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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News on Tuesday that progress toward the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire hinges on Hamas disarming, calling the terrorist group’s refusal to give up its weapons the central obstacle to stabilizing the territory in 2026.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israel’s chief rabbis called on Jewish communities worldwide to recite mourning prayers for victims of the Redemption War whose dates of death are unknown, extending a long-standing religious observance tied to the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet, which was marked this year on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Iran’s largest protests in three years erupted Monday after the country’s currency plummeted to a record low against the US dollar, and the head of the Central Bank resigned.
Read more: The Times of Israel
U.S. and allied forces carried out a wave of counterterrorism operations in Syria following a major Dec. 19 strike, killing and capturing nearly two dozen ISIS operatives, U.S. Central Command said on Dec. 30.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a “warm conversation” with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Monday night, the premier’s office announced on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish New Syndicate
US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened Hamas with “hell to pay” if it does not disarm within a “very short period,” in remarks delivered alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after their meeting at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Read more: The Times of Israel
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.”
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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The Israel Defense Forces said on Monday afternoon that it attacked several Hezbollah terrorists in the Sidon area on Lebanon’s southern coast.
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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