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Olympics-Sailing-Israel Dominates in Windsurfing as Italy’s Maggetti Wins Women’s Gold
Paris 2024 Olympics – Sailing – Women’s Windsurfing Final – Marseille Marina, Marseille, France – August 03, 2024. Marta Maggetti of Italy celebrates after winning gold. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Israel’s Tom Reuveny claimed Olympic gold in the men’s windsurfing on Saturday, with the country’s Sharon Kantor snatching silver in the women’s event behind Marta Maggetti after the Italian pulled off a strategic masterstroke.
The gold and silver represent the best ever result in Olympic sailing for Israel, who have a history of medals in windsurfing at previous Games.
Reuveny, who performed an acrobatic leap on his iQFOiL after crossing the line, before crashing backwards into the water, said it was amazing to have won both medals.
“She (Kantor) managed to keep with the pressure and deliver a silver medal, which was amazing and now with my gold I think it couldn’t be better for our country,” Reuveny told Reuters, adding that he was “super proud” of his team mate.
The men had been recalled after a false start to the race, having to regroup for a restart amid white-crested waves and a bigger breeze than there had been for the rest of the event.
“I thought I was over and I was starting to panic but then I realized that everyone was over,” Reuveny said, adding that he had learned from it and attacked the second start harder.
Australia’s Grae Morris took the men’s silver and Luuc van Opzeeland of the Netherlands won bronze.
Morris told Reuters it had been the toughest race of his life.
“You can’t compare it to anything, it’s awesome. I’m just super happy that I get to share this moment with my family and everyone who helped me,” he said.
Earlier, Maggetti, 28, pumped her fist as she crossed the line and then leapt into the Mediterranean.
The Italian’s breakaway in the third leg proved decisive, giving her the lead from Britain’s Emma Wilson, who had dominated the early stages of the race, during which their foiling boards flew over the sea at more than 20 knots.
Maggetti swam over to her rivals to hug them in the water as the result began to register. She was greeted back on the beach with an Italian flag and ran over to embrace friends and family.
For Wilson, who had dominated the fleet during the qualifying stages but crossed the line some way behind her rivals to land bronze, there were tears.
The Briton, 25 also finished third in Tokyo.
Her tears were interspersed with occasional smiles, as she was hugged by family and friends back on the Marseille beach.
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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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