GAZA CEASFIRE GOOD LUCK-HOW CAN MUSLIM, ARAB DEATH CULTISTS HAVE PEACE, ULESS THEY DIE.YOU GIVE THEM THEIR WISH, THEN YOU HAVE GAZA PEACE.

GAZA CEASFIRE GOOD LUCK-HOW CAN MUSLIM, ARAB DEATH CULTISTS HAVE PEACE, ULESS THEY DIE.YOU GIVE THEM THEIR WISH, THEN YOU HAVE GAZA PEACE.

DR DOCTORION-ANGEL OF THE MIDEAST
"The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.

FIRST ANGEL: ASIA
But the angel said: "Millions will die in China and in India. Nation will be against nation, brother against brother. Asians will fight each other. Nuclear weapons shall be used, killing millions."Twice I heard the words, "Catastrophic! Catastrophic!"Then the angel said, "Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world."I was trembling while the angel was speaking.
SECOND ANGEL: MIDDLE EAST
Then I saw that the second angel had a sickle in his hand, such as is used in harvesting.The second angel said: "Harvest time has come in Israel and the countries all the way to Iran."I saw those countries in a few split seconds."All of Turkey and those [inaudible] countries that have refused me and refused my message of love shall hate each other and kill one another."I saw the angel raise the sickle and come down on all the Middle East countries. I saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of Georgia - Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor - full of blood. I saw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; Nuclear weapons used in many of those countries. Smoke rising from everywhere. Sudden destruction – men destroying one another. I heard these words:"Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come."

Jeremiah 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 

Isaiah 57:21
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Ephesians 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,(LIBERAL GODLESS AIR WAVES) the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

EZEK 39:11-16
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (300 MILLION RUSSIA,GERMANY, IRAN, TURKEY, ARAB MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: (IN THE JORDAN VALLEY) and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, (NUCLEAR SPECIALISTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

MEANING OF HAMONAH
Hamonah, ham-o'-nah (Heb.)-- host; multitude; noise; tumult; commotion of mind. The prophetic name of a city that is mentioned in conjunction with Hamon-gog: "And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city.
Metaphysical meaning of Hamonah (mbd) - Truth Unity

Strong's Lexicon-Hamonah: Hamonah-Original Word: הֲמוֹנָה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location-Transliteration: Hamownah
Pronunciation: hah-mo-NAH-Phonetic Spelling: (ham-o-naw')
Definition: Hamonah-Meaning: Hamonah

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root הָמוֹן (H1995), meaning "multitude" or "abundance."Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for "Hamonah" in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew proper noun. However, the concept of a multitude or abundance can be related to Greek words like πλῆθος (G4128), meaning "multitude."Usage: The term "Hamonah" is used as a proper noun referring to a specific location mentioned in the prophetic literature of the Old Testament. It is associated with the aftermath of a significant battle, symbolizing the multitude of the slain.Cultural and Historical Background: In the context of the Hebrew Bible, names often carry significant meaning and are used to convey theological and prophetic messages. "Hamonah" is mentioned in the book of Ezekiel, a prophetic text that addresses the restoration of Israel and the judgment of the nations. The name reflects the abundance of God's judgment upon the enemies of Israel, serving as a reminder of divine justice and sovereignty.

DAMASCUS DESTROYED

ISAIAH 17:1,3,13-14
17 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

JEREMIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(PALACES OF DAMASCUS)

ISRAEL WILL BE IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM, THE SIGN OF THE START OF THE LAST GENERATION.

NEHEMIAH 2:17
17  Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we (ISRAELIS) are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste,(AD 70) and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem,(DAN 9:24-27) that we be no more a reproach.

LUKE 21:24
24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.(ISRAEL RECAPTURES JERUSALEM)(THE BEGGINING OF THE LAST GENERATION AND THE LAST END OF THE AGE OF GRACE.NOT THE END OF THE WORLD ,THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER)

MATTHEW 1:17
17  So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations;(14)and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations;(14)and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.(14)(42 GENERATIONS DIVIDED BY 2160 YEARS = 51.4 YRS TO A GENERATION)

LUKE 3:38,23
38  Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
23  And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,(SO HERE IN LUKE 3 WE HAVE 77 GENERATIONS FROM ADAM TO CHRIST-77 DIVIDED BY 4,000 YEARS = 51.9 YRS TO A GENERATIN)(SO A TRUE BIBLE GENERATION IS FROM 40 TO 51 YEARS)

MATTHEW 24:33-36
33  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,(ALL THE SIGNS OF PROPHECY HAPPENING IN THEIR BEGGINING STAGES AFTER ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM)(THEN) know that it is near, even at the doors.(THE RAPTURE)
34  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass,(1967-ISRAELS RECAPTURE OF JERUSALEM=40-51 YRS(A GENERATION)=2007-2018+) till all these things be fulfilled.(ALL THE LITERAL PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE WILL BE FULFILLED(AT LEAST 500 WILL BE FULFILLED)
35  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36  But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST

1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

GENESIS 12:1-3
1  Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I (GOD) will shew thee:
2  And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3  And I will bless them that bless thee,(ISRAELIS) and curse (DESTROY) him that curseth thee:(DESTROY THEM) and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

China launches international association to boost global access to deep space research-by Riko Seibo.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025-China will inaugurate the International Deep Space Exploration Association (IDSEA) next Monday, marking its first international academic body dedicated to aerospace. Based in Hefei, Anhui province, the association is designed to foster global collaboration, with an emphasis on empowering developing countries to access and advance deep-space technologies.The IDSEA, co-founded by the Hefei-based Deep Space Exploration Laboratory and four other institutions, will promote scientific research in areas such as lunar exploration, planetary science, and asteroid studies. Officials describe it as an inclusive platform aiming to broaden participation in space exploration."Our goal is to involve as many developing countries as possible," said Wang Zhongmin, director of the international cooperation center at the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory. "By launching small yet meaningful initiatives - like CubeSat projects and scientific training programs - we aim to help these nations acquire sophisticated technologies that were once beyond their reach."Deep-space efforts have historically been the domain of a few technologically advanced countries, primarily due to the high financial and technical barriers. "Many nations face a monopoly on deep space capabilities," Wang noted. "We must ensure these technologies serve all of humanity."China's rapid rise in space science has been matched by its willingness to collaborate internationally. In April, seven institutions from six countries - including the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan, and Pakistan - received authorization to study lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e 5 mission.Additionally, China has extended invitations for international involvement in its upcoming Mars initiatives. The Tianwen-3 mission, scheduled for around 2028, aims to retrieve Martian samples and search for signs of life. If successful, it would mark the first Mars sample return and one of the most ambitious undertakings in space exploration since the Apollo era.

Erdogan confident Turkey to be readmitted to US F-35 programme in stages.

Istanbul, July 5 (AFP) Jul 05, 2025-President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed confidence Turkey would be readmitted to the US F-35 programme and receive the stealth fighter jets in line with "an agreement" with US President Donald Trump.Washington booted Turkey out of its F-35 programme in 2019 and a year later imposed sanctions on Ankara over its purchase of an S-400 Russian surface-to-air missile defence system, but since Trump's return to office, the two NATO allies appear keen to end the dispute."I believe that Mr. Trump will remain loyal to the agreement we made. I think the F-35s will be delivered to Turkey step-by-step during his term," Erdogan said while returning from Azerbaijan, the Anadolu state news agency reported Saturday.He gave no further details about the agreement but said the move was "part of a geo-economic revolution.""The F-35 issue is not only a military technology issue for us, but also a strong partnership issue in international platforms such as NATO," he added.The sanctions on Turkey's defence sector have soured ties between the two allies but last weekend, Washington's envoy to Ankara Tom Barrack said they were likely to be over "by the year's end".Trump and Erdogan would instruct their top diplomats to "figure out the way and end it and Congress will support an intelligent solution", he told Anadolu on Sunday.In March, Erdogan spoke to Trump about the need to finalise a deal to let Turkey buy US F-16 fighter planes and be readmitted to the development programme for F-35 warplanes.And last month, he said he saw an end in sight to the sanctions, saying Turkey had seen them eased under Trump. 

US deploys 200 Marines to Florida to assist immigration tasks.

Washington, July 4 (AFP) Jul 04, 2025-Around 200 Marines were deployed to Florida on Thursday to provide administrative and logistical support for immigration enforcement raids happening in the southeastern state.The deployment is the first round of several requested by the US Department of Homeland Security to help its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency facilitate President Donald Trump's migrant crackdown, a top priority of his second term.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved the mobilization of up to 700 troops, with additional deployments planned for the southern US states of Louisiana and Texas, officials said."Service members participating in this mission will perform strictly non-law enforcement duties within ICE facilities," US Northern Command said in a statement."Their roles will focus on administrative and logistical tasks, and they are specifically prohibited from direct contact with individuals in ICE custody or involvement in any aspect of the custody chain."Earlier this week, Trump toured a new migrant detention center in Florida dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" that can house up to 1,000 people.The deployment also comes a month after the Republican leader sent 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles, California, in response to protests against immigration raids conducted by ICE.California officials heavily criticized Trump over his use of the military, saying it escalated protests that local law enforcement could have handled.The Trump administration insisted the deployment was necessary to quell unrest and protect federal property and personnel.

Supporters of Palestine Action, banned under UK terror laws, arrested at London protest-Campaign organization says 27 detained for holding cardboard signs in support of anti-Israel group designated a terror organization after breaking into and vandalizing UK airbase-By AFP and ToI Staff Today, 6:42 pm-JUL 5,25

Police on Saturday arrested protesters in London for supporting the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activist group Palestine Action, which was on Friday banned by the UK parliament under anti-terror laws.“Officers are responding to a protest in support of Palestine Action in Parliament Square. The group is now proscribed, and expressing support for them is a criminal offense. Arrests are being made,” the Metropolitan Police wrote on X.Campaign group Defend Our Juries said in a press release that a group of 27 people, including a priest and a number of health professionals, had been arrested for offenses under the Terrorism Act.They were holding cardboard signs, saying: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action,” added the campaign group. Israel has denied all accusations of genocide.Police warned on Friday that expressing support for Palestine Action would be a criminal offense after the ban kicked in at midnight.“This includes chanting, wearing clothing, or displaying articles such as flags, signs, or logos,” said the force.A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries said: “We commend the Counter Terrorism police for their decisive action in protecting the people of London from some cardboard signs opposing the genocide in Gaza and expressing support for those taking action to prevent it.”The terror designation cleared parliament on Thursday, with a court challenge by Huda Ammori, who helped found Palestine Action in 2020, to try to stop it from becoming law, failing on Friday.Judge Martin Chamberlain ruled against Ammori’s bid to pause the ban, meaning the proscription of Palestine Action came into force Saturday.Husain asked for a temporary pause until Monday pending an appeal, but Chamberlain refused, saying: “You are going to have to trouble the Court of Appeal tonight.”Ammori said in a statement: “We are seeking an urgent appeal to try to prevent a dystopian nightmare of the government’s making.”The government announced last week it would ban Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000, days after activists from the group broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged two planes in protest against what the group says is Britain’s support for Israel.Two aircraft at the base were sprayed with red paint, causing an estimated £7 million ($9.55 million) in damage.Four Palestine Action activists were remanded in custody on Thursday after appearing in court over the incident.Palestine Action has condemned the terror designation as an attack on free speech.Proscription would make it a crime to be a member of or to support the group, with a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

Military says it now controls 65% of Gaza Strip-Netanyahu, IDF chief said to clash in stormy meeting over plan to displace Gazans-‘Who will govern 2 million people?’: Eyal Zamir reportedly expresses incredulity as cabinet demands IDF move population to south of the Strip, lay siege to north-By Stav Levaton-and ToI Staff 4 July 2025, 11:40 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clashed with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir at a cabinet meeting Thursday night after the general appeared skeptical about a plan to move Gazan civilians to the south of the Strip and lay siege to its north, Hebrew media reported Friday.According to quotes from the closed-door meeting reported by Channel 12 and Ynet, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich accused Zamir of not following orders and leading to a stalemate in Gaza.Zamir was said to have responded: “You always say there is a stalemate in the Strip. There is no stalemate in the Strip — we’re doing exactly what you tasked us with. I suggest people watch what they say about us, supposedly not doing what we were tasked with. You certainly don’t need to be reminded that we have soldiers dying in battle.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly responded that the IDF needs to “work on a wide-scale evacuation plan of the population to the south of the Strip.”Smotrich, who reportedly accused Zamir on Sunday of seeking to end the war by warning that it endangers the hostages, was said to have added: “And lay siege to the north [of Gaza]. That way we’ll topple Hamas in no time.”“Do you want a military government [in Gaza]? Who will govern 2 million people?” Zamir asked, according to the unsourced reports.Netanyahu was said to have yelled in response: “The IDF and the State of Israel. I don’t want a military government, but I want to move [Gazans] to a large civilian area. [I’m] not willing to leave Hamas behind in any way.”Netanyahu reportedly said the alternative to the evacuation plan was to capture the entire Strip, including areas the IDF has not operated in until now for fear of harming the hostages.“The alternative to evacuation to the south is to run over the whole Strip and capture all of it, and that means killing the hostages, which I don’t want and am not prepared to do,” he was quoted as saying.Zamir reportedly replied that the evacuation plan could lead to a loss of control.“We need to talk about this. We have not agreed to this. To control these people who are hungry and angry could lead to a loss of control and as a result of that loss of control they could turn on the IDF, ” said Zamir, according to Ynet and Channel 12.Netanyahu reportedly dismissed Zamir’s concern, saying, “Prepare an evacuation plan — I want to see it when I return from Washington.”The prime minister is scheduled to meet at the White House with US President Donald Trump on Monday. Trump is expected to announce a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas during the visit. Netanyahu is set to return Thursday.On Wednesday evening, Netanyahu said Israel’s aims of both defeating Hamas and freeing the hostages were still attainable: “I am telling you, there will be no Hamas,” he said during a visit to the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company headquarters in Ashkelon. “There will be no Hamastan. We are not going back to that. It is over. We will release all our hostages.”Any suggestions that those two goals are in opposition are “nonsense,” he added, saying that “it works together. We will complete this together, contrary to what they say. We will eliminate them to the end.”Zamir said last week that the IDF would soon “reach the lines” set for it by the government in the latest Gaza offensive, which began in May and sought to conquer 75% of the Strip.Analysts said the announcement was meant to signal to the government the need to decide whether to move forward with a hostage-ceasefire deal or prepare for the IDF to establish military rule in the Strip.On Friday, the military said it had attained operational control of roughly 65% of the enclave.The military also said it eliminated more than 100 Hamas operatives over the past week, including senior commander Hakem al-Issa.Since the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, which sparked the war in Gaza, the Israeli Air Force has struck over 7,500 terror targets, including weapons sites, tunnels and rocket launchers, according to the IDF.The military said its campaign will continue in pursuit of its war goals and the protection of Israeli civilians.Netanyahu has publicly vowed to keep fighting until Hamas is vanquished, but is reportedly working with Trump on a plan that would end the war, re-commit Israel to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and normalize Israeli-Saudi and Israeli-Syrian relations.Ben Gvir and Smotrich reject outright any Israeli withdrawal from Gaza or hint at Palestinian statehood.On Wednesday, Hebrew media reported that Ben Gvir had reached out to Smotrich to form a united front in the government against the hostage-ceasefire deal being promoted by the White House. However, a spokesman for the finance minister denied any cooperation and accused Ben Gvir of playing a “game” with leaks to the media.

Proximity talks could start Sunday, if gaps seen bridgeable-Hamas responds ‘positively’ to truce offer, but with reservations; says ready to start talks-Source details differences on key issues, as Hamas aims to prevent Israel from resuming war, wants to lift curbs on UN aid and seeks a more significant IDF withdrawal-By Jacob Magid-Today, 2:04 am-JUL 5,25

Hamas announced Friday that it had submitted a “positive” response to the latest proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement, adding that it was prepared to “immediately” begin proximity talks with Israel to close remaining gaps. At the same time, a source involved in mediation efforts told The Times of Israel that the terror group’s reply included three reservations on core issues, leaving significant hurdles to overcome.“The movement has delivered its response to the brotherly mediators, which was characterized by a positive spirit. Hamas is fully prepared, with all seriousness, to immediately enter a new round of negotiations on the mechanism for implementing this framework,” Hamas said in a statement, which made no mention of any reservations.However, the source involved in the mediation effort stated that Hamas wants clearer language regarding the possibility that negotiations on a permanent ceasefire may not be completed by the end of the proposed 60-day truce.The text that was presented to Hamas states that the 60-day ceasefire can extend, so long as the sides are negotiating in good faith. But the source said Hamas wants the latter condition dropped, viewing it as a window Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will exploit to resume the war, as he did in March, collapsing an agreement reached in January before its second stage. Accordingly, the source said Hamas wants the proposal to state that talks on a permanent ceasefire will continue until an agreement is reached — something Israel has opposed, fearing that Hamas will drag out the talks indefinitely.Another Hamas reservation pertains to aid, which the terror group wants to fully resume through mechanisms backed by the United Nations and other international aid organizations, the source said, noting that assistance could still flow through the controversial, US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. However, the source clarified that Hamas would not accept the current system whereby Israel severely restricts the amount of UN aid allowed in.An average of fewer than 70 trucks of aid have been entering Gaza each day since Israel lifted a blockade on the Strip after 78 days. International organizations say hundreds of trucks are needed daily to address the dire need in the Strip. The extent of the crisis has been highlighted by the chaotic, deadly scenes at and near GHF distribution sites, which thousands of Palestinians have been willing to walk long distances to reach, while coming under acknowledged IDF fire and reported Hamas fire, in order to get food.The third reservation in Hamas’s response pertains to the withdrawal of Israeli forces during the truce, the source said, with the terror group demanding that the IDF retreat to positions it maintained before the collapse of the previous ceasefire in March.All three reservations are likely to receive pushback from Israel, given that Netanyahu has insisted from the get-go that Israel maintain the ability to resume fighting, rather than agree up-front to a permanent ceasefire. Jerusalem has argued that ending the war would leave Hamas in power and able to regroup, though critics of the government have maintained that Israel has already sufficiently dismantled the terror organization; opinion polls have shown some two-thirds of Israelis supporting a deal that would secure the release of all hostages at the price of ending the war.Israel is also opposed to aid mechanisms other than GHF, arguing that Hamas has proved able to commandeer large quantities of humanitarian assistance.Israel has also taken over large swaths of territory, including the so-called Morag Corridor in southern Gaza, where it will likely push to keep its troops, similar to the Philadelphi Corridor, which straddles the Egypt-Gaza border.Potential proximity talks-The source, familiar with the mediation effort, said that despite Hamas’s reservations, they expected the sides to still be able to move ahead with proximity talks, which could take place in Doha as soon as Sunday.But US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff had been pushing for Hamas to accept the mediators’ proposal as is, so that only a small number of issues would need to be raised during proximity talks. Those included the number and the identities of the Palestinian prisoners to be released in the deal and the maps marking the withdrawal of Israeli troops.It wasn’t immediately clear whether Israel and the US would deem Hamas’s reservations as limited enough to proceed with proximity talks. A nearly identical dynamic unfolded when a previous hostage deal proposal was submitted by Witkoff in late May. Then, the US envoy blasted the Hamas response as unacceptable, and proximity talks were not held.US President Donald Trump has been pushing for a deal since he brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Iran on June 24, and he expressed his hope earlier this week that a ceasefire would be reached next week. He made similar comments the week before, though.Terms of the deal-The deal on the table would secure the release of half of the 20 remaining living hostages, with eight freed on the first day and two released on the 50th day, according to an Arab diplomat from one of the mediating countries.Roughly half of the remaining slain hostages would also be released, with five being freed on the seventh day, five more freed on the 30th day and eight more freed on the 60th day.While Hamas has offered to release all of the hostages in one batch, Netanyahu — under pressure from far-right coalition partners — opted for the phased framework in order to maintain the ability to resume the war. Accordingly, Hamas demanded more staggered releases to ensure that Israel remains at the negotiation table.A Netanyahu aide told Israeli reporters after midnight on Saturday that Israel had received Hamas’s response and was studying its contents.Meanwhile, Palestinian Islamic Jihad — a smaller Gaza terror group that is aligned with Hamas in the war and also holding hostages, issued a statement backing plans to hold proximity talks with Israel, while seeking “guarantees.”“We presented (Hamas) a number of detailed points on the mechanism for putting in place the mediators’ proposal, and we want additional guarantees to assure us (that Israel) will not resume its aggression after (hostages) are freed,” PIJ said in a statement issued shortly after Hamas’s.The proximity talks are expected to be very difficult, with Israel reportedly fearing that Hamas will try and increase the number of Palestinian security prisoners that are released for every hostage.And if those talks succeed, the subsequent negotiations on a permanent ceasefire are likely to be even thornier, with Israel demanding the disarmament of Hamas and the exile of its leaders — conditions that the terror group has long rejected. Netanyahu reportedly told security cabinet members earlier this week that he wanted to fight in Gaza until the last Hamas gunman is defeated.On Wednesday evening, Netanyahu said Israel’s aims of both defeating Hamas and freeing the hostages were still attainable: “I am telling you, there will be no Hamas,” he said during a visit to the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company headquarters in Ashkelon. “There will be no Hamastan. We are not going back to that. It is over. We will release all our hostages.”Hamas had been deliberating the latest ceasefire proposal since Tuesday, when Trump announced that Israel had accepted it.Trump’s aides met with Netanyahu confidant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer in Washington, consulting with him on the terms of the deal before the president’s Tuesday announcement.Trump will host Netanyahu at the White House on Monday for the Israeli premier’s third visit in six months. No other foreign leader has been in the Oval Office more than once since the start of Trump’s second term.On Thursday, Trump hosted former American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander at the White House and reportedly pledged to secure the release of the remaining 50 captives, 20 of whom are believed to be alive.On Friday, he told reporters that Gazans have “been through hell,” dodging a reporter’s question about whether he still plans for the US to take over the Strip.“I want the people of Gaza to be safe,” he answered.

Officials said readying to decide which hostages go free 1st-As sides await Hamas response to truce deal, Trump said to offer personal pledge to end war-Terror group says it’s holding discussions with other factions, as formal reply expected on Friday; Israeli official: Ceasefire may start next week if Hamas gives ‘positive answer’By Nava Freiberg,Lazar Berman,ToI Staff and Agencies 4 July 2025, 5:03 am

As Israel and mediators were waiting for Hamas’s response Friday to the latest proposal for a hostage release and ceasefire deal in Gaza, a report said US President Donald Trump would offer the Palestinian terror group a direct guarantee that he will remain committed to ending the war in the Strip, which has been grinding on since October 2023.Israel is believed to be under heavy US pressure to clinch a ceasefire deal ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington for talks with Trump next week.Sources have indicated in recent days that the sides had shown flexibility on all issues but remained stuck on the question of ending the war, with Israel insisting that it be able to resume its offensive against Hamas and the terror group demanding that any deal permanently end the fighting, which began with its onslaught in Israel on October 7, 2023.To bridge the remaining gaps between Israel and Hamas on ending the war, Channel 12 news presented a Hebrew translation of what it described as Trump’s likely formulation: Trump will “commit that negotiations over the terms for ending the war will continue even after a temporary ceasefire, and that I will do everything in my power to help the parties reach an agreement on the terms of a permanent ceasefire.”According to the unsourced Thursday report, Trump’s message to Hamas is that if it agrees to the so-called Witkoff framework — which includes the release of 10 living hostages in two phases and 18 bodies in three phases over the course of a 60-day ceasefire — the US will ensure efforts continue to reach a lasting end to the conflict.Reports have said the proposal contains assurances from the mediators that both sides will not resume fighting as long as negotiations to end the war are ongoing, although Israeli sources have insisted it doesn’t include an Israeli commitment to not renew the fighting if the talks fall through.Ahead of Netanyahu’s White House visit on Monday, Israel is optimistic about Hamas’s formal response and believes proximity talks could begin within days, the report added.Hamas said early Friday morning that it was discussing the US-backed ceasefire proposal with other Palestinian groups, and that it would submit its response to mediators once the talks concluded.The statement came after unverified reports by Hamas-linked outlets claimed the terror group had given a “positive answer” to the proposal.Channel 13 news reported earlier Thursday evening, citing a senior Israeli official, that Jerusalem believes Hamas will give an answer to the offer by Friday evening.“If it comes back with a positive answer, [the deal] could take place by next week,” said the senior official.The Kan public broadcaster and Channel 12 have both reported that if Hamas gives a positive response, an Israeli negotiation team will be ready to head at short notice to Doha, Qatar, for mediated talks aimed at wrapping up the final points of contention. Among those is the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza during the halt in fighting.Netanyahu held a meeting with a small group of ministers Thursday night on the terms of a potential deal.The 60-day deal is expected to see five separate releases of dead and living hostages, with Channel 13 saying that on day one, eight living hostages will be released; on day seven, five bodies; on day 30, another five bodies; on day 50, two living hostages; and on the last day, eight more bodies.Were this process completed, this would leave 22 hostages still held in Gaza, at least 10 of them believed to be alive.Various outlets have reported similar terms for the deal, with Hamas said to agree to forgo public hostage release ceremonies and Israel said to agree to hold off on resuming military operations so long as talks on ending the war were ongoing.Hamas staged celebratory events for handovers during a previous truce in January and February, angering Israel and the US and drawing condemnation from the UN human rights chief.Reports have indicated that the hostages will be released in return for Israel setting free Palestinian security prisoners it is holding, and a boost in humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip.The full security cabinet was set to meet on Saturday night to vote on the proposal before Netanyahu takes off for Washington. The ceasefire could start while Netanyahu is in the United States, according to Channel 13.Meanwhile, several reports indicated that the government and the negotiating team were gearing up for the complex and sensitive task of determining which hostages would be released first if the deal is implemented.Political leaders were set to decide after being presented by the negotiating team with information about the medical conditions of the captives, Channel 12 news reported, citing a senior member of the negotiations team. However, the report added that due to the sensitivity of the matter, the cabinet could decide not to decide by itself.Similarly, Kan news reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, that the government was planning to task the negotiation team to make recommendations as to the order of hostages’ release.The report noted that Israel has defined all the remaining hostages as “humanitarian” in lists handed to mediators, and cited an Israeli source as saying the details of the hostages’ release will become clearer if and when there are proximity talks between Israel and Hamas.Meanwhile Thursday, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said he hoped the ceasefire and hostage release agreement being negotiated was “a done deal,” but whether it will get across the finish line is ultimately up to Hamas.“Let’s hope they understand it’s time for this to end… the reason it hasn’t [ended] before is because Hamas has been unwilling to let go of their grip on these hostages,” Huckabee said in an interview with Channel 12.He also insisted that “Hamas has no future in Gaza.”Palestinian terror groups are holding 50 hostages who were abducted from southern Israel on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led terrorists burst into the country. The attack also killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, triggering the war.The hostages include the bodies of at least 28 confirmed dead by the IDF. Twenty are believed to be alive and there are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said.Nurit Yohanan and Stav Levaton contributed to this report.

Australian PM: 'A cowardly act of antisemitism'-Israeli restaurant attacked, synagogue torched within minutes of each other in Melbourne-Anti-Israel mob said to chant ‘Death to the IDF’ while hurling furniture through ‘Miznon’ window; suspect sets entrance of historic synagogue on fire; 20 people inside evacuate unscathed-By ToI Staff and Agencies Today, 6:13 am-JUL 5,25

A mob of pro-Palestinian protesters vandalized an Israeli-owned restaurant in Melbourne on Friday evening, just minutes after a nearby historic synagogue was targeted in an arson attack while worshippers were inside, Australian authorities said.About 20 anti-Israel protesters stormed the Miznon restaurant at around 8:30 p.m. local time, with the Herald Sun citing witnesses who said the mob chanted “Death to the IDF.” Rap duo Bob Vylan led a crowd in shouting the same phrase at the Glastonbury festival in England days earlier.The protesters — many of them masked — hurled furniture and food at the restaurant, shattering one of its outer windows as customers dined both inside and outside.Police said they arrested a 28-year-old protester and questioned several other participants at the scene, identifying each of them for the purpose of a follow-up investigation.Activists say they targeted the Miznon restaurant because it is co-owned by Shahar Segal, who has served as a spokesperson for the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has been rejected by other aid groups who say its food distribution sites expose Gazans to IDF gunfire.Around half an hour before the incident at Miznon, police said a man entered the grounds of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation and poured flammable liquid on the door before setting it alight while worshippers were inside.Roughly 20 people were inside the synagogue at the time of the fire, but they managed to evacuate before anyone was injured, authorities said.The authorites added that firefighters arrived at the scene within minutes to put out the blaze.Damage from the fire was contained to the entrance of the synagogue, police said, adding that while the suspect remained at large, the incident was caught on security cameras.Police said they believed the attack was carried out by a male suspect. He has not been identified but is thought to be white and aged in his 30s.There is “no place in our society for antisemitic or hate-based behavior,” police said.Responding to the synagogue arson, Acting Victoria Police Commander Zorka Dunstan said, “These crimes are disgusting and abhorrent, but at this stage, we are not declaring this a terrorist incident.”“In the course of our investigation, we will examine the intent and the ideology of the persons involved, or person, to determine if this is in fact terrorism. At the moment, we are categorizing it as a serious criminal incident and responding accordingly,” she added.A terrorism declaration opens the investigation to more resourcing and can result in charges that carry longer prison sentences.Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel said the attacks were terrorist acts and called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.“Targeting Jewish houses of worship and an Israeli restaurant is terrorism, aimed at intimidating an entire community simply because of their religion and identity,” wrote Haskel on X.“The horrifying attacks overnight on a synagogue and an Israeli business in Melbourne are yet another reminder of how far racist, antisemitic hate crimes have spread in the heart of Australia,” she said.“Let me be clear: these attacks are happening because, for too long, there have been no real consequences for those spreading hate and inciting violence. Weakness and silence only embolden the extremists,” Haskel said. “There is no justification — ever — for violence and hatred directed at Jews, Israelis, or any minority. The perpetrators of this terrorism must be brought to justice.”The synagogue’s president, Danny Segal, called for the wider Australian community to stand with his congregation.“We’re here to be in peace, you know, we’re here for everybody to live together and we’ve got a fresh start in Australia, such a beautiful country, and what they’re doing is just not fair and not right, and as Australians, we should stand up and everybody should stand up,” Segal told reporters.The attack on the synagogue came seven months after another synagogue in Melbourne was targeted by arsonists who set a blaze that injured one and caused widespread damage.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday condemned the synagogue attack, saying it was a “cowardly” act of antisemitism.“Last night’s arson attack on the synagogue in east Melbourne is cowardly, is an act of violence and antisemitism, and has no place in Australian society,”  Albanese said in a statement.“It is to be hoped that the perpetrator is brought to justice urgently, and that he faces the full force of the law, and anyone involved in this attack faces the full force of the law.”He did not mention the attack on the restaurant.Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan called it “absolutely appalling” that a second Jewish synagogue had been attacked.“Any attack on a place of worship is an act of hate, and any attack on a Jewish place of worship is an act of antisemitism,” Allan said in a statement.Australia’s Jewish community, numbering around 120,000, has been among the hardest hit by the global surge in antisemitism since October 7, 2023. The country experienced more than 2,000 anti-Jewish incidents between October 2023 and September 2024, more than quadruple the number from the year before Hamas’s October 7 assault that sparked the Gaza war, according to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ).In recent months, Jews there have experienced synagogues, schools, and homes firebombed, two nurses threatening to kill Jewish patients in their hospital, and the discovery of a trailer filled with explosives said to be intended for a mass-casualty event at a Sydney synagogue.

Nuclear inspectors have left Iran: UN watchdog.

Vienna, July 4 (AFP) Jul 04, 2025-UN nuclear watchdog inspectors left Iran on Friday, according to the agency, which called for the resumption of its "indispensable monitoring" after the Islamic republic officially suspended its cooperation.The suspension came after last month's 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, which saw unprecedented Israeli and US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and escalated tensions between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."An IAEA team of inspectors today safely departed from Iran to return to the agency headquarters in Vienna, after staying in Tehran throughout the recent military conflict," the IAEA said in a post on X."IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi reiterated the crucial importance of the IAEA discussing with Iran modalities for resuming its indispensable monitoring and verification activities in Iran as soon as possible," it added.Iran officially suspended its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday.On June 25, a day after a ceasefire took hold, Iranian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to suspend the cooperation.The law aims to "ensure full support for the inherent rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran" under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, with a particular focus on uranium enrichment, according to Iranian media.Washington, which has been pressing Tehran to resume the negotiations that were interrupted by Israel's resort to military action on June 13, has hit out at the Iranian decision, calling it "unacceptable".

European companies urge EU to delay AI rules.

Brussels, Belgium, July 3 (AFP) Jul 03, 2025-Dozens of Europe's biggest companies urged the EU to hit the pause button on its landmark AI rules on Thursday, warning that going too fast could harm the bloc's ability to lead in the global AI race.The European Union's sweeping rules on artificial intelligence entered into force last year but the bloc has since pivoted to strengthening its industries in the face of fierce competition from China and the United States.The new US administration under President Donald Trump has also taken aim at the rules. Vice President JD Vance in February lambasted the EU over "excessive" regulation.Now, 46 top executives including from France's Airbus and Mistral, Dutch tech giant ASML and Germany's Lufthansa and Mercedes-Benz are calling on Brussels to reassess the rules.They accused the EU's complex regulation of putting "Europe's AI ambitions at risk, as it jeopardises not only the development of European champions, but also the ability of all industries to deploy AI at the scale required by global competition".The CEOs urged the European Commission to propose a two-year pause and for "further simplification of the new rules" for which a code of practice has yet to be released.The pause, the CEOs said, should apply to obligations on general-purpose AI models -- like OpenAI's ChatGPT -- and high-risk AI systems that were due to take effect in August 2025 and August 2026 respectively.The EU's law takes a risk-based approach to the technology.The higher the risk to Europeans' rights or health, for example, the greater the systems' obligations to protect individuals from harm.The EU has been working on the long-delayed code to provide guidance on how the rules should apply to general-purpose AI models, including Google's Gemini and Mistral's Le Chat.There are expectations that the code will be watered down and the commission has said it will be published before the rules on GPAI models kick in next month.AFP has a deal with Mistral allowing its chatbot to draw on the agency's articles to formulate responses.raz/ec/cw

UAH researcher unveils new map of Milky Way galaxy in atomic hydrogen-by Russ Nelson for UAH News.

Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 12, 2025-Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has co-authored a paper that uses young stars to develop a more accurate map of the outer gas disk of the Milky Way galaxy.The findings are being presented at the 246th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 8-12, in conjunction with Michigan State University (MSU). The study employs a technique the researchers call "pattern matching," using Cepheid variable stars to effectively anchor the distances of the gas on the outer edges of the galaxy's spiral arms for the first time."The structure in stars is a lot smoother than in the gas. The gas is very fleecy looking, and it actually looks a lot more disturbed," Chakrabarti says. "This is an area I worked on for many years, starting when I was a Ph.D. student with my very first work on spiral structure, particularly with a focus on the gas. Later, as a postdoctoral fellow, I did computer simulations to understand the disturbances in the traditional atomic hydrogen map that was produced by researchers at Berkeley."Building a hydrogen map for the Milky Way has long been crucial to understanding the galaxy's structure, dynamics, star formation and evolution, as well as refining the observations of distant objects. The new study is a collaboration with Chakrabarti's former doctoral student, Dr. Peter Craig, a research associate in the MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy and lead author of the paper. The study incorporates data from the European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia mission."Distance is one of the most fundamental things you can measure in the universe, and one of the most foundational things we can work on in astronomy," Chakrabarti explains. "Unless you know distances, you can't map anything. The Berkeley map was based on the traditional method using so-called 'kinematic distances' that assume a model for the velocity fields of the galaxy."Kinematic distances rely on measuring the velocity of objects and comparing it to a model of the galaxy's rotation, allowing astronomers to associate velocities with distances."The assignment of kinematic distances uses an assumed rotation curve to convert velocity information into a distance estimate," Chakrabarti notes. "For stars, there are some really good ways of doing this. But for the gas, there isn't anything."Bridging the distance-Using kinematic distances to measure distances to gas can be inaccurate due to several factors. "The accuracy of kinematic distances can depend heavily on the rotation curve assumed for the disk," the researcher explains."Regions of the disk that deviate from the assumed velocity model, such as near streaming motions along spiral arms, will lead to systematically inaccurate distance estimates and produce misleading features in the resultant maps of the Milky Way's gas distribution. There can be deviations from the assumed velocity model also towards the galactic bulge and bar. So, when you have a real galaxy you will see these deviations, and if your distance method relies on the simple velocity model, of course you're going to get some inaccurate distance estimates," says Chakrabarti.To address these challenges, the new study uses "pattern matching," the idea of pairing young stars that have known locations with nearby clumps of gas to provide a new map that for the first time does not depend on kinematic distances."When you look at galaxies, you see the spiral structure in the gas is very similar to the spiral structure in the young stars," Chakrabarti says. "That's not very surprising, because young stars are born from the gas which collapses and forms these stars, and then they move from their birth site. With young stars, the patterns of the spiral structure are still very similar to that of a gas."For the study, Chakrabarti and her colleagues chose Cepheid variable stars. Cepheids are pulsating stars that vary in brightness regularly, with periods ranging from a few days to several months. These stars are extremely luminous and can be seen at great distances, making them useful for determining the distances to galaxies."The three basic quantities that go into the gas data are longitude, latitude and velocity," Chakrabarti says. "We plot these for the gas and for the young stars, and you see they're very similar. Cepheid variable stars have very precise distances because [American astronomer] Henrietta Leavitt worked out this fantastic relationship many years ago. So, if you have Cepheids that are close to a clump of gas that doesn't have distances, we give the distances of the young stars to the gas that doesn't have it. This is the idea of pattern matching.""Our new maps nicely demonstrate that the spiral structure in the gas disk of the Milky Way is highly flocculent, and that the overall structure of the disk is complex," Dr. Craig adds. "The maps generated using our new technique can capture features in the gas that might be missed when assuming a smooth rotation model for the Milky Way. Pattern matching maps of the hydrogen disk will only get better with time, as accurate distance measurements become available for an ever-increasing sample of young stars in the galaxy. These new, more accurate, maps of the galactic hydrogen disk may allow for better characterization of the dark matter in the galaxy."Analysis of simulated spiral galaxies indicates that pattern matching distances are 24% more accurate than kinematic distances for gas, which promises important implications for understanding large-scale disturbances in the gas disk and how they are impacted by interactions between the Milky Way and dwarf galaxies.In all, the research employed over 37,000 stars distributed throughout the Milky Way disk with ages under 210 million years to create the new map. "In the future, this novel distance method can be improved with more complete stellar samples," the study concludes.

NASA discovers third interstellar comet-by Andrew Sookdeo.

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 3, 2025-NASA discovered the third interstellar comet through a survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile.The interstellar comet first observed on Tuesday by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Alert System telescope, or ATLAS, has been officially named 3I/ATLAS.A series of "pre-discovery" observations dating back to June 14 from three ATLAS Telescopes globally and the Zwicky Transient Facility in California's Palomar Observatory have since been collected, along with new observations from several telescopes since the initial report."If confirmed, it will be the third known interstellar object from outside our solar system that we have discovered," Dr. Mark Norris, a senior lecturer in astronomy at the University of Central Lancashire, told The Guardian.Dr. Paul Chodas, director of the Center for Near Earth Object Studies at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, told The New York Times there is "no uncertainty" that the comet is from interstellar space, noting speeds that indicate it could not have originated in our solar system."If you trace its orbit backward, it seems to be coming from the center of the galaxy, more or less," Chodas said. "It definitely came from another solar system. We don't know which one."The comet will reach its closest approach to the Sun around Oct. 30, but it shows no threat to Earth as it will remain at least 150 million miles away. It is currently about 416 million miles from the Sun.In December, the comet is expected to reappear on the other side of the Sun.The comet's size and physical attributes are being investigated. It is expected to remain visible to ground-based telescopes through September.Jake Foster, a Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer, said: "At the moment, the comet is not expected to be visible to the naked eye, but it should be visible through a reasonably sized amateur telescope in late 2025 and early 2026. As it is studied more over the coming weeks, we'll get a better idea of just how visible it will realistically be."In 2017 Oumunamua traveled through the solar system as the first interstellar object. In 2019, the second interstellar comet, Borisov passed by.

Wildfires rage in Syria for 3rd day, with conditions made worse by unexploded munitions-As flames blaze through western Latakia province, Damascus says unexploded bombs and mines scattered through country make firefighters’ work even more dangerous; Turkey sends help-By AFP Today, 6:58 pm-JUL 5,25

QASTAL MA‘AF, Syria — Syrian emergency workers were battling forest fires raging in the coastal province of Latakia on Saturday for a third day in tough conditions as neighboring Turkey sent assistance.An AFP correspondent saw strong winds fanning the flames in forest areas and farmland in Qastal Maaf, around a dozen kilometers (eight miles) from the Turkish border, as residents continued to flee with what they could carry.Some residential areas in the region were evacuated a day earlier.Syria’s ministry for emergencies and disaster management said teams from Turkey began helping on Saturday morning “as part of regional coordination to face the fires,” with the assistance including two aircraft and eight fire trucks.Turkey, a key supporter of Syria’s new authorities, has been battling its own fires in recent days, including near the Syrian border.The AFP correspondent saw helicopters bearing the Turkish flag flying over Qastal Maaf assisting firefighters on the ground.Syria’s civil defense said a volunteer firefighter suffered from smoke inhalation and a service vehicle caught fire.More than 60 Syrian civil defense and other teams were fighting fires across several areas of Latakia province, the ministry said.It cited “very difficult conditions, with the explosion of war remnants and mines,” strong winds and high temperatures, adding that mountainous terrain was hampering efforts to reach some blazes.More than six months after the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, Syria is still reeling from more than a decade of civil war that also left munitions and ordnance scattered across the country.‼️???? Massive fire rages through northern Latakia countryside in Syria.Flames spread rapidly across forested hills, threatening nearby villages as civil defense crews battle to contain the blaze. Smoke columns tower over the landscape, visible for miles. pic.twitter.com/pP6EXgrFmv— news 99 (@FirozKh66518399) July 4, 2025-With man-made climate change increasing the likelihood and intensity of droughts and wildfires worldwide, Syria has also been battered by heatwaves, low rainfall and major forest fires.In June, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization told AFP that Syria had “not seen such bad climate conditions in 60 years”.