Gazan terrorist organizations are looking into armed drones and sea-based commando cells to replace the loss of their underground offensive capabilities, while concentrating fire at Israel’s Iron Dome to overwhelm it.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak says he met US financier Jeffrey Epstein several times, but he "didn't support me or pay me." Prime Minister Netanyahu accuses media of remaining "silent" on the matter; Likud asks attorney general to investigate reported business ties between the two.

Israeli intelligence led to an International Atomic Energy Agency inspection. Soil samples and other evidence examined at the site have returned positive for radioactive material, indicating that nuclear materials were housed at the facility in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal.

“The United States 5th Fleet is aware of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy’s unlawful harassment and attempts to interfere with the passage of the UK-flagged merchant vessel British Heritage on 10 July, near the Strait of Hormuz,” says Vice Admiral Jim Malloy, commander of the US 5th Fleet.

The decision regarding Mohammad Javad Zarif may indicate Washington still holding the door open for diplomacy. Move apparently deemed "not necessarily helpful" and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had opposed designating Zarif “for the time being.”