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Arizona man charged federally for defacing Phoenix synagogue after terror-threat conviction

A board member at the Orthodox synagogue told the FBI that members began attending services less frequently after Kevin Charles Pyles allegedly targeted the synagogue in separate July and August 2025 incidents.
 

Read More…JNS

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Saudi doctor given life sentence for deadly car rampage on German Christmas market

A German court handed down a life sentence in a Christmas market attack that shocked the country and fueled debate over immigration ahead of national elections.
 

Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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Seven arrested over March bombing of Belgian synagogue

Counterterror raids lead to arrests of unidentified suspects in attack that harmed Great Synagogue in Liege, amid rash of attacks on diaspora Jews during Iran war
Read More…The Times of Israel

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UN pauses vessel evacuation from Strait of Hormuz after ship comes under fire

A U.S. official said that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a drone at a merchant vessel after Tehran warned against transiting via new routes.
Read More…JNS 

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Four IDF soldiers wounded in Hezbollah grenade attack in Lebanon

Israeli forces later killed six Hezbollah terrorists in separate engagements as troops continued operations inside the Security Zone.
Read More…JNS 

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IRGC agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Jewish targets, spy chief says

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two agents who once lived in Australia to direct arson attacks against Jewish targets in Sydney and Melbourne, the head of Australia’s domestic spy agency said on Wednesday.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Israeli envoy warns Lebanon talks risk becoming ‘a train wreck’ amid US-Iran diplomacy

As the fifth round of U.S.-brokered political and security talks between Israel and Lebanon began on Tuesday, Yechiel Leiter, Israeli ambassador to the United States, voiced concern that the Trump administration was allowing Tehran to fold the Lebanon issue into U.S.-Iran negotiations, potentially undermining momentum between Jerusalem and Beirut….

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‘Please look at me,’ former Israeli hostage demands of UN adviser on violence against women

It’s “absurd and tragic that there are U.N. experts who are supposed to care about the rights of women, especially to combat sexual violence, and she’s one of the world’s major deniers of sexual violence against Israeli women,” Hillel Neuer told JNS.
Read More…JNS

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Israel to send aid mission after earthquakes devastate Venezuela, killing hundreds

Israel’s Foreign and Health ministries are preparing official delegations and aid, while non-governmental organizations, including IsraAID and KKL-JNF, are also sending aid.
Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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CENTCOM Chief Cooper to visit IDF Chief of Staff to solidify Lebanon ceasefire, IDF withdrawal

For months in late 2024, the IDF complained that the Lebanese army was afraid of Hezbollah and not nearly aggressive enough in handling issues and complaints.
Read More…The Jerusalem Post

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IDF kills Islamic Jihad weapons commander in Gaza

Adam Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Hadid, who oversaw weapons production, was eliminated in a strike in Khan Younis, according to the Israeli military.
Read More…JNS

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IDF: Reservist KIA in Southern Lebanon

Basil Sweid, 32, a driver in the military’s 75th Battalion, was “a brave reservist fighter, filled with a sense of mission, who symbolized the unbreakable bond between the Druze community and the State of Israel,” said Israel’s prime minister.
Read More…JNS

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Israeli citizen Michael Mizrahi killed in Montreal shooting

Victim’s rabbi tells JTA he was having coffee with a friend when the attack started.
Read more: Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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Feds open antisemitism investigation into National Education Association

An employment discrimination case alleges harassment of Jewish members at the country’s largest teachers union.
Read more: Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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Tunnel discovered near Jerusalem-area security checkpoint leads to arrests

Police suspect that the tunnel was recently excavated with the intention of carrying out terror attacks and the smuggling of Palestinians into Israel.
Read more: JNS

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IDF kills Hezbollah terrorists operating near security zone

Israel will not withdraw from Southern Lebanon or Syria security zones despite potential U.S. pressure, said Israel’s defense minister.
Read more: JNS

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US-Iran MoU a ‘declaration of America’s defeat,’ says Tehran’s chief negotiator

The Islamic Republic forced Washington to “retreat both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table,” said Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Read more: JNS

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North Carolina man sentenced to eight years for attempting to join ISIS

“It cannot be overstated that ISIS continues to pose a threat to U.S. interests, both domestically and abroad,” said Reid Davis, the FBI Special Agent in Charge in North Carolina.
Read more: JNS