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Microsoft: Iranian cyberattacks on Israel have soared since Oct. 7

Iran’s online disinformation activities and cyber attacks on Israel have risen dramatically since Oct. 7, according to a Microsoft report released on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF finds Khan Yunis dungeon where hostages were held

Israel Defense Forces soldiers operating in the heart of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza discovered a large tunnel, one where Hamas had held a around a dozen hostages, the military revealed on Wednesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Warning of war, IDF says over 3,000 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, Syria struck so far

Three troop divisions have been deployed to the northern border, the Israeli military said Saturday, issuing a strident warning to the Hezbollah while detailing strikes that Israel says has killed hundreds of terror operatives seeking to enflame the restive border.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Two soldiers lightly injured as several rounds of rocket fire hit north

Sporadic rocket fire from Lebanon set off alert sirens in the north Tuesday with the Hezbollah terror group taking responsibility for a missile that lightly injured two soldiers.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF kills Islamic Jihad terrorist who took part in Nir Oz massacre

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre of civilians at Kibbutz Nir Oz was one of dozens of terrorists Israeli forces killed across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the IDF said on Tuesday morning.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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One fifth of hostages in Hamas captivity are believed to be dead – report

A recent confidential assessment conducted by Israeli intelligence has shed light on a grim reality: at least 32 of the 136 hostages believed to still be held in Gaza have died since the start of the conflict, a figure higher than previously disclosed by authorities.

Read more: i24 News

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Palestinian teen shot dead after trying to stab police in West Bank town

Border Police officers shot dead a Palestinian teenager who attempted to stab them in the West Bank town of al-Eizariya on the outskirts of East Jerusalem on Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas wish list of prisoners includes terror masterminds of Second Intifada

Hamas is expected to demand the release of several high-profile terrorists, all of whom are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons, as part of a potential truce and hostage release deal with Israel, according to a TV report aired Sunday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Warning of war, IDF says over 3,000 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, Syria struck so far

Three troop divisions have been deployed to the northern border, the Israeli military said Saturday, issuing a strident warning to the Hezbollah while detailing strikes that Israel says has killed hundreds of terror operatives seeking to enflame the restive border.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF raids Khan Yunis base where Hamas terrorists trained for Oct. 7

Israeli forces have raided the headquarters of Hamas’s Khan Yunis Brigade, which served as a training facility for the terrorists who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre, the military said on Sunday evening.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Hatikvah’ played in Doha after Israeli wins gold in fencing

“Hatikvah,” the Jewish state’s national anthem, sounded in a Doha sporting arena this week after Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich won a gold medal at the International Fencing Federation’s Grand Prix, which ended on Wednesday in the Qatari capital.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard adviser said killed in alleged Israeli strike in Syria

An adviser for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in an apparent Israeli strike in Syria on Friday, according to a semi-official Iranian news site, a day after Tehran reportedly pulled senior officers from the country amid a wave of deadly strikes.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Mohammed Said Othman gets three-year sentence for assaulting Jewish man

All four men who beat Joseph Borgen on May 20, 2021, during a rally associated with Israel’s 11-day conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, will spend time in prison for their crime.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Defense minister vows IDF will push south to Rafah as Khan Younis offensive wraps up

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowed Thursday that the Israeli military will reach and dismantle Hamas’s Rafah Brigade, just as it is currently working to do to its battalions in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Iran begins construction of four new nuclear plants

Iran began construction on four more nuclear power plants in the country’s south, with expected total capacity of 5,000 megawatts, the official IRNA news agency reported Thursday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Tlaib, Cori Bush vote to allow Oct. 7 attackers into US

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 422-2 on Wednesday to deny entry into the United States to non-U.S. citizen members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad who attacked Israel on Oct. 7.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US Targets Iranian, Hezbollah Financial Network With Sanctions

The United States imposed sanctions on three entities and one individual based in Turkey and Lebanon on Wednesday for giving “critical financial support” to a financial network used by Iran’s Quds Force, or IRGC-QF, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Read more: VOA News 

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Iran pulls out senior IRGC officers, dozens more from Syria

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) recalled its senior officers from Syria, and will now rely on regional proxies, five security sources told Reuters.
The decision came amid increased targeted strikes, blamed on Israel, in the region. According to the report, Tehran was also particularly reluctant to be drawn into an all-out war in…