Ohel played piano alongside American musician John Ondrasik, known as Five for Fighting, after briefly being delayed on arrival in New York because US systems still listed him as a hostage in Gaza

Axios reports that the Israeli prime minister asked to meet Trump in the US as tensions grow over Iran talks, Lebanon operations and skepticism toward Netanyahu among the president’s advisers

Senior Hamas and Hezbollah figures, Russian and Chinese representatives and Ahmad Vahidi, head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, joined the delayed ceremonies in Tehran, which some officials say could expose valuable targets to Israeli intelligence

Funding is expected to come from unspent money in a Bennett-era five-year plan for Arab society, with officials saying the agency will focus on weapons smuggling and arms trafficking rather than replacing police

Yuli Edelstein’s talks with Ayelet Shaked, Gilad Erdan and Yoaz Hendel are part of a wider scramble among right-wing and centrist splinters trying to avoid wasting votes before 2026

Haym Salomon was a spy, broker, prisoner, patriot and financier whose money helped keep Washington’s army moving before Yorktown; yet the Polish-born Jew who risked everything for American independence remains one of the Revolution’s most overlooked figures 

New York Times reports that Iran’s conservative camp is split between pragmatists pushing US deal and hard-liners opposing concessions, as Mojtaba Khamenei’s unseen rule leaves IRGC generals and rival factions fighting over regime’s future

Fifty years after Israel’s daring hostage rescue in Uganda, the story of Mossad station chief Eli Engel reveals how his home became a secret command post, his Kenyan contacts secured fuel and medical access, and his family was forced to flee under false names