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Two Israeli embassy staffers shot dead outside Jewish museum in DC

Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed on Wednesday evening outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

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EU to review trade agreement with Israel over Gaza war

The European Union will review its agreement with Israel, governing political and economic ties, due to the situation in Gaza, E.U. foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday after a meeting of E.U. foreign ministers in Brussels.

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IDF says 115 terror sites in Gaza targeted by airstrikes over past day

The Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday that more than 115 terror sites in the Gaza Strip had been targeted in airstrikes over the past day.

Israel transfers 93 UN aid trucks to Gaza

Israel’s government on Tuesday facilitated the transfer of 93 United Nations humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom Crossing, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).

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IDF soldier killed by building collapse in Gaza

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed on Tuesday during combat operations in the southern Gaza Strip, the military announced.

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Edan’s pain, Qatar’s PR

Let’s perform a thought experiment.

Imagine a small nation-state – one with a long history of tribal absolutism, an official religion that doubles as its legal code, and a human rights record that would make 1970s Argentina blush. Imagine that same country hosts the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East, funds universities like...

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Antisemitic fliers thrown from car in Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh

Fliers denigrating Jews were strewn around Squirrel Hill, and residents were reportedly targeted with antisemitic epithets, the latest antisemitic incident in the neighborhood that suffered the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting.

Hamas lauds France, Canada, UK for statements against IDF In Gaza

In a statement released on their media outlets, the terrorist group Hamas added: “we welcome the joint statement issued by the leaders of Britain, France, and Canada, rejecting the policy of siege and starvation pursued by the occupation government against our people in the Gaza Strip, and the Zionist plans aimed at genocide and displacement.”
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Houthis threaten naval blockade of Haifa port

Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group announced late on Monday that it was expanding its campaign against Israel by imposing a “naval blockade” on the Haifa Port.

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Iran does not believe nuclear talks with US will yield results, says Khamenei

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the chances of a breakthrough in negotiations with the United States over Iran’s nuclear program are slim, accusing the U.S. administration of making “nonsense statements.”
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Soldier killed in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 857

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed earlier in the day in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced overnight Monday.

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Terrorist murderer of pregnant woman believed to have been eliminated

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency believe that the murderer of Tze'ela Gez last week, who was slaughtered in cold blood while on her way to give birth in the hospital, was killed on Saturday by security forces in the West Bank.

Two rockets launched at Israel from central Gaza

Palestinian terrorists fired two rockets toward Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip on Sunday amid the expansion of Israeli ground operations in the coastal enclave, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

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Terror group says senior operative killed in Israeli special forces op in south Gaza

A senior Palestinian terror operative was killed in an Israeli operation in the southern Gaza Strip early Monday morning, as the Israel Defense Forces denied that the effort was an attempt to rescue Israeli hostages.

‘Heartbroken’ woman dies 19 months after son’s entire family was murdered on Oct. 7

Tamar Kutz, whose son and his entire family were murdered in Kibbutz Kfar Aza by terrorists on October 7, 2023, died Monday. An acquaintance said she had been heartbroken since the massacre.

Mossad retrieves official Syrian Eli Cohen archive

Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, in coordination with an allied foreign intelligence service, has retrieved the official Syrian archive of the late Israeli spy Eli Cohen, the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Sunday.

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Father of killed hostage Itay Chen at UN Security Council: ‘We are tortured, re-traumatized again and again’

Ruby Chen, father of IDF soldier and U.S.-German-Israeli national Itay Chen—believed to have been killed and abducted by Hamas on October 7—addressed the UN Security Council on Thursday during a special session focused on Resolution 2474, which addresses the return of the remains of hostages held in armed conflict.

IAF kills Hezbollah operative in southeastern Lebanon

The Israeli Air Force conducted a strike in the Arnoun area of Southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh Governorate on Thursday, targeting and killing a Hezbollah operative involved in efforts to rebuild the organization’s terrorist infrastructure in the region.

Severe but stable: Improvement in baby’s condition of woman murdered in terror attack

A newborn baby delivered by emergency cesarean section is currently in serious but stable condition at Schneider Children’s Medical Center as of Friday morning, after his mother was fatally shot on the way to the hospital.

‘Never ceases to touch me deeply’: Huckabee visits Yad Vashem

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, visited Yad Vashem on Thursday to pay tribute to the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.