May 8th, 2025

• Syrian president confirms indirect talks with Israel, aimed at 'easing tensions'
• Report: Backchannel talks between Israel, Syria - Sources tell Reuters talks focus on security matters as Damascus seeks regional assistance
• 'This will be the work of years': The medics identifying remains from Syria's mass graves
• US official: If Israel doesn't wake up, US will advance Saudi deal without it - report
• Trump says he's not planning to stop in Israel on next week's Mideast trip
• Trump says Houthis showed 'bravery,' believes they will honor truce deal
• Oman claims negotiating role in US-Houthi ceasefire deal, restoring 'freedom of navigation' - Houthi leaders appear to push back against Trump narrative, vow to continue attacks on Israel
• Reports: Iran pressed Houthis into truce with US to build 'momentum' in nuclear talks
• Houthis, assessing $500 million damage from Israeli strikes on airport, vow response
• Houthis say US 'backed down' and Israel not covered by ceasefire
• 'Unbearable' dread: Hostages' families demand answers after Trump says only 21 alive
• Netanyahu says 21 hostages are definitely alive, but there is 'doubt' about 3 others
• Washington state news outlet faces lawsuit after employing Hamas 'journalist' who held Israelis hostage in Gaza
• Hamas-run authorities say at least 48 killed in series of IDF strikes in Gaza
• Israeli strikes on Gaza restaurant and market kill 33, health ministry says
• Katz: 'Gideon's Chariots' to last until Hamas defeat, release of every hostage
• UN experts demand action to avert 'annihilation' of Palestinians in Gaza
• Macron says 'unacceptable' for Israel to ignore rules in Gaza, calls aid crisis 'critical'
• 'Desperate, traumatised people': Gaza faces wave of looting, theft and violence - Aid officials and residents report breakdown in law and order as food and supplies run out during Israeli blockade
• Witkoff briefs UN Security Council envoys on Israel's Gaza aid plans
• US, Israel discuss possible US-led administration for Gaza, sources say
• Biden Gaza pier fiasco left 62 US forces injured, one dead and caused $31M in damages: report
• Study: 12% of reserve soldiers report PTSD symptoms after Gaza combat service
• Union presses Norway wealth fund to divest from firms that aid Israel in West Bank, Gaza
• Jenin transforming from terror stronghold into ghost town amid IDF ops - Terror alerts in the West Bank, particularly in Hebron, are seeing a significant rise despite the ongoing operation
• 3 soldiers wounded, 2 seriously, in West Bank attacks
• Simultaneous terror attacks in Hebron Hills, Samaria
• Israeli settlers reportedly torch farmhouse near Ramallah
• Global Jewish leaders call for action as antisemitism hits record highs on WWII anniversary
• 80 years after Nazi Germany's surrender, antisemitism is rising worldwide, report finds - Existing policies to fight 'tsunami' of hate have failed, says J7 group representing Jews in the seven countries with largest Jewish populations outside Israel
• Fleeing antisemitism in France, 50 Jews begin new lives in Israel with Christian support
• UK among hardest-hit as global antisemitism surges after 7 October, says J7 report
• Antifa causes over $1 million in damage to University of Washington during Gaza protest
• NYT reporter claims his editor threatened to 'kill' him over report about Harvard antisemitism
• US charges man for assaulting Jews in NYC, including Columbia students
• Dozens of masked anti-Israel protesters arrested after storming Columbia library, shoving past security as Ivy Leaguers prep for finals
• Belgian bowling alley fires staff over antisemitic abuse of Jewish customers
• New IDF draft law expected soon, to include 'personal sanctions' against Haredi draft dodgers
• Arrest raids in Britain: 'Iranian terror cell planned attack on Israeli embassy in London'
• Iran rejects reports of alleged plot to target Israeli embassy in London
• Vance says US-Iran nuclear talks are on the 'right pathway'
• Trump: Options on Iran's centrifuges are 'blow them up nicely or blow them up viciously'
• Donald Trump set to cause another naming meltdown by changing the Persian Gulf to one of two anti-Iranian options
• Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP
• Another $60 million US fighter jet goes overboard from carrier in Red Sea