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In The News

IDF soldier, former Hamas captive, returns to service

Cpl. Ori Megidish, whom the IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) freed from Hamas captivity in late October, returned to duty in the army’s Intelligence Directorate on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel slams Beijing for saying Palestinians have a right to attack civilians

Jerusalem on Monday criticized Beijing’s presentation to the International Court of Justice last week in which its representative appeared to legitimize the Hamas-led terrorist attack of Oct. 7.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Former Hamas hostage returns to IDF service months after rescue

Corporal Ori Megidish will return to her service in the Intelligence Unit of the IDF after recovering from her kidnapping on October 7 from the Nahal Oz outpost by Hamas terrorists, where she served as an observer.

Read more: Jerusalem Post

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IDF striking ‘deep inside Lebanon’ after Hezbollah downs drone

Following Hezbollah’s interception of an Israeli drone on Monday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said it was attacking the terrorist organization “deep inside Lebanon,” with reports of an attack in the area of Baalbek, located about 42 miles northeast of Beirut.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Rape, sexual abuse, and pedophilia: How Hamas leader Sinwar ruled the yard

Baruch Yedid, head of the Arab affairs desk for Channel 14, on Wednesday revealed more details on 103FM in the Erel Segal program about the news about sexual scandals attributed to the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, among other things when he was in Israeli prison.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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‘We’re running out of patience’: Israel warns UNSC Iran giving weapons to Hezbollah

Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned that Iran has accelerated its shipments of weapons to Hezbollah through Syria since the war in Gaza began, stressing that Israel has an "inherent right...to defend its territory and its citizens" in a letter to the United Nations Security Council on Thursday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Netanyahu’s ‘day after’ Hamas plan emphasizes security control

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday night formally presented for the first time his “day after” Hamas plan, which reiterates his oft-stated goal of completely eradicating the Palestinian terror group and emphasizes ongoing Israeli security control west of the Jordan River, including in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli Navy carries out ‘extensive’ drills in preparation for potential war in north

The Israeli Navy’s fleet of missile boats carried out “extensive” exercises over the past week, the IDF said on Friday, as the military prepares for potential war in the north while Israel warns that its patience for a diplomatic solution is running out.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israel’s Arrow intercepts apparent Houthi ballistic missile headed for Eilat

Israel’s long-range Arrow air defense system shot down a ballistic missile over the Red Sea early Thursday morning, apparently fired by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, the military said.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Netanyahu: ‘Hezbollah must understand—we will restore security’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a message to Hezbollah on Thursday during a visit to troops stationed near the Lebanese border, telling the Iranian terrorist proxy that it “must understand—we will restore security.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Missiles set ship ablaze off Yemen as Houthis officially ban Israeli maritime traffic

A suspected missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set a ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, as the Iran-backed rebel group announced a formal ban on Israel-linked vessel traversing key shipping lanes off Yemen’s coast.

Read more: The Times for Israel

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Israeli killed, six wounded in terror shooting near Ma’ale Adumim

An Israeli man was killed and six others were wounded on Thursday morning in a terrorist shooting on the Route 1 highway near Ma’ale Adumim, 4.3 miles east of Jerusalem in Judea.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza war

The United States vetoed an Arab-backed UN resolution Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli strikes kill two in Damascus apartment

Israeli Air Force strikes killed two people in the Kafar Sousah neighborhood of Damascus on Wednesday, according to Syrian state media.
The strikes reportedly hit an apartment in a residential building.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Troops kill 3 gunmen, detain 14 terror suspects in overnight Jenin raid – IDF

Three Palestinian gunmen were killed and 14 terror suspects were detained by Israeli troops during a counter-terrorism raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin overnight, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday morning.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF soldier killed as heavy fighting flares up again in northern Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday that one soldier was killed and two others were seriously wounded as heavy fighting flared again in northern Gaza, where the military had previously said it had largely completed its main operations to destroy Hamas forces.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Bibas family hopes new video of kidnapped mom and kids ‘shocks world’ into action

Relatives of the Bibas family held captive in Gaza said Tuesday they hoped newly published video of mom Shiri Bibas being hustled through Khan Younis by gunmen as she clutched her toddler and infant would help jar the world and Israel’s leaders into action, expressing outrage that they are still being held hostage.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF to begin probe into response to Oct. 7 attack

The Israel Defense Forces in the coming days will start an internal investigation into the military’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led massacre and the period preceding the cross-border invasion.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli fighter jets strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Israeli fighter jets struck several Hezbollah terrorist targets in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday morning.
Two launch posts were hit in the areas of Yaroun and Marwahin, where the previous day several Hezbollah terrorists were eliminated in an airstrike on “military” infrastructure, the IDF said.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Their fate is sealed’: IDF demolishes tunnel spanning length of Gaza

The IDF’s 646th Reserve Brigade, during its operations over the past months, destroyed a “strategic” subterranean Hamas tunnel route that ran from northern to southern Gaza, the IDF stated on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post