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Iranian FM speaks with Hamas leader Haniyeh – analysis

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian spoke with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh overnight on Monday, according to Iranian media.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

IDF intercepts drone from Lebanon near Acre

The Israel Defense Forces shot down a drone that infiltrated Israel by sea from Lebanon on Monday, the army confirmed.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate 

Israel steps up strikes on Hamas targets as 222 confirmed being held hostage in Gaza

Israeli forces continued to strike Hamas positions across the Gaza Strip on Monday as the military confirmed that it had so far notified the families of 222 hostages that their loved ones are being held by terror groups in the enclave.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Herzog: Hamas had plans to deploy chemical weapons

Israeli security forces found instructions for producing cyanide gas on the body of one of the Hamas terrorists who participated in the Oct. 7 attacks, Israeli President Isaac Herzog revealed on Sunday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Israeli forces nab four Gazans hiding in Beersheva

Israeli security forces arrested four Gazans on Friday who were hiding in an apartment in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

US shoots down missiles launched from Yemen, perhaps towards Israel

The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy destroyer, shot missiles and drones from Yemen that could have been aimed at Israel, the Pentagon said on Thursday afternoon.

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In Oval Office speech, Biden urges Congress to boost military aid for Israel, Ukraine

A day after visiting Israel amid the ongoing war against Hamas, US President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered a rare speech to the nation from the Oval Office, calling for Congress to boost military aid to the Jewish state and Ukraine while linking the Gaza-ruling terror group’s deadly assault on October 7 to the ongoing Russian invasion of…

IDF says ready to repel Houthi attacks, is striking Gaza ‘at rate not seen in decades’

The Israeli Air Force is ready to repel attacks by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen and is carrying out retaliatory airstrikes in the Gaza Strip “at a rate that has not been seen for decades,” IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Friday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Historic synagogue in Tunisia heavily damaged in rioting tied to Israel-Hamas war

A historic but defunct synagogue in Tunisia was reduced to rubble on Tuesday amid mass rioting after an explosion in a Gaza hospital that terror group Hamas and much of the Arab world falsely blamed on Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

3 senior terror officials reported killed in Gaza; number of Israeli hostages at 203

Three senior officials in Gaza Strip terror groups were reported killed overnight Wednesday as Israel continued its intense bombing campaign of terror targets in the enclave amid its war with Hamas.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Gallant: We will continue until Hamas is defeated

Israel will fight until it is victorious, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday.
During a visit to an IDF staging area near the Gaza border where he met with soldiers, Gallant said: “I see the determination, the spirit of battle, and above all, the motivation to carry out everything needed to defeat Hamas, to eliminate terrorist…

Egypt to open Rafah crossing for aid to Hamas-ruled Gaza

Cairo on Thursday announced that humanitarian aid would enter Gaza via the Rafah border crossing, as residents of the Strip continue to move south ahead of a looming Israeli ground invasion.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Four soldiers lightly hurt in latest Hezbollah missile attack on Lebanon border

The Hezbollah terror group fired an anti-tank guided missile from Lebanon at Israeli forces near Shtula, a moshav in northern Israel early Wednesday, wounding four soldiers, as tensions continued to heat up on the northern frontier amid repeated skirmishes.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Hamas urges attacks on Israelis; Arab world ignores Israeli claims on hospital blast

The Hamas terror group called on Wednesday for attacks against Israeli forces and urged Arab and Muslim countries to expel Israel’s ambassadors, as Arab fury toward the Jewish state persisted hours after the Israel Defense Forces presented extensive evidence that it wasn’t behind a blast that hit the parking lot of a Gazan hospital the previous…

Biden in Israel: ‘Your courage and commitment is stunning’

U.S. President Joe Biden praised the Israeli people’s wartime posture upon his arrival to the Jewish state on Wednesday.
“To the people of Israel, your courage and commitment is stunning. I’m proud to be here,” the American president said.
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IDF confirms Islamic Jihad rocket caused Gaza hospital blast

A failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket launch at Israel caused the explosion at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday night, the IDF confirms.
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Iran’s Khamenei says ‘no one’ can stop resistance if Israel continues Gaza offensive

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that “no one can stop” global Islamist forces if Israel keeps up its bombardment of Hamas targets in Gaza in response to the October 7 massacre of over 1,000 civilians committed by the Palestinian terror group.

Read more: The Times of Israel

PA to immediately reward families of Oct. 7 terrorists with nearly $3m

The Palestinian Authority will pay nearly $3 million to the families of slain Hamas terrorists who slaughtered civilians in Gaza border communities on Oct. 7, Palestinian Media Watch reports.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate