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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed early Thursday morning for New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly before meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Russian and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday on the construction of small nuclear power plants in Iran, the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Israeli forces on Tuesday evening identified a rocket in the Palestinian village of Tulkarem, in western Samaria.
The Israel Defense Forces said the rocket was neutralized by Border Police sappers, while troops scanned the area.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Iran has begun rebuilding missile-production sites targeted by Israel during its 12-day war in June, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show, but a key component is likely still missing — the large mixers needed to produce solid fuel for the weapons.
Read more: The Times of Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday emphasized that there is no Palestinian state, despite recognition by several Western countries this week, and said the diplomatic initiative led by France and Saudi Arabia had actually derailed efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday released footage of Palestinian terrorists opening fire from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Moments before French President Emmanuel Macron declared that Paris’ recognition of a Palestinian state represented a “defeat of Hamas” and of those driven by “anti-Zionist obsessions,” Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said Macron and other like-minded leaders had come to New York “to play the game.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Yarden Bibas, who was held hostage in Gaza by Hamas for 484 days, dedicated a social media post on Monday to his slain family, saying that “the holidays are not holidays for me without you.”
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
UNRWA turned a blind eye as Hamas terror chiefs held top positions within the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) educational system and promoted terrorism and radicalization, a scathing new report by the watchdog UN Watch has revealed.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
The Hamas terrorist group on Monday published a propaganda video of Israeli hostage Alon Ohel, an hour before the start of Rosh Hashanah in the Jewish state.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Tuesday.
The slain soldier was identified as Maj. Shahar Netanel Bozaglo, 27, a company commander in the Armored Corps’ 77th Battalion, from Migdal Haemek.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Russia and Iran will this week sign agreements on the construction of new nuclear power units in Iran, Russian state news agency RIA quoted Iran’s nuclear chief as saying.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Despite the U.K.’s stated policy of avoiding contact with terrorist groups, a British official met with Hamas members in Gaza at least once, the Daily Express reported over the weekend.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The man indicted for the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., in May recorded his crime with a body camera, prosecutors said in a court filing on Friday, according to the Associated Press.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Hamas will tell US President Donald Trump that it is willing to release half of the remaining 48 hostages in exchange for a 60-day ceasefire guarantee, a source told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday called the recognition of a Palestinian state by several Western countries a “sad day for those who seek true peace.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israeli military said Friday it had caught a Palestinian terror cell in the Ramallah area of the West Bank that had been building rockets intended to be launched at Israeli targets.
Read more: The Time of Israel
Tens of thousands gathered at the Western Wall late Thursday night for a Selichot service that included the dedication of a new Torah scroll and prayers for the success and safe return of Israeli forces fighting Palestinian terrorists in Gaza and other fronts.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate