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Iran's army has raised its level of alert in preparation for a possible attack on its nuclear facilities by the United States or Israel, the newspaper Al-Hayat reported Monday. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Muhammad Ali Husseini, told the paper that if its nuclear facilities were attacked, Iran would "know how to defend itself."

A ten-year-old Palestinian child carrying a large explosive device likely designated for a terror attack inside Israel has been caught. The bomb was later detonated by IDF sappers. The incident took place at a checkpoint near Nablus earlier today (Monday). A Border Guard policewoman at the checkpoint noticed the child and asked him to open the bag he was carrying. A short examination revealed that the bag contained a 6-kilogram (about 13 pounds) explosive device. The child, who is currently being questioned by security authorities, was apparently instructed to deliver the bomb to a Palestinian waiting at the other side...

Amid the news of the latest murders in Negohot, in which 27-year-old Eyal Yerberbaum and seven-month-old Shaked Avraham lost their lives, another atrocity should not be simply glossed over: the use of children to assist in terrorist attacks against Israel. On Friday night, two Palestinian teenagers, aged 15 and 16, were caught by the IDF at the fence around the Gaza Strip. The two, it turns out, were paid NIS 100 each to risk their lives retrieving bags of weapons that were left at the fence by terrorists the previous night in a botched infiltration attempt. These reports received scant...