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Hamas admitted that senior Hamas leaders, including former spokesperson Abu Obeidah, were killed by the IDF in a statement from the new military spokesperson on Monday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Freed hostage Elkana Bohbot revealed new, harrowing details of his time in captivity in an interview published Monday, including that his Hamas captors filmed a propaganda video in which they made it appear as if he and another hostage were attempting to kill themselves.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A Jewish ritual bath, or mikveh, dating back to the final days of the Second Temple period has been unearthed near the Western Wall, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Sunday again rejected efforts to disarm Iran’s Lebanese terror proxy, saying that seizing the group’s weapons “is an Israeli-American plan.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, met in Florida Monday with the parents of slain Israel Border Police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last Israeli held in Gaza.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee warned Monday that Iran “didn’t get the full message” following Washington’s strikes on the country’s nuclear sites during the Israel-Iran war in June.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The IDF said on Tuesday that it had killed Ali Abdullah, who had served simultaneously in Lebanese army intelligence and in Hezbollah, along with two other Hezbollah operatives.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, of Kenya, was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in federal prison for conspiring to carry out a 9/11-style attack on behalf of the Somali-based terrorist group al-Shabaab, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Dec. 22.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday of a “very severe response” should Iran take action against Israel, while emphasizing that the Jewish state is “not seeking confrontation.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An ISIS-affiliated Islamist and two accomplices sexually assaulted women, targeted the Jewish community, and planned to carry out abductions, police said in a statement on Friday announcing the indictments against the three men, who were arrested in August.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces said on Monday afternoon that it attacked several Hezbollah terrorists in the Sidon area on Lebanon’s southern coast.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel has reportedly warned the Trump administration that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps may be using an ongoing military exercise focusing on missiles as cover to launch an attack on Israel, according, amid fears that Jerusalem and Tehran are readying for another confrontation.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Zionists were explicitly condemned in a video filmed by the alleged Bondi Beach gunmen as they outlined their justification for the terrorist attack that killed 15 people at a Chanukah event, newly released Sydney court documents say.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
After the three rounds of direct conflict with Iran since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Israeli officialdom understands that the country cannot afford to let fundamentalists possess destructive capabilities, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz told JNS on Monday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Tucson Jewish Community Center (Tucson J) staff discovered “hateful” antisemitic materials posted near the building, Jewish Philanthropies of Southern Arizona (JPSA) announced on Monday.
Read More: The Jerusalem Post
The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) on Friday criticized a United Nations report on Gaza that said famine had been averted but conditions “remained critical,” calling the assessment “a distorted and baseless picture of reality.”
Read More: The Jerusalem Post
The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, targeting the Islamic Republic’s “shadow fleet” used to transport illicit petroleum.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Friday congratulated Yehuda Kaploun, a Chabad rabbi, after the U.S. Senate confirmed his appointment as special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism.
Read More: Jewish News Syndicate