Israeli spokesperson says:

President Trump told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel should only take "surgical" military action in Lebanon and avoid a full resumption of the war, Trump told Axios in a phone interview.

The ceasefire Trump helped broker in Lebanon is being only partially observed, and officials in both Israel and Lebanon are concerned it will collapse entirely before it's due to expire in mid-May.

There has also been no progress in launching Israel-Lebanon peace talks, despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosting two meetings with the respective ambassadors.

And while the Trump administration claims the ceasefire in Lebanon is unconnected to the ceasefire with Iran, a resumption of war there would further complicate diplomacy with Tehran.

The Israeli military has continued to occupy southern Lebanon and flatten houses there it claims were used by Hezbollah.

Hezbollah has continued to conduct rocket and drone attacks against Israeli forces in Lebanon and villages across the border.

Israel has expanded its airstrikes in Lebanon in response, but the government is under pressure to go much further. Israeli officials are growing increasingly frustrated by the constraints imposed by the Trump administration.

Trump has spoken to Netanyahu every day this week, and Netanyahu told Trump during their conversations that he will have to increase the Israeli response to Hezbollah's attacks, Israeli officials said.

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At least 10 active-duty soldiers have died by suicide since the beginning of the year, including six in April, Haaretz has learned.

Three other soldiers who served in the reserves during the war died by suicide this month while no longer in active service. Two police officers, including a conscripted Border Police officer, also died by suicide this month.

The data points to a continued rise in suicides within the defense establishment, a trend that began after the outbreak of the war on October 7.

Army sources acknowledged that they are struggling to take effective steps to reduce the phenomenon, especially in cases where distressed soldiers do not seek treatment.

"At the beginning of the war, we thought we had the situation under control," a senior official in the IDF Manpower Directorate recently admitted, "and it blew up in our faces."

Several other officers in the directorate attributed the high number of suicides this month to Memorial Day events and the heavy focus on bereavement and loss.

Mental health experts who spoke with Haaretz questioned that explanation, saying they had not seen a dramatic rise in suicides during this period in previous years.

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Israel killed Mila today in Tayr Debba, South Lebanon. 🕊

https://x.com/sahouraxo/status/2049247370836107733

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They’re upgrading the playbook, used to execute paramedics and bulldoze them into mass graves with their ambulances.

Now they bomb the ambulances and flex the clips on TikTok for likes.

A curse on humanity.

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Israeli invaders crushed an ambulance with a bulldozer in South Lebanon, then posted it online like a trophy.

Israel literally celebrates its war crimes publicly.

No shame. No accountability. No consequences.

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Axios, citing three informed sources:

The US Central Command has prepared a plan for a "short and powerful" wave of strikes against Iran aimed at trying to break the current stalemate in negotiations.

After these strikes, which are likely to include infrastructure targets, the United States will call on the regime to return to the negotiating table - hoping to get it more ready to make concessions on the nuclear program.

Trump still wants to continue the naval blockade to see if Iran will surrender, but he is considering the military option if that doesn't happen.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Nearly 2,000 ships and 20,000 sailors are still stranded in the Persian Gulf, unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz, which remains effectively closed.

Some people may still hope for peace with Israel, but let's be honest the Jews show absolute no interest in peace with their neighbouring countries.

You might believe in sharing the land, yet they make it clear they don’t intend to share it.

They want it all,and are willing to kill to get it.

So don’t let yourself be fooled into thinking otherwise.

If the Jews are capable of what’s happening in the Gaza Strip, what makes you think they’ll stop there?

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With over a month left in the Democratic primary, Graham Platner is now the party’s presumptive nominee for US Senate in Maine, in the pivotal fight against fake moderate Susan Collins, the five-term Republican incumbent.

Janet Mills suspended her campaign on Thursday, reluctantly ceding the primary to Platner without endorsing him.

An anti-war, anti-Israel oysterman and Marine combat veteran, Platner was a complete unknown when he launched his bid.

He faced his share of scandals and negative news coverage while building a massive lead in the polls – and ultimately cruising to the nomination.

That Platner came out of nowhere to take control of the race is an embarrassment for Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who recruited Mills, the two-term incumbent governor, into the race.

Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, put out a humbling statement on Thursday indicating they will support Platner moving forward.

“After years of allowing Trump’s abuses of power, Senator Collins has never been more vulnerable and we will work with the presumptive democratic nominee Graham Platner to defeat her,” they wrote.

Zeteo broke the news of Platner’s launch in August, and we’ve followed his campaign on the ground in Maine. Platner, who was backed early on by Bernie Sanders, appears to be building a grassroots machine, with the candidate declaring in recent weeks that his campaign has 15,000 volunteers.

He has packed town hall after town hall around the state, sharing his views with voters and his anger at the political system, presenting a left-wing message focused on building worker power and beating back the forces robbing Americans of their worth, freedom, and time.

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The world’s most closely-watched maritime zone is also its least accessible — but today The Grayzone was able to secure access.

⛴ Our correspondent @wyattreed13 reports directly from the Strait of Hormuz.

https://x.com/TheGrayzoneNews/status/2049185898097779189

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Oil Spikes on Israeli Defense Chief's Threats of New Strikes

Israel Defense Minister Katz has said in a Thursday briefing:

"It is possible that soon we will need to act again in Iran to ensure that the regime cannot threaten Israel for years to come," according to a local reporter.

He said that while Israel supports the United States' diplomatic efforts with Iran, it may "soon be required to act again" to remove the "existential threats" posed by the Islamic Republic.

"Iran has suffered extremely severe blows over the past year, blows that have set it back years in all areas," Katz continued at a military ceremony.

"US President Trump, in coordination with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is leading the effort to complete the campaign's objectives in a way that ensures Iran will not return to being a threat to the existence of Israel, to the United States, and to the free world for generations to come," he added.

"We support this effort and provide the necessary backing, but we may soon be required to act again to ensure the objectives are achieved."

Oil prices shooting back up on the headline, and as Israeli media reports on a new military build-up and US defense aid at the country's ports...

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