More than 60% of the Gaza Strip is now under Israeli military control, according to Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, head of the IDF’s Central Command, marking a significant expansion beyond the territory Israel was authorized to retain temporarily under the October 2025 ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Bluth also said the IDF has established a security buffer protecting Israeli communities near the Gaza border, with two divisions deployed in the area.

“A cross-border raid like the one that occurred nearly three years ago is no longer possible,” he said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in May that he had instructed the military to bring 70% of the Gaza Strip under Israeli control.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel, in order to be protected from Hezbollah militants.

Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's supreme leader in joint US-Israeli strikes.

Israel responded with massive airstrikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, where its troops now occupy swathes of territory near the border.

"Christian villages in Lebanon, some of them have actually asked to be annexed to Israel, because we protect them against the Hezbollah, Hezbollah fanatics who want to kill them, and we do the same things with Christians everywhere," Netanyahu told Fox News's show, The Sunday Briefing.

The mayor of the Christian village of Rmeish, Hanna al-Amil, was quoted by Lebanese public broadcaster NNA as denying Netanyahu's claim.

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260705-netanyahu-says-lebanese-christian-villages-sought-annexation-by-israel  

Jewish organizations in Canada are increasingly helping families explore emigration as antisemitic violence reaches record levels, with informational tours to destinations such as Panama and Oklahoma drawing growing interest from those who no longer feel secure in the country.

Canada, home to the world's fourth-largest Jewish community, has experienced a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years.

Jewish advocacy groups say the worsening climate is prompting some families to consider leaving altogether, while others are actively investigating relocation opportunities abroad or in the United States.

Rivka Campbell, executive director of Beth Tikvah Synagogue in Toronto, said she is hearing increasingly from elderly members of her congregation who spend winters in Florida that life there feels markedly different.

"It's almost like they can breathe when they leave Toronto," she told The Media Line.

https://allisraelnews.com/canadian-jewish-groups-organize-relocation-tours-as-antisemitism-surges  

For years, despite being a key part of the Trump Administration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has occupied a political space that often overlaps with progressives who have become increasingly critical of Israel. But this week, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services delivered one of the strongest public defenses of the Jewish state by any member of the Trump administration, forcefully rejecting accusations that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

Appearing on Fox News, Kennedy didn’t hedge his words. “If Israel wanted to commit a genocide against Palestinians, they could do it in a minute,” Kennedy said. “It’s doing the opposite.” 

https://allisraelnews.com/rfk-jr-rejects-israel-genocide-claims-in-one-of-his-most-forceful-defenses-of-jewish-state  

US-backed Board of Peace poised to launch pilot program to build and maintain shelters in parts of Gaza under Israeli control, while encouraging Gazans to leave areas under Hamas rule.

The project is intended to create protected areas for civilians who are not armed and are not affiliated with Hamas, while shifting food and medical aid into zones administered outside the terror group’s control.

The plan is part of the implementation of Section 17 of President Donald Trump’s Gaza framework, which calls for temporary rehabilitation in parts of the Strip no longer controlled by Hamas.

The program’s immediate goal is to separate civilians from Hamas’s governing and military structures.

Food, medical care and other services would be provided inside the shelters, with caravans used instead of permanent reconstruction.  Officials familiar with the plan said no concrete would be brought in at this stage, reflecting concern that building materials could be diverted for military purposes.

Officials who have seen the plans hope the process will gradually deprive Hamas of population, territory and resources.

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