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Bipartisan House group warns PA fiscal collapse could strengthen Hamas, Iran-backed groups

In a letter to Rubio and Bessent, US lawmakers said a fiscal crisis weakening the PA would create “exactly the kind of vacuum” Hamas and other Iran-backed actors seek.

The Palestinian Authority Security Forces have expanded significantly since the Oslo Accords, becoming a central focus of debate over security and governance in the West Bank.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the launch of the National AI Program, August 9, 2026.

Netanyahu announces lawsuit against Haaretz, John Malkovich pulls out of Israel performance

 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

Israeli legal group challenges UN inquiry over applying double standards to Israel, Hamas

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads Likud into the October 27 election as the ruling party seeks to retain power amid slipping polls and questions over Netanyahu’s future.

Netanyahu announces planned libel lawsuit over Haaretz report claiming UAE warned of Oct. 7


Gaza: Where do we go from here?

As long as we continue to stand our ground while striving for decisive victory rather than containment, we are moving in the right direction.

Erez Winner, chairman of HaBithchonistim

Hamas, Gazan NGO cm'tee warn parents to stop children flying kites after Israel threatens strikes

The announcement, made by the "popular committees," was coordinated with Hamas authorities, a source in the terror group said.

Palestinian child Omar Halawa, 14, flies a kite above a displacement camp in Gaza City, Gaza on August 23, 2026.

‘Only the IDF can protect us’: Gaza border residents protest deployment of BoP's Gaza force

Residents who lived through October 7 protested the International Stabilization Force (ISF)’s planned entry into Gaza, citing fears of renewed Hamas attacks.

Activists from Gaza border communities demonstrate near Amitai Camp adjacent to the Kerem Shalom Crossing, blocking the road to ISF trucks in protest of their presence in the Gaza Strip. August 25, 2026.

Israel must remember the danger carried by Gaza kites, Hamas dictating tempo at border - editorial

Israel has paid far too high a price to relearn this lesson. The kites crossing the border today may contain nothing, but the next ones may not. We should not wait and see.

The kite, which crossed from Gaza to Israel, didn't carry any explosive devices.

Drugs found in Gaza aid as IDF destroys Hamas weapons in mosques, arrests West Bank terrorists

"Hamas remains the main obstacle to further improving the situation in the Gaza Strip," a senior COGAT official said.

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid wait at the Kerem Shalom crossing before entering the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, August 12, 2026.

Inside Syria, night raids, farm permits mark Israel's expanding reach

A local security source quoted by the Syrian news organization Enab Baladi said Hamada was conducting private business rather than carrying out a military mission.

An Israeli army patrol at a temporary checkpoint in the Sayda al-Golan area of the southern Quneitra countryside on Aug. 19, 2026, with the road closed to civilian traffic. Local sources said residents were searched. Israel says its forces remain in southern Syria.

Kite launched from Gaza found in Nahal Oz, in seventh security breach in less than a month

"Hamas is testing the limits of a containment that should have ended after October 7," said the Gaza border communities about the incident.

Kite launched from Gaza found in Nahal Oz.

IDF's pre-Oct. 7 containment 'conceptzia' mentality still ingrained, October Council warns

The October Council emphasized that many IDF soldiers still fear raising these dangers with their commander, as they did before October 7, 2023, worried they might be seen as a "nuisance."

Members of the October Council announce the "Strategic Warning: Default 2026" report on August 24, 2026.

Hamas obstructing aid efforts as Gaza supplies exceed humanitarian needs, COGAT says

"The organization interferes with humanitarian operations, exploits civilian infrastructure, influences distribution mechanisms, and continues its repeated attempts to smuggle prohibited items."

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid wait at the Kerem Shalom crossing before entering the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, August 12, 2026.

Smotrich, Strock push Netanyahu to bar ISF from operating in Gaza before Hamas disarmament

Last Friday, Strock attended a tour of the Life Support Area Endurance camp, a staging site for ISF forces, and viewed ongoing preperations for the deployment of the ISF.

Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026.