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Americans’ support for Israel over Hamas in the Gaza conflict remains high, with 77% of voters supporting the Jewish state, according to poll results released on Feb. 24.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The IDF will not pull out of the Philadelphi Corridor that separates the Gaza Strip from Egypt, an Israeli official told reporters on Thursday, saying Jerusalem would refuse to allow Hamas terrorists regroup and again attack Israeli communities.
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U.S. Representative Brian Mast (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, instructed committee staff on Feb. 25 to refer to the West Bank as Judea and Samaria in “all formal correspondence, communication and documentation.”
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Defense Minister Israel Katz revealed on Thursday that security forces recently discovered Hamas files proving the terrorist group had plans to carry out a large-scale assault on communities in Judea and Samaria and along the Seam Line security barrier.
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The Prime Minister’s Office announced on Thursday that the deaths of Ohad Yahalomi, Tsachi Idan, Shlomo Mantzur, and Itzik Elgarat have been confirmed following forensic analyses.
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The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday struck a Hezbollah production and storage facility for “strategic weapons” in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, 30 miles east of Beirut.
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For the first time since the outbreak of the war, Israelis are suing the Al-Jazeera network for its role in echoing the horrors of October 7 and its sympathetic coverage toward Hamas. The lawsuit was filed by dozens of victims of the massacre, including Morris Schneider, the uncle of Shiri Bibas, who was murdered in Hamas captivity after being...
United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday night that an Israeli delegation is expected to travel to Doha or Cairo in the coming days to negotiate the second phase of the hostage deal.
Read more: Israel Hayom
The U.S. Department of Justice-led Task Force to Combat Antisemitism will soon file federal hate crime indictments against campus activists “supporting Hamas and trying to intimidate Jews,” Leo Terrell, who leads the efforts, told Israel’s Channel 12 News on Wednesday.
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Yarden Bibas delivered a heartbreaking eulogy for his wife and children on Wednesday, more than a year after they had been captured and then murdered by Hamas and days after their bodies were returned.
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The Hamas terror group was reportedly considering a deal Monday to transfer the bodies of two slain hostages to Egypt in exchange for hundreds of prisoners previously slated for release, as international mediators sought to salvage a fraying ceasefire deal in Gaza.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday called for more “realistic expectations” in Europe regarding the new Syrian government, which he described as “a terrorist group from Idlib.”
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Despite general agreement on Egypt's plan for Gaza's reconstruction, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates refuse to participate financially or practically unless it is guaranteed that Hamas will not be part of the governing body and will surrender its weapons. This has been revealed by Arab and American sources following high-level meetings...
The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era order aimed at Israel that required the government to report potential violations of international law involving US-supplied weapons by allies, two US officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Monday.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Iran has placed defense systems around its nuclear sites on high alert as fears grow of a potential attack by Israel with US support, The Telegraph has learned. According to information obtained by The Telegraph, the Islamic Republic has also strengthened defenses around key nuclear and missile facilities, including deploying additional air...
The families of several newly freed hostages demanded during a press conference on Sunday that the Israeli government follow through with the remainder of the ceasefire and hostage deal outline, as they shared a glimpse into the horrors their loved ones endured during the 500-odd days they were in captivity.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The father of Hisham al-Sayed, an Israeli Muslim Bedouin who was freed on Saturday after spending nearly decade in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, urged the Arab world on Monday to take a clear stance against the terrorist organization.
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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, tore into Hamas on Saturday, pledging that the terrorist group would be “eradicated,” while calling its celebration of the murder of two boys and their mother “an affront to all humanity.”
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Israel demands the full demilitarization of southern Syria and will not tolerate “any threat” to the Druze population in the area, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday evening.
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The White House on Sunday announced its support for Israel’s decision to delay the release of 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, citing the terrorist group’s “barbaric treatment” of Israeli hostages.
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