Two soldiers in the Kfir Brigade were killed in Nablus on Thursday, one was killed in the Gaza Strip.

The prominence of rifles being smuggled into the West Bank illustrates how the terrorists are increasing their access to dangerous weapons.

The battlefield requires constant monitoring, and learning about the enemy - two elements that Israel's technology excels at.

US President Joe Biden's administration was strongly criticized by some Republican members of Congress for offering condolences to Iran.The United States will boycott a United Nations tribute on Thursday to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed earlier this month in a helicopter crash, a US official said.The 193-member UN General Assembly traditionally meets to pay tribute to any world leader who was a sitting head of state at the time of their death. The tribute will feature speeches about Raisi."We won't attend this event in any capacity," a US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters. The US boycott has not previously been reported.Raisi, a hardliner who had been seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed when his helicopter came down in poor weather in mountains near the Azerbaijan border on May 19.The Butcher of Tehran"The United Nations should be standing with the people of Iran, not memorializing their decades-long oppressor," said the US official. "Raisi was involved in numerous, horrific human rights abuses, including the extrajudicial killings of thousands of political prisoners in 1988."A man takes pictures using his phone as he offers condolences over the deaths of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and others, at the representative office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mosul, Iraq May 21, 2024 (credit: Khalid Al-Mousily/Reuters)"Some of the worst human rights abuses on record, especially against the women and girls of Iran, took place during his tenure," the official said.The UN Security Council stood at the beginning of an unrelated meeting for a moment of silence on May 20 to remember the victims of the helicopter crash. Deputy US Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood reluctantly stood with his 14 counterparts.The United States expressed its "official condolences" for Raisi's death, the State Department said on May 20. White House national security spokesperson John Kirby also said that day: "No question this was a man who had a lot of blood on his hands."US President Joe Biden's administration was strongly criticized by some Republican members of Congress for offering condolences to Iran.Raisi, 63, was elected president in 2021 and in office ordered a tightening of morality laws, oversaw a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests and pushed hard in nuclear talks with world powers.

Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities marked the completion of multi-year renovations to the 14th-century Altunbugha al-Maridani mosque, funded by the EU and the Aga Khan Foundation.Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities held a ceremony on Tuesday to mark the completion of multi-year renovations to the grand 14th-century mosque of Altunbugha al-Maridani in Historic Cairo.Al-Maridani, chief of police and married to a daughter of the powerful Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Mohamed, built the mosque in 1338-40 AD on al-Darb al-Ahmar street, a thoroughfare connecting Cairo's Citadel to the walled city's southern gate. A view of the Mosque of Amir al-Maridani, dating from 1340 CE from the era of the Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo, as Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is to inaugurate the second phase of the restoration project on it, in Darb al-Ahmar, in Cairo, Egypt, May 29, 2024. (credit: MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS)The mosque's main entrance is decorated with ornate inscriptions and fine marble. Its columns were salvaged from older buildings during construction.Historic mosque restoration completedThe mosque's exterior and minaret were renovated in the first phase, which began in 2018 and was completed in 2021. The second phase, which lasted 18 months, focused on the interior. The European Union and the Aga Khan Foundation helped fund the project.The mosque had been heavily renovated between 1895 and 1903. A view of the interior of the Mosque of Amir al-Maridani, dating from 1340 CE from the era of the Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo, as Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is to inaugurate the second phase of the restoration project on it, in Darb al-Ahmar, in Cairo, Egypt, May 29, 2024. (credit: MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS)Egyptian, EU, and foundation officials, including the foundation's director and the deputy governor of Cairo, attended Tuesday's event.It was the first such event since Mohamed Ismail Khaled, the new director of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, was appointed in March.

The assumed silence and docility of soldiers’ parents has always been a sacred cow in Israel. But Rafah was a tipping point, says one mother.

The Shin Bet and the IDF changed their combat tactics, their intensity and frequency of activities.

Hamas has been stockpiling weapons for decades in Gaza; almost every building has either weapons or other types of terrorist infrastructure inside.