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It is Tuesday July 21st 2026. My name is Ghi Schwarz and I am your host with the news on edge. >> Your daily report of the news of the last 24 hours powered by 24 provided to you by the click. Today's sponsors are my home finish the top in the in the curtains, blinds and shades industry. Kosher skinnyot. Give your life a shot with kosher skinny shot business sink workshop. We'll talk about them soon. Halo 2 high functioning water. Can't go without this one. We'll talk about them soon as well. Now unlike K star who had some issues supporting the US on Iran, British bases were clear to support some US strikes on Iran um today officially and was approved by the new UK Prime Minister Andy Bernham who just entered office. If you listen to the news, you will know that he's now the UK prime minister. Iran's communication lines have gone, I would say, dark. So, they had to go back to the '90s. Yeah. Old using old devices. We'll talk about We'll talk about it soon. Plus, a stunning report just went public suggesting the FBI suppressed certain information on a massive global incident, leaving everyone to wonder what other secrets they might be keeping buried. Now, Trump this morning posted on Truth Social defending his Iran military operation strategy, citing very low casualties after the killing of two more soldiers or three Kazwana's MIA. Trump said Afghanistan war was 20 years, 2,000 dead. The Iraqi war was 9 years, 4,600 dead. Vietnam war was 19 years and 5 months, 58,220 dead. Korean War, 3 years and 1 month, 36,574 dead. 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So you can also call Kavasa obviously and press 118 from the main menu. That's where you also be able to participate and listen and and and watch this. Okay. Listen to this on Kavasa whatever. Okay. The same thing. Now, America bombed Iran for a 10th night in a row, and this round cut Iran off from all its most important islands. The strikes started at 4:00 in the afternoon, our time, and ran into the night. They hit military command centers, missiles, and drone launch sites, air defenses, and Iran's naval equipment along the coast. Iran responded um sorry, Iran before Iran responded, they reported explosions in the port city of Bandar Ababas on Keshum Island. Many times you've heard this is very important islands where they house all these ports and missile production sites and storage units and also on the mountain where they keep all their missiles right and also um as far as inland as Shiraz you know very middle like in the middle of Tehran. Early this morning the bombing reached um Chabahar in Iran's far southwest southeast where the revolutionary guard keeps a naval base. The strikes also cut the internet cables that connect the mainland to Kag Island, the port where Iran ships almost most of its oil, and to Keshum, the biggest island in the straight of Hermus. Iran's own communication minister admitted it. His government is now down to old-fashioned radio and satellite links um to reach those islands to be able to talk to his people there, to their people. On America's side, there are new details about the fallen soldiers we told you about yesterday. The army has now named the soldier killed in Iraq. Sergeant Michael Swinton, 30 years old, from North Carolina. He died blowing up a crashed Iranian drone so it could not explode on its own. The army also named the fallen uh um another fallen a girl, a 19-year-old private from Texas, was killed Friday. First Lieutenant Tyler Fihan, 25 who was 25 years old from 25 years old from Hawaii was killed on Shabas. His parents say he was engaged and was supposed to get married when he came back home from his deployment. The third soldier from the Jordan attack is still missing. The army found remains on Sunday, but still not said if they are his. The confirmed the death toll stands at 17. The Pentagon also put out the injury numbers. 140 soldiers wounded since the war began. Nearly 100 of them in just the past 2 weeks. 96% are already back at their the posts. President Trump plans to stand at Dova Air Force Base where the bodies come home at to um the White House says the transfer is expected around Wednesday with the exact time still being set. The fighting continues in the air. Iran's Revolutionary Guard is still firing missiles and drones at American bases in the Gulf. That includes missiles fired from the L missile field in southern Iran. The group claims it destroyed American Hima's rocket launchers, radars, and drone hangers in Kuwait and knocked out American air defenses in Bahrain. But the militaries in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain say the explosions people heard were their own air defenses stopping the incoming attacks. In Iraq, an explosive drone was also intercepted over the Al-Har air base, which is an Arab bill. The US is also packing more planes into the region for a possible bigger campaign. Seven more refueling airplanes are coming to Israel's Bengurion airport, which would bring the American fleet parked there to about 40. Israeli officials estimate that that would force the airport to cancel around 30 commercial flights a day starting August 1st. Tens of thousands of tickets right in the middle of vacation season. Israel's transportation minister tried to cap the American planes at 20 and send the rest to the air force bases. American commanders were furious and Israel's own army sided with the Americans. Obviously, that's not the only problem. Iran funded Kbala terrorists obviously are also threatening to completely shut down Beirut airport. Now let's talk about that soon. Inside Iran's parliament, members are openly punish pushing for a ground attack on American bases in Kuwait and Baharrain. Um for uh former min former foreign minister Manu Manushe Motaki said it plainly very very last week. He said my proposal is that we launch a ground attack on one of the US bases in the region. Capture 100 American and bring them to Iran like this. They can obviously negotiate. He said 100. I think he said 200 about Israeli intelligence also revealed that Iran secret secretly moved thousands of uranium enrichment centrifuges into a heavily fortified underground tunnel complex. The equipment was moved last autumn into tunnels dug deep inside the pickaxe mountain right next to the nut the Nton's nuclear site to protect Iran's ability to keep enriching uranium even under fire and under bombing. And out on the water over the weekend, a Greek managed tanker called the whatever was something was struck by two projectiles in the straight. The engine room caught fire. The crew jumped to safety and a tugboat picked them up and the ship is still burning and drifting. Last night it was a Kuwaiti oil tanker hit near the coast of Oman engine room was on fire. The whole crew in a lifeboat was waiting for rescue. I guess they were rescued in the end. Third ship it had its steering um knocked out by a projectile of the United Arab Emirates and a fourth Greek tanker was also hit as well. The revolutionary guard of the IRGC is not hiding it. The guard said today that as long as the the the IRGC said today as long as the Americans the American aggression keeps this up, the straight of stays closed, not even for one drop of oil will leave that area. They say in Washington, President Trump has now two roads in front of him and his own officials say the next few days will decide which one he takes. Road one, a ceasefire. Qatar, Egypt, Oman, and Pakistan are presenting Washington with a 10-day ceasefire offer from Iran. One, one idea inside it, a protected shipping lane through the middle of the straight of Ramuse between Omani waters and Iranian waters where commercial ships should pass safely. Road two, a much bigger war. The US is already moving dozens of fighter jets and refueling planes into the region for that possibility. But the White House is not has not done is not done hitting back yet. A US official told the news um site Axios sorry whatever that news site is called Axios is called the president is focused on making Iran pay for its violations of theou the memorandum of understanding or misunderstanding I like to call it and the and its continued act of aggression and terrorism in the straight of Hermuz. In addition, the president will make Iran pay for the recent deaths of US soldiers. These devastating blows will continue until the president deems otherwise. On Iran side, foreign ministry spokesperson Ismael Bagi confirmed on Monday that mediators were working to stop the new attacks. He said the proposals conveyed through the mediators have been received by us, but at this stage, I prefer not to discuss their details. But he added that Iran's armed forces would continue to respond with strength and crush the source of the US aggression. You can get beautiful Americanmade shades, by the way, blinds and curtains for a lot less than the other guys without giving up any of the quality. My home finish gives you completely hassle-free service run by Ha Machine Galat and proudly employs 100% Haime Eden. Because they are massive, leading massive and a top leading brand, they can afford to be cheaper than 90% of the competitors. You get premium quality for affordable prices. 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The France's foreign minister called it an extremely serious act of intimidation and warned there will be consequences. France is now weighing whether to pull it staff out of the embassy in Thran. In Yemen, Kouti terrorists announced a naval blockade on the Bab al-Mandde Strait to stop um any ships connected to Saudi Arabia. The conflict is directly affecting the American economy and this sorry the pictures messed up a little bit. It has pushed oil prices past $90 a barrel and gas to $4 average. The State Department has issued a worldwide caution advisory for all Americans all over the world. The deal we told you about between Israel and Lebanon just had its first real test and it happened this morning. Israel soldiers, Israeli soldiers, excuse me, pulled out of the southern Lebanese village of Zatar Algar and the Lebanese army rolled in behind them. It is the first piece of land handed from the Israelis to the Lebanese control under the American plan. The deal works like this. Israel puts its soldiers out um out out of test areas like pilot zones and Washington named three of the villages and the Lebanese army takes over with a job of clearing outbalah's weapons and Kbala themselves. has obviously rejected this entire arrangement and therefore obviously they um threatened to attack the the Beirut airport. The Lebanese soldiers first task is this morning was cleaning was clearing unexloded bombs from the roads and buildings and they told residents do not come home yet. One rough spot already. The Lebanese army says Israeli forces fired shots near its troops inside the zone. There is no deadline for Israel to leave the rest of the south. Lebanon and both America and Israel warned if they use force, they will use force if tries to sneak back in again and use force obviously. And all of this lands on the very very day that Lebanon's president sits down with President Trump at the White House today. The first Lebanese president invited there in 17 years. Now to a story that came out yesterday about the Israeli Syrian border. Just two weeks ago, the Israeli military almost bombed and killed five yeden by mistake. Military cameras spotted five men near Mount Hermon and took them for a terrorist squad sneaking towards the border. Attack drones were sent up and were moments from firing. Then the observers looked close at the screen and saw the men had pious. They were from Eden, not terrorists. The strike was called off right away in the last second. The five are members of the Khalut Ha Bashan Khalit Abujan, a group trying to build Jewish settlements inside of Syria. Groups of them have been arrested again and again in recent weeks trying to cross the border illegally, and the army called what they are doing a life-threatening criminal offense. Nearby, Syrian custom officials seized a large weapons shipment heading into Lebanon. 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Now, before tishabove, if it is a fast indeed, you need to be able to fast well with good electrolytes in your water. you won't have a problem. Okay, that's um Halo 2 high available in all in all grocery stores around you wherever you live in New York in the US in the United States. I don't know if it's available in Europe. I have to find out. Okay, I still have to find out. You see, it's still still happening. The Shin Bet the Shabbach and Israeli police arrested Muhammad Awad, a 29-year-old Israeli citizen from Naz uh from Nazareth on suspicion of seeking to join Hamas and obtain resources for terrorist activities. Awad planned an attack against National Security Minister Itamar Beng. The suspect was working as an unarmed security guard at the Afoula Central bus station. He was trying to join Kamas. Over in Gaza, the military killed big terrorists in recent days like they vowed to do that they're going to kill every single terrorist who participated in the October 7th massacre. The military and the Shinbet killed Adam Nasman and he was the operations chief of Kamas in Gaza City in a weekend strike. The military says Nasman helped run the October 7th invasion and personally held and tortured hostages. A second strike killed Salah Katarawi. He was an Islamic jihad terrorist who was planning attacks on Israeli soldiers near the food distribution sites, near the aid distribution sites. Hamas run media in Gaza also reported strikes on Monday. Two killed at a small hospital in Jabalia camp and there in a vehicle near Khan Ununas. Also, the military did not comment on it yet. Obviously, the IDF killed Assama Kamal Shahade Abuim. What a long name. In southern Gaza, Kamas terrorist took part in kidnapping an elderly couple, Amir Ram Cooper and his wife and Alexander Danzik from Kibuts near Oz in October 7th. Also, he just got married like a week ago. Yep. Shuning man killed. He was a terrorist obviously. The military also killed a terrorist who commanded the kidnapping of 27year-old Jewish girl from Kyifa on October 7th. Taher Abbad al-wah. He was an Islamic jihad terrorist who stormed the Nova music festival that day. Her body was held in hostage in Gaza for 2 years before it came home. Yesterday we reported that Kamas welcomed its new leader. Well, he was already a leader, but he was a billionaire leader. Today, the new leader, Khalila, put out a first message to the Arab world. Well, in a video circulating this week, he says, "Give us money, weapons, and airplanes, and we will save you the trouble and eliminate the Zionist entity." And the congratulations are pouring in. Phone calls fromah, from Egypt's intelligence minister, and from Isma Khani, from the head of Iran's cuts force, the branch that runs Iran's terror armies abroad. Everyone's giving him a congratulations. Kosher skinny shot gives you congratulations when you walk through with them this entire trip. 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Anyway, was I saying Israel? 25,000 Gidam stood outside military prison 10 at Bid last night with the GB himself leading them. Here is what brought them there. Aba from Mashiv went to the army office to straighten out his papers and ask for a medical exemption. He showed up three separate times. The office in your sent him to Khifa and Khifa. They told him he came too late and instead of an exemption he was declared a deserter and sentenced on the spot to 20 days in military prison. They set of the Geram obviously Gera Alam I would say 200 buses brought from across the country to the prison gates at 9:30 at night. The Reb led Marav and Tahillim. The Maknka Bel also came. The United Judaism chairman Golkov stood there with the crowd. Obviously at one point some of the crowd shook and broke through the fence around the base and there was obviously some scuffles with the military police. The Reb and Ganov called for called for calm and everyone went home without mass arrests. A few hundred gidum also gathered outside the attorney general's office in Tel Aiv. And this was not one BA story. The same week, the grandson of the Zid, the Lebish leader, was arrested. The exact same way he came in to fix his status and walked out in handcuffs. Under the army's new rules, a buck who misses, his his deadline is automatically listed as a desertter and is arrested the moment he shows up at any army office. Raando Schlita himself spoke on Monday night at a gathering of Rabun and yeshiva yes. He said and his words were recently completely misunderstood by the admin by the by the obviously Israeli administration and falsely presented as an attack on religious yeden that are right now in the army. He said when you meet Eden with a different way of life stay far away from don't argue stay brothers. He says unbelievable. This is in a time of like this nine days a what what a message. What a powerful message that this is. In America, several antatic events happened early this week in California. Jewish businessman um Ynit and his son were attacked Monday morning near Beverly Hills. Witnesses say two men jumped out of a black Hyundai with baseball bats, beat them and drove off. Witnesses say the two men jumped out of a black Hyundai with baseball bats. Like I said already, beat them up and drove off. Both father and son were wearing kapi. Police are searching for the two attackers and there is no word yet on why they were targeted. Well, we obviously know why. 5,000 mi away in Italy, the government took down online forms that showed antise-mitism. The forms were asking people to report any Israeli citizen a Jewish local spotted in tourist areas. The country's national coordinator for the fight for the fight against antise-mitism general whatever his name is had, excuse me, to step in. After this, the forms were taken down. Down in Australia, Yedna reporting that they are afraid to reveal they are Jewish when getting medical care. Jewish healthcare workers say they are also being targeted, mocked, and excluded at work. The workers say this happened simply for mentioning the October 7th massacre or the Israeli hostages. One intensive case nurse um resigned after more than a decade on the job as a result. In America, the Iran conflict is driving the United States towards an October 1st government shutdown. House Republicans are promoting a budget plan that includes $60 billion to replace military weapons used in operations. President Trump and Vice President JD Vans are directly pressuring lawmakers to pass the package using a budget process that skips Democrats. However, House Speaker Mike Johnson is struggling to find the votes and Senate Republicans are openly questioning if the plan will work. Secretary of War Pete Hexath is scheduled to explain the funding needed today. He said, "Not funding this department at $1.5 trillion is the greatest threat our nation faces." In the meantime, the White House is preparing a backup short-term spending bill just to keep the government open. President Donald J. Trump is putting a new 50% tariff on about $20 billion worth of goods coming in from Canada. The new taxes will start in August and cover items like cement, wine, and hockey sticks. important materials like energy products, potach and other um critical minerals will not get this extra tax. Obviously, the Trump administration says they are doing this because Canada is treating American businesses unfairly. Officials say Canada is taking American liquor off store shelves and making rules that favor European cheese. To do this, administration dug up section 338 of the tariff act of 1930, a law that sat unused for nearly a 100red years. They are using this to spec this specific law because the Supreme Court limited the president's emergency tax powers earlier this month. A CNE official clarified that these are not the wildfire taxes President Trump talked about last week. The administration is still considering a separate penalty against Canada to pay for the costs of wild wildfire smoke which we reported yesterday. But there are no bad feelings between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Marani like it seems. In fact, they watched the World Cup final together in New Jersey on Sunday. Trump said they have a very good relationship and talked about the fires. Prime Minister Carney wrote an ex that the new tariffs violates the trade agreement between the countries and said Canada is ready to negotiate and modernize the deal. As the State Department, sorry, at the State Department, a new rep new reports were released about the Cuban government. The report says Cuba has spent years building relationships with American activists groups to oppose US policy. The State Department confirmed this after it found a 24-hour protest plan. This plan is designed to quickly organize activists to target American military bases and ICE facilities. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that for more than six um decades, Cuba has been the leading sponsor of radical leftism and third worldism in the United States of America. He said that the the state department is now exposing the full history of Cuban spying inside the country. The American people deserve to know. He says a tragedy in an 80 yearear-old man was never killed Monday morning when a second floor balcony broke off a building in Shahed Raavia area and crashed down onto the entrance of a bakery below. Three more people were hurt. Neighbors had warned just hours had warned just hours earlier that the building was not safe and security cameras caught the moment the balcony gave way. Before we end with the last two stories, let's thank YS Capital Group uh Kosher skin. Did I say kosher skin shut already? I said kosher skin shut already. Yes. Okay. Um Okay. The next one is YS Capital Group. Like I said, 7188312168 for your loans. Specialize in loans like no closing cost loans. Ask them about it. Get your get your rates locked in by calling them and mentioning on edge. arrive express 845622111 protobite is 347-3541237 again the number is 3473541237 and let's go on with the newsly released government documents show that the FBI stepped uh stopped border agents from searching a virus researcher named Peter Dascas Daskcas has direct ties to Wuhan Institute of Viology viology ology. He also is connected to um he's also connected to gain of function research which is which changes viruses and makes them stronger. So border patrol wanted to question Dus uh Dascas. Now they wanted to search his electronic devices, check for unauthorized viral samples and see if US money went to high-risk experiments. But before the border agents could do their inspections, the 2021, which happened in 2021, the FBI stepped in and stopped the search. They ordered Border Patrol to stand down immediately and let him walk right through at the airport. And that's it for our news today, my friends. Have yourselves a wonderful day and we'll see each other tomorrow. Okay, remember Tishabove, tomorrow's air of Tishabove. So yeah, >> your daily report of the news of the last 24 hours powered by Yiddish 24, provided to you by the click.