Officials table request during state budget discussions as talks on U.S. return to 2015 nuclear deal said to have hit a hard place; defense sources accuse Netanyahu of neglecting to ensure state was adequately prepared for military option in Iran

The source says Iran had told the European officials the current round of talks to revive the 2015 deal will not resume until mid-August; U.S. State Department says they 'remain interested in seeking mutual return' to JCPOA

Gershoni went on to become a published author, professor in Tel Aviv University and a Paralympic medal silver and bronze medal winner after losing his hands, eyesight and hearing while attempting to dismantle a mine in 1969

IDF confirms the arrests, saying between 20 and 30 'terror operatives' belonging to 'a student cell' had been held in an operation with Shin Bet, police; Birzeit University called on 'international community to intervene' to secure release of students

Prosecutors say the same network of operatives who tried to kidnap Masih Alinejad for her criticism of Iran's head covering laws, targeted at least 4 other activists in Canada, UK and UAE as part of Tehran's effort to silence activists overseas

Sources claim police was underprepared for the violence, the scale of which hasn't been seen since Second Intifada, and even asked the military to transfer them equipment, which was not possible due to legal reasons

Brig.-Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi will take up the post of military advocate general, replacing Maj.-Gen. Sharon Afek — himself Israel's first openly gay major general