The Islamic Republic’s terror proxies Hamas and Hezbollah issued statements mourning Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials were also killed in the crash in the country’s northwestern East Azerbaijan province.

Israel’s Knesset opened its summer session on Monday, also hailed as “Disruption Day” by anti-government protesters, who held demonstrations at multiple locations throughout the country.
At least 12 people were arrested after clashes broke out between police and protesters who blocked the main highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
“Today we are doing [this] because we understand that in order for this country to continue to exist, this government must go,” said the Brothers in Arms organization.
Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch called the protesters “anarchists,” and said their actions were harming the country

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwestern East Azerbaijan province on Sunday, Iranian state media confirmed on Monday morning.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the regime’s representative in East Azerbaijan and Malek Rahmati, the province’s governor, were also killed, along with the pilot and co-pilot.
They were returning from an inauguration ceremony for a dam built jointly by Iran and Azerbaijan on the Aras River.
An Israeli official told Reuters that the Jewish state was not involved in the incident, saying that “it wasn’t us.” There was no official reaction from Israel.

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Monday will seek arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as for Hamas leaders.
The charges against Netanyahu and Gallant will include “causing extermination, causing starvation as a method of war, including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies [and] deliberately targeting civilians in conflict,” Karim Khan told CNN‘s Christiane Amanpour.
Charges against Hamas terrorist leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, chief Ismail Haniyeh and Al-Qassam Brigades armed wing head Mohammed Deif will include “extermination, murder, taking of hostages, rape and sexual assault in detention,” he said.

IDF soldiers in Gaza have discovered a video showing 8-year-old Ela Elyakim, recorded shortly after she was taken from her father’s home in Nachal Oz during the October 7th massacre.
The video depicts Ela standing in front of the flag of Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, saying: “I’m Ela Elyakim, the daughter of Noam, and I’m eight years old. And I ask that someone frees us from Hamas captivity.”
Additionally, the IDF released a photograph of Ela with her 15-year-old sister, Dafna, who was also abducted with her.
Both sisters were freed in a previous hostage deal after spending 51 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza.

British author Salman Rushdie cautioned that a Palestinian state would resemble a “Taliban-like state,” The Telegraph reports.
Speaking at a literary festival in Berlin, Rushdie said, according to local broadcaster RBB, “I have been in favor of a separate Palestinian state most of my life, since the 1980s.”
However, he added, “if there were a Palestinian state now, it would be run by Hamas and we would have a Taliban-like state – a satellite state of Iran. Is this what the progressive movements of the Western left want to create?”

A deputy to Mayor Eric Adams has accused the Washington Post of antisemitism following the publication of an article about affluent Jewish individuals organizing an advocacy effort for Israel and urging the mayor to act against anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.
The Washington Post’s article, released on Thursday, focuses on a WhatsApp group chat. In this chat, Jewish billionaires and notable business figures discussed advocating for Israel, including by promoting an Israeli government compilation of footage from Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel.

The home used by 2024 presidential wannabe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his voting address is in foreclosure proceedings for non-payment, records obtained by the New York Post show. The luxury Westchester County residence is not owned by Kennedy and the independent candidate’s name does not appear in resident searches, the Post reported, adding neighbors–and even cops— were “shocked” to find out Kennedy was attached to the residence.
“No … he doesn’t live here,” a local cop told the publication.
The address has also appeared on paperwork in presidential nomination petitions filed in New Hampshire, according to the outlet.

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan reaffirmed to senior Israeli officials Sunday a need for the government to “connect its military operations [in Gaza] to a political strategy” to ensure a lasting defeat of Hamas, a complete hostage release and a better future for the enclave, the White House said.
Sullivan, who met in Israel with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, also proposed “a series of concrete measures” to ensure more aid enters Gaza, the White House said in a statement, and discussed steps for a more effective system to protect humanitarian workers delivering that aid.

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