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A man has been arrested in France after a synagogue there was set ablaze early Saturday morning, in at least the second French synagogue arson in recent months.
And police in Germany said they had taken into custody a 26-year-old Syrian man in connection a stabbing rampage at a music festival that left three dead.
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Israel on Monday received its 500th aerial shipment of weapons and military supplies from the United States as part of a large-scale logistical effort that began with the outbreak of the war following Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
In Jerusalem’s Old City, nearly all souvenir shops are closed. In Haifa’s flea market, forlorn merchants polish their wares on empty streets. Airlines are canceling flights, businesses are failing and luxury hotels are half empty.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The latest round of hostage negotiations ended without results as the Israeli delegation led by Mossad chief David Barnea returned home from Cairo on Sunday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Early intelligence indications from the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate (MID) about Hezbollah’s extensive preparations for a strike on Israel, including the center of the country, prevented potentially severe damage and a possibility of significant casualties during the terror group’s attack on Sunday.
Read more: Ynet News
The Israeli negotiation team to the hostage deal and cease-fire talks in Cairo, led by Mossad chief David Barnea and Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, returned to Israel on Thursday after presenting Egypt with updated proposals regarding the IDF’s presence on the Philadelphi Corridor and Rafah crossing. Hamas is expected to receive these updated proposals…
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed battling Hamas terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday.
The military named the slain man as Sgt. Ori Ashkenazi Nechemya, 19, from Ashkelon, a member of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 46th Battalion.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Hezbollah terror group takes responsibility for this morning’s missile attack on the Mount Meron base in northern Israel.
Hezbollah has attacked Mount Meron, located some eight kilometers (5 miles) from the Lebanon border, several times amid the ongoing war, launching large barrages of rockets towards the site, as well as guided…
Around one-third of non-Jewish college students embraced patterns of ideas hostile to Jews or Israel during the 2023-24 academic year, according to a new study by Brandeis University researchers.
Read more: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The Hamas terror group has taken a strategic decision to carry out attacks against Israelis abroad in a bid to avenge the recent killing of group leader Ismail Haniyeh, Channel 12 reported Thursday, citing Palestinian sources.
Read more: The Times of Israel
According to unconfirmed Palestinian reports, the terrorist responsible for the failed suicide bomb attack in Tel Aviv on Sunday night was Jaafar Mona, a resident of Nablus (Shechem) in central Samaria.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Canadian law-enforcement officials are investigating some 100 bomb threats on Wednesday at synagogues, and other Jewish community centers and organizations across the country.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
When Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin stepped onto the stage Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, where they planned to speak about their son Hersh, an American-Israeli hostage in Gaza, they were nervous about how the crowd would react.
Read more: Jewish Insider
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared on Wednesday during a visit to the Gaza-Egypt border that the IDF has achieved victory over Hamas’s Rafah brigade.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The IDF said Thursday that it carried out “extensive” airstrikes against Hezbollah terror group sites in southern Lebanon overnight, as the spiraling violence between the two sides showed no sign of losing momentum.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest stated on Tuesday night that it is “beyond disappointed” by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s “ongoing support” for anti-Israel protests across the city, particularly during the Democratic National Convention.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Biden-Harris administration recently renewed a sanctions waiver for Iran’s state-controlled broadcaster, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), which publishes antisemitic and anti-Israel content.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An IDF spokesperson verified that an aerial attack on a vehicle in Sidon on Wednesday eliminated Khalil al-Maqdah, a top-ranking member of Fatah and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Lebanon. The target was identified as the sibling of a high-level operative in the Lebanese arm of the terror group, which is known to support Iranian objectives on…