Middle East
Iran attempted to disrupt Home Front Command operations
July 3, 2025 — Iran launched dozens of cyber attack attempts during the 12 days of fighting, targeting civilian companies and Home Front Command systems, report says.
Iran didnt release the name of its new commander. So the Mossad revealed it on X
July 3, 2025 — After both the commander and his replacement at the Iranian forces’ emergency headquarters was assassinated by Israel during the very recent war with Iran, a social media account affiliated with Israel’s intelligence organization asked users to guess who is now in charge; More than 2,300 comments were registered, one user was ‘right’ – he worried ... Iran didnt release the name of its new commander. So the Mossad revealed it on X
No funding wait Hezbollah in financial free fall after Israel-Iran war
July 3, 2025 — Terror group faces severe post-war financial crisis and killing of Quds Force officials who managed funding; residents of Hezbollah strongholds say reconstruction aid dried up; group now scrambling to set up cash-strapped alternative
Jews arrested in Iran released after round-up by regime security forces sources say
July 3, 2025 — “Several Jewish friends inside Iran sent me messages on Instagram and WhatsApp saying they were unharmed but very frightened of the regime’s authorities,” the journalist Rosa Parto told JNS.
In Iraq restored tomb of biblical prophet Nahum quietly attracts Jewish pilgrimage
July 3, 2025 — A day after arriving in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, Michigan rabbi Asher Lopatin woke up at 3 a.m. and set out across the dusty desert landscape for the small town of Alqosh, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) away.
Foiled Double attempt to smuggle weapons from Egypt thwarted by IDF
July 2, 2025 — IDF troops confiscate 24 weapons brought into Israel via drone and vehicle near the Egyptian border.
Iranian president enacts law suspending cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog
July 2, 2025 — Europeans urged to reimpose sanctions * Top Tehran diplomat says Fordo badly damaged by bombings * Hamas sticks to demand that Gaza deal end war after Israel accepts US proposal
IDF arrests Iran-operated terror cell confiscates weapons in southern Syria
July 2, 2025 — IDF chief: Golan Heights buffer zone ‘functions as a forward defense zone’
Iran readied to mine key Strait of Hormuz after Israel began strikes say US sources
July 2, 2025 — US intelligence said to have detected sea mines loaded onto naval vessels, though move may have been ruse to ramp up pressure on Washington by appearing ready to close key waterway
Tehran is pressing Hezbollah not to surrender to US demands
July 2, 2025 — The key to a long-term solution lies in Damascus rather than Beirut, via a comprehensive settlement with the new Syrian regime, expert tells JNS.
IDF chief in Syria A high level of alertness
July 2, 2025 — Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir conducted a high-level field tour and situational assessment.
Hamas official doubles down on demands for end of war amid new hostage deal hopes report
July 2, 2025 — Hamas official Taher al-Nunu said that Hamas was “ready and serious regarding reaching an agreement.”
