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Brown University rejects anti-Israel students’ divestment proposal

Brown University’s board of governors has rejected a closely scrutinized, student-led proposal to divest from companies with business in Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Undercover Israeli commandos kill terror leader, four others on Nablus street

Undercover Israeli forces opened fire on a car in the West Bank city of Nablus, killing five terror suspects, authorities said Wednesday.

Among those killed in the broad daylight shooting near central Nablus was the long-sought leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade terror group in the nearby Balata refugee camp, according to police. He was...

Cairo, Doha push back on US proposal for Lebanese political reform

The United States wants to use Israel’s military offensive against Hezbollah as a springboard to remove the Iranian terror proxy from Lebanon’s political system. However, the move is garnering pushback from Egypt and Qatar.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Biden and Netanyahu hold ‘direct and productive’ call in wake of Iranian attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday for the first time in nearly 50 days, as Jerusalem aims to coordinate with Washington regarding its response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack last week.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Hamas caught on film stealing Gaza aid, again

Hamas terrorists were captured on video taking control of 47 of 100 aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

IDF reservist KIA in Southern Lebanon; two Hezbollah commanders killed

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday morning announced the death of Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ronny Ganizate, who was severely injured fighting Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon and later succumbed to his wounds.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

How Is CBS Marking October 7? By Admonishing Tony Dokoupil

Last week, CBS journalist Tony Dokoupil conducted an interview with the writer Ta-Nehisi Coates whose new book, The Message, includes a one-sided polemic against Israel. Coates himself describes his book as an effort to debunk the complexities journalists invoke to obscure Israel’s occupation. He complained in an interview with New...

Sinwar said to have resurfaced to seek guarantees for his own life

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar reportedly renewed contacts with mediators in Qatar this week to find out the chances that he could receive immunity in any ceasefire-for-hostages deal, Israel’s Channel 12 news reported on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Canada’s opposition leader: Israeli strike on Iran would be a ‘gift to humanity’

Canada’s opposition leader Pierre Poilievre said on Tuesday that for Israel to prevent the “genocidal” Islamic Republic from obtaining nuclear weapons “would be a gift by the Jewish state to humanity.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

IDF troops raze Hezbollah terrorist tunnel crossing into Israeli territory

Israel Defense Forces soldiers destroyed a Hezbollah terrorist tunnel that crossed some 10 meters (33 feet) into sovereign Israeli territory from Lebanon, the military revealed on Tuesday night.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Hadera terror stabbing leaves six wounded, terrorist eliminated

Six people were wounded in a terror stabbing attack in Hadera, police reported Wednesday morning. The terrorist was later neutralized.

Paramedics treated two men, ages approximately 30 and 50, in serious condition. Additionally, a third person, approximately 70 years old,  was moderately wounded. All three were evacuated to Hillel Yaffe Medical...

Netanyahu and Biden expected to hold call on Iran Wednesday after weeks of silence

US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to discuss Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran for its October 1 ballistic missile attack, officials familiar with the matter said, amid reports of growing frustration in Washington over Jerusalem’s unwillingness to share details of its...

2 reservists killed as IDF sends more troops into southern Lebanon

Two Israeli reservists serving on the northern border were killed in a mortar attack, authorities announced Monday, as the military said it was sending more troops into Lebanon amid a swiftly widening offensive against the Hezbollah terror group.

Read more: The Times of Israel

‘Like unleashed lions’: Inside high-stakes IDF operation in Hezbollah stronghold

Thick dust clouds rise along the road leading to Maroun al-Ras, a key hilltop village in southern Lebanon overlooking the Israeli communities of Avivim and Yir’on. Israeli D9 bulldozers and tanks, operating under the command of the Golani Brigade, now move freely in the area.

Read more: Ynet News

After speculation he was killed, Sinwar said to renew contact with Qatar

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has reestablished contact with hostage-ceasefire deal mediators in Qatar after weeks of silence that had stirred speculation he might have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, according to multiple reports Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Woman wounded as Hezbollah fires over 100 rockets at Haifa

Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets from Lebanon at the Haifa area in northern Israel on Tuesday afternoon, with at least one injury reported.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

Israeli strike kills head of Hezbollah HQ in Beirut

The commander of Hezbollah’s terror headquarters in the Beirut area was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Monday, according to an Israel Defense Forces statement on Tuesday morning.

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Iranian Quds Force chief said missing after visit to bombarded Beirut suburb

Iran’s Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, who traveled to Lebanon after the killing last month of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike, has not been heard from since strikes on Beirut late last week, two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Gallant heads to US as Washington weighs in IDF strike on Iran

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is set to visit Washington on Tuesday as the United States seeks to weigh in on the scope of Israel’s anticipated retaliatory strike against Iran.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

Haifa restaurant takes direct hit, nine wounded after Hezbollah rocket attack

Nine people were wounded following Hezbollah's rocket attack in Israel's north overnight between Sunday and Monday, eight of whom were wounded in Haifa and the ninth in Tiberias.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post