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The Israel Defense Forces attacked Hezbollah targets across Lebanon on Thursday in response to the Iranian-backed terrorist organization’s “repeated violations of the ceasefire,” the military said.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
The government of Argentina on Thursday declared the Muslim Brotherhood branches in Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan terrorist organizations.
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The body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in Gaza is being held by Islamic Jihad in the Hamas-controlled section of the northern Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said on Wednesday.
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Kibbutz Be’eri has selected the house that will remain standing as a testament to the horrors of October 7, 2023, a month after residents voted to demolish all but one of the homes destroyed during the Hamas onslaught on the Gaza-adjacent community.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Former Israeli hostage Shoshan Haran is releasing a memoir, titled Captive on a Mission, about her experiences in Gaza.
The book, to be released in Hebrew on Jan. 18 by publisher Yediot Achronot, describes for the first time what Haran and six of her family members went through in the Gaza Strip.
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US President Donald Trump informed Tehran that the US would not strike the country and asked the Islamic Republic to exercise restraint as well, Pakistani outlet Dawn reported on Thursday afternoon, citing Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Palestinian factions are holding talks in Cairo aimed at finalizing the composition of a 15-member technocratic committee that will temporarily govern the Gaza Strip, according to regional media reports.
Read more: i24 News
Iranian security forces are deliberately firing at protesters’ heads to cause them debilitating injuries, local doctors have claimed, citing wounds inflicted on hundreds of patients they have treated.
Read more: The Times of Israel
David Cunio, one of the Israelis abducted by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, gives a harrowing account of his nearly two years in Hamas captivity in Gaza, describing starvation, psychological torment, underground imprisonment and the struggle to survive for the sake of his family.
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Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Tuesday evening eliminated six armed terrorists during an exchange of fire in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military confirmed on Wednesday morning.
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More than 12,000 people are feared dead in Iran after a sweeping crackdown on anti-regime protests, with CBS News reporting on Tuesday that sources inside and outside the country believe the toll could be as high as 20,000 and newly verified video showing hundreds of bodies stacked at a morgue near Tehran.
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The FBI said on Monday that the suspect in an apparent US arson attack against a Mississippi synagogue confessed and admitted to antisemitic animus.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A U.S. Navy SEAL, who displayed neo-Nazi symbols and praised terrorist groups, was convicted on Jan. 12 of planning to use explosives against police at a California protest, federal prosecutors said on Monday.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday evening that effective immediately, any country that does business with the Iranian regime will be subject to a 25% tariff “on any and all business being done with the United States of America.”
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The Trump administration on Monday issued an urgent warning for U.S. citizens to leave Iran immediately, as protests in the country continue to intensify.
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US President Donald Trump assured on Tuesday that “help was on its way” to Iran and asked Iranians to keep protesting against the Islamic Republic regime.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The widow of infamous Hamas bomb maker Yahya Ayyash was arrested after calling for terrorist attacks in social media posts marking the 30th anniversary of his assassination by Israel, police said on Sunday.
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Nearly 500 protesters have been confirmed killed and about 11,000 arrested in two weeks of unrest in Iran, according to a rights group, as U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday his administration is considering tough measures against the clerical regime and will decide on a response soon.
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