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In addition to abusing Gazans and carrying out executions above ground, the Hamas terrorist organization has stepped up efforts to suppress internal opposition in the Strip by secretly detaining rivals in underground prison facilities.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces killed eight Palestinian terrorists involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, including three who abducted Noa Argamani, Avinatan Or and Eitan Mor, the military announced on Thursday.
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A study by the research center Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D), conducted in partnership with New York University (NYU) and Northeastern University, has revealed the extent to which the social-video platform TikTok amplified pro-Hamas content in the Israel-Gaza war discourse.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
After three days without deceased hostages being released, police received instructions on Friday afternoon to prepare for the possibility that Hamas will release two deceased hostages in the evening, from the 13 the terrorist organization still holds in the Gaza Strip.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
At the newly established U.S.-led command center in Kiryat Gat, multinational troops representing a wide array of countries — including the United States, France, Britain, Spain, Australia, Greece and Cyprus — gathered Friday, alongside senior officials from Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Denmark and the U.S. ambassador to Yemen.
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The IDF conducted 30 hours of training for defensive battles across the entire northern border over the last week in preparation for the attempt of an October 7-like attack from Lebanon.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Acting under direction from the Military Intelligence Directorate, Israel Air Force jets struck a series of Hezbollah terror targets, including a training camp, in the Bekaa area of Lebanon on Thursday, the IDF stated.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Posters of dozens of now-freed Israeli hostages that have lined Israel’s main international airport for nearly two years are being gradually removed in coordination with their families, the Israel Airports Authority said on Tuesday.
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An Israeli professor at City St George’s, University of London, says he was threatened with beheading by a pro-Palestinian protester who disrupted his lecture this week.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was set to touch down in Israel on Thursday for a three-day visit “to support the successful implementation of President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Conflict in Gaza,” according to a State Department statement.
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Anxious to bolster its air power, Turkey has proposed to European partners and the US ways it could swiftly obtain advanced fighter jets as it seeks to make up ground on regional rivals such as Israel, sources familiar with the talks say.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Arie Zalmanowicz, 86, one of the founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz who was taken alive but killed in Hamas captivity, was brought back Monday to Israel together with Staff Sergeant Major (res.) Tamir Adar, 38 after the Hamas handover to the Red Cross on Tuesday night, as part of the ongoing implementation of the ceasefire deal brokered in early October....
Hezbollah has recently accelerated the pace of its reconstruction efforts at a time when the Lebanese government has adopted a decision to disarm the terrorist organization, Western intelligence officials told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
During his meeting with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear his opposition to the deployment of Turkish troops in the Gaza Strip, as part of President Donald Trump’s plan for the enclave. “That’s a red line,” Netanyahu said, according to officials familiar with the discussion.
Read more: YnetNews
After meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance rejected claims that Israel is an American “client state” and emphasized their partnership in working to implement Washington’s plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip.
Read more: The Times of Israel
As Iyad Abu Ramadan, head of the Chamber of Commerce in Gaza City, arrived at his office on Monday morning, he saw a group of masked, armed men in civilian clothing standing at an intersection outside.
Read more: The Times of Israel
As part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement and in accordance with Israeli government directives, the Israel Defense Forces has begun marking the “yellow line” in the Gaza Strip.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Terrorist elements could attempt to disturb the “stabilization processes” in the region, particularly in Judea and Samaria, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir warned top army officials Tuesday.
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Hamas said it will release the remains of two Israeli hostages at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
This comes shortly after US President Donald Trump stated that he would send forces into Gaza to "straighten out our Hamas" if it did not abide by the ceasefire agreement.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
U.S. Vice President JD Vance touched down in Israel on Tuesday afternoon, against the backdrop of repeated Hamas violations of the Trump administration-brokered ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate