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IDF announces names of 4 soldiers killed in Rafah explosion

Four Israeli soldiers were killed by a blast in a booby-trapped building in southern Gaza’s Rafah yesterday, the military announces.

The slain soldiers are named as:

Maj. Tal Pshebilski Shaulov, 24, from Gedera.

Four Israeli soldiers were killed by a blast in a booby-trapped building in southern Gaza’s Rafah yesterday, the military…

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IDF says it hit significant Hezbollah site deep in Lebanon; 50 rockets fired at Golan

Fighter jets struck what Israel’s military described as a significant Hezbollah compound deep in Lebanon overnight Monday-Tuesday after the terror group downed an Israeli drone.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Patagonia funneled thousands to Palestinian terrorism-linked group, documents show

Patagonia, the outdoor apparel brand with offices across the world, granted tens of thousands of dollars to a group connected to Palestinian terrorism. Now the company says it has launched an internal review into the funding.

Read more: Washington Examiner

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Hamas’s Sinwar said to laud high civilian death toll in Gaza as ‘necessary sacrifice’

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar has insisted that civilian bloodshed in Gaza is a necessary sacrifice that will lead to the liberation of Palestine, according to a report published late Monday, bolstering accusations that the terror group has intentionally put its people in harm’s way over the last eight months of devastating war in Gaza.

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Turkey’s foreign minister meets Hamas leader in Doha

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar over the weekend. The meeting came as the Turkish official was attending a ministerial meeting focusing on Turkey’s ties with the Gulf Cooperation Council. Turkey’s current leadership are backers of Hamas, and they have hosted Hamas leaders numerous times, including…

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Biden admin pans pro-terror rhetoric at White House rally

The White House on Sunday rejected the calls for jihad and the expressions of support for the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah heard at an anti-Israel rally outside its gates on Saturday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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White House officials mull separate deal to free US hostages

The Biden administration has talked about negotiating a unilateral deal for the release of five Americans held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, NBC News reported on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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In first, Hezbollah tries to down fighter jets as border fighting further ratchets up

A cell of Hezbollah operatives launched anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli fighter jets over southern Lebanon on Sunday, the military said, amid intensifying cross-border skirmishes between Israel and the Iran-backed terror organization.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas operatives said to have standing orders to kill hostages if IDF approaches

Hamas terrorist leaders have given standing orders to operatives who are holding hostages saying “that if they think Israeli forces are coming, the first thing they should do is shoot the captives,” according to Israeli officials quoted by The New York Times on Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF: Hamas terrorist and journalist was holding 3 hostages in home alongside family

Three of four hostages rescued by special forces from the central Gaza Strip over the weekend were being held at the home of Abdallah Aljamal, a Palestinian journalist and member of the Hamas terror group, the Israeli military confirmed on Sunday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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UAE FM calls PA leadership ‘Ali Baba and the forty thieves’

UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan last month called the leadership of the Palestinian Authority “Ali Baba and the forty thieves,” speaking during a meeting of Arab countries that was attended by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Study shows Gaza aid sufficient, debunking hunger claims

Israel has met and even exceeded international standards for humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, according to a new study by Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheva.

Read more: Ynetnews

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Analysis finds flaws in Hamas data, drop in rate of Gazan women, children killed

The proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply, an Associated Press analysis of Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry data, which cannot be verified, has found. This trend coincides both with Israel’s changing battlefield tactics and contradicts the Hamas-run ministry’s own public…

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U.S. warns Israel “limited war” with Lebanon could draw Iran to intervene

The Biden administration has cautioned Israel in recent weeks against the notion of “a limited war” in Lebanon and warned it could push Iran to intervene, two U.S. officials and one Israeli official told Axios.

Read more: Axios

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Top commander in north says IDF ready for war against Hezbollah

The military’s top general in northern Israel said Thursday the army was ready to expand its conflict with the Hezbollah terror group if need be in order to bring months of deadly cross-border hostilities to a close, a day after a reservist was killed and 10 others injured in an explosive drone attack on a northern town.

Read more: The Times of…

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Netanyahu to defend ‘just war’ in July 24 speech to joint session of US Congress

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress on July 24, top US lawmakers announced on Thursday, locking down a speech that is slated to further drive the wedge between Democrats and Republicans regarding support for Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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UN nuclear agency’s board votes to censure Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the watchdog

The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board on Wednesday censured Iran for failing to cooperate fully with the agency, diplomats said, calling on Tehran to provide answers in a long-running investigation and reverse its decision to bar several experienced U.N. inspectors.

Read more: AP News

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Houthis unveil solid-fuel ‘Palestine’ that resembles Iranian hypersonic missile

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unveiled a new, solid-fuel missile in their arsenal that resembles aspects of one earlier displayed by Iran that Tehran described as flying at hypersonic speeds.

Read more: The Times of Israel