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Iran has carried out 1,051 state executions since President Masoud Pezeshkian took office on July 8, 2024 – a surge that security experts say the U.S. must weigh as it resumes nuclear negotiations with Tehran.
Read more: Fox News
Israeli President Isaac Herzog will travel to Poland on Thursday to lead the 2025 March of the Living at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp, marking 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi death camps and the end of World War II.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
A ballistic missile fired at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen set off sirens early Wednesday morning in the north of the country for the first time, sending over a million people rushing for the safety of bomb shelters.
Read more: The Times of Israel
"Sons of dogs, hand over the hostages," Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Hamas in a televised speech at the PA's Central Council on Wednesday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday following a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he and the Israeli leader were aligned “on every issue.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
U.S. military strikes in Yemen in recent weeks have killed at least 500 Houthi fighters, including senior commanders, a Saudi newspaper reported on Tuesday, based on interviews with U.S. officials and Yemen’s information minister.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
China and Egypt launched a wide-scale joint military exercise this week near the Israeli border, in what Chinese media described as a “historic” first of its kind.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
Members of the IDF General Staff Forum held a seminar on Monday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. They were joined by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
Antisemitic incidents in the United States reached unprecedented levels in 2024, breaking annual records for the fourth consecutive year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
Read More: The Times of Israel
Qatari and Egyptian mediators have presented a new ceasefire framework to Hamas, including a multi-year truce, the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners and a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, according to a report on Monday.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday eliminated two senior Hezbollah terrorist operatives in separate targeted airstrikes in Southern Lebanon.
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Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday morning at the Vatican at the age of 88.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
Three flags bearing swastikas were found hanging over Sweden’s busiest highway on Sunday, Swedish media reported.
Read More: The Times of Israel
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee presented his credentials as United States Ambassador to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Monday.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israeli National Security Council issued a warning on Monday, ahead of a global “Day of Rage” in protest of the war against Hamas.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
Hamas has officially rejected Israel’s latest ceasefire and hostage deal proposal, intensifying tensions and casting uncertainty over the fate of the 59 captives still held in Gaza.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Trump administration sanctioned the International Bank of Yemen Y.S.C., along with a number of bank officials, for providing financial support to the Houthis, the U.S. State and Treasury Departments announced on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
It is the prayer of US President Donald Trump that all the hostages held in Gaza captivity should be returned home now, newly appointed US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said, joining in that prayer, during a speech at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
A ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen was successfully intercepted by air defenses Friday morning, the military said, adding that it was probing glitches in an early alert system it had just rolled out.
Read more: Times of Israel
The Israeli military attacked around 40 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the IDF said on Friday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
