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Gaza children protest against Hamas

Dozens of Palestinian children in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah held a rare protest against Hamas on Wednesday, calling on the terrorist organization to release Israeli hostages and end the war so they can return to their homes.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Fierce battles rage in Khan Younis as IDF says it’s ‘increasing pressure’ on Hamas

Israeli troops carried on fierce battles around Khan Younis on Wednesday, days into the IDF’s in against the largest city in southern Gaza, killing scores of Hamas gunmen as displaced Palestinians in the area continued to head further south.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF’s latest push in western Khan Yunis remains intense

The IDF on Tuesday continued its major division-level new push in western Khan Yunis, which it had started on Monday, maintaining the most intense fighting since early December when the military first entered other parts of Hamas’s southern capital.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF blasts Israeli radio into Gaza tunnels in bid to soothe hostages

After conquering a Hamas tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip, a group of Israeli Defense Forces soldiers went down it with some unusual kit in hand — not explosives, robot probes, or pistols for close combat, but rather old-style, dial-operated transistor radios.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hezbollah fires 12 rockets at Meron air traffic control base

The Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah on Tuesday launched a barrage of missiles at an Israeli Air Force air traffic control base on Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee, according to Israeli media reports.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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24 IDF soldiers killed in deadliest day since start of Gaza combat

Twenty-four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip on Monday, the deadliest single day for the Israeli military since the start of its ground operation against Hamas on Oct. 27.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Jews attacked in London; Police respond only after being called 10 times

Three Jews, all in their 20s, were violently attacked in Leicester Square in central London early on Sunday morning. The victims were reportedly targeted after being overheard speaking Hebrew.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran holds massive funeral for Guard Corps members killed in alleged Israeli strike

Hundreds of mourners gathered Monday in Tehran for the funerals of Revolutionary Guards killed in Syria, in what Iran called an Israeli strike.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli FM demands EU backing for hostages’ return, defeat of Hamas

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz presented photos of Hamas captives baby Kfir Bibas and abducted women to the Council of the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel foils ISIS-inspired terror attack near Knesset

Israeli security forces recently thwarted an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack that was to be carried out near the Knesset in Jerusalem, the Israel Police and Israel Security Agency reported on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Swiss prosecutors say criminal complaint filed against visiting President Herzog

President Isaac Herzog has been targeted with a criminal complaint during a visit to Switzerland, Swiss prosecutors said Friday, amid allegations of crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Gallant warns crunch time with Lebanon nearing, as Hezbollah attacks persist

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told his American counterpart Lloyd Austin on Thursday night that Israel was nearing a decision point on Lebanon and the conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah, as the terror group pressed its daily attacks on the northern border.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Houthis claim they don’t seek to attack ships beyond those tied to Israel

Yemen’s Houthis have said they did not intend to expand their attacks on shipping in and around the Red Sea further, beyond their stated aims of blockading Israel and retaliating against the United States and Britain for air strikes.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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‘Nothing further from truth,’ Erdan says of UN claim to be unaware of Hamas tunnels

Israel’s envoy to the United Nations is crying foul over a claim from a spokesman for the U.N. chief that the global body didn’t know about Hamas’s web of terror tunnels beneath Gaza.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF shares images of Gaza field hospital, debunking Jordan’s claim of strike damage

The Israel Defense Forces denied claims that it shelled a Jordanian field hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, as troops continued to battle Hamas operatives in the area on Thursday and terror groups fired a barrage of rockets at southern Israeli communities around midnight.

Read more: The Times Of Israel

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IAF jets strike Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon

In Southern Lebanon on Thursday, Israeli Air Force fighter jets targeted Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Al-Adisa and IDF ground troops attacked targets in the areas of Kafr Kila and Marjayoun.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF kills 60 terrorists in Gaza as ground op pushes south

Israeli forces killed 60 terrorists in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, including 40 in the southern Hamas stronghold of Khan Yunis, the Israel Defense Forces reported on Thursday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘The saddest birthday in the world’: Hostage Kfir Bibas turns 1 in Hamas captivity

Thursday, January 18, marks “the saddest birthday in the world,” as redheaded Kfir Bibas turns one-year-old while being held captive in Gaza, said Jimmy Miller, first cousin to Kfir’s mother, Shiri Bibas.

Read more: The Times of Israel