July 20, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJuly 20, 2026UpdatesPentagon withheld reports of dozens of U.S. troop injuries in Iran war, NYT reportsThe Pentagon did not disclose three Iranian attacks on U.S. forces in Jordan last week that injured dozens of American service members and damaged several helicopters before Friday's strike that killed two U.S. soldiers, The New York Times reported, citing U.S. officials. According to the report, military officials said the injuries were not publicly disclosed because Central Command is not required to report them and because doing so could aid Iran's targeting efforts.Israeli forces raid villages in southern Syria, local media reports Israeli forces entered several villages in southern Quneitra province and set up a military checkpoint west of Saida al-Golan village, located east of the 1974 armistice line established under the Israel-Syria Disengagement Agreement, Syrian state news agency SANA reported. Al Mayadeen, a Hezbollah-affiliated news channel, reported that a man was detained at the checkpoint during the raid.Iran to pursue diplomacy based on national interests, says it received U.S. talks proposalsTehran is pursuing both war and diplomacy based on its national interests, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday, saying that proposals from mediators regarding a possible resumption of talks with the United States had been received.Iran's state news agency IRNA reported that Baghaei said proposals submitted through mediators had been communicated to Tehran and received by Iranian authorities."I reject the duality of either war or diplomacy. Diplomacy is a tool through which we pursue our national interests, just like war," Baghaei said. He added that Iran would continue to defend itself "resolutely."In the NewsThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeOpposition Bloc Leads Coalition in New Poll, but Falls Short of Jewish MajorityAs Israel's Election Nears, All Eyes Must Be on Shin Bet Chief ZiniDear IDF Chief, Please Recruit Me: I Promise to Shoot Arabs at Point-blank RangeThere's a Cure for the 'Knesset Virus' Infecting Arab-Israeli Politics: UnityRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them