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‘Everyone has abandoned us’: Hezbollah backers discontent with wavering Iran support

Amidst escalating tensions with Lebanon, supporters of the Hezbollah terrorist organization are voicing increasing frustration over what they perceive as abandonment by their allies, particularly Iran. The sentiment follows recent IDF operations and the elimination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Read more: Israel Hayom

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PM to Iranians: Israel stands with you, you’ll be ‘free sooner than people think’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare direct message to the Iranian people on Monday, saying Israel “stands with you,” as it aggressively fights the Islamic Republic’s proxies across the region in response to their attacks on the Jewish state.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Four IDF soldiers wounded in Samaria counter-terror ops

Four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded during counter-terror operations in northern Samaria overnight Monday, the military announced.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran increasingly trying to carry out assassinations on Israeli soil

Israeli security forces have thwarted several murder plots by Iran and its proxies inside the Jewish state in recent weeks, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) revealed on Monday, noting a “significant rise” in Tehran’s attempts to carry out attacks by recruiting Israeli citizens.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel sends ground forces into south Lebanon to attack Hezbollah sites near border

Israel launched limited ground raids into southern Lebanon late on Monday night against Hezbollah forces and infrastructure positioned along Israel’s northern border, hours after the security cabinet approved plans for the newest phase of the war against the Lebanese terror group, in a move that the US appeared to warily support.

Read more: The...

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White House believes Iran is preparing imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel

The White House on Tuesday said the US believes Iran is preparing an imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel.
“The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military...

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Nasrallah said killed by blunt force from IDF bunker busters

The Israeli Air Force dropped at least a dozen 2,000-pound bunker-buster bombs in the strike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday, The New York Times reported on Sunday, citing munitions experts and an analysis of videos published by the Israel Defense Forces.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Amid Yemen strikes, IDF chief says ‘we know how to reach even farther’

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Sunday that the IDF can precisely target terror a long way from the borders of the Jewish state.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strike kills Hamas’s Lebanon chief, an UNRWA teacher; 3 PFLP men killed in Beirut

Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon and central Beirut overnight killed the top Hamas official in Lebanon and senior members of another Palestinian terror group, the organizations and the Israel Defense Forces said Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli Troops said to enter Hezbollah tunnels with pre-invasion forays into Lebanon

Israeli troops have entered Hezbollah tunnels dug near the border with Israel as part of small-scale forays into southern Lebanon, as it gears up for a threatened ground incursion, according to a report in a US newspaper Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Bipartisan cheer for Israel’s takeout of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle welcomed Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and other top leaders of the terror group in its military operations.

Read more: Jewish Insider

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Pro-Hamas vandals deface, burn ancient Judea synagogue

Palestinians spray-painted pro-Hamas graffiti on and set fire to an ancient Jewish synagogue south of Hebron in Judea on Thursday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Palestinian Authority, Hamas to discuss Gaza unity government in Cairo

Palestinian Authority officials are poised to meet with Hamas terrorists in Egypt next week to discuss the day after the war in Gaza, Mohammad Mustafa, the authority’s prime minister, stated on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Farewell Baghdad? Iran shifts to consolidate its power in Iraq

In a communication issued in the early morning hours of September 23, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq took responsibility for launching a drone at an Israeli target in the southern Golan Heights.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli teams will continue meetings on US ceasefire proposals

Israeli teams met on Thursday to discuss the US ceasefire proposals with Lebanon and will continue the discussions in the days ahead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, adding that he appreciated the US efforts.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF downs ballistic missile fired from Yemen at central Israel

Israel’s “Arrow” defense system intercepted a surface-to-surface ballistic missile fired at the Jewish state from Yemen, the Israel Defense Forces stated early on Friday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Senators: Biden administration delaying bombs, tractors, helicopters from Israel

Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wrote to U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday alleging that his administration is withholding additional arms to Israel.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Mossad stopped over 50 Iran-backed attacks against Jews abroad since Oct. 7

The volume of global terrorist attacks planned by Iran against Jews and Israelis in foreign countries since Oct. 7 and prevented by the Mossad has at least doubled that of the preceding year, reaching more than 50 such attempted attacks worldwide, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF conducts targeted strike in Beirut

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday carried out a precision airstrike in the Dahiyeh district of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Is Israel preparing for a ground operation in Lebanon?

In recent days, the IDF has conducted intensive operations throughout Lebanon, targeting terror cells, weapons stockpiles, and Hezbollah leaders in response to hundreds of rockets fired into Israel. Against this backdrop, the IDF Northern Command Chief and the IDF Chief of Staff issued statements on Tuesday confirming the military's preparedness...