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Terror suspects arrested in Europe had images of Jewish, Israeli targets — report

A number of terror suspects arrested in December in Bosnia and Austria had images of Jewish and Israeli targets on their cellphones, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing investigators who said the photos “suggested they were motivated by Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.”

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Houthis target US ship in Red Sea as they threaten to ramp up attacks during Ramadan

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group fired missiles at a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Red Sea but did not hit the vessel, the US Central Command said on Tuesday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas fakes casualty figures: ‘The numbers are not real’

The Hamas terrorist organization is disseminating fictitious figures for casualties in the current war in Gaza. That’s the conclusion of a deep dive into the data published in Tablet magazine in a March 7 report titled “How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah launches 100-rocket barrage at northern Israel

Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets at the northern Golan Heights and the Galilee Panhandle on Tuesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF Arabic spox: Lebanese reaching out to Israel over war fears

The Israel Defense Force’s Arabic-language spokesman Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee said on Sunday that many Lebanese citizens are contacting him with concern that Hezbollah is leading the country into war, including messages from members of the Iranian terror proxy.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas high command number three Marwan Issa possibly killed by IDF strike

Marwan Issa, deputy to Mohammed Deif and number three of Hamas’s high command, was targeted by an Israeli airstrike on Saturday.

The IDF cleared the event for publication on Monday morning.

Issa was reportedly hiding in Nusirat, in central Gaza, at the time of the strike, and it is unclear whether the Hamas leader was killed in the event.

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In possible sign of discord during unity talks, Hamas challenges Abbas’s rule

In a direct challenge to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s 19-year rule over Judea and Samaria, Gaza-based Hamas announced on Sunday that it would seek to include exiled Fatah rival Mohammed Dahlan in a unity government, Arab World Press reported.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF kills 15 terrorists in central Gaza as Hamad City operation continues

Israeli forces pressed forward with the “Crown of the West” operation in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on Monday, the 157th day of the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Four wounded by explosive device in West Bank terror attack

Terrorists in the West Bank carried out an attack on a military outpost near the settlement of Homesh on Friday, wounding two, according to the Samaria Regional Council.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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UNSC to debate Hamas’s October 7 sexual violence this Monday

The United Nations Security Council will debate as early as Monday a report which found that there were “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed acts of sexual violence during its October 7 invasion of Israel, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF’s probe into aid chaos says it fired shots at Gazans nearing troops – not trucks

The Israel Defense Force on Friday said it had completed its probe into the reported deaths of 115 Palestinians as they swarmed aid trucks that entered Gaza City in late February, finding that troops stationed in the area did not open fire on the convoy itself as the Hamas terror group had claimed.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israel boosting security in Gaza border communities

Israeli authorities have started work on upgrading security measures in communities surrounding the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces and Defense Ministry announced on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US slams Iran for ‘stonewalling’ IAEA probe into unexplained uranium traces

The United States on Thursday threatened future action against Iran at the UN nuclear watchdog if Tehran keeps “stonewalling” the watchdog by denying it the cooperation and answers it seeks on issues including long-unexplained uranium traces.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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2 Filipino, 1 Vietnamese sailor killed in first fatal Houthi attack on merchant ship

Two Filipino and a Vietnamese crew member were identified as those killed in a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a ship in the Gulf of Aden, the vessel’s managers said Thursday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF: Ramadan flare-up could lead to multi-front or even regional war

Palestinian terrorist groups could exploit the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to provoke a multi-front war against Israel, Channel 12 News reported on Thursday, citing military intelligence that reached the desk of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas elite smuggled to Egypt as average Gazans stuck in Strip

With Gazans earning an average monthly after-tax salary of $346, the $6,000 to $7,000 smuggling fee per head to escape across Egypt’s tightly sealed border puts such a prospect out of reach for most people living in the Strip.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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UN Special Rapporteur ‘unaware’ of rocket attacks on Israel

Reem Alsalem, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, confirmed during an interview on Tuesday that she was unaware of the frequent rocket attacks made by Hamas and Hezbollah against Israel.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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US carries out second airdrop of aid into Gaza

U.S. Central Command announced on Tuesday that it carried out a second airdrop of emergency food supplies into the Gaza Strip.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate