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Israeli citizens were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of working on behalf of Iranian intelligence to carry out missions intended to harm Israeli civilians and national security, it was cleared for publication on Monday.

Under the direction of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), the suspects were apprehended in two separate operations. In one case, 33-year-old Mark Morgaine, a resident of the Jordan Valley, was arrested for maintaining contact with Iranian intelligence and carrying out direct assignments for them. The joint statement claims that Morgaine agreed to retrieve a grenade that had been buried in a predetermined location with the understanding that it would be used against civilians. Trump says not offering Iran 'anything', nor speaking to them.

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was not offering Iran anything nor talking to it "since we totally obliterated" the country's nuclear facilities.

"I am not offering Iran ANYTHING, unlike Obama," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

"Nor am I even talking to them since we totally OBLITERATED their Nuclear Facilities."
The statement comes as Iran's deputy foreign minister told the BBC that talks between Washington and Tehran cannot resume unless the US rules out further strikes on Iran.
A week after striking three Iranian nuclear facilities, Majid Takht-Ravanchi informed the British broadcaster that the United States had indicated that it wanted to return to the negotiation table. "We have not agreed to any date, we have not agreed to the modality," said Takht-Ravanchi.
"Right now we are seeking an answer to this question. Are we going to see a repetition of an act of aggression while we are engaging in dialogue?"
He stated that the United States must be "quite clear on this very important question." Iran denounces the "destructive" behavior of the IAEA chief. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Tehran halted cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog due to what he called the agency chief's "destructive" behaviour towards the Islamic republic, his office said Monday.
"The action taken by parliament members... is a natural response to the unjustified, unconstructive, and destructive conduct of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency," Pezeshkian told Macron in a phone call late Sunday, according to a presidency statement.
Iranian lawmakers approved a bill suspending cooperation with the IAEA on Wednesday, citing Israel's attack on the Islamic Republic on June 13 and subsequent US strikes on nuclear facilities. A ceasefire between Iran and Israel took hold on June 24.
Since the start of the war with Israel, Iranian officials have sharply criticised the agency for failing to condemn the strikes.
Additionally, Iran has criticized the watchdog for adopting a resolution on June 12 in which it accused Iran of not adhering to its nuclear obligations. In a Sunday post on X, Macron said he called for "respect for the ceasefire" and a return to negotiations to address "ballistic and nuclear issues."
He further called for "the swift resumption of the IAEA's work in Iran to ensure full transparency."
Israel wants peace with Syria and Lebanon. After decades of conflict and animosity, Israel stated on Monday that it is "interested" in reaching peace agreements with Syria and Lebanon, which are neighbors. This could be a turning point in history in the region. With Syria under new leadership after the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement weakened, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told journalists his government wanted more normalisation agreements with Arab countries.
"Israel is interested in expanding the Abraham Accords circle of peace and normalisation," Saar said of the US-brokered deals that Israel signed with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco in 2020, during US President Donald Trump's first term.
"We have an interest in adding countries such as Syria and Lebanon, our neighbours -- to the circle of peace and normalisation while safeguarding Israel's essential and security interests," Saar told a news conference in Jerusalem alongside his Austrian counterpart Beate Meinl-Reisinger.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel's recent "victory" in a 12-day war against Iran "opens the path to dramatically enlarge the peace accords".
During the 12-day war, Morgaine is also said to have sent his Iranian handler a video of a missile intercept. Morgaine was arrested on June 15.
In a separate investigation, Yoni Segal, 18, and Nahorai Omri Mizrahi, 20, both from Tiberias, were arrested overnight between June 14 and 15. Authorities suspect the two of conducting surveillance missions on behalf of Iranian intelligence, including photographing malls in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Tiberias, as well as Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital.
Segal and Mizrahi allegedly documented the number of security guards, stores, and structural layouts, and sent real-time location updates to their Iranian contact. The two, according to the investigation, even persuaded their handler to assign them additional missions. State media report over 900 deaths in Iran during the 12-day war with Israel. At least 935 people were killed in Iran during its 12-day war with Israel, Iranian state media reported Monday, nearly a week since a ceasefire took hold.
Asghar Jahangir, a spokesman for the judiciary, was quoted as saying, "During the 12-day war waged by the Zionist regime against our country, 935 martyrs have been identified so far," by the official IRNA news agency. The death toll included 132 women and 38 children.

Israel FM says Golan to 'remain part of' Israel in any Syria peace deal
Monday, Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated that any potential peace agreement with Syria would include the occupied Golan Heights, which "will remain part of" Israel. Saar said at a news conference in Jerusalem, "In any peace agreement, the Golan will remain part of the State of Israel." He was referring to the territory that Israel seized from Syria in 1967 and later annexed in a move that the United Nations did not recognize. According to FM, Israel is "interested" in normalizing ties with Syria and Lebanon. Israel is "interested" in striking "peace and normalisation" agreements with its neighbours Lebanon and Syria, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday.
Saar stated at a news conference, "Israel is interested in expanding the Abraham Accord circle of peace and normalization," referring to the US-sponsored agreements Israel will sign with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco in 2020. "We have an interest in adding countries, Syria and Lebanon, our neighbours, to the circle of peace and normalisation while safeguarding Israel's essential and security interests," he added.

I am not offering anything Iran: Trump
Tell phony Democrat Senator Chris Coons that I am not offering Iran ANYTHING, unlike Obama, who paid them $Billions under the stupid “road to a Nuclear Weapon JCPOA (which would now be expired!), nor am I even talking to them since we totally OBLITERATED their Nuclear Facilities, Trump said.