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ISA to mount unprecedented security op at Paris Olympics

The Israel Security Agency is preparing the largest-ever security operation of its kind to safeguard Israeli athletes taking part in the Paris Olympics, according to The Telegraph.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli security forces thwart plot to kidnap Israelis in West Bank

The Shin Bet security agency, the Israeli army, and Israel Police thwarted a plot to kidnap Israelis in the West Bank, according to a statement on Monday.

Read more: i24 News

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IDF confirms two hostages have died in Hamas captivity

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday confirmed the deaths of two Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity in Gaza.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu: Strike on Houthi port shows Israel will reach enemies however far away

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel’s attack on a Houthi-controlled port in Yemen on Saturday “makes it clear to our enemies that there is no place that the long arm of Israel will not reach.”

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Netanyahu heads to DC to ‘anchor bipartisan support’ for Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took off on Monday for Washington, where he will seek to solidify bipartisan support for the Jewish state on the backdrop of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 election.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Top commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force killed in south Lebanon strike

The Israel Defense Forces late Thursday killed a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force in southern Lebanon, the military and the terror group said.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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British FM announces new Labour government to restore UNRWA funding

Britain’s new Labour government said on Friday it would resume funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in the first major change by the new government to British policy regarding the Israel-Hamas war.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Trump: Those holding US hostages will pay if they’re not freed by time I return to office

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump warned that countries holding American hostages will pay “a very big price” if they are not released, as he accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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CAIR head suggests Jewish state forged reports Iran trying to kill Trump

Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, responded on social media to news reports that there is U.S. intelligence that Iran is trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF releases tape of Gazans lauding death of Mohammed Deif

According to telephone conversations recorded by the IDF, people inside Gaza are praising the deaths of Hamas “military” leader Mohammed Deif and his deputy Rafa’a Salameh, who were targeted by an IDF airstrike on July 13.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli killed, four hurt as ‘aerial target’ strikes Tel Aviv

An Israeli man was killed and four others were wounded overnight Thursday when what the Israel Defense Forces described as an “aerial target” exploded in a residential neighborhood in central Tel Aviv.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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The rise and fall of the US-built floating Gaza pier – analysis

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke to Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant this week.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Argentina vows justice from Iran on 1994 bombing

Argentina’s Jewish community commemorated Thursday the 30th anniversary of a targeted bombing which killed 85 people, with President Javier Milei promising to right decades of inaction and inconsistencies in the investigations into the attack.

Read more: Israel Hayom

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Soldier’s killer among 20 Hamas fighters eliminated in IDF strike

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday afternoon that a Hamas sniper who murdered Sgt. First Class Tal Lahat was among 20 terrorists eliminated in a joint operation with the Israel Security Agency.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli delegation in Cairo for hostage talks

An Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to continue indirect ceasefire talks with the Hamas terror group, Egyptian sources told the Associated Press on Wednesday night.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Spain and Germany arrest 4 people for supplying Hezbollah with parts for drones used against Israel

Three people were arrested in Spain and one more in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that supplied the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with parts to build kamikaze drones that would have been used in attacks in northern Israel, Spanish authorities said Thursday.

Read more: ABC News

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IDF says drone strike in Lebanon kills Hamas commander behind attacks on Israel

An Israeli airstrike in eastern Lebanon on Thursday morning killed a Hamas commander, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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American Muslims for Palestine Ordered To Turn Over Potentially Damaging Donor Documents in Virginia Terror Financing Probe

A Virginia judge on Tuesday ordered American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), a prominent anti-Israel advocacy group, to disclose its funding channels as part of an investigation by Republican attorney general Jason Miyares into allegations of terrorism financing.

Read more: The Washington Free Beacon