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Antisemitic hate crimes in US surged to all-time high last year: FBI

Anti-Jewish hate crimes in the United States soared 63% in 2023, the highest on record, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli fighter jets hit 1,600 Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon in 24 hours

The Israeli Air Force struck over 1,600 Hezbollah targets in Southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley over the past 24 hours as part of “Operation Northern Arrows,” according to the Israeli military.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah missile chief, as rockets pummel Israel

Intense cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continued on Tuesday, including an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, as the terror group fired more than 100 rockets at northern Israel, setting off sirens in cities including Haifa, Safed, Nazareth, and Yokne’am as well as across the Galilee.

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Iran’s Guards ban communications devices after strike on Hezbollah, security officials say

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has ordered all members to stop using any type of communication devices after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon blew up in deadly attacks last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF downs drone fired from Iraq at Golan via Syria

Israeli fighter jets early on Monday intercepted a drone over the southern Golan Heights that had crossed the border from the east, in the fifth such incident since Sunday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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PM says weighing plan for siege on Hamas in north Gaza; believes half of hostages alive

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers on Monday that he is weighing the so-called generals’ plan to lay siege to northern Gaza, promoted by a group of senior IDF reservists.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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‘Damage in northern Israel amounts to 1 billion shekels,’ tax official says

Israeli property tax compensation fund director Amir Dahan spent Sunday morning in the northern region, visiting sites that sustained damage from rocket fire in areas far from the border with Lebanon, where, in many cases, damage was inflicted for the first time since the war began on October 7.

Read more: Y Net News

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Defense minister tells Israelis to prepare for intense days, ‘keep calm’

A day after Hezbollah launched its heaviest barrage on the Lower Galillee and Haifa region since the start of the war, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held a home front readiness assessment meeting on Monday morning.

Read more: Israel Hayom

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Israel expands strikes on Hezbollah as panicked Lebanese flee; at least 180 killed

Widespread Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon killed nearly 200 people Monday, the health ministry in Beirut said, as Israel cautioned that strikes against the group would expand and Lebanese civilians were warned to flee areas the Iran-backed terror group may be hiding weapons.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Focused and determined: The female snipers deterring threats to IDF forces in Gaza

Suddenly, Staff Sgt. (res.) S. spotted a woman in a long dress advancing toward the building from afar. S. reported to her commanders and waited for instructions. According to the messages IDF had relayed to Gaza civilians, anyone insisting on approaching the area would be suspected of attempting to harm ground forces and would be risking their…

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US officials believe hostage-ceasefire deal unlikely by end of Biden’s term

Multiple senior US officials have reportedly acknowledged that a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas is unlikely before the end of US President Joe Biden’s term in office in January, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF mum on reports Houthis open front against Israel in Syria

The IDF Spokesperson’s Office offered “no comment” on Thursday regarding reports that Houthi fighters have deployed to southern Syria with the aim of opening a new front against Israel using explosive drones.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Two soldiers killed in Hezbollah attacks, bringing IDF toll to 715

Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed on Thursday in Hezbollah attacks in the north, the military announced.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF hits more than 100 loaded Hezbollah launchers in series of major Lebanon strikes

Israel carried out dozens of strikes on Thursday across southern Lebanon, in what Lebanese security sources said were some of the most intense bombings since Hezbollah began daily cross-border attacks on northern communities after the start of the Gaza war on October 7.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Pentagon Worries Israel Is Close to Launching Ground War in Lebanon

A wave of deadly explosions of pagers and other electronic devices carried by militants in Lebanon has sharply heightened Pentagon concern about a potential ground war erupting in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah.

Read more: The Wall Street Journal on MSN

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Iran tried to influence election by sending stolen material from Trump campaign to Biden’s camp

In an effort to “sow discord and shape the outcome of U.S. elections”, Iranian cyber actors sent messages during the summer to people involved in President Biden’s then re-election campaign containing stolen material from former President Trump’s campaign, U.S. agencies said.

Read more: Fox News

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Israeli businessman indicted in Iranian plot to assassinate Israeli leaders

An Israeli businessman based in Turkey was indicted Thursday on serious security charges, accused of being recruited by Iranian intelligence.

Read more: Ynet News

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Israel proposes ‘safe passage deal’ to end war in Gaza

Israel has submitted a new proposal to the United States to end the war in Gaza by freeing all of the remaining hostages held by Hamas and allowing the terror group’s leader Yahya Sinwar to exit the enclave, Kan News reported on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate