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Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jets fly over Israel en route to carry out strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on June 25, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
Israel at war
Report: Of 3 nuke sites hit by US, only Fordo was badly set back; Trump rejected wider op
By ToI Staff
US intel assessment cited by NBC News indicates less extensive damage at Natanz and Isfahan; Trump said to have eschewed weeks-long campaign targeting 6 sites
Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jets fly over Israel en route to carry out strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published on June 25, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 17, 2025, 3:06 pm
Report: Of 3 nuke sites hit by US, only Fordo was badly set back; Trump rejected wider op
US intel assessment cited by NBC News indicates less extensive damage at Natanz and Isfahan; Trump said to have eschewed weeks-long campaign targeting 6 sites
By ToI Staff
Following Israel’s military operation against Iran on June 13, the Tel Aviv-based Cyabra found a pattern of disinformation bots that went dark, only to re-emerge with anti-Israel and anti-Western messages. (Cyabra)
July 14, 2025, 12:28 pm
When Iran’s internet went down during its war with Israel, so did bot networks spreading disinformation
Analysts said a 16-day gap in meddling posts about British politics offered direct evidence of state-sponsored interference online.
By Deborah Danan
Argentina's Ambassador to Israel Axel Wahnish with the head of AMIA Mario Sogol at the Knesset on Monday. (Credit: Courtesy Argentinian Embassy in Tel Aviv, July 14, 2025)
July 14, 2025, 9:30 am
Silence is complicity on Iran, Argentina’s envoy says at AMIA bombing memorial
"This is not a local conflict — it's a global struggle between life and death, between light and darkness," said Ambassador Axel Wahnish.
By Etgar Lefkovits
Professor Amos Tanay (L) and Professor Liran Shlush, the lead researchers at the Weizmann Institute Cancer Research Unit of the breakthrough in leukemia diagnostics. (Credit: Courtesy, via JNS)
July 3, 2025, 11:09 am
After missile strike, Weizmann lab publishes breakthrough leukemia research
A joint project led by Professors Liran Shlush and Amos Tanay could fundamentally change the means of diagnosis and treatment of this pernicious form of cancer.
By Tziona Gerson
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon on March 17, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images via JNS)
July 3, 2025, 10:56 am
Pentagon: US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program by 1–2 years
The June 21–22 operation targeted key Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
By Joshua Marks
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
July 2, 2025, 9:35 am
How the West got the Israel-Iran war so wrong
Fear, fatalism and faith partnered for the miscaculation
By Adam Slonim
July 2, 2025, 6:54 am
Chronicle poll results: Peace between Iran and Israel
We asked our readers if they think there can be a longstanding peace between Iran and Israel. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Jewish students were evacuated to a hostel in Eilat before leaving for Cyprus. (Photo by Levi)
July 1, 2025, 12:48 pm
University of Pittsburgh student evacuated from Israel during war with Iran
“We sometimes heard explosions overhead,” he said. “One friend who was outside during one of the sirens saw a missile being intercepted. Luckily, none landed very close to us.”
By David Rullo
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a model of Air Force One between them, during a meeting at White House, April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
July 1, 2025, 10:25 am
Netanyahu set to visit White House next week
Netanyahu also appeared to prioritize the release of the remaining 50 Israeli hostages in Gaza following the ceasefire with Iran.
By Grace Gilson
Julie Paris in conversation with Iranian scholar and journalist Mohamad Machine-Chian at an event sponsored by StandWithUs in Pittsburgh on June 24 (Photo by Gene Tabachnick)
June 30, 2025, 12:23 pm
Reformer in exile: Scholar says Iranian people reject regime’s ideology and terror tactics
Mohamad Machine-Chian, now a researcher at Pitt, describes the disconnect between the Iranian people and the regime that governs them.
By Toby Tabachnick
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir (right) and IAF chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar are seen at the IAF’s underground command center, June 15, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Israel Defense Forces)
June 30, 2025, 10:29 am
Israel was facing destruction at the hands of Iran. This is how close it came, and how it saved itself
Iran was a decision and a few weeks away from nuclear weapons. But unlike Gaza 2023, Israel had been watching
By David Horovitz
June 26, 2025, 12:18 pm
Chronicle poll question
Do you think there can be a longstanding peace between Iran and Israel?
June 25, 2025, 4:58 pm
Chronicle poll results: Israel’s military operation in Iran
We asked our readers if they support Israel's military operation in Iran. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station inside the Galleria at the Sunset Mall in Las Vegas, Nov. 5, 2024. (David Becker/Getty Images)
June 25, 2025, 4:28 pm
Majority of Republicans support US joining Israel-Iran conflict while majority of Democrats oppose
The new Quinnipiac University poll also found that the number of voters who say the U.S. is too supportive of Israel reached an all-time high.
By Grace Gilson
Jonathan Harounoff is Israel's international spokesperson to the United Nations. (Photo provided by Jonathan Harounoff)
June 25, 2025, 12:07 pm
Israel’s international spokesperson to the UN shares insights on Oct. 7, Iran
“We’ve invited recently released hostages and families of hostages still held to the U.N. because the U.N. never came to them in their time of need.”
By David Rullo
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