Israel News for 6-12-2025
News Update
IDF forces arrested 7 Hamas terrorists in a raid on Beit Jinn, a town in the Damascus countryside, last night. About 100 soldiers, 10 military vehicles and drones reportedly took part in the operation. One terrorist was killed.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said that five of its Palestinian workers were killed, and others injured, in a Hamas attack on the bus that was transporting them to work. The GHF said that some workers might have been abducted. The GHF said, “The attack did not happen in a vacuum. For days, Hamas has openly threatened our team, our aid workers and the civilians who receive aid from us. Their threats have been met with silence.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency declared Iran in breach of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations for the first time in nearly two decades. In response, Iran notified the UN watchdog of plans to open a new uranium enrichment facility, though it provided no details on its location. The U.S. State Department announced it is withdrawing all nonessential personnel from embassies and diplomatic missions in Iraq, Bahrain and Kuwait. Iran’s Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh warned the U.S. that in the event of war, “All its bases are within our reach, we have access to them, and without hesitation, we will target all of them in the host countries.”
The United States has warned countries planning to attend a United Nations conference organized by French President Emmanuel Macron that supporting anti-Israel measures could be seen as acting against American foreign policy interests and may trigger serious diplomatic consequences, including sanctions. The U.S. reiterated its opposition to any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and expressed doubt that the upcoming discussions would help promote peace on the ground, and would instead threaten Israel’s security.
A motion to dissolve parliament, brought by the opposition, was defeated 61–53 just after midnight on Thursday. The government survived the vote after ultra-Orthodox lawmakers, acting on the orders of senior rabbis, sided with the coalition following a last-minute compromise on military draft legislation.
