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‘Persona non grata’: Israel bars UN secretary general Guterres from entering country

Israel’s foreign minister declared UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres ‘persona non grata’ and was henceforth banning him from entering Israel, according to a post on X/Twitter on Wednesday.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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Capt. Eitan Oster becomes first Israeli killed in Lebanon combat

An Israeli soldier, Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, was killed during fighting in Lebanon, the IDF announced on Wednesday.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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Israel said mulling attacks on Iran oil rigs, nuclear sites in response to missile attack

Israel may respond to Iran’s major Tuesday ballistic missile attack by striking strategic infrastructure, such as gas or oil rigs, or by directly targeting Iran’s nuclear sites, media reports said on Wednesday, citing Israeli officials.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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IDF adds troops to ground op as Hezbollah rains rockets on north

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday that another division, the 36th, was joining its ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon, as the Iranian terror proxy continued to launch rocket barrages across the border.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Seven killed in Jaffa terror shooting

Seven people were killed in a terrorist attack on Jerusalem Boulevard in Tel Aviv-Jaffa on Tuesday night, ABC News reported, citing Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel’s response to Iranian attack will be ‘precise and surprising’

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Tuesday night following Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel that the IDF would respond with “precise and surprising offensive capabilities.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Everyone has abandoned us’: Hezbollah backers discontent with wavering Iran support

Amidst escalating tensions with Lebanon, supporters of the Hezbollah terrorist organization are voicing increasing frustration over what they perceive as abandonment by their allies, particularly Iran. The sentiment follows recent IDF operations and the elimination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Read more: Israel Hayom

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PM to Iranians: Israel stands with you, you’ll be ‘free sooner than people think’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare direct message to the Iranian people on Monday, saying Israel “stands with you,” as it aggressively fights the Islamic Republic’s proxies across the region in response to their attacks on the Jewish state.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Four IDF soldiers wounded in Samaria counter-terror ops

Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded during counter-terror operations in northern Samaria overnight Monday, the military announced.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran increasingly trying to carry out assassinations on Israeli soil

Israeli security forces have thwarted several murder plots by Iran and its proxies inside the Jewish state in recent weeks, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed on Monday, noting a “significant rise” in Tehran’s attempts to carry out attacks by recruiting Israeli citizens.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel sends ground forces into south Lebanon to attack Hezbollah sites near border

Israel launched limited ground raids into southern Lebanon late on Monday night against Hezbollah forces and infrastructure positioned along Israel’s northern border, hours after the security cabinet approved plans for the newest phase of the war against the Lebanese terror group, in a move that the US appeared to warily support.

Read more: The…

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White House believes Iran is preparing imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel

The White House on Tuesday said the US believes Iran is preparing an imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel.
“The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military…

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Nasrallah said killed by blunt force from IDF bunker busters

The Israeli Air Force dropped at least a dozen 2,000-pound bunker-buster bombs in the strike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing munitions experts and an analysis of videos published by the Israel Defense Forces.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Amid Yemen strikes, IDF chief says ‘we know how to reach even farther’

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Sunday that the IDF can precisely target terror a long way from the borders of the Jewish state.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strike kills Hamas’s Lebanon chief, an UNRWA teacher; 3 PFLP men killed in Beirut

Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon and central Beirut overnight killed the top Hamas official in Lebanon and senior members of another Palestinian terror group, the organizations and the Israel Defense Forces said Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli Troops said to enter Hezbollah tunnels with pre-invasion forays into Lebanon

Israeli troops have entered Hezbollah tunnels dug near the border with Israel as part of small-scale forays into southern Lebanon, as it gears up for a threatened ground incursion, according to a report in a US newspaper Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Bipartisan cheer for Israel’s takeout of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle welcomed Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and other top leaders of the terror group in its military operations.

Read more: Jewish Insider

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Pro-Hamas vandals deface, burn ancient Judea synagogue

Palestinians spray-painted pro-Hamas graffiti on and set fire to an ancient Jewish synagogue south of Hebron in Judea on Thursday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate