ISRAEL: Trump: 'We're working very hard to save' Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander ■ SYRIA: Israel hits targets near Damascus' presidential palace after attacks on Golan Druze; Clashes between Druze and Syrian authorities reportedly leave 70 dead ■ IRAN: U.S. warns Iran to stop funding Houthis; Iran accuses Washington of 'contradictory behavior'

Even as the flames of the massive Jerusalem-area wildfire began to spread, rivers of sewage flowed from the Israeli prime minister's poison machine against the Shin Bet, the air force and other easy targets ■ Yair Golan has a vision for winning the next election: a liberal-democratic bloc that could include right-wing parties

Ali al-Samoudi, 58, who works for the Al-Quds paper and who witnessed the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022, was detained at his home earlier this week by the Israeli army

Israel is again preparing to mobilize reservists, is threatening to expand its operations in Gaza, and is considering what could be interpreted as a deliberate escalation against the new regime in Syria to help the Druze

Gil Dickman's cousin Carmel Gat was murdered in Gaza captivity. Despite her body being returned to Israel, he fights for the return of all hostages and slams the gov't for continuing a 'hopeless war, with no direction and no goal'

Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution called the AfD 'incompatible with the free democratic basic order.' Authorities can now use informants, as well as audio and video surveillance, to monitor the party

Police said they raided the wedding on suspicion of storing weapons – claiming they came under fire and stone-throwing – though no such incidents appear in their footage, and no weapons were said to be found