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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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Of 569 metric tons of humanitarian aid that has been delivered into Gaza via the temporary pier not a single one has yet been distributed to Gazans in need, Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, admitted during a press conference on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The leaders of Norway, Ireland and Spain announced Wednesday that their countries will recognize a Palestinian state within days, sparking a diplomatic row with Israel.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Defense Ministry has in recent months opted to to enhance domestic production capabilities as the military faces ammunition shortages amid its protracted war in Gaza and hostilities on the Lebanese front. This includes the unprecedented move for Israel to produce air-to-ground bombs, which until now have been exclusively supplied by the United…
Israel has eliminated only around a third of the Hamas terrorists and tunnels in Gaza since the start of the war on Oct. 7, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing U.S. intelligence estimates.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar said on Tuesday that should military operations on the country’s northern front be expanded, the IAF will “enable a change in the security reality in the north.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Tides Foundation, which backs several organizations involved in anti-Israel protests on college campuses and beyond, is facing scrutiny from the House Ways and Means Committee for serving as a conduit to hide the identity of donors to its grantees.
Read more: Jewish Insider
Only a fortnight after the start of the Israel Defense Forces’ targeted operation in Rafah, almost a million Palestinians have been evacuated from the city to humanitarian zones, according to a military estimate made public on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An Israel Air Force aircraft struck and eliminated the terrorist Qassem Saqlawi, the Commander of the Rocket and Missile Array in Hezbollah’s Coastal Sector, the IDF announced on Tuesday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
A Palestinian Authority official warned on social media over the weekend that the Oct. 7 massacre could “repeat itself 100 times, and perhaps even more seriously.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
