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In The News

Cairo: Palestinian factions to finalize committee to govern Gaza

Palestinian factions are holding talks in Cairo aimed at finalizing the composition of a 15-member technocratic committee that will temporarily govern the Gaza Strip, according to regional media reports.

Read more: i24 News

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Tehran doctors say security forces intentionally firing at protesters’ eyes, heads

Iranian security forces are deliberately firing at protesters’ heads to cause them debilitating injuries, local doctors have claimed, citing wounds inflicted on hundreds of patients they have treated.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Former Hamas hostage David Cunio recounts 738 days of captivity, abuse and survival

David Cunio, one of the Israelis abducted by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, gives a harrowing account of his nearly two years in Hamas captivity in Gaza, describing starvation, psychological torment, underground imprisonment and the struggle to survive for the sake of his family.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF confirms six terrorists killed in ‘serious’ Gaza ceasefire violation

Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Tuesday evening eliminated six armed terrorists during an exchange of fire in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military confirmed on Wednesday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran protest death toll said to be at least 12,000

More than 12,000 people are feared dead in Iran after a sweeping crackdown on anti-regime protests, with CBS News reporting on Tuesday that sources inside and outside the country believe the toll could be as high as 20,000 and newly verified video showing hundreds of bodies stacked at a morgue near Tehran.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Mississippi suspect laughed as he confessed to torching ‘Synagogue of Satan’ — FBI

The FBI said on Monday that the suspect in an apparent US arson attack against a Mississippi synagogue confessed and admitted to antisemitic animus.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Ex-Navy SEAL, who saw US government as ‘controlled by Israel, Jews,’ convicted in plot to bomb police

A U.S. Navy SEAL, who displayed neo-Nazi symbols and praised terrorist groups, was convicted on Jan. 12 of planning to use explosives against police at a California protest, federal prosecutors said on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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25% tariff on all countries doing business with Iran, Trump says

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday evening that effective immediately, any country that does business with the Iranian regime will be subject to a 25% tariff “on any and all business being done with the United States of America.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US urges citizens to leave Iran amid escalating unrest

The Trump administration on Monday issued an urgent warning for U.S. citizens to leave Iran immediately, as protests in the country continue to intensify.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Help is on the way’: Donald Trump urges Iranians to protest, take over Islamic regime institutions

US President Donald Trump assured on Tuesday that "help was on its way" to Iran and asked Iranians to keep protesting against the Islamic Republic regime.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Widow of infamous Hamas bomb-maker arrested for inciting terrorism online

The widow of infamous Hamas bomb maker Yahya Ayyash was arrested after calling for terrorist attacks in social media posts marking the 30th anniversary of his assassination by Israel, police said on Sunday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Trump weighs action as Iran protest toll soars

Nearly 500 protesters have been confirmed killed and about 11,000 arrested in two weeks of unrest in Iran, according to a rights group, as U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday his administration is considering tough measures against the clerical regime and will decide on a response soon.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF catches Nablus gunman who wounded soldier

Israeli security forces on Monday arrested a Palestinian terrorist from the Samaria city of Nablus (Shechem) who had opened fire at troops a day earlier, moderately wounding one soldier, the military stated.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF renews strikes after Hezbollah’s ‘continuous’ breaches of truce

The Israeli military conducted strikes throughout Southern Lebanon on Sunday night in response to Iranian-backed Hezbollah’s “continuous violations” of the ceasefire, killing terrorists and destroying “military” sites.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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A ‘deliberate attack on Jews’: Community condemns arson attack on Mississippi synagogue

Local community leaders and Jewish organizations expressed outrage over the arson that gutted Mississippi’s largest synagogue early Saturday morning, calling it a “deliberate” attack on the Jewish community.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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US House speaker welcomes hero who disarmed Bondi Beach terrorist

Rep. Mike Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives, welcomed Syrian-born Australian tobacconist Ahmed al-Ahmed to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. Last month, al-Ahmed wrenched a rifle away from one of the two gunmen during the terrorist attack on a Chanukah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF operates against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon following ceasefire violations

The IDF on Friday announced a series of strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon "in response to Hezbollah’s continued violations of the ceasefire understandings."

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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GAO report finds ‘gaps’ in State Department reporting on UNRWA textbooks

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on Thursday finding that the U.S. State Department failed to properly inform Congress about efforts to reform Palestinian textbooks.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Rock thrower hits Jewish 8-year-old girl through bus window on NJ highway, fractures her skull

An 8-year-old Jewish girl was hospitalized with a fractured skull after being struck by a rock, which was thrown through a window on the bus she was aboard, on the New Jersey Turnpike in Teaneck on Wednesday afternoon.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘All are in the streets’: Iranians defiant as protests grow despite crackdown

Tear gas burning his eyes, his voice hoarse from shouting anti-government slogans as cars honked around him, Majid joined crowds of Iranians taking to the streets in defiance of a crackdown on a swelling protest movement.

Read more: The Times of Israel