US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

I hear people say: "I don't want any connection to Israel."

Okay - then give up your cell phone. Give up car navigation. Give up medical innovations that may have saved a family member's life.

And don't forget to also give up comforts like cherry tomatoes and seedless watermelons.

And let's just not buy anything that has an Nvidia or Intel chip. Get rid of most of your computers and many of the software programs you use, because they were developed here.

And sorry to say, but if you hate Israel that much - you are going to live a completely different kind of life.

Prime Minister's Office:

In the midst of Operation "Lion's Roar," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates and met with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.

This visit led to a historic breakthrough in relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Amit Segal

Summary of this week's news:
The IDF eliminated in Gaza the chief of the murderers Azadin Al-Hadad, commander of Hamas's military wing, one of the planners of the 7.10 massacre, and who held many hostages.

According to the Telegraph, senior officials in the Trump administration are encouraging the United Arab Emirates to take a more direct role in the war against Iran - including taking control of one of the Iranian islands in the Gulf.

A former security official in the Trump administration said that figures close to Trump proposed that the Emirates take control of the island of Lavan, which was attacked in secret strikes by the Emirates in early April.

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The name of an IDF fallen soldier whose notification was delivered to his family has been released, attached is the name of the fallen:

- Captain Maoz Israel Recanati, age 24, from Itamar, a platoon commander in the 12th Battalion, Golani Brigade, fell in battle in southern Lebanon.

May his memory be blessed 💔

President Trump issues a severe warning to Iran: "This was the calm before the storm"

Eurovision 2026 | Wrapped in the Israeli flag - Noam Batan in the flag parade.

After an amazing performance: Noam Batan came in second place in Eurovision, Bulgaria in first place.

President of the State Isaac Herzog spoke with Noam Batan after the second place in Eurovision: "You have an incredible composure on stage. Thank you very much, you honored the people of Israel"

This is a great achievement

A senior Hamas official abroad, Osama Hamdan, said in an interview with Al-Jazeera last night after the assassination of the commander of Hamas's military wing, Ezz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Az al-Din al-Haddad: The assassination had several main objectives - "directly hitting the commanders of the al-Qassam Brigades, their personnel and fighters, hoping that the entity would manage to overcome the 'complex' of October 7, to put pressure on Hamas, based on the enemy's thinking that the movement might sell its positions or surrender if its leaders become assassination targets" and an attempt by Israel to achieve a moral victory

Footage from Iranian television: Kalashnikov shooting drill for the general public - including live fire inside the studio towards the United Arab Emirates flag

IDF spokesperson in Arabic Lt. Col. Ela Waoya: A new name has joined the domino effect - Ezz al-Din al-Haddad

Brazilian President Lula da Silva to Washington Post: Trump knows that I oppose the war in Iran, disagree with the intervention in Venezuela, and condemn the "genocide in Palestine"

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The government approved the establishment of an IDF museum, a new recruitment office, and the establishment of an office for the Minister of Defense in the area of the former UNRWA compound near Ammunition Hill

Prime Minister Netanyahu at a government meeting on Jerusalem Day: "We eliminated Hamas's number one, the chief murderer Al-Khadad. I promised we would bring back all our captives - and we brought them all back. All the architects of the massacre and all the architects of the kidnapping will be eliminated to the last one, and we are very close to completing the mission."

Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO

Netanyahu added: "Our eyes are also open regarding Iran. I will speak today, as I do every few days, with our friend President Trump. I will certainly hear impressions from his trip to China, maybe also other things. There are certainly many options, we are prepared for every scenario."

Netanyahu at the government meeting: Six years ago, at a cabinet meeting, I warned about the threat of drones. At that time, I primarily saw it as a serious threat as a tool for assassinations, but since then it has obviously developed. From the beginning of the war, and of course also having seen the Ukraine war, I thought it could also be used as a tool on our battlefield. At my request, the IDF set up shelters over the tanks. That was one measure. And the IDF and the Ministry of Defense have done many things over the years, you have to understand that, and they have thwarted hundreds if not thousands, including UAVs, thousands of attempts to hit our forces with UAVs and drones. And they succeed. Every time there is a new threat, they manage to thwart it