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In The News

‘NYT’: US-Israeli strikes ‘fractured’ Iranian leadership

The U.S.-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic has fractured Iran’s leadership and hindered its ability to coordinate negotiations, officials familiar with U.S. and Western intelligence told The New York Times on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran urges Houthis to resume Red Sea terrorism if US campaign continues

The Islamic Republic is pushing its Houthi proxy in Yemen to launch renewed attacks in the Red Sea if the U.S. military campaign against Tehran continues, European officials familiar with the matter told Bloomberg on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Michigan synagogue attack was Hezbollah-inspired terrorism, FBI confirms

The attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on March 12 was a terror attack, inspired by the Hezbollah terror organization, the FBI announced on Monday, following an investigation that lasted just over two weeks.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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6 injured in latest wave of Iranian missile strikes on central Israel

Several people were reportedly wounded in central Israel on Tuesday morning, following three waves of Iranian ballistic missile fire within hours.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Four Israeli soldiers killed in Southern Lebanon

Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers have been killed battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah uses ambulances, paramedic uniforms, as disguise for terrorist activity, IDF says

The IDF said Monday it struck a Hezbollah cell in southern Lebanon over the weekend that was operating an ambulance while posing as paramedics.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Police reach agreement with Latin Patriarchate to allow limited groups in Church of Holy Sepulchre

The Israeli police, alongside a representative from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, have reached an agreement by which limited groups of Christians will be allowed to pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the police announced on Monday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF soldier Moshe Yitzchak Katz, 22, from Connecticut, killed in south Lebanon

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack on troops in southern Lebanon overnight between Friday and Saturday, the military announced early Sunday morning.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IAEA: Iran’s heavy water plant ‘no longer operational’ after IDF hits

The International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday confirmed that the heavy water production plant at Khondab, near Arak, which Iran reported had been attacked on March 27, has sustained severe damage.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran, Hezbollah again fire rockets at Israel

Iran and Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on Monday, setting off widespread air-raid sirens across the country’s north and triggering emergency responses in the Haifa and Carmel regions.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Despite cluster challenge, Israel maintains high interception rate against Iranian missiles

The Israel Defense Forces has neutralized well over 70% of Iran’s ballistic missile stockpile and launchers, while maintaining a 92% interception rate against more than 400 missiles fired at the Israeli home front since the war began, according to military figures.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas disarmament plan sees Gaza’s tunnels destroyed, arms given up in stages, text shows

Hamas would be required to allow the destruction of its vast Gaza tunnel network as it lays down its arms in stages under a disarmament plan that was presented to the terrorist organization by US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," and viewed by Reuters.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Father-of-four killed, another man seriously hurt in Hezbollah rocket attack on Nahariya

Uri Peretz, 43, was killed, and a man in his 50s was seriously wounded in a Hezbollah rocket strike on the city of Nahariya on Thursday, rescue services said.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF strikes key Iranian missile, naval mine production site in Yazd

The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday it had struck what it described as Iran’s most central production site for missiles and naval mines, targeting a major hub used to develop advanced weapons systems for the Iranian Navy.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF soldier killed by Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon

Sgt. Aviad Elhanan Wolansky, 21, from Jerusalem, was killed in action in Southern Lebanon during operational activity against Hezbollah terrorists, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday evening.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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9 injured as Iran fires 7 missile salvos at Israel within hours, many with cluster warheads

Iran pummeled Israel with seven salvos of missiles within hours on Thursday morning, injuring nine people in Israel and the West Bank and causing damage as cluster warheads spread submunitions across wide areas.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Man killed, another seriously hurt in Hezbollah rocket attack on Nahariya

A man in his 30s was killed and a man in his 50s was seriously wounded in a Hezbollah rocket strike on the city of Nahariya on Thursday, rescue services said.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Iranian missile debris kills two in Abu Dhabi

Debris from an intercepted Iranian missile killed two people in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, bringing the death toll from Iranian attacks outside Israel to at least 66.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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US deploys 82nd Airborne as Trump warns Iran to pursue diplomacy or face force

As US President Donald Trump issued a threat to the Iranian leadership to "start getting serious about the diplomatic option", the United States has been mobilizing a number of elite units to the Middle East, signaling that if diplomacy fails, a "conquest" strategy would be ready for activation.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israel says IRGC navy commander killed; Iranian top envoy said removed from hit list

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Adm. Alireza Tangsiri, had been killed in an Israeli strike, the latest senior Iranian official targeted in a relentless hunt-and-kill campaign.

Read more: The Times of Israel