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IDF says it killed Oct. 7 Hamas operative identified as journalist, vows to expose others

A Palestinian journalist who the Israeli military said participated in the Hamas-led October 7 onslaught was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday as the IDF vowed to expose the terror affiliations of dozens more Palestinian journalists killed in the war.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Hailing pilot and three Israeli heroes, passengers say midair ‘miracles’ thwarted alleged attempt to crash plane

Passengers saved from a copilot’s apparent attempt to crash a flydubai flight landed safely in Israel on Wednesday, with the heroes who thwarted him sharing the story of their efforts after arriving at Ben Gurion Airport.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Trump recounts ‘incredible story’ of Israeli plumber who helped save flydubai flight

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he talked to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after an incident in which a co-pilot on a flydubai aircraft heading to Tel Aviv allegedly stabbed the captain.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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House panel urges removal of tax-emption for charity with alleged Palestinian terror ties

Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee said that they were concerned that foreign grants from the Middle East Children’s Alliance benefitted the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Read More…JNS 

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CENTEF report reveals Hezbollah acquired $157m of weapons in 2024, majority provided freely by Iran

The report, titled Hezbollah Financial Statements, is the first installment in a series set to expose Hezbollah’s spending on media, payments to wounded fighters, and its military infrastructure.
Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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Palestine Action US founder funded radical media outlets, is tied to Iranian state TV – exclusive

Palestine Action is an anti-Israel protest group founded in the UK in 2020. It was proscribed after being designated a terrorist organization in the UK in 2025.
Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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‘Immense courage and resolve’: Pilot feted for crucial role in saving the lives of all aboard flydubai 1073

Indian national Smit Machchhar undergoes surgery in Saudi Arabia after being attacked by Omani copilot, who Netanyahu says ‘obviously hated Israelis’ while acknowledging his ‘exact background’ remains unclear
Read More…The Times of Israel 

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Evangelical leader slams Palestinian official’s Bible claims as ‘contemptible’

Pastor John Hagee challenged the Palestinian ambassador to the UK’s biblical interpretations
Read More…Fox News

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Dem, GOP senators demand answers from Meta on Jew-hating bot networks

“We cannot continue to play catch up as foreign agents and extremists abuse American social media platforms to spread hate and sow discord on American soil and across the globe,” Sens. James Lankford and Jacky Rosen told Mark Zuckerberg.
Read More…JNS

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Florida designates CAIR as domestic terror group

“The free state of Florida will not launder terrorism through our schools,” the state’s attorney general said. “We will name these groups, cut off the money and hold those who bankroll them accountable.”
Read More…JNS

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US Senate blocks resolution on Judea and Samaria rights report

Lawmakers rejected a measure demanding an assessment of Israeli actions in the biblical heartland after opponents warned it politicized the alliance.
Read More…JNS

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Iran is renewing progress on its nuclear program, Netanyahu tells UAE President MBZ – report

According to the report, the information Netanyahu presented included details about new construction work at the mountainous site known as “Pickaxe Mountain,” about 140 miles south of Tehran.
Read More…The Jerusalem Post 

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Iran threatens to attack Mideast infrastructure after Trump dismisses Hormuz proposal

Tehran awaiting ‘final US response’ from mediators to its demands for truce, end of blockade, and sanctions relief as preconditions for nuclear talks; Russia says Iran should stay in NPT
Read More…The Times of Israel 

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Israel not conducting genocide, not guilty of apartheid, new academic study shows

A new academic study published last Thursday examines legal and historical evaluations of charges labeling Israel as an apartheid state, a settler-colonial project, or guilty of genocide, concluding that “apartheid and genocide are not established and that settler colonialism is an inadequate classification, including in the settings where each…

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Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of anti-Israel Durban conference

More than 40 countries boycotted a U.N. event on Monday marking 25 years since the 2001 anti-Israel Durban Conference. That set a new record, surpassing the previous high of 38 countries that skipped the event in 2021, according to the Israeli delegation to the United Nations.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran’s Islamic regime using Tether cryptocurrency as ‘financial lifeline,’ US Senate report charges

Tether’s stablecoin has become a “significant financial lifeline” for Iran and a tool for funding proxy ​organizations, including Hezbollah, according to a report led by ‌Senate Democrats, published on Monday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF strikes in Gaza, killing Hamas Northern Brigade commander, top military financer

The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) eliminated Hamas Northern Gaza Brigade commander Izz al-Din Beik in a strike in the northern Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday, the military announced on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Iran threatens to attack Mideast infrastructure after Trump dismisses Hormuz proposal

Iran threatened on Tuesday to attack infrastructure around the Middle East, intensifying its rhetoric as it awaits a formal response from Washington on a new plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Read more: Times of Israel