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‘Fauda’ Actor Idan Amedi Recovering From Wounds After Seriously Injured Fighting in Gaza
Idan Amedi. Photo: Screenshot
Israeli actor Idan Amedi, who is best known for his role in the hit series Fauda on Netflix, was seriously wounded while fighting in Gaza as a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Amedi, who is also one of Israel’s most popular singers, suffered shrapnel wounds while fighting terrorists on Monday before he was evacuated to the Sheba Medical Center by Tel Aviv.
Amedi’s father confirmed the injury to Hebrew-language media, saying his son would live but asked the public to pray for his recovery. The actor is reportedly in stable condition after being sedated and intubated at the hospital.
After Hamas terrorists attacked southern Israel from Gaza on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and taking 240 others as hostages, Amedi jumped into action, joining the IDF as a reservist. He has been actively fighting in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave.
“I am ready not to perform or sing a song for a year,” he told his fans in a social media post after a month of fighting. “We must not abandon the citizens of the south and the north. We will not stop fighting [until] the elimination of Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.”
As Israel fights Hamas to its south in Gaza, the Jewish state has been clashing with Hezbollah forces to the north with increasing intensity. The Iran-backed terror group based in Lebanon has been targeting northern Israel since Oct. 7.
In November, Amedi shared a video on Instagram of him directing a strike on a building in Gaza, dedicating the military action to the victims of the Oct. 7 onslaught.
The actor previously paid tribute to victims of the terror attacks when he visited a beach in Gaza with fellow Israelis and raised the flag of the Supernova music festival, where Hamas killed hundreds of young people.
Lior Raz, the main star of Fauda, issued a statement with his co-creator Avi Issacharoff on the news of Amedi’s injury.
“Our dear brother Idan is a true hero. From the first day of the war he decided to put everything aside and go out to fight, first in the north and then in the south,” they said. “We pray for his speedy recovery and are sure that he will be fine. The Fauda family sends our condolences to the families of the victims, and to the families of the injured a full recovery.”
Amedi’s wife on the show, Rona Lee Shimon, wrote: “You are the most noble man I have ever known. There are no other people like you. There are no partners like you. Your pure and generous heart always beats strong. Your human love always goes a moment. Before your shy smile. I’ve been holding a prayer tight for hours … From Oct. 7, you fight like a lion. With all our best children. You are a hero of an era. I love you … Idan get well soon. We are waiting for you.”
Well wishes also came from the United States, where Israeli professional basketball player Deni Avdija, who plays forward for the NBA’s Washington Wizards, wore shoes that he signed with the words: “Recovery for Idan ben Tova Amedia,” in reference to his Hebrew name, which is typically used in prayers for recovery.
Fauda crew member Matan Meir, 38, was killed in action in November while fighting in Gaza as an IDF reservist.
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‘With or Without Russia’s Help’: Iran Pledges to Block South Caucasus Route Opened Up By Peace Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. Photo: Kevin Lamarque via Reuters Connect.
i24 News – Iran will block the establishment of a US-backed transit corridor in the South Caucasus region with or without Moscow’s help, a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader was quoted as saying on Saturday by the Iran International website, one day after the historic peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
“Mr. Trump thinks the Caucasus is a piece of real estate he can lease for 99 years,” Ali Akbar Velayati said of the so-called Zangezur corridor, the establishment of which is stipulated in the peace deal unveiled on Friday by US President Donald Trump. The White House said the transit route would facilitate greater exports of energy and other resources.
“This passage will not become a gateway for Trump’s mercenaries — it will become their graveyard,” the Khamenei advisor added.
Baku and Yerevan have been at loggerheads since the late 1980s when Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous Azerbaijani region mostly populated by ethnic Armenians, broke away from Azerbaijan with support from Armenia. Azerbaijan took back full control of the region in 2023, prompting or forcing almost all of the territory’s 100,000 ethnic Armenians to flee to Armenia.
Yet that painful history was put to the side on Friday at the White House, as Trump oversaw a signing ceremony, flanked by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
The peace deal with Azerbaijan—a pro-Western ally of Israel—is expected to pull Armenia out of the Russian and Iranian sphere of influence and could transform the South Caucasus, an energy-producing region neighboring Russia, Europe, Turkey and Iran.
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UK Police Arrest 150 at Protest for Banned Palestine Action Group
People holding signs sit during a rally organised by Defend Our Juries, challenging the British government’s proscription of “Palestine Action” under anti-terrorism laws, in Parliament Square, in London, Britain, August 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
London’s Metropolitan Police said on Saturday it had arrested 150 people at a protest against Britain’s decision to ban the group Palestine Action, adding it was making further arrests.
Officers made arrests after crowds, waving placards expressing support for the group, gathered in Parliament Square, the force said on X.
Protesters, some wearing black and white Palestinian scarves, chanted “shame on you” and “hands off Gaza,” and held signs such as “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action,” video taken by Reuters at the scene showed.
In July, British lawmakers banned Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation after some of its members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged planes in protest against Britain’s support for Israel.
The ban makes it a crime to be a member of the group, carrying a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
The co-founder of Palestine Action, Huda Ammori, last week won a bid to bring a legal challenge against the ban.
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‘No Leniency’: Iran Announces Arrest of 20 ‘Zionist Agents’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
i24 News – Iranian authorities have in recent months arrested 20 people charged with being “Israeli Mossad operatives,” the judiciary said, adding that the Islamic regime will mete out the harshest punishments.
“The judiciary will show no leniency toward spies and agents of the Zionist regime, and with firm rulings, will make an example of them all,” spokesperson Asghar Jahangiri told Iranian media. However, it is understood that an unspecified number of detainees were released, apparently after the charges against them could not be substantiated.
The Islamic Republic was left reeling by a devastating 12-day war with Israel earlier in the summer that left a significant proportion of its military arsenal in ruins and dealt a serious setback to its uranium enrichment program. The fallout included an uptick in executions of Iranians convicted of spying for Israel, with at least eight death sentences carried out in recent months. Hit with international sanctions, the country is in dire economic straights, with frequent energy outages and skyrocketing unemployment.
In recent weeks Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi affirmed that Tehran cannot give up on its nuclear enrichment program even as it was severely damaged during the war.
“It is stopped because, yes, damages are serious and severe. But obviously we cannot give up of enrichment because it is an achievement of our own scientists. And now, more than that, it is a question of national pride,” the official told Fox News.