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June 4, 2024 Israel Intercepts Houthi Ballistic Missile Targeting Eilat The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had intercepted a surface-to-surface ballistic missile targeting the southern city of Eilat on June 3. Israel’s long-range Arrow... June 4, 2024 Alleged Israeli Airstrike Kills Iranian Military Advisor in Syria An Israeli airstrike killed a military advisor belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) near Aleppo, Syria, Iranian state media claimed on June 3. The death... June 4, 2024 Egypt’s Sisi Orders Cabinet Reshuffle Amid Spiraling Economic Crisis Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi reappointed Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on June 3 and ordered him to form a new government. Sisi’s announcement came shortly after Madbouly... June 4, 2024 One-Third of Hostages in Gaza Believed Dead More than one-third of the Israeli hostages still in captivity in Gaza are believed to have died, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on June 4. According to an official Israeli... June 4, 2024 Hezbollah Rocket Attacks Spark Massive Fires in Northern Israel Firefighters battled raging blazes across northern Israel on June 3-4, ignited by rocket barrages launched by Hezbollah terrorists across the border in Lebanon. “Some 15 active... June 3, 2024 Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad Vying to Succeed Raisi Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered as a presidential candidate on June 2. Elections to select a successor to the late Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter... June 3, 2024 Shin Bet Foils Hamas Terror Plot Tied to Turkey Israel’s Shin Bet security agency in March thwarted a terrorist plot inside Israel being planned by Hamas operatives in Turkey. In a June 3 statement, the agency confirmed that... June 3, 2024 Palestinian President Denounces Iran’s Supreme Leader for Supporting Gaza War Tehran’s support for Hamas is undermining the Palestinian goal of independence, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), said on June 3, in a rebuke of Iran’s... June 3, 2024 Israeli Amendment Condemning Hamas and Demanding Release of Hostages Passed by World Health Organization Assembly The World Health Assembly, the governing forum of the World Health Organization (WHO), passed an Israeli amendment on May 31 that called for the release of all hostages held in Gaza... June 3, 2024 Acre in Firing Line as Hezbollah Targets Northern Israeli Towns Hezbollah targeted multiple areas along the northern Israeli coast on June 2, setting off sirens and forcing Israeli civilians to seek shelter. Alerts sounded in the cities of Acre... June 1, 2024 Chinese President Addresses Arab Leaders in Beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to deepen cooperation with the Arab world and called for Palestinian statehood in an address to Arab leaders on May 30. “Since last October,... June 1, 2024 Amid Tensions With Israel, Brazil Withdraws Ambassador Brazil recalled its ambassador to Israel, the government announced in its official gazette on May 29. In February, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, also known as Lula, compared Israel’s actions against Hamas to those of the Nazis, claiming that the only historical parallel for the current fighting was “when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.” ... May 31, 2024 Slovenia Latest EU Member State to Push Recognition of Palestinian State Israel lambasted Slovenia on May 31 after the former Yugoslav republic’s government formally requested its parliament to unilaterally recognize an independent Palestinian state.... May 31, 2024 Biden Announces Israeli Ceasefire Proposal to End Gaza War President Joe Biden announced a three-phase Israeli ceasefire proposal on May 31 that would entail Hamas’s release of all hostages in exchange for a permanent end of hostilities... May 31, 2024 Israel Announces Two Soldiers Killed, Concludes Jabaliya Operation Two Israeli soldiers were killed during intense fighting in northern and southern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on May 31. Reserve Sgt. First Class Adar Gavriel,... May 31, 2024 Iran Poised to Execute Child Offender and Five Other Prisoners Iran’s judiciary has transferred six men to pre-execution solitary cells in Shiraz Central Prison, suggesting their executions are imminent, the Oslo-based nonprofit Iran Human... May 30, 2024 Israel, Sweden: Iran Using Criminal Gangs for European Terror Iran is using criminal networks as terrorist proxies in Europe, Israel and Sweden warned on May 30. Jerusalem disclosed that an investigation involving the Mossad, the Shin Bet,... May 30, 2024 U.S. Boycotts UN Session Honoring Iran’s Late President The United States boycotted a May 30 plenary session of the UN General Assembly held to commemorate Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. Speeches... May 30, 2024 Maryland Court Issues Restraining Order Against U.S.-Based Iranian Diplomat A Maryland court issued a temporary restraining order on May 28 against an employee of Iran’s Interests Section in Washington — the Islamic Republic’s de facto consular office... May 30, 2024 Hamas Stole Millions From Gaza Bank, Internal Document Reveals Israel’s Arabic language spokesperson on May 29 revealed an internal Hamas document showing how the terrorist group orchestrated the theft of hundreds of millions of shekels from... May 30, 2024 IDF Finds Terror Tunnel Near Rafah Crossing Anti-tank missiles, grenades, and AK-47 automatic rifles were among the weapons discovered by Israeli troops on May 29 in a terror tunnel located several hundred feet from the Rafah... May 29, 2024 Canada Increases Number of Temporary Visas Allotted to Gazans Canada announced plans on May 27 to increase the number of visas allotted to Gazans from 1,000 to 5,000. The temporary visas are reserved for relatives of Canadians and will be issued... May 29, 2024 Israeli Embassy in Mexico City Attacked by Hamas Supporters as Government Requests to Join ICJ Case Pro-Hamas protestors clashed with police officers outside the Israeli embassy in Mexico City on May 28. The protestors, many of whom were masked, lit fires and sprayed graffiti on... May 29, 2024 War Against Hamas To Continue All Year, Senior Israeli Official Says A senior Israeli official predicted on May 29 that the Gaza war would last at least until the end of this year. “We expect another seven months of combat, in order to deepen... May 29, 2024 Three Israeli Soldiers Killed by Explosion in Booby-Trapped Gaza Building Three Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were killed on May 28, when a booby trap exploded in a building in Rafah. In a statement the following day, the IDF named the fallen as... May 29, 2024 European Union Foreign Ministers Threaten Israel With Prospect of Sanctions The European Union’s (EU’s) Foreign Affairs Council warned that Israel could face sanctions imposed by the 27-member bloc over its ongoing military operation against Hamas terrorists... May 28, 2024 Malaysian PM Reaffirms Friendship With Hamas Speaking at a conference in Tokyo on May 23, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim defended his country’s relationship with Hamas. “Did I promote terrorism?” Ibrahim asked,... May 28, 2024 Interim Iranian President Brags About Oil Production Interim Iranian President Mohammed Mokhber highlighted Iran’s soaring crude oil production in a speech to the Iranian parliament on May 27. In his first public address since assuming... May 28, 2024 Hezbollah Rockets Target Northern Israeli City of Kiryat Shmona Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets on May 27 at the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, causing damage to a building and starting a fire. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)... May 28, 2024 Palestinian Munitions May Have Caused Rafah Blaze Preliminary findings of an Israeli investigation into a May 26 airstrike against Hamas commanders indicate that the scenes of carnage among civilians in the southern Gaza city of... May 28, 2024 Amid New Iranian Nuclear Advances, Washington Blocks European Push for IAEA Censure The United States is blocking European states from pursuing a formal censure of Iran for its nonproliferation violations, despite a push by the United Kingdom and France, The Wall... May 27, 2024 Israel Investigates Civilian Casualties Following Strike on Hamas Officials in Rafah The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened an inquiry on May 26 into an IDF strike on Hamas inwestern Rafah the night before that resulted in the reported deaths of Gaza... May 27, 2024 Israeli, Egyptian Troops Trade Fire Near Rafah Israeli and Egyptian troops exchanged fire near the southern Gaza border city of Rafah on May 27, killing at least one member of Egypt’s security forces. Both Jerusalem and... May 26, 2024 Bahrain Seeks to Bolster Ties with Iran Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the kingdom looks forward to resuming diplomatic relations with Iran during a May 23 visit to... May 26, 2024 Egypt Resumes Aid to Gaza by Rerouting Trucks to Israel’s Kerem Shalom Crossing Egypt resumed transferring aid into Gaza by rerouting trucks to Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing on May 26, nearly three weeks after Egypt closed its Rafah crossing into Gaza. Approximately... May 24, 2024 Israel Recovers Bodies of Three More Hostages Israeli troops and intelligence forces on May 24 repatriated the bodies of three hostages who were killed during Hamas’s October 7 massacre in Israel and abducted into Gaza. The... May 24, 2024 U.S. Tests Fires System Protecting Gaza Pier A Department of Defense spokesperson confirmed on May 22 that a system designed to defend the newly built temporary pier on the Gaza coast underwent a test on May 17. “Defensive... May 24, 2024 Top UN Court Calls for Israel to End Anti-Hamas Operations in Rafah The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ top court, on May 24 called for Israel to end its operations in Rafah, “which may inflict on the Palestinian group... May 24, 2024 Iran’s Terror Proxies Gather On Sidelines of Raisi’s Funeral Representatives from Iran’s network of terror proxies convened on May 22 on the sidelines of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s funeral. Raisi died alongside Iranian... May 23, 2024 Israeli Tunnel Warfare Specialists Kill Hamas Commander Underground Israeli tunnel specialists killed a Hamas commander in an operation underground, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on May 23. Hussein Fiad, commander of the Palestinian terrorist... May 23, 2024 Terrorist Rockets Discovered Next to Gaza’s Border With Egypt Israeli forces operating in the southern Gazan city of Rafah discovered Palestinian rockets primed for launch next to the Egyptian border on May 22. The rocket cache,... May 23, 2024 Egyptian Blockade of Aid to Gaza Earns Rebuke from U.S. A senior U.S. official issued a rare rebuke of Egypt on May 22 for blocking aid transfers into Gaza. Egypt shares one border crossing with Gaza in Rafah, which has been closed... May 23, 2024 Hamas Terrorists Attack Kerem Shalom Aid Crossing for Fourth Time in May Hamas terrorists targeted the Kerem Shalom aid crossing into Gaza on May 23, said Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) agency on X. The attack... May 23, 2024 U.S. Lawmakers Slam ICC Prosecutor’s Bid for Unjust Arrest Warrants Targeting Netanyahu, Gallant The leadership and numerous members of the U.S. Congress from both parties denounced International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan’s May 20 announcement seeking arrest... May 22, 2024 Stung by Looting, UN Announces New Distribution Routes for Gaza Aid Delivered Through U.S.-Funded Pier The United Nations announced that new routes are being planned for the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza arriving through a U.S.-built pier off the Mediterranean coast, Reuters... May 22, 2024 U.S. Conducts Secret, Indirect Talks With Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator The United States conducted indirect talks with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator last week, the Associated Press (AP) reported on May 21. The talks — which Axios first reported... May 22, 2024 Harrowing Footage Released of Female IDF Soldiers in Hamas Captivity Israel released previously unseen footage from the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel showing Hamas terrorists abusing five Israeli female soldiers. Released on May 22, the video shows... May 21, 2024 Jewish Man Facing Execution Under Iran’s Apartheid Laws Targeting Minorities The U.S. government expressed “deep concern” on May 20 regarding the imminent execution of a young Jewish man in Iran convicted of killing a Muslim during a violent quarrel over... May 21, 2024 Spain, Ireland Lead Push in EU to Unilaterally Recognize Palestinian State European Union (EU) member states Spain and Ireland are moving to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state, urging other European countries to follow suit, Deutsche Welle reported... May 21, 2024 Israel Strikes at Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad Terrorists in Jenin Israeli commandos exchanged fire with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists during a counterterrorism sweep in the West Bank city of Jenin on May 21. At least seven Palestinian...

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