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Terrorist who captured IDF soldier Naama Levy was killed in a drone strike, army reveals

An Israeli drone strike in September eliminated the Palestinian terrorist who kidnapped Israel Defense Forces field observer Naama Levy during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 cross-border massacre, the military revealed on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel’s new envoy in DC starts work ahead of Netanyahu trip

Israel’s new ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, started work this week ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled trip to Washington on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Mozes home after 482 days in captivity

Three Israelis and five Thais were redeemed from terrorist captivity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as part of Hamas’s truce with Jerusalem, 482 days after they were taken captive during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US policy is to ‘combat antisemitism vigorously,’ per new Trump order

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Wednesday that he said both reinstates an order combating Jew-hatred from his prior term, which the Biden administration “effectively nullified,” and “directs additional measures to advance the policy thereof in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, against the…

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Qatar, Turkey expected to take in bulk of Palestinian murderers released as part of ceasefire

Qatar and Turkey are slated to take in the lion’s share of the Palestinian murder convicts released by Israel as part of its hostage deal with the Hamas terrorist group, Arab media reported on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Rubio to Mideast counterparts: Hamas must be held accountable

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday stressed to Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani the need to hold the Hamas terrorist group responsible for its actions.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Witkoff in Israel to push implementation of Hamas ceasefire

Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special Middle East envoy, landed in Tel Aviv on a direct private flight from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to reports in Israeli media.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strikes vehicle carrying Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon

Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon earlier this week struck a vehicle carrying Hezbollah terrorists who posed an imminent threat, the army announced on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Trump ordering review to identify, punish and deport antisemites — including students on visas

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday instructing all federal agencies to identify civil and criminal authorities available to combat antisemitism — including finding ways to deport anti-Jewish activists who violated laws, The Post has learned.

Read more: New York Post

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Senate Dems block bill to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court

Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked a bill on Tuesday that would impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court over its decision to investigate and issue warrants for the arrest of Israeli officials, including the Israeli prime minister.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Trump doubles down on proposal to move Gazans; insists Egypt and Jordan will agree

US President Donald Trump dug in his heels Monday over a controversial suggestion that large numbers of Gazans take refuge in Egypt and Jordan, shrugging off wall-to-wall opposition to the proposal from Arab leaders.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Trump orders development of ‘American Iron Dome’

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order for the development of an Iron Dome-like missile defense shield for the United States.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli female astronaut will go to space with NASA

Israel has reached an agreement with NASA to send the first Israeli woman astronaut into space, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel said on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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In light of ‘concrete warnings,’ Israeli minister cancels visit to Brussels

Following concrete security warnings, Amichai Chikli, Israel’s minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism, canceled his Jan. 28 visit to Brussels, where he was due to address a conference in the European Parliament on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and meet with the Jewish community.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Some hostages spent eight straight months in tunnels

Some of the seven hostages released from Gaza during the current ceasefire had been held in Hamas tunnels for eight consecutive months, deprived of daylight and human contact, an Israeli medical official revealed on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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After Hamas violates truce, Israel to redeem three more captives

After repeatedly violating the truce deal with Israel, Hamas will release three additional hostages on Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem announced on Sunday night.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu, Hegseth discuss ‘unbreakable’ Israeli-US bond

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Pete Hegseth, the newly installed U.S. secretary of defense, spoke on Sunday about the “unbreakable bond that exists between the United States and Israel,” a senior U.S. defense official stated.

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‘Lebanese Armed Forces officers leaked sensitive intelligence to Hezbollah’

A top Lebanese Armed Forces intelligence officer was among dozens who have leaked secrets to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group since the start of the ceasefire with Israel on Nov. 27, The London Times reported on Sunday night, citing intelligence sources and documents.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate