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An Israeli Air Force pilot returned home and embraced his family, seeing his children and loved ones for the first time since the coordinated U.S.–Israeli operation against the Islamic Republic began.
For days, pilots were deployed on long missions targeting regime military infrastructure deep inside Iran, carrying the weight of defending millions of Israelis back home. Many left without knowing when they would see their families again.
Moments like this remind us that behind every mission is a human story including parents, spouses, and children waiting for their loved ones to return safely. 🇮🇱✈️
POV: You run into a Tel Aviv bomb shelter during a missile alert… and it’s 99% young people plus one legendary older guy named ✨Dov✨.
While sirens sound outside, inside the shelter there’s often music, laughter, and the uniquely Israeli ability to turn even the most stressful moments into community.
Resilience, humor, and unity exemplify the Israeli spirit. 🇮🇱
🎥: milidayan
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren pushed back during a CNN interview, calling out missing context in media coverage of the conflict.
Oren noted that while Israel’s responses often dominate headlines, hundreds of rockets have been fired at northern Israel by Hezbollah in recent days, forcing civilians into shelters and devastating communities along the border. This reality was not mentioned once in CNN’s report.
Cluster munitions were seen exploding over the skies of Tel Aviv, a weapon designed to scatter dozens of smaller explosives over wide areas, and a method that dramatically increases the risk to civilians.
These weapons are notorious for their indiscriminate impact, leaving unexploded bomblets on the ground that can harm civilians long after the aerial attack ends. When used against populated areas, their primary effect is maximizing civilian casualties. This in and of itself is a war crime.
Millions of Israeli civilians, and hundreds of millions in other countries in the region, are still living under missile fire from the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies.
The Chords Bridge at the entrance to Jerusalem was illuminated with the flags of Israel and the United States as a gesture of appreciation for the support of the U.S. administration against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s terror apparatus.
The display reflects the deep alliance between the two nations and gratitude for the continued partnership in confronting the threats posed by Iran’s regime and its terror network.
Moments like this highlight a simple message from Jerusalem: Israel stands with its allies, and, never forgets those who in return stand alongside it. 🇮🇱🇺🇸
Yesterday in Tel Aviv, yet another ballistic missile strike tore through a residential area, destroying part of an apartment building, with a massive piece of shrapnel ripping a massive hole in a nearby sidewalk.
This is how Israelis have lived for years: the threat of rockets flying overhead, running to shelters, outside forces trying desperately to kill them.
What hope Israelis have for a life beyond this dysfunction rests entirely on the future of Iran: will this fanatical regime rule in perpetuity, or will the Iranian people prevail over it?
Another violent attack at another synagogue.
Authorities in Belgium have stated that the explosion outside a synagogue was in fact an antisemitic act, a chilling reminder that Jewish communities across Europe and in many places around the world remain under threat simply for gathering to pray.
From vandalism to violence, synagogues are increasingly targeted because they represent visible Jewish life. When a synagogue is attacked, it sends a message meant to intimidate Jews everywhere.
Jewish communities should never have to wonder whether it is safe to walk into their place of worship.
Iranian freedom fighter and women’s rights advocate Masih Alinejad shared one of the first reactions from inside Iran after reports that Mojtaba Khamenei has replaced his father as “Supreme Leader.”
Across the country, people reportedly stepped onto their balconies chanting: “Death to Mojtaba.”
After decades under the Islamic Republic, Iranians will not accept another inherited dictatorship. The voices rising from inside Iran show a population still determined to fight for freedom, dignity, and a future beyond authoritarian rule.
🎥: x/ alinejadmasih
