White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt calls NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani “a communist” ahead of his first meeting with President Trump.

Ofer Bruner (19), who volunteered at the Ein Avdat Nature Reserve and was about to enlist in the IDF, was found lifeless after falling from a cliff into a water reservoir.

Singapore announced that it will impose targeted sanctions on Meir Ettinger, Baruch Marzel, Bentzi Gopstein, and Elisha Yered due to their alleged involvement in violent incidents against Palestinian Arabs.

<p>French prosecutors are investigating Grok, Elon Musk’s AI, after it echoed Holocaust denial tropes on X. The chatbot’s posts, now deleted, sparked outrage and legal complaints from ministers and rights groups.</p>

<p>During a cabinet meeting, Minister Yitzhak Wassarlauf warned that wounded IDF soldiers in the rehabilitation department at Tel Hashomer Hospital are forced to contend with severe bureaucracy and a sense of abandonment by the state.</p><p>In response, Prime Minister Netanyahu called for action to find solutions, stating: “Such a thing cannot be allowed.”</p>

NYC leaders condemn an antisemitic protest outside Park East Synagogue. Mayor-elect Mamdani: “Every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation.”

<p>Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said during a cabinet meeting in Beirut: “In two days we will celebrate Independence Day. We hope that by next year’s Independence Day, not a single centimeter of Lebanese land will remain occupied.”</p><p>He added that the celebrations and military parade had been canceled “due to the circumstances in the country.”</p>

Iran’s FM Araghchi says IAEA won’t access bombed nuclear sites without a deal. He rules out missile talks, slams US demands, and declares talks with Europe “no longer useful” after sanctions snapback.