Israeli security forces arrest terror cell in Bethlehem, Guterres 'appalled' by conditions in Gaza

July 21, 10:50 PM

Can IDF pressure Hamas without harming hostages, reduce Palestinian casualties? - analysis

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir has made it clear that he does not want to endanger the remaining living 20 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the 25% of Gaza that the IDF has not taken over.

ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

A site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Deir Al-Balah the Gaza Strip. April 7, 2025.

(photo credit: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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July 21, 10:50 PM

Lifelines keeping people alive in Gaza are collapsing, says UN

July 21, 10:30 PM

Bedouin civilians leave Syria's Sweida as tense truce holds

Fighting erupted a week ago between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin. Syrian troops sent to intervene were drawn in and accused of widespread abuses against the Druze.

ByREUTERS

This aerial view shows evacuating members of the Bedouin community riding atop a truck moving along a road in Taarah, in Syria's southern Sweida province on the way to Daraa, on July 21, 2025.

(photo credit: RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images)

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July 21, 10:30 PM

Selective outrage: Why the world looks away from Syria’s atrocities but fixates on Gaza - analysis

Gaza is widely covered because it is symbolically and politically loaded. Syria is ignored because it is seen as broken, and no one cares.

ByHERB KEINON

Bedouin families ride on a vehicle as they leave the village of Al-Mazraa, as residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city, Sweida, Syira, July 21, 2025.

(photo credit: REUTERS/KARAM AL-MASRI)

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July 21, 9:58 PM

Israeli security forces arrest terror cell in Bethlehem planning to carry out terrorist attack

In the village of Amnun, troops located and seized an M16 rifle along with additional combat gear.

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli security forces guard while Israeli bulldozers demolish a Palestinian house in Alwalajeh village, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, February 22, 2023.

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July 21, 9:40 PM

Rocket sirens in Nir Am false alarm, IDF says

July 21, 8:43 PM

Claims of extremist settler setting ancient church ablaze may be inaccurate, probe reveals

The report said it found evidence that local Jewish residents were fighting the fire; however, the investigation was inconclusive as to who the perpetrators of the fire were. 

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee tours Taybeh

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July 21, 8:43 PM

Romania to become first European country to procure Iron Dome

Romania is set to sign the procurement agreement this coming fall. “These are defensive missile batteries that we don’t have and we need them,” Romanian Defense Minister Mosteanu said.

ByYUVAL PESO/GLOBES/TNS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

(photo credit: DEFENSE MINISTRY)

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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

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