Iran is plotting a destructive attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil extraction facilities, according to intelligence gathered by Israel’s spy agencies and relayed to Washington, an Israeli TV report said Friday night.
Top officials in Tehran were “mulling different aggressive actions” against American-allied targets after direct attacks on US targets were deemed to risky, and set their sights on Saudi oil production facilities, according to the TV report that did not cite its sources.
It is understood that an added advantage of such a attack from Iran’s point of view would be sending oil prices soaring, resulting in a windfall for the cash-strapped Islamic Republic, languishing under the harsh sanctions levied by the administration of Donald Trump.

Of the 23 Palestinians identified as being killed in last weekend’s violent flare-up in the Gaza Strip, at least 17 (74%) were members of terrorist groups, according to an analysis published by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC).
Among the dead, the report found, were eight Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, five Fatah operatives, two Hamas operatives and one Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine operative.
Around 700 rockets were fired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad into southern Israel over a two-day span, killing four Israeli civilians.
The IDF responded with pinpoint strikes on hundreds of terror targets in the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave.
by Algemeiner Staff and Agencies
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Friday reiterated his call for Rep. Ilhan Omar to be removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee for making anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments while in Congress.
“Ilhan Omar has made statements … anti-Semitic comments … statements against our most cherished ally: Israel … that ought to be rejected by every American,” said Pence during an interview with Fox News.
Even before running for Congress, Omar has made anti-Israel statements such as tweeting in 2012 that Israel has “hypnotized the world,” a post that has since been deleted.
Then in February, one month into the job, Omar accused the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the largest pro-Israel lobbying organization, of paying members of Congress to back Israel.

Citing Passover holiday season and April's Gaza fighting, PM calls 14-day extension to coalition talks 'accepted practice'

Justice Ministry says it tried to send material via couriers but they were sent away; AG calls PM's request to delay hearing while failing to take material 'puzzling'

In a letter, Gil Messing says he doesn't want controversy surrounding his 2015 actions in fulfillment of his civic duty to damage the army's reputation

A December fundraising campaign brought in more than $20 million over the course of a few weeks, its thousands of donors united by a common goal: the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, oft-promised by President Donald Trump.
Some four months later, a contingent of those supporters is ready to see what their money has built.

Report cites 40% surge in calls to trauma helpline, with over 1,000 calls just during last week's 2-day flareup