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Palestinian residents of the southern Gaza city of Rafah have reported an escalation of fighting Tuesday as Israeli forces pressed their assault on the border town once seen as the territory’s last refuge.
Read more: Israel Hayom
Israeli officials have told the US that they believe tents housing displaced Gazans went up in flames after a fuel tank was set alight following an airstrike on top Hamas terrorists nearby, according to a report Monday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The US’s assassination of then IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in 2020 shows that Iran respects strength and takes advantage of weakness, warned General Kenneth F. McKenzie, the former head of US CENTCOM, the command responsible for US operations in the Middle East.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
An Egyptian soldier was killed in a clash with Israeli soldiers near the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, the countries’ militaries said, in an incident that threatened the already strained ties between the nations.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Hezbollah launched a series of rocket barrages at northern Israel on Monday, according to the Israel Defense Forces, in response to an Israeli strike that killed a terror operative outside a south Lebanon hospital earlier in the day.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Two explosive-laden drones heading toward Israel’s southernmost city of Eilat from the eastern direction — apparently originating in Iraq — were downed by air defenses, the military said.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israeli tanks rolled into the center of Rafah on Tuesday, according to Palestinian reports.
Eyewitnesses told Reuters that Israel Defense Forces tanks were seen near the Al-Awda mosque.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah that would risk the destruction of the civilian population sheltering there.
Read more: The Times of Israel
CIA director William Burns will travel to Europe in the coming days to meet with Mossad chief David Barnea and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in an effort to revive talks for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, two officials told The Times of Israel on Thursday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit reported Friday that the bodies of hostages Orion Hernandez, Michel Nisenbaum and Hanan Yablonka were retrieved and returned to Israel after a joint operation by the military and Shin Bet from a tunnel within northern Gaza’s Jabaliya. The current number of hostages still being held by Hamas stands at 125.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), speaking on Thursday at an event at the Israeli Embassy in Washington celebrating Israel’s 76th Independence Day, said that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu would soon speak to a joint meeting of Congress.
Read more: Jewish Insider
A U.S. soldier assigned to the Gaza pier mission was seriously injured on Thursday and medically evacuated to Israel, two defense officials confirmed to USNI News.
Read more: USNI News
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law sued Harvard University on Wednesday, alleging that the university knowingly discriminated against Jews.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The United States hopes defense meetings in Riyadh on Wednesday will help advance a long-standing goal of building a regional missile shield, bolstered by Israel’s successful defense against waves of incoming Iranian missiles and drones last month, US officials say.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Three Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in northern Gaza on Wednesday, the military said, as Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of a district in the heart of Rafah in the Strip’s south following what residents said was one of the most intense nights of bombardment since Israel launched its offensive there earlier this month.
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Recognizing Palestine in the aftermath of the October 7 massacre is not a step toward peace; it is a step away from it. It signals to terrorists that their actions can yield political rewards.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Republicans and Democrats are poised to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on Wednesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Remember Rafah? For months, the Biden Administration bitterly opposed an Israeli invasion of Hamas’s last stronghold in Gaza. The mantra was that Israel had “no credible plan” to evacuate the city’s 1.3 million civilians. Yet the Israelis went ahead anyway, and two weeks later they have safely evacuated an estimated 950,000 people.
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