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Report: Iran used Chinese satellite to target US bases

Iran secretly obtained a Chinese-made reconnaissance satellite in late 2024 and used it to help target U.S. military positions across the Middle East during the recent conflict, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘We’re on the same side’: Israel, Lebanon envoys conclude historic peace talks

Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, met on Tuesday with Lebanon’s Ambassador to the United States, Nada Hamadeh, in what is being described as a historic meeting.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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One hurt as Hezbollah fires over 40 rockets at northern Israel

A man was lightly injured on Wednesday morning in one of several Hezbollah rocket barrages on northern Israel, in which the Iran-backed terror group fired over 40 rockets.

Read more: The Times of Israel 

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Abbas honors ‘pay-for-slay’ official on Yom Hashoah

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Monday evening awarded a medal posthumously to the late overseer of the P.A.’s so-called “pay-for-slay” program, through which Ramallah provides stipends to terrorists imprisoned in Israel and to the families of dead terrorists.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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CENTCOM: US naval blockade of Iranian ports ‘fully implemented’

The U.S. military has fully implemented a blockade of Iranian ports, halting maritime trade in and out of the country within 36 hours, the commander of U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli education minister: Jewish state will fight antisemitism ‘both in Israel and beyond’

Israel will fight antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head, because “we have a state, we have an army and are capable of standing against anyone who seeks to harm us,” Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch told JNS on Tuesday, speaking ahead of the International March of the Living in Poland.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US, Iran may return to negotiating table as early as this weekend, sources say

Negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Islamabad this week, four sources said on Tuesday, days after the highest-level talks between the two countries since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ended in the Pakistani capital without a breakthrough.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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US positions warships in region as it moves to enforce naval blockade of Iran

The US military on Monday detailed the boundaries of its Strait of Hormuz blockade, saying it would extend east to the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, while ship-tracking data showed two ships turned around in the strait as the blockade went into effect.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Lebanon-Israel talks ‘stabbing resistance in the back,’ Hezbollah leader says

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Monday urged Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to reverse his decision to outlaw the Iranian-backed terrorist group, which he described as “stabbing the resistance in the back.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF soldier KIA in Southern Lebanon

Israel Defense Forces Master Sgt. (res.) Ayal Uriel Bianco, 30, from Katzrin, was killed in action in Southern Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF: Within a few days, there won’t be major fights left in Lebanon

The IDF on Monday said that once it completes its operation against Hezbollah in Bint Jbail in southern Lebanon in the coming days, there will not be any remaining major fights for it to undertake in the area.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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2025 toll of Diaspora Jews killed in antisemitic attacks was highest in three decades

The year 2025 saw an alarming surge in violent attacks against Jews in a year when more Diaspora Jews were murdered in antisemitic incidents than in any other year in the previous three decades, a report published Monday by Tel Aviv University said.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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US set to begin blocking all maritime traffic at Iranian ports

U.S. Central Command said on Sunday that its forces will begin blockading all maritime traffic entering or leaving Iranian ports on Monday, in line with a presidential directive.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘We must take our fate into our own hands,’ IDF chief tells troops ahead of Yom Hashoah

“The lessons of Jewish history teach that when our existence is threatened, we must take our fate into our own hands,” Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said in a letter to the military ahead of the Jewish state’s Holocaust and Heroism Day, which is observed from Monday evening into Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News…

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Vance warns Iran not to ‘play’ the US as he departs for peace talks in Pakistan

US Vice President JD Vance on Friday warned Iran not to “play” the US as he headed to Pakistan for high-stakes negotiations aimed at ending their war.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hezbollah fires missile at southern port of Ashdod as IDF strikes launchers in Lebanon

Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire into Friday, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of peace talks with Lebanon, which had continued to reel from major Israeli strikes two days earlier.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Indiana University making changes after its program worked with US-designated ‘sham charity’ with Hamas ties

Indiana University Indianapolis told eight state representatives that its Muslim Philanthropy Initiative is no longer working with the Istanbul-based Hayat Yolu Association, which the U.S. Treasury Department designated as a “sham charity” that supports Hamas last month.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Jerusalem to hold direct talks with Lebanon aimed at disarming Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced that Jerusalem intends to hold direct negotiations with Lebanese interlocutors with a view to disarming Iran’s terror proxy Hezbollah.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate