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Hamas calls for Gaza ceasefire as Lebanon truce takes key ally Hezbollah out of fight

Hamas indicated Wednesday that it was ready for a truce in Gaza  as its key ally Hezbollah appeared to lay down arms after a ceasefire with Israel went into place, effectively leaving the Gaza terror group fighting alone.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli Air Force targets senior Hamas figure in Gaza City

The Israeli Air Force eliminated a senior member of Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade sniper unit overnight Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Intercepted: Vast Iranian arms shipment intended for Samaria

Israel’s security forces recently thwarted an attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to smuggle heavy weaponry to Palestinian terrorist cells in the Samaria city of Jenin, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Full text: The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal

The following is the text of the deal that yielded a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon early on Wednesday morning. An almost identical text was first published by the UAE English daily The National. (A widely reported accompanying “side letter” setting out American commitments to Israel has not been seen by The Times of Israel or published…

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IAF destroyed secret Hezbollah rocket factory ahead of ceasefire

Shortly before the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect early Wednesday morning, Israeli jets dropped about 100 bombs on a top-secret factory for producing mid-range rockets, according to Hebrew media reports.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IAF jets pound Hezbollah in Dahiyeh, kill cmdr. Ahmad Sabhi Hazima in Tyre

Israel Air Force jets carried out a series of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut’s southern suburbs as well as in southern Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday. In one of the strikes the military reported on, a Hezbollah commander was killed.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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US seeking to leverage Lebanon ceasefire for Gaza deal

U.S. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Brett McGurk was scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss using a potential ceasefire in Lebanon as a stepping stone toward a similar agreement to halt hostilities in Gaza, the White House said on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Katz gets approval to build Jordan fence to block Iranian plots

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that he has won a years-long battle to get authority to build a new hi-tech border fence with Jordan to block smuggling, especially from Iran.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF soldier seriously hurt in Hezbollah drone attack on Hermon

An Israeli soldier was critically wounded on Tuesday morning when a Hezbollah attack drone, launched from Lebanon, exploded in the Mount Hermon area of the Golan Heights without warning, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF troops reach Litani River in Lebanon for first time in over two decades

IDF troops carried out operations in the area of the Litani River in Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday, marking the first time in over two decades that IDF soldiers have reached the area.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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House members call for classified briefing on Turkey’s ties to Hamas

More than three dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to offer a classified briefing on Turkey’s support for Hamas, raising concerns that the U.S.-designated terrorist group may relocate its headquarters to the NATO-allied country.
Read more: The Hill

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Iran to hold nuclear talks with three European powers in Geneva on Friday

Iran will hold talks about its disputed nuclear programme with three European powers on Nov. 29 , the Iranian foreign ministry said on Sunday, days after the U.N. atomic watchdog passed a resolution against Tehran.

Read more: Reuters

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Israel hits 12 Hezbollah command centers in Beirut

The Israeli Air Force struck a dozen Hezbollah command centers in the Iranian terror proxy’s stronghold in Dahieh south of Beirut on Sunday night.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas rocket chief killed in Israeli strike in Jabalia

The head of rocket operations for Hamas’s Western Jabalia battalion was among several terrorists killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza city over the weekend, the Israeli military reported on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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UAE IDs 3 Uzbek suspects in murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan

The Emirati Ministry of Interior confirmed on Monday that the three suspects arrested for the murder of Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan are Uzbek nationals.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Cyber Directorate warns of increased Iranian cyberattacks against Israel

Israel’s National Cyber Directorate issued a warning on Thursday reporting on a significant increase in the scale and sophistication of phishing attacks being executed by Iranian hackers. These attacks aim to recruit Israelis and infiltrate organizational systems in the country.

Read more: Ynet News

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IDF eliminates five Hamas terrorists who participated in October 7 attack

“During the night between Wednesday and Thursday, with the intelligence direction of the ISA, the IAF struck terrorist infrastructure in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Hamas terrorists, including a number of Nukhba terrorists who participated in the October 7 Massacre, were operating within,” the military said in a statement.

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US ‘fundamentally rejects’ ICC arrest warrants, is working with Israel on next steps

The White House said Thursday that it “fundamentally rejects” the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel