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Israel is preparing to perform the world’s first-ever human spinal cord implant using a patient’s own cells, a medical breakthrough that could allow paralyzed patients to stand and walk again, Tel Aviv University announced on Wednesday. The surgery, expected in the coming months, will take place in Israel and marks a historic milestone in...
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced sanctions against four more members of the International Criminal Court over their efforts to prosecute Israeli and American officials.
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The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday killed a terrorist from Hezbollah’s elite Radwan commando force who operated in the Deir Seryan area in southeastern Lebanon, the military said.
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An Israeli was lightly wounded when a terrorist opened fire at civilians near Adei Ad in the Binyamin region of Samaria, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday.
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Israeli troops seized more than 300 weapons and detained several individuals suspected of involvement in arms trading and smuggling during a targeted raid on commando outposts of the former Syrian regime on Wednesday.
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The United States brought Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani into direct talks with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday as part of a diplomatic push for Damascus and Jerusalem to normalize relations, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
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The Israel Defense Forces on Aug. 10 eliminated Hamas terrorist Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, who took part in the abduction of Yarden Bibas from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, the military announced on Tuesday.
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Iran warned on Wednesday that it was prepared for any new Israeli attack, announcing it had developed missiles with greater capabilities than those used during the recent war.
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A cell of at least 18 Hamas operatives attempted to raid an Israel Defense Forces encampment in the Khan Younis area of the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, according to a military probe of the unusual incident.
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Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were lightly injured when a combat device exploded during operational activity in southern Syria on Wednesday, the military said.
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Talks between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are ongoing and “will continue in the coming days,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei told Iranian state media on Monday.
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Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) provided data on Sunday showing a significant increase in the number of aid trucks in Gaza, citing the figures as an example of how the United Nations can step up its efforts.
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A Jewish family, some of them from Israel, said an Uber driver in Vienna assaulted a member of their group and called them “murderers” and “child killers” before forcing them out the vehicle last week.
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Following the Israeli Security Cabinet’s decision to prepare for a final, large-scale military takeover of Gaza City, the war against Hamas is entering its most decisive phase. The impending operation, which will reportedly involve an estimated 80,000 soldiers, is aimed at dismantling the last major stronghold of the terror organization, which...
Tuesday marked the first yahrzeit of the “Beautiful Six” hostages—Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Alexander Lubanov, Almog Seroussi, Ori Danino and Eden Alexander—whose bodies were recovered by Israeli forces from a Rafah tunnel in southern Gaza at the end of August 2024.
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A senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday that another war with Israel or the United States could begin at any time.
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Landon Kyle Swinford, 20, of Blanchard, Okla., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for several offenses, including possessing illicit photos of children and threatening to bomb synagogues, the U.S. Department of Justice stated.
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Hamas received a new proposal for a 60-day truce and hostage release in two phases, an anonymous Palestinian official said Monday, as Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani was reportedly en route to Egypt amid intensifying talks.
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US President Donald Trump said that the remaining Gaza hostages will only be returned when "Hamas is confronted and destroyed" in a post to Truth Social on Monday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Israeli President Isaac Herzog met on Sunday with the family of Nepalese student Bipin Joshi, who was studying agriculture in Israel when he was abducted by Hamas terrorists during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel.
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