Here are the latest news headlines from this morning that reached our news desk. The times given are Jerusalem time (GMT +3)

8:00 AM - SEVEN SOLDIERS FELL IN SOUTHERN GAZA
Seven soldiers were killed when a terrorist attached an explosive device to their armored vehicle in Khan Yunis, causing it to explode

8:15 AM - Iran parliament approves bill to suspend cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog - Nournews
The country's Supreme National Security Council now needs to give final approval to the move (Reuters)

8:30 AM - Iran 'much further away' from building nuclear weapon after US strike, Rubio tells Politico
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Politico on Wednesday that Iran is "much further away from a nuclear weapon" after a US strike on Iran's three main nuclear sites over the weekend.
"The bottom line is, they are much further away from a nuclear weapon today than they were before the president took this bold action," Rubio told Politico.
"Significant, very significant, substantial damage was done to a variety of different components, and we’re just learning more about it,” he added. (Reuters)

8:45 AM - US hospitals, critical infrastructure brace for retaliatory Iran-backed cyberattacks
US banks, defense contractors and oil industry companies have reportedly already come under attack by Tehran-supporting pro-Palestinian hackers

9:00 AM - UK to buy fighter jets capable of carrying tactical nuclear weapons
The purchase of the Lockheed Martin jets would allow Britain's air force to carry nuclear weapons for the first time since the end of the Cold War, Downing Street said

9:15 AM - Iran: 700 people arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Israel and Mossad
Iran has arrested 700 people suspected of allegedly maintaining ties with Israel during the "12-day war." This was reported by the Iranian news agency "Nour News," which added that "the suspects cooperated with the Mossad and smuggled equipment used by the organization in assassinations." (AP)

9:30 AM - Despite the waiting period, Democrats Party pushes to dissolve Knesset 
Members of the Democrats Party have submitted a new bill calling for the dissolution of the Knesset without waiting the necessary half a year

9:45 AM - US President Trump said earlier today that there would not be any consequences for Israel because it “didn’t do anything” against Iran after the ceasefire came into place this morning
Speaking to reporters while en route to the Netherlands on Air Force One, Trump said Israel would have struck Iran had he not issued a statement on Truth Social warning against it.

10:00 AM - U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagesth: “I’ve reviewed all the intelligence—every last detail
Our strike eliminated Iran’s capacity to produce nuclear weapons. The bombs hit their targets with pinpoint accuracy and performed exactly as intended. Iran’s nuclear infrastructure is now buried under mountains of rubble. Anyone claiming otherwise is simply trying to discredit the President and one of the most successful operations in U.S. history.”

10:15 AM - Any barriers set by the court to appointing Maj.-Gen. (res.) David Zini as head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) would constitute “security irresponsibility” and a “disconnect from national needs,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued in a court filing
The filing was the prime minister’s response to a petition by several families of victims of the October 7 Hamas massacre against the legal hurdles set by the High Court of Justice and attorney-general regarding Zini’s appointment.

10:30 AM - TERROR THWARTED 
In an offensive operation by the IDF and the Crime Fighting Unit (CFU) of the Judea Region, a potential terrorist incident was thwarted yesterday, with the detection and destruction of improvised explosive devices and ammunition in the village of Yatta in the Hebron Station sector.

10:45 AM - Knesset attempt to expel Arab-Israeli MK (Hadash-Ta’al) Ayman Odeh
MK Boaron: “For years you have been inciting and inciting your people to harm Jews, to harm soldiers. How can you not be ashamed to show your face in this building?  How can you not be ashamed to compare the kidnapped people to the Nuchba terrorists who were demons that day?! Who raped girls that day?! Shame on you, we will go through with this to the end and with God's help this time we will succeed.”

11:00 AM - 2 SUICIDE DRONES from IRAN fired at Israel - intercepted
US president Trump: maintain the ceasefire, do not respond.

11:15 AM - IDF Spokesman: 'We set back Iran's nuclear program by years'
IDF Spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari, made a statement to the media saying that "Iran's nuclear program has been set back years." His remarks came following reports on CNN and the New York Times, which, according to preliminary analysis, claimed that American and Israeli strikes on nuclear facilities only delayed Iran by a few months. He added: "I can say, in accordance with the statement of IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, that there is an Iran before the operation - and there is an Iran after."

11:30 AM - Beyond Khan Younis disaster: Another soldier seriously wounded in southern Gaza Strip
The IDF spokesperson has cleared for publication that a soldier from the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 'Barak' Brigade (188) was seriously wounded yesterday in combat in the southern Gaza Strip. This is in addition to the severe incident in Khan Younis, where an officer and six soldiers were killed yesterday.

11:45 AM - Human rights groups refuse to condemn Iran’s strike on Israeli hospital
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other prominent human rights groups that frequently launch baseless attacks against Israel have so far declined to condemn Iran’s strike on an Israeli hospital that injured at least 80 people.