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The recent attacks at Temple Israel, a Reform congregation in West Bloomfield, Mich., and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., may have been inspired by the Iranian regime or the ongoing war against Iran but aren’t necessarily the result of Iranian sleeper cells, experts told JNS.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar told the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Jerusalem on Tuesday that Iran is deliberately targeting civilians and holy sites after missile fragments damaged the Church of the Holy Sepulchre’s roof in the Old City, where the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem is headquartered.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that it has pushed even more forces deeper into southern Lebanon to create an expanded buffer zone, as Hezbollah attacked towns in northern Israel with rockets and drones.
Read more: The Times of Israel
An attack drone struck the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, causing a fire, witnesses told international media.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Top Iranian official Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli airstrike overnight, the Israeli military and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday visited the site of the missile strike in Rishon Letzion, south of Tel Aviv, touring a family home that was destroyed in the attack earlier in the day and viewing the damage up close, his office said.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
In an extremely rare public statement, an IDF Unit 9900 intelligence official said on Monday that Israel has destroyed an Iranian base which was focused on building technologies to shoot down Israeli satellites and other adversaries’ satellites.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The Israel Defense Forces said Monday it had begun a “targeted ground operation against key targets” in southern Lebanon, pushing more forces deeper into the area as part of an expanded buffer zone, after the Hezbollah terror group began attacking Israel earlier this month amid the US-Israeli war with Iran.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A graffiti message reading “Kill a Jew, go to heaven” was found over the weekend on a bike trail in New York City’s Riverside Park.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israeli Air Force knocked out the Iranian Supreme Leader’s official aircraft in a “precise strike” at Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport overnight Sunday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The US Central Command has said that four soldiers died after a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq in an apparent accident involving another tanker.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Two UAVs crashed in Oman, killing and wounding several, the state news agency announced on Friday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
A gunman who opened fire at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., on Thursday and killed one person and wounded two others was previously convicted of attempting to aid the terrorist group ISIS.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
As the Israeli Air Force conducted extensive strikes on hundreds of military targets in Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, two people sustained moderate wounds and dozens of others were lightly injured on Thursday when an Iranian missile struck the Israeli Bedouin town of Zarzir in the Lower Galilee.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
A man who drove a truck into the largest Reform temple in North America and opened fire on security guards, injuring one, in suburban Detroit is confirmed dead, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Anti-war activists gathered in cities across the U.S. to condemn military strikes against the Iranian regime. One Iranian scholar, however, says the protesters have it wrong and is warning Americans not to fall for what she calls a dangerous narrative.
Read More: Fox News
The Islamic regime has continued to crack down on signs of – and opportunities for – dissent, despite an apparent end to the protests seen in earlier months, according to statements by Tehran officials and continued actions and threats from the Islamic Republic.
Read More: The Jerusalem Post
Hezbollah and Iran launched a coordinated strike strategy Tuesday, a national security expert claimed, as reports emerged that deadly cluster munitions were hitting Israel in synchronized attacks.
Read More: Fox News