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In The News

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

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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

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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

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Two Israelis hurt by Hamas rocket barrage on Tel Aviv area

A Hamas rocket barrage on central Israel injured two people in Kfar Chabad, southeast of Tel Aviv, on Monday, the first anniversary of the Palestinian terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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26,000 rockets, missiles and drones fired at Israel since Oct. 7

Over 26,000 rockets, missiles and drones have been launched at Israel by Iran and its regional terror proxies since the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the latest Israel Defense Forces data.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF kills Hamas commander in Samaria’s Tulkarem

An Israeli Air Force fighter jet conducted a rare strike in Tulkarem in northwestern Samaria on Thursday night, targeting top Hamas terrorist Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF says it destroyed tunnel used to smuggle Iranian weapons from Syria to Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that fighter jets struck a two-mile-long tunnel overnight that crossed between Lebanon and Syria, and which the military said was used by Hezbollah to smuggle Iranian weapons.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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IDF confirms killing de facto Hamas PM in Gaza strike

An Israeli Air Force strike three months ago killed Hamas’s de facto prime minister in the Gaza Strip, the military confirmed on Thursday.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Police probing Iran link to attacks on Israeli missions in Sweden, Denmark

Iran may have orchestrated the attacks on Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen this week, according to Swedish intelligence agency SÄPO.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Nasrallah’s presumed successor said to be target of heavy Israeli strike in Beirut

Israel reportedly targeted the presumed successor to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a heavy airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs around midnight Thursday, just under a week after the head of the Iran-backed terror group was killed in an Israeli attack.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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IDF shoots down drones targeting central Israel; Yemen’s Houthis claim attack

The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen claimed responsibility Thursday for overnight drone attacks on central Israel, the latest in a line of drone and missile attacks on the Jewish state.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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IDF names eight soldiers killed in battle with Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon

The Israeli military named eight soldiers on Wednesday who were killed fighting the Hezbollah terror organization in Southern Lebanon. “May their memories forever be a blessing,” the Israel Defense Forces stated.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Free at last: Yazidi woman held in Gaza finally leaves enclave

On September 3, The Jerusalem Post published the story of M., a Yazidi woman who was kidnapped from her home in Sinjar, Iraq, as an 11-year-old girl in 2014, forced to marry a Palestinian ISIS fighter, and then lured into Gaza, where she was subject to torture from her husband’s family, stranded and far from her family for years.

Read More: The...

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Palestinian infamous for 2000 lynching of soldiers in Ramallah killed in Gaza strike

The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet said in a statement Thursday that they had killed Aziz Salha, a Palestinian man infamous for his role in the lynching of two Israeli soldiers in Ramallah in 2000, in an airstrike in Gaza.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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IDF orders more towns to evacuate in Lebanon as rocket barrages target northern Israel

As it continued its airstrikes in Lebanon and ground offensive against Hezbollah in the country’s south, the Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that in the past day, its forces had killed some 60 Hezbollah operatives, while the air force had struck more than 200 targets.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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IDF adds troops to ground op as Hezbollah rains rockets on north

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday that another division, the 36th, was joining its ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon, as the Iranian terror proxy continued to launch rocket barrages across the border.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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Jewish, pro-Israel groups denounce Iranian attack

As more than 180 Iranian ballistic missiles rained down on Israel on Tuesday, forcing every Israeli civilian into bomb shelters, Jewish and pro-Israel organizations denounced the Islamic Republic for the attack and stated that they stand with the Jewish state.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Persona non grata’: Israel bars UN secretary general Guterres from entering country

Israel's foreign minister declared UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres 'persona non grata' and was henceforth banning him from entering Israel, according to a post on X/Twitter on Wednesday.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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Capt. Eitan Oster becomes first Israeli killed in Lebanon combat

An Israeli soldier, Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, was killed during fighting in Lebanon, the IDF announced on Wednesday.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

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Israel said mulling attacks on Iran oil rigs, nuclear sites in response to missile attack

Israel may respond to Iran’s major Tuesday ballistic missile attack by striking strategic infrastructure, such as gas or oil rigs, or by directly targeting Iran’s nuclear sites, media reports said on Wednesday, citing Israeli officials.

Read More: The Times of Israel