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An Israeli soldier gestures to a tank to move forward as the tank goes onto a truck to move away from the site, on the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon, May 3, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/SHIR TOREM)
May 7, 6:40 AM
One IDF soldier severely injured, three lightly injured by explosive drone in southern LebanonThe soldiers were evacuated to a hospital to receive medical treatment, and their families have been notified of the incident.ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon, published by the IDF on April 22, 2026.(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)Go to the full article > >
May 7, 6:40 AM
Saudi Arabia denied US access to airspace, pressured Trump to pause Project Freedom – reportDuring the US’s Operation Epic Fury against Iran and before the ongoing temporary US-Iran ceasefire, Saudi Arabia allowed the US to fly aircraft from the Prince Sultan Airbase.ByGOLDIE KATZ
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince MBS in the White House’s Oval Office, Nov. 18.(photo credit: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo)Go to the full article > >
May 7, 6:40 AM
US Navy strikes Iranian-flagged ship trying to break Strait of Hormuz blockade from Gulf of OmanThe Iranian-flagged oil tanker was struck by 20 mm cannon fire from a jet launched by the US Navy, US CENTCOM said on Wednesday. ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMICHAI STEIN
An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran April 1, 2026.(photo credit: U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
May 7, 6:39 AM
Executed Iranian prisoners detail abuse, torture ahead of their killing to ‘Post’ Yaghoub Karimpour, 43, and Nasser Bakerzadeh, 26, were hanged on Saturday, and Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, 28, was executed on Sunday in Orumiyeh Central Prison.ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Prisoners Nasser Bakerzadeh, a Kurdish Sunni, and Yaghoub Karimpour, an Azerbaijani Turkic Yarsan citizen.(photo credit: Courtesy)Go to the full article > >
May 7, 6:39 AM
IDF targets Hezbollah Radwan commander in Beirut in first attack on capital in weeks US had advanced knowledge, but there wasn’t a “green light” request, a source told The Jerusalem Post. ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, AMICHAI STEIN
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs neighbourhood of Haret Hreik on May 6, 2026.(photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)Go to the full article > >
May 7, 6:38 AM
Netanyahu ‘not surprised’ by US-Iran negotiations development, says there is ‘full coordination'”We are maintaining continuous contact with our friends in the US. I speak with President Trump on an almost daily basis,” Prime Minister Netanyahu said.ByAMICHAI STEIN
US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)Go to the full article > >
May 7, 6:38 AM
Third round of Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in US next week – reportLebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam assured reporters on Wednesday that Lebanon was not heading towards normalization but towards peace with Israel. ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanon Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter walk to their meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S., April 14, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE)Go to the full article > >
May 7, 6:37 AM
IDF soldier ‘smokes’ with Virgin Mary statue in latest act of disregard towards Lebanese ChristiansThe photo, Kan News reported, had been uploaded by IDF soldiers to social media and taken in the village of Debel sometime over the last day.ByTZVI JASPER
AN IDF soldier puts a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary.(photo credit: SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)Go to the full article > >
May 7, 6:36 AM
US, Iran nearing deal that would see Tehran give away enriched uraniumLater, the Post learned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in contact with senior Israeli government officials regarding developments in the negotiations. ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, April 12, 2026 in Islamabad, Pakistan.(photo credit: Jacquelyn Martin – Pool/Getty Images)Go to the full article > >