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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

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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

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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 

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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

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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…

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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IDF hits terror cell in Lebanon as Hezbollah renews fire

The Israel Defense Forces on Friday struck a terror cell operating in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah resumed attacks on northern Israel.
Several rockets were fired from Lebanon at military posts along the border close to Rosh Hanikra and Maragaliot, according to the military.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF resumes combat in Gaza after Hamas violates ceasefire

The Israel Defense Forces resumed combat operations in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning after Hamas broke a week-long ceasefire by firing rockets at the Jewish state.
The military said it was conducting a wave of airstrikes across the coastal enclave.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Freed Thai hostage says Israelis held with him were abused, beaten

A Thai foreign worker who was released from Hamas captivity in recent days has testified that Israeli hostages with whom he was held were beaten by their captors, including with cables.

According to a Channel 12 report Wednesday, the Thai national, who was not named, told the IDF about his experiences while in captivity and said that the…

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Hamas says will release 10 hostages, 3 bodies on Thursday as Gaza truce extended

A Hamas source said that 10 more Israeli hostages will be released from the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening, two of them also holding Russian citizenship, as part of one-day truce extension.

Previous statements by the sides had said eight hostages and three bodies will be returned today. It appeared that the two Russian citizens could be slated…

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IDF: Two hostages return to Israel from Gaza Strip

Hamas on Thursday afternoon released two Israeli women from captivity in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces said.
They were handed over by Hamas to officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross and made their way to Israeli territory, IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Three killed, six wounded in terror shooting near Jerusalem

Three Israelis were killed and six other people were wounded on Thursday morning in a terror shooting on Weizman Boulevard at the entrance to Jerusalem.
Magen David Adom emergency medical personnel treated the victims before evacuating them to hospitals in the capital.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel to mark 76th anniversary of UN partition plan

Israel plans to mark the 76th anniversary of the United Nations partition plan at the world body’s headquarters in New York on Wednesday, Ynet reported.
On Nov. 29, 1947, the U.N. General Assembly passed Resolution 181 by a vote of 33 to 13 with 10 abstentions and one absentee, to partition British Mandatory Palestinian into Jewish and Arab…