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British FM announces new Labour government to restore UNRWA funding

Britain’s new Labour government said on Friday it would resume funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in the first major change by the new government to British policy regarding the Israel-Hamas war.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Trump: Those holding US hostages will pay if they’re not freed by time I return to office

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump warned that countries holding American hostages will pay “a very big price” if they are not released, as he accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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CAIR head suggests Jewish state forged reports Iran trying to kill Trump

Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, responded on social media to news reports that there is U.S. intelligence that Iran is trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF releases tape of Gazans lauding death of Mohammed Deif

According to telephone conversations recorded by the IDF, people inside Gaza are praising the deaths of Hamas “military” leader Mohammed Deif and his deputy Rafa’a Salameh, who were targeted by an IDF airstrike on July 13.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli killed, four hurt as ‘aerial target’ strikes Tel Aviv

An Israeli man was killed and four others were wounded overnight Thursday when what the Israel Defense Forces described as an “aerial target” exploded in a residential neighborhood in central Tel Aviv.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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The rise and fall of the US-built floating Gaza pier – analysis

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke to Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant this week.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Argentina vows justice from Iran on 1994 bombing

Argentina’s Jewish community commemorated Thursday the 30th anniversary of a targeted bombing which killed 85 people, with President Javier Milei promising to right decades of inaction and inconsistencies in the investigations into the attack.

Read more: Israel Hayom

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Soldier’s killer among 20 Hamas fighters eliminated in IDF strike

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Thursday afternoon that a Hamas sniper who murdered Sgt. First Class Tal Lahat was among 20 terrorists eliminated in a joint operation with the Israel Security Agency.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli delegation in Cairo for hostage talks

An Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to continue indirect ceasefire talks with the Hamas terror group, Egyptian sources told the Associated Press on Wednesday night.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Spain and Germany arrest 4 people for supplying Hezbollah with parts for drones used against Israel

Three people were arrested in Spain and one more in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that supplied the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with parts to build kamikaze drones that would have been used in attacks in northern Israel, Spanish authorities said Thursday.

Read more: ABC News

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IDF says drone strike in Lebanon kills Hamas commander behind attacks on Israel

An Israeli airstrike in eastern Lebanon on Thursday morning killed a Hamas commander, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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American Muslims for Palestine Ordered To Turn Over Potentially Damaging Donor Documents in Virginia Terror Financing Probe

A Virginia judge on Tuesday ordered American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), a prominent anti-Israel advocacy group, to disclose its funding channels as part of an investigation by Republican attorney general Jason Miyares into allegations of terrorism financing.

Read more: The Washington Free Beacon

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US had intel on Iran plot to kill Trump, stepped up security, unrelated to Sat. shooting

The United States received intelligence from a human source in recent weeks regarding an Iranian plan to assassinate former president Donald Trump, CNN reported on Tuesday, and the Secret Service was instructed to step up security around him due to the threat.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF: Half of Hamas military leaders eliminated since Oct. 7

Israeli forces have killed half of Hamas’s military leadership in Gaza and killed or arrested around 14,000 of its fighters since the start of the war over nine months ago, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IAF hits Hezbollah sites in Lebanon amid ongoing rocket fire

Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Southern Lebanon overnight Tuesday after the Iranian-backed terror army fired 15 rockets across the border.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Nasrallah threatens to fire rockets at Israeli areas not yet targeted by Hezbollah

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened Wednesday to target Israeli towns that have not yet been subjected to the terror group’s rocket and drone attacks if Israel continues to “target civilians,” noting a spike in the number of noncombatants killed in Lebanon in recent days.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Marvel removes Jewish superhero Sabra’s Israeli identity for new Captain America movie

The Israeli background of Marvel Comics superhero Sabra has been removed for her depiction in the upcoming Marvel Studios ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ movie, according to a Friday official summary of the film.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Suspects open fire at vehicle in West Bank, three lightly wounded

Three people were wounded after shots were fired at an Israeli vehicle at the Ramin intersection near Beit Lid in the northern West Bank on Tuesday morning.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post