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Trump seeks progress on Israel–Saudi normalization ahead of crown prince WH meeting – report

US President Donald Trump wants to see progress toward normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia ahead of his planned meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House next week, senior American officials told N12.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF implements Oct. 7 lessons in large Judea, Samaria drill

The Israel Defense Forces has completed a three-day “Lion’s Roar” military training exercise in the Judea, Samaria and Jordan Valley area, which involved the Judea and Samaria Division and the recently established 96th Division, led by the Central Command, the Israeli army announced on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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UAE concerned over influence of Turkish, Qatari ‘Hamas-enablers’ in Gaza plan

The United Arab Emirates is concerned about Qatar and Turkey playing a central role in the proposed plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israel foils large Hamas terror network in Bethlehem

Israeli security forces in recent weeks broke up a major Hamas terror network in the Judean city of Bethlehem, including a cell in the advanced stages of preparing an attack, according to an Israel Police statement on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad to return hostage remains to Israel, terrorist groups say

The Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist groups said on Thursday that it would return to Israel at 8 p.m. local time the body of a hostage held in the Gaza Strip.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Sa’ar: Iran attempted to assassinate multiple Israeli diplomats

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Tuesday that the country’s security services are “constantly” working to foil ongoing Iranian plots aimed at its diplomats worldwide.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Fake News’: US Confirms Aid Is Flowing Into Gaza, Contradicting Hamas Propaganda

The United States and Israel are moving an average of 674 humanitarian aid trucks through Gaza each day, delivering more than 15,000 loads of commercial goods and medicine since the ceasefire began on Oct. 10, according to figures compiled by the U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Center, the multinational body running the operations, and shared…

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‘Israel should withdraw to their pre-Dec. 8 borders’: al-Sharaa tells the Post

In an hour-long interview with the Washington Post, former al-Qaeda fighter and current Syrian president Ahmmed al-Sharaa made several comments about Israel’s recent military action in Syria following the fall of the Assad regime and the events of October 7, 2023, and the pursuing war.

Read more: i24 News

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Israel opens Zikim crossing to boost humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, COGAT announces

The Zikim crossing has been opened to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip, the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said on Wednesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Hamas rifles, gear found in Kibbutz Be’eri 25 months after Oct. 7

Assault rifles and other equipment belonging to Hamas terrorists were discovered on Wednesday during reconstruction work at Kibbutz Be’eri, more than two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the community.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Sa’ar: Abbas trying to ‘fool the world’ by firing PA finance minister

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday accused Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas of trying to “fool the world” by firing his finance minister, reportedly over “unauthorized payments” to terrorists.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF unveils Hezbollah’s reconstruction map, targets key terror hubs in Lebanon

The IDF’s Intelligence Directorate mapped Hezbollah’s operations in southern Lebanon, finding that Nabatiya, in particular, has become a strategic focal point for rearming and reconstructing, the military announced on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Syria’s Sharaa rules out joining Abraham Accords, suggests Trump could make negotiations happen

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in a Monday interview with Fox News that Syria would not at this time enter into talks to join the Abraham Accords, but that perhaps US President Donald Trump’s administration would help in making such negotiations possible.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israel’s US ambassador: ‘We can’t live with jihadis on our border anymore’

Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, told ABC News on Monday that once the remaining hostages’ bodies are returned, the second phase of the ceasefire deal could begin, which requires the “disarming of Hamas and demilitarization of Gaza.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hadar Goldin buried in Israel, more than 4,000 days after he fell in 2014 Gaza war

Israel Defense Forces Lt. Hadar Goldin was laid to rest at the military cemetery in the central city of Kfar Saba on Tuesday, more than 4,000 days after he was killed during “Operation Protective Edge” in 2014.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli officers neutralize terrorist who shot at police in Judea

A terrorist shot at Israeli police detectives from the Hebron Police Station, near the community of Beit Hagai in Judea, on Monday after the officers stopped a suspicious car.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Herzog marks 50 years since father tore anti-Israel UN resolution

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday commemorated the 50th anniversary of his father’s iconic performance at the United Nations, when then-ambassador to the world body Chaim Herzog ripped apart a U.N. resolution that labeled Zionism a form of racism.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Phoenix man, who viewed ISIS videos, gets six years for plan to attack churches

Zimnako Salah, 46, whom a jury convicted in March of placing a backpack around a toilet in a church in Roseville, Calif., to “convey a hoax bomb threat and to obstruct the free exercise of religion of the congregants who worshipped there,” was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Read more: Jewish News…