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Iran prepares for war with Israel if strike significant

The Times said Khamenei instructed the military to prepare different plans to respond to an Israel strike on Iran. Four officials in the Islamic Republic told the paper that if an Israeli attack would cause substantial damage, Iran would respond but if the attack is limited to military installations and weapons stores, there may be no Iranian…

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UNRWA confirms terrorist killed by IDF who led Re’im shelter massacre was a staffer

UNRWA on Thursday confirmed that one of its staffers was killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza a day earlier, after Israel named him as a Hamas Nukbha force commander.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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3 arrested in Sri Lanka over threats to Israelis; Chabad House named as potential target

Three people have been arrested in Sri Lanka amid terror threats against Israelis in the Arugam Bay area and other beaches in the island’s south and west, a government minister said Thursday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF pounds Beirut after Hezbollah’s Simhat Torah eve rocket fire at central Israel

Lebanon state media reported 17 Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, with six buildings leveled and the vacated offices of a Hezbollah-linked broadcaster hit on Wednesday, after the Lebanese terror group fired rockets at central Israel as the country began marking the Simhat Torah holiday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Senate Republicans threaten UN funding if global body sidelines Israel

Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and 27 other Republican senators introduced legislation on Tuesday that would cut off U.S. funding to the United Nations and its subsidiary agencies if they downgrade Israel’s status.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran to direct majority of oil, gas revenue to IRGC, report reveals

Iran’s upcoming budget plan reveals that more than half of the revenue from oil and gas exports will be allocated to the nation’s armed forces, according to a report by Iran International on Thursday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF raids Hezbollah Radwan Forces underground bases, discovers massive cache of weapons

IDF sodiers have raided several underground bases belonging to Hezbollah’s special unit, the Radwan Forces, the military announced on Thursday.

Troops of the 646th Brigade conducted ” limited, localized, targeted ground raids” against several bases.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israel said to have delayed Iran strike after US intel leak of attack plans

Israel has been forced to delay a potential retaliatory attack on Iran after details of the planning were leaked from the US, Britain’s The Times newspaper reported Thursday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Grieving Druze double down on bond of blood with Israel

In the grieving Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel on Mount Carmel southeast of Haifa, Sabura Abu Hamad closed her empty cafe early on Monday to attend the funeral of the highest-ranking Israeli casualty in the current war.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Soldier killed in Southern Lebanon, bringing IDF toll to 752

An Israel Defense Forces officer was killed on Tuesday while battling Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon.
Maj. (res.) Aviram Hariv, 42, was the deputy commander of the 228th “Alon” Infantry Brigade’s 9308th Battalion, from Dolev in the Binyamin region.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah rockets fired at Tel Aviv for second day in a row

Hezbollah terrorists launched rockets at the Tel Aviv metropolitan area on Wednesday morning for the second consecutive day, sending millions of Israelis to bomb shelters.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF says it confirmed Nasrallah’s presumed successor was killed in Oct. 4 strike

The IDF on Tuesday announced that top Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut earlier this month.

Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s executive council, was presumed to be the successor of Hassan Nasrallah following his assassination in late September.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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FBI confirms probe into leaked intel on IAF Iran strike prep

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the leak of classified intelligence related to Israel’s preparations to respond to Iran’s Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack, the bureau confirmed on Tuesday for the first time.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF downs three drones fired from Iraq

Israeli air defense systems early Wednesday morning intercepted three drones fired at the Jewish state “from the east,” a phrase the military uses to refer to Iraq.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Beirut, including key naval base

Overnight, the IDF says it struck a Hezbollah naval base in Beirut, among other targets.

According to the military, the base was used by Hezbollah to store fast boats, carry out tests, and train its naval forces.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli security forces nab eastern J’lem murder squad directed by Iran

Seven Arabs from Jerusalem were arrested by Israeli security forces on suspicion of plotting to murder scientists and officials on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, local media reported on Tuesday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF: Hezbollah bunker under Beirut hospital holds $500 million

One of the late Hamas chief Hassan Nasrallah’s bunkers, built under Sahel General Hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut, holds, according to estimates, at least half a billion dollars in US currency and gold, IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Monday evening.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Several wounded as Hezbollah rockets pummel north Israel, Tel Aviv

Several people were wounded, including one seriously, when a Hezbollah terrorist rocket hit Kibbutz Neot Mordechai in the Galilee panhandle on Tuesday afternoon.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate