Rockets fired from Lebanon land off Israel coast: IDF

As Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip continue to launch rocket after rocket into Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces Thursday said at least three had been fired from Lebanon, the country to the north.

Israel turned down offers of ceasefire with Hamas, Netanyahu says

Israel rejected offers of truce on behalf of the Hamas terrorist group, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, at a meeting of the top military brass and security officials occasioned by the sharp escalation between the Jewish state and Gaza-based Islamists.

Biden signs cybersecurity executive order in the wake of pipeline shutdown

Specifically citing a slew of recent incidents including SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange server hacks and the ongoing Colonial Pipeline situation, President Biden signed an executive order today that focuses on “improving the nation’s cybersecurity.” The steps it lays out are supposed to improve information sharing between agencies, set policies to protect federal networks and improve the response to breaches by creating a standardized “playbook” that will be reviewed by the director of CISA.

Israel’s vaunted Iron Dome stretched to limit by Hamas rocket barrage

Israel‘s state-of-the-art Iron Dome missile defense system is facing its toughest test to date amid rapid-fire rocket attacks from Hamas, with military analysts in Israel openly wondering whether the Palestinian militant group has found a strategy to partially pierce the shield.

US Consumer Prices Surged in April

U.S. consumer prices jumped .8% in April, the fastest increase in inflation in more than a decade, the Labor Department reported Wednesday, as the world’s largest economy recovers from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic.

Burkina Faso chaplains overwhelmed in task of supporting troops

The under-resourced military chaplains of Burkina Faso are struggling to provide adequate support to government troops fighting the onslaught of Islamic extremist violence against this previously peaceful West African nation, Associated Press reports.

Netanyahu declares State of Emergency in city of Lod amid “civil war between Arabs and Jews”

Israel declared a state of emergency in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod on Wednesday after Mayor Yair Revivo said a “civil war between Arabs and Jews,” was taking place there.  The rioting, including the torching of three synagogues and the death of an Arab man, began on Monday after Arab residents took to the streets in support of Palestinians clashing with police on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Ahmadinejad registers to run for Iran’s presidency again

Renowned for being a Holocaust denier who advanced Iran’s nuclear program, former Iranian former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Wednesday as a candidate for his country’s presidency, the Associated Press reports. Ahmadinejad was previously in office for two four-year terms from 2005 to 2013.

President Biden:’Parents Give Kids COVID Jab’

U.S. President Joe Biden has urged parents to get their kids inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine after America’s leading health institute endorsed its use for children as young as 12.

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