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No changes in instructions to civilians amid Iranian threat

There are no changes to current civilian guidelines issued by the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command, the military said on Thursday amid mounting fears of an Iranian retaliatory attack that could target large population centers and critical infrastructure in the Jewish state.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘The murder of Jews does not matter,’ Israeli envoy says of UN Human Rights Council resolution

After the U.N. Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on “Human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice,” Israel’s envoy to the United Nations in Geneva denounced what she said was that body’s 105th anti-Israel resolution.
Read more: Jewish News…

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Israel will pay a ‘heavy price’ for strikes, Iranian president says

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi spoke to Iraq’s Prime Minister on Wednesday evening. In the conversation with Iraq’s Shia al-Sudan, the Iranian said that Israel would pay a “heavy price” for an airstrike in Damascus, which Iran has accused Israel of.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli wounded in Gan Yavne terror stabbing dies

One of three Israelis wounded on Sunday night in a terror attack at a mall in the southern city of Gan Yavne has died, Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital announced Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF chief: Only military pressure will bring the hostages home

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Wednesday that a hostage release deal with Hamas will only come as a result of military pressure.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF cancels leave for all combat units in wake of Iranian threats

With Iran threatening revenge for the assassination of one of its top commanders on Monday, the Israeli military took the unusual step on Thursday of canceling leave for all combat units.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Palestinian Authority submits bid for full UN membership

The Palestinian Authority submitted a request on Tuesday for the United Nations Security Council to vote this month on accepting the entity as a full member.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF says UN peacekeepers in Lebanon were hit by Hezbollah roadside bomb

A group of United Nations peacekeepers wounded in a blast in southern Lebanon’s Rmeish on Saturday that Lebanese officials blamed on Israel were hit by a Hezbollah roadside bomb, the Israeli military said Wednesday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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US trades barbs with Iran and Russia in UNSC meeting on Damascus strike

Tehran says it holds the United States accountable for Monday’s deadly strike against Iran’s embassy compound in Damascus. Washington warned against any retaliation against the backdrop of a regional war.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Four police officers injured in terror ramming in Israel

Four Israel Police officers were injured overnight Tuesday in a vehicular assault close to the Kochav Yair Junction in central Israel.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel drafts new Gaza ceasefire proposal in Cairo, Hamas to review

The delegation of Mossad, Shin Bet, and IDF officials who went to Cairo for hostage release and ceasefire negotiations was set to return to Israel on Tuesday afternoon, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

Read more: Jerusalem Post

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US, Israel ‘share objective’ of defeating Hamas in Rafah

The United States and Israel agreed during a virtual meeting on Monday that Hamas must be defeated in Gaza’s Rafah city, according to a White House statement.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas famine narrative evaporates as Gaza food prices slashed

The Popular Resistance Committees, a coalition composed of Hamas and other terrorist groups, recently announced price drops for food in the Gaza Strip.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran and Hezbollah vow ‘punishment and revenge’ for strike that killed IRGC generals

Iran and Hezbollah vowed Tuesday to respond to a strike widely attributed to Israel that demolished Tehran’s consulate in Damascus and killed seven people, including two generals from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a US-designated terrorist organization.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israelis attacked on flight to Thailand

A woman attacked two Israelis during a flight to Thailand, according to video of the incident and testimony from one of the victims.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘AP’ photographer accused of working with Hamas wins prestigious award

A picture taken by an Associated Press photojournalist accused of being embedded with Hamas during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel was awarded a prestigious prize last month.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Drone attack damages navy base building in Eilat

A naval base building in the southern Israeli city of Eilat was lightly damaged by a drone attack overnight Sunday.
The UAV was launched from Iraq and entered Israeli territory from Jordan.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF ends Shifa Hospital raid, says it killed 200 terror operatives, arrested 500 more

The Israel Defense Forces withdrew early Monday from the Gaza City complex housing the Shifa Hospital, after a two-week raid in which the military said it detained or killed hundreds of terror suspects.

Read more: The Times of Israel