Iran said to be fearing Israeli attack in near-term
Iran is worried about a direct attack by Israel against its strategic sites in the near future, Israel’s Channel 12 News reported on Sunday.
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Trump NSA pick vows ‘nothing but consequences’ over hostages
Incoming U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz reiterated in an interview aired on Sunday President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of severe consequences for Hamas if the terrorist group fails to release the hostages it is holding by the time he takes office.
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Israel warns rebel leader it won’t accept jihadist groups in southern Syria
Jerusalem has warned Syria’s de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa that it will not tolerate jihadist groups establishing a foothold in southern Syria, Hebrew media reported overnight Sunday.
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Stockholm to stop funding terror-tainted UNRWA
Sweden will stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the country’s aid minister, Benjamin Dousa, said on Friday.
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Six airlines resuming service to Israel
Six airlines will restore their Israel routes by next week. Most airlines canceled flights due to ongoing tensions in the region.
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US diplomats arrive in Syria to talk to Islamist rulers about country’s future
US envoys have arrived in Syria to speak directly to the new Islamist-led rulers, the State Department said on Friday, in the most formal US diplomatic mission since the start of the long civil war.
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‘Proof terror knows no boundaries,’ Israeli envoy in New York says of thwarted terror attack
An Egyptian national, who is a George Mason University freshman with reported ties to ISIS, was arrested on Tuesday in Falls Church, Va., and charged with planning a terror attack on the Israeli Consulate General in New York.
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Arab diplomat says hostage talks progressing but deal still likely to be weeks away
Mediators continue to make progress toward a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas, but will likely need weeks — not just days — in order to finalize an agreement, an Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel on Thursday.
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IAF targets more Houthi infrastructure, in long-range warning to Iran
As 14 Israeli Air Force fighter jets accompanied by refuelers were on their way to Yemen, some 1,250 miles south of the Jewish state, to strike Houthi terrorist and economic infrastructure early on Thursday, a Houthi surface-to-surface ballistic missile was also in the air, heading toward Israel.
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Biden admin, universities failed to crack down on antisemitism in ‘disturbing pattern’ after Oct. 7, scathing House GOP report finds
The Biden administration, top universities and medical institutions utterly failed to crack down on antisemitism that exploded in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack, according to a scathing House Republican report released Thursday, which laid bare “systemic” and “astounding” shortcomings.
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Ireland’s chilly relations towards Israel turning more hostile
Seven years ago, Anat and her husband moved to Ireland after he landed a job in the country’s buzzing tech sector. “Ireland was my dream,” said the Israeli academic, who asked that her last name not be used. “We wanted to move here, we felt so relaxed. We felt like everyone is so nice and we both felt our careers would be in really good places…
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An arson attack targets a Montreal synagogue and a nearby Jewish office building is damaged
An arson attack is suspected to have targeted a synagogue in a Montreal suburb, the second time it was hit by an incendiary device in a little more than a year
MONTREAL — A synagogue in a Montreal suburb was targeted in what police suspect was an arson attack early Wednesday, the second time the building in this Canadian city was hit by…
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As missile hits Israeli school, IDF pounds Yemen, believes it paralyzed all 3 Houthi ports
Houthi missile partially intercepted, but warhead hits empty Ramat Gan school, building collapses; 9 said killed as Israeli strikes hit power stations in Sana’a, Red Sea oil terminal.
The Israeli military carried out a series of intense airstrikes that shook Yemen’s rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday, in a preplanned operation that…
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‘Lucky there were no children’: School near Tel Aviv ravaged by Houthi missile warhead
Ramat Gan mayor estimates damage at $11 million, says collapsed building will be rebuilt; visiting site, education minister says students will be back in same school soon
A multistory school building in Ramat Gan that collapsed when it was hit by the rocket warhead from a partially intercepted ballistic missile fired at Israel by Houthi rebels in…
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Palestinian gunmen wound Israeli near Joseph’s Tomb
Palestinian terrorists overnight Tuesday shot and lightly wounded an Israeli bus driver bringing Jewish pilgrims to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus (Shechem) in Samaria.
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Iran’s currency plunges to historic low as Tehran turns off the street lights
The value of the Iranian currency, the rial, fell to its lowest level ever on Wednesday, after losing more than 10% of its value since Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election in November. The drop in the currency’s value comes at a time when the Islamic Republic is facing major strategic setbacks in the form of the crushing of…
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CIA head to visit Qatar as Israeli reports downplay claims that hostage deal imminent
CIA Director Bill Burns is set to meet Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha on Wednesday, in an effort to bridge the remaining gaps between Israel and Hamas on a Gaza deal, sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Tuesday.
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IDF announces formation of five new reserve brigades
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday announced plans to establish five new reserve brigades, designated as “David Brigades,” following a comprehensive operational review and assessment of the country’s current security needs.
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