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‘Potential for violence’ due to Rutgers Dec. 7 ‘antisemitic, anti-Israel’ seminar, Gottheimer says

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is slated to host an event on “Race, Liberation and Palestine” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Dec. 7. The seminar will include Noura Erakat, Nick Estes and Marc Lamont Hill, the latter two of whom have been accused of antisemitism.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Gaza woman tells Al Jazeera reporter Hamas steals aid

Hamas redirects humanitarian aid deliveries to its tunnels for use by members of the terrorist group, a Gaza woman told an Al Jazeera reporter.
According to the exchange posted to social media on Wednesday night, the elderly woman said that “all aid goes down . The aid does not reach the nation and entire people.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Israeli civilian killed by anti-tank missile in north as Hezbollah attacks continue

An Israeli civilian was killed after Hezbollah terrorists fired an anti-tank missile at his vehicle near the Lebanese border Thursday.

The 60-year-old man was hit in an agricultural field near Moshav Mattat and was taken by the military to Fasuta Junction where they waited for Magen David Adom paramedics to arrive.

Read more: The Times of…

IDF says Hamas firing rockets from Gaza safe zones as civilian scramble for shelter

Rockets fired at Israel on Wednesday were launched from within humanitarian zones set up in Gaza to allow civilians a safe haven, Israel’s military charged Thursday, as troops pressed into major Hamas strongholds in northern and southern Gaza amid heavy fighting.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Israeli boy orphaned by Hamas attack to mark bar mitzvah

An Israeli boy whose parents, two sisters and grandfather were murdered in the Hamas attack on his kibbutz will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Thursday.
Ariel Zohar of Kibbutz Nahal Oz was saved from the Oct. 7 massacre because he went out for a run.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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At least 10 freed hostages were sexually abused in Hamas captivity, doctor says

At least 10 of the Israeli civilians released by Hamas, both men and women, were sexually assaulted or abused while in captivity, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.

In a report detailing allegations of severe and widespread sexual abuse by Hamas terrorists during their October 7 onslaught and later against hostages, a doctor who treated…

Israel intercepts missile over Red Sea targeting Eilat

Israel’s Arrow air-defense system on Wednesday intercepted a surface-to-surface missile heading towards the country’s southern coastal city of Eilat, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Cohen slams US college heads’ failure to condemn calls for genocide

Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday criticized the refusal of elite American university presidents on Dec. 5 to say that calling for the genocide of Jews is against the rules of their institutions.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Now-freed hostage seen in video fighting against her 7 Hamas kidnappers on October 7

Newly released footage of a former hostage held by Hamas shows her fighting against seven Palestinian terrorists dragging her to the Gaza Strip on October 7, during their unprecedented attack on Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

IDF: Troops fight in center of Khan Younis, raid Hamas general security HQ in Jabaliya

The Israel Defense Forces said it pushed deeper into Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with the 551st Reserve Brigade and the Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit raiding Hamas’s general security headquarters in the area.

Read more: The Times of Israel 

Palestinian rockets wound three Israelis

Three people were lightly wounded in Israel on Tuesday by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, according to Magen David Adom.
Air raid sirens warned of incoming rockets in Tel Aviv and its suburbs on Tuesday afternoon, with several direct hits reported throughout the White City.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Hamas tranquilized hostages before release to ‘look happy’

Hamas drugged the hostages who were released during the ceasefire so that they would “look happy” during the transfer to the Red Cross in Gaza, according to Israel’s Health Ministry.
The captives were tranquilized as part of the terrorist group’s propaganda to make it seem like they were treated well after suffering more than 50 days of physical…

Israel issues severe travel warnings to dozens of countries amid rising antisemitism

The National Security Council on Monday updated travel warnings for dozens of countries, amid rising antisemitism around the world as Israel fights the Hamas terror group in Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Shin Bet head: ‘We’ll kill Hamas leaders in Qatar, Turkey’

The head of  the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, said on Sunday that Israel will eliminate the leaders of Hamas in Qatar and Turkey.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Three IDF soldiers wounded by shelling from Lebanon

Three IDF soldiers were lightly wounded overnight Sunday by mortar shells launched from Lebanon toward Israeli military posts in the Shtula area near the Israel-Lebanon border.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Freed from ‘hell,’ Kfar Aza’s Aviva Siegel shifts focus to still-captive husband

It’s been many years since Fiona Wax and her twin sister, Aviva Siegel, both 62, have spent this much time in the same space, but that’s what Siegel needs right now as she readjusts to life after 51 days in captivity in Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Hospitals release emotional photos as families reunite with released hostages

Photos released Friday showed emotional reunions as hostages released from Gaza overnight after 55 days in captivity met family and loved ones.

The eight Israelis freed on Thursday from Hamas captivity received treatment at the Soroka and Sheba medical centers.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Relative of freed captives say Hamas branded child hostages in case they escaped

A relative of hostages released by Hamas terrorists this week said that children were branded after they were kidnapped to prevent their escape, as other family members described abuse and neglect experienced by captives during their time in the Gaza Strip.

Read more: The Times of Israel