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Hamas stoking flames in Jerusalem as Ramadan gets underway

With Ramadan set to begin at sundown on Friday, Hamas is aiming to spark a wave of terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, including on the Temple Mount.

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Pay-for-slay to continue, ‘even if we have [only] one penny left,’ Abbas vows

The Palestinian Authority will not deduct a single penny from its “pay-for-slay” fund that rewards terrorists and their families for their attacks, P.A. chief Mahmoud Abbas told members of his ruling Fatah faction last week, according to translated remarks Palestinian Media Watch published on Thursday.
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Car-ramming attack at Karkur junction

10 people were injured in a car-ramming attack on Thursday afternoon at Karkur Junction, near Route 65 in northern Israel. Among the victims, 1 is in critical condition, 2 are seriously wounded, 1 sustained moderate injuries, and 6 others suffered minor wounds. All were evacuated to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.

Blinken wanted sanctions on IDF Unit 504, Israel prevented it at last minute

Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wanted to impose sanctions on one of the IDF’s most secret and elite intelligence units, Unit 504, former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael Herzog, told Ariel Kahana in an interview with Israel Hayom on Wednesday night.

Harvard Poll: 77% of Americans support Israel against Hamas

Americans’ support for Israel over Hamas in the Gaza conflict remains high, with 77% of voters supporting the Jewish state, according to poll results released on Feb. 24.

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Israeli official: We will not leave the Philadelphi Corridor

The IDF will not pull out of the Philadelphi Corridor that separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt, an Israeli official told reporters on Thursday, saying Jerusalem would refuse to allow Hamas terrorists regroup and again attack Israeli communities.

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Mast directs Foreign Affairs Committee to replace ‘West Bank’ with ‘Judea and Samaria’

U.S. Representative Brian Mast (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, instructed committee staff on Feb. 25 to refer to the West Bank as Judea and Samaria in “all formal correspondence, communication and documentation.”

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IDF seizes Hamas plans for mass attack in Judea, Samaria and central Israel

Defense Minister Israel Katz revealed on Thursday that security forces recently discovered Hamas files proving the terrorist group had plans to carry out a large-scale assault on communities in Judea and Samaria and along the Seam Line security barrier.
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Itzik Elgarat, Ohad Yahalomi, Shlomo Mantzur, Tsachi Idan murdered by Hamas

The Prime Minister’s Office announced on Thursday that the deaths of Ohad Yahalomi, Tsachi Idan, Shlomo Mantzur, and Itzik Elgarat have been confirmed following forensic analyses.
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IDF strikes Hezbollah ‘strategic weapons’ facility in Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday struck a Hezbollah production and storage facility for “strategic weapons” in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, 30 miles east of Beirut.
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Israeli victims sue Al-Jazeera for ‘serving as Hamas agents’

For the first time since the outbreak of the war, Israelis are suing the Al-Jazeera network for its role in echoing the horrors of October 7 and its sympathetic coverage toward Hamas. The lawsuit was filed by dozens of victims of the massacre, including Morris Schneider, the uncle of Shiri Bibas, who was murdered in Hamas captivity after being…

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Israeli negotiators head to Arab capitals as deal enters critical next stage

United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday night that an Israeli delegation is expected to travel to Doha or Cairo in the coming days to negotiate the second phase of the hostage deal.

Head of DOJ antisemitism task force: We’ll put Hamas supporters in jail ‘for years’

The U.S. Department of Justice-led Task Force to Combat Antisemitism will soon file federal hate crime indictments against campus activists “supporting Hamas and trying to intimidate Jews,” Leo Terrell, who leads the efforts, told Israel’s Channel 12 News on Wednesday.

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Yarden Bibas brings nation to tears in emotional eulogy to wife, kids

Yarden Bibas delivered a heartbreaking eulogy for his wife and children on Wednesday, more than a year after they had been captured and then murdered by Hamas and days after their bodies were returned.

Hamas said weighing quiet handover of slain hostages for delayed prisoners

The Hamas terror group was reportedly considering a deal Monday to transfer the bodies of two slain hostages to Egypt in exchange for hundreds of prisoners previously slated for release, as international mediators sought to salvage a fraying ceasefire deal in Gaza.

Israeli FM dismisses hope for real change in ‘jihadist’ Syria

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday called for more “realistic expectations” in Europe regarding the new Syrian government, which he described as “a terrorist group from Idlib.”

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Saudi Arabia, UAE demand Hamas disarmament – Egypt, Qatar oppose

Despite general agreement on Egypt’s plan for Gaza’s reconstruction, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates refuse to participate financially or practically unless it is guaranteed that Hamas will not be part of the governing body and will surrender its weapons. This has been revealed by Arab and American sources following high-level meetings…

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Trump rips up Biden memo aimed at Israel on rights abuses using US arms

The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era order aimed at Israel that required the government to report potential violations of international law involving US-supplied weapons by allies, two US officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Monday.