first time in two decades, the UN's nuclear watchdog has formally rebuked Iran for failing to meet its nuclear commitments. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday passed a resolution declaring that Iran is not meeting its nuclear nonproliferation obligations, intensifying global tensions and raising...

US Pulls Staff From Iraq Embassy as Iran Tensions Rise

Sources say Israeli operation against Iran could bring retaliation targeting US sites in Iraq

(Newser) - The US is pulling nonessential embassy staff and their families out of Baghdad amid rising security concerns, per the BBC . Officials haven't detailed what triggered the move announced Wednesday, but CBS News reports the decision follows warnings that Israel might launch an operation against Iran. The network's...

US Ambassador Backs Away From Two-State Solution

Mike Huckabee appears to break from longstanding US policy

(Newser) - US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is calling for "Muslim countries" to provide land for any future Palestinian state, which the New York Times reports would mark a notable shift in US policy.
  • "Muslim countries have 644 times the amount of land that are controlled by Israel,
...

Greta Thunberg Is Put on a Plane to France

Activist deported by Israel after being stopped from sailing to Gaza

(Newser) - Greta Thunberg's foray to Israel is over. The 22-year-old was deported on Tuesday, a day after the Israeli navy stopped her and other activists from sailing to Gaza with food and supplies for Palestinians, reports Reuters . Thunberg boarded a plane to France and will make her way home to...

Greta Thunberg's Boat Arrives in Israel

Those onboard aid flotilla will be deported, Israeli officials say

(Newser) - A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activist s arrived at an Israeli port Monday after Israeli forces stopped and detained them—enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the Israel-Hamas war. The boat, accompanied by Israel's navy, arrived in Ashdod...

Israel Blocks Greta Thunberg's Boat From Reaching Gaza

Freedom Flotilla Coalition organized the attempt to break Israel's naval blockade

(Newser) - Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board early Monday, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the war with Hamas, the AP reports. The activists had set out to protest Israel's ongoing...

Amid the Rubble, Gaza Marks the Start of Eid

Gazans hold outdoor prayers, with food growing ever scarcer

(Newser) - Palestinians across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam's most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes early Friday, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon. With much of Gaza in rubble, men and children were forced to hold the...

Bodies of Israeli-American Couple Recovered in Gaza

Judi Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai were killed in 2023 attack

(Newser) - Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of an American-Israeli couple who were killed during the Hamas-led raid of Israel in 2023, reports the BBC . Judy Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai, both in their early 70s, were out for a walk when militants stormed the Nir Oz kibbutz near the...

US Move Called a 'Green Light for Continued Annihilation'

US again vetoes a UN resolution demanding immediate Gaza ceasefire

(Newser) - The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it was not linked to the release of hostages, saying it would embolden Hamas militants, the AP reports. All 14 other members of the council voted in favor of the...

Israeli Troops Open Fire Near Gaza Food Site, Killing Dozens

Aid groups criticize new food distribution system amid deadly chaos

(Newser) - Israeli troops shot and killed at least 27 Palestinians near a new food distribution site in southern Gaza on Tuesday, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, per the New York Times . The Washington Post reports that number is 31. Dozens more were wounded. The Israeli military said the gunfire,...

Iran Is Stockpiling Uranium During US Talks: Agency

Report figures there's enough for about 10 nuclear weapons

(Newser) - Even as it negotiates with the US on limiting its weapons program, a new United Nations report says, Iran has roughly doubled its stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium in the past quarter—a rate of about one nuclear weapon's worth per month. Based on International Atomic Energy Agency measures, that...

Israel Authorizes More Settlements in West Bank

22 Jewish settlements authorized, including some already built without authorization

(Newser) - Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization, the AP reports. Israel captured the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war and the Palestinians want all...

Israelis Chant 'Death to Arabs' in Jerusalem March

Annual procession draws young ultranationalists to Jerusalem's Old City

(Newser) - Chanting "Death to Arabs" and singing "May your village burn," groups of young Israeli Jews made their way through Muslim neighborhoods of Jerusalem's Old City on Monday during an annual march marking Israel's conquest of the eastern part of the city. Palestinian shopkeepers closed early,...

Airstrike Kills 9 of Her 10 Kids, Could Still Claim Her Husband

It's an 'unbearably cruel' outcome for Gaza pediatrician Dr. Alaa al-Najjar

(Newser) - A pediatrician in Gaza who lost nine of her 10 children in a single missile strike couldn't even identify all of their bodies. They were too badly burned, per the Guardian . Friday's strike hit Dr. Alaa al-Najjar's home in Khan Younis' Qizan al-Najjar neighborhood minutes after she'...

American Allegedly Tried to Firebomb US Embassy

Joseph Neumeyer is accused of bringing Molotov cocktails to building in Tel Aviv, Israel

(Newser) - A dual US-German citizen has been arrested on charges that he traveled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, officials said Sunday, per the AP . Federal prosecutors in New York said the man, Joseph Neumeyer, walked up to the embassy building...

DC Shooting Victims Were About to Get Engaged
What We Know About
the DC Museum Shooting
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May 22, 2025 11:50 AM CDT

What We Know About the DC Museum Shooting

Victims identified as embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim

(Newser) - Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were days from a possible engagement. But Lischinsky never got the chance to pop the question. As the staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, left an American Jewish Committee event at the Capital Jewish Museum late Wednesday, they were shot dead...

Suspect in Fatal DC Shooting 'Did It for Gaza,' Witness Says

2 Israeli embassy staffers killed near Jewish museum in nation's capital

(Newser) - The suspect in Wednesday night's fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC, waited around at the scene pretending to be a witness until police arrived, a witness tells CNN . The suspect then allegedly told police, "I did it, I did it for Gaza. Free Palestine!...

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