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Anti-Israel org. places bounties on heads of Israeli academics for assassination

Bounties for the murder of Israeli academics are being offered on an anti-Zionist group's website, with profiles and personal details of targets also provided to potential contract killers.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Fighting terrorists on the northern front: IDF strikes Hamas training compound in southern Lebanon

The IDF killed 13 Hamas terrorists in an airstrike on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, the IDF announced on Friday afternoon.

The terrorists were killed in a precise strike targeting a Hamas training compound in Ain al-Hilweh, the military stated.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Minnesota tax dollars reportedly helped fund Somali terror group Al-Shabaab

Fraudulent programs that claimed to feed needy children and to support kids with autism in Minnesota stole billions of dollars in recent years, with some of the funding going overseas to Somalia and helping fund the Al-Shabaab Islamist terror group, according to a new report from City Journal, a Manhattan Institute publication.
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IDF uncovers ‘complex’ 4.3-mile Hamas tunnel network in Gaza’s south

The Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday it had uncovered one of the largest and most complex Hamas tunnel networks found so far in Gaza, a route stretching more than 4.3 miles and descending roughly 82 feet.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Trump hosts captives he helped free from Gaza: ‘You’re not hostages anymore, you’re heroes’

US President Donald Trump hosted a delegation at the White House on Thursday of nearly all the hostages freed through as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal he brokered last month.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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WATCH: IDF uncovers massive underground Hamas terror city under Gaza’s Beit Hanun

The IDF on Thursday revealed the full underground terror network under the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanun.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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‘Heroes, not hostages’: US President Trump meets former Gaza hostages at White House

US President Donald Trump said that the hostages were heroes in a meeting with 17 recently released captives and their families at the White House on Thursday.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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‘People in Jamaica know Israel is here,’ Jerusalem med center head says

A woman in her 20s, who had gone a week without dialysis, collapsed at a hospital in Jamaica, one of two that are functioning, and where an Israeli delegation is assisting in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Mossad exposes Hamas terror plots across Europe

Israeli intelligence, in close cooperation with European authorities, has recently disrupted Hamas terror cells planning to target Jewish and Israeli sites across the continent, Jerusalem revealed on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Anti-Zionist protesters chant ‘Death to the IDF’ at New York City synagogue

Anti-Zionist protesters chanted for an intifada and heckled Jews at a demonstration outside a prominent New York City synagogue on Wednesday night.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Iran coordinating with Hamas, Hezbollah to rebuild ‘Axis of Resistance,’ Israeli officials warn

Israeli defense officials assess that Hamas is closely coordinating with Hezbollah and Iran to revive and rebuild the so-called “axis of resistance,” while the IDF expands strikes in Gaza and southern Lebanon, officials said on Thursday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Inside the Christian response to Nick Fuentes and far-right antisemitism

Antisemitism is not a relic of the past. It evolves, taking on new forms and finding new audiences, often where we least expect it. For decades, much of the focus has been on the far-left, where criticism of Israel sometimes crosses into demonization of the Jewish people. Meanwhile, far-Right voices have quietly been gaining influence, spreading...

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IDF soldier wounded in Nablus counterterrorism op

An Israeli soldier was shot and moderately wounded during a counterterrorism operation in Nablus (Shechem), Samaria, overnight Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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MBS tells Trump he wants to join Abraham Accords, but path to Palestinian state crucial

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Tuesday during his White House meeting with US President Donald Trump that Riyadh wants to join the Abraham Accords, but calls for the need to secure a path towards a two-state solution.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Senior UAE official urges expansion of Abraham Accords

A senior Emirati government official this week urged Israeli lawmakers to work together to further the expansion of the Abraham Accords as a foil against Islamic extremism in the region.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Sa’ar: PA nearly doubled payments to terrorists in 2025

The Palestinian Authority nearly doubled the payments it issued in 2025 to convicted terrorists and to the families of those killed while carrying out attacks, despite its repeated claims to have halted the practice, Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Gaza water firm shuts down to protest Hamas kidnapping of worker

A Gaza firm that runs water desalination plants supplying nearly half the enclave’s two million residents halted operations on Tuesday to protest the abduction of one of its employees by Hamas terrorists a day earlier.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Op-Ed: Pastor John Hagee: Salvation or damnation for the Grand Ole’ Party?

Several weeks ago, I was honored to host Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) at my church’s 45th annual Night to Honor Israel in San Antonio. In typical fashion, the senator spoke passionately and from the heart. Little did I know that his clarion call from the stage to combat the scourge of antisemitism on the fringe right would ruffle so many feathers.
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Hamas rejects disarmament clause in Gaza ceasefire plan, claims it was not part of original talks

Hamas rejected the clause in US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan regarding its disarmament, claiming that it was not part of the original negotiations, the Qatar-based Al Jazeera Mubasher reported on Monday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Saudi crown prince receives letter from Iranian president ahead of US visit, SPA reports

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a letter on Monday from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported, a day ahead of the Saudi de facto ruler's visit to the US for talks with President Donald Trump.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post