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Trump: Hamas will be ‘in big trouble’ if they use hostages as human shields

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Hamas will be in “big trouble” if they use Gaza hostages as human shields.

IDF strikes upwards of 10 Houthi targets in Hodeidah Port, Yemen

The IDF struck the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah Port in Yemen on Tuesday, which is used by the terrorist regime for the transfer of weapons supplied by the Iranian regime, according to the military.

Rubio, Netanyahu reopen ancient Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday reopened the Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem, a first-century route linking the City of David to the Temple Mount.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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No Gazan future if Hamas ‘barbaric animals’ remain, Rubio says in Israel

Gazans deserve a better future but eliminating the “barbaric animals” of Hamas is a prerequisite to that future, Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state and national security advisor, told reporters alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the latter’s office in Jerusalem.
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Hamas shifts hostages above ground in Gaza City to hinder IDF offensive

Hamas has begun moving some hostages above ground in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to hinder the IDF’s ground operations in Gaza City, Kan News reported Monday morning.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli brother, sister arrested in Athens after attacked by Palestinians

A 29-year-old Israeli and his sister were attacked on Saturday by three Palestinian men in Syntagma Square in Athens while on vacation, Hebrew media reported.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally floods London with British, Israeli flags

Long marked by Palestinian colors, central London’s protest landscape flipped this weekend as a massive rally filled the streets with British flags—and some Israeli ones.

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Rubio meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met for some three hours with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday morning.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Struggling to walk, Elizabeth Tsurkov embraces loved ones after return to Israel from captivity

In the first official images since her release from 2.5 years in captivity, Elizabeth Tsurkov can be seen struggling to walk but in upbeat spirits as she reunited with loved ones in an Israeli hospital on Wednesday evening.

Qatari prime minister to meet with top US officials in Washington Friday

Qatar’s prime minister will meet top US officials on Friday and is expected to discuss Gaza ceasefire-hostage talks, the Israeli attack on Hamas’s top brass in Doha on Tuesday and a possible new defense deal with Washington, in an indication that the US seeks to signal a boost in its ties with Qatar following the attack.

Tucker Carlson ‘turning into Ilhan Omar,’ Cruz says in Heritage talk

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) thinks that right-wing firebrand Tucker Carlson is “turning into Ilhan Omar,” as the senator expressed concern that the broadcaster is influencing a generation of young conservatives with his anti-Israel rhetoric.

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Georgia attorney general joins effort to help US victims of Oct. 7 sue Hamas supporters

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr joined an amicus brief to support the rights of victims of the Hamas-led terrorist Oct. 7 attacks and their families sue Americans and U.S. organizations accused of providing material support to Hamas.

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Two wounded in terror attack at hotel in Kibbutz Tzuba, attacker arrested by off-duty officer

Two people were wounded in a terror stabbing attack at a hotel in Kibbutz Tzuba near Jerusalem, Israel Police said on Friday.

A 50-year-old was critically injured in the attack, while the other, a 23-year-old, was moderately injured.

Israel attacks Sanaa, al-Jawf in latest strikes on Houthis

Israel struck the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the northern province of al-Jawf on Wednesday, with the Houthi health ministry saying it killed 35 people and wounded 131 others.
The strikes are the latest in a series of attacks and counterstrikes between Israel and Houthi militants in Yemen, part of a spillover from the war in Gaza.
Read more: Reuters

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Netanyahu likens Israel’s strike in Qatar to US response after 9/11

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday invoked the memory of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States as he defended Israel’s strike in Qatar targeting Hamas leaders behind the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

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Memos point to Red Cross knowledge of Hamas presence in Gaza hospitals

Two Hamas documents found by Israeli forces in Gaza indicate that international organizations such as the Red Cross and Doctors without Borders are well aware of the presence of Hamas in the Gaza Strip’s medical facilities despite obfuscating or outright denying it publicly, NGO Monitor revealed on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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PM, ministers mourn ‘lion-hearted’ Charlie Kirk; some warn of copycat killings in Israel

Israeli leaders mourned Charlie Kirk as a cherished friend of the Jewish state after the leading voice of the pro-Trump right was shot Wednesday during an appearance in Utah.

Sa’ar accuses top EU exec of echoing Hamas terror propaganda

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday of echoing “false propaganda of Hamas and its partners” in her annual State of the Union address.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate