Antisemitic hate crimes spiked in New York City last month — police data
Hate crimes targeting Jews spiked in New York City last month, compared to previous months, according to NYPD data released on Wednesday.
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Israel, Lebanon agree on plan to drive Hezbollah north of the Litani River
After a marathon negotiating session of over eight and a half hours at the U.S. State Department, Israel and Lebanon announced an agreement to “swiftly advance the creation” of so-called pilot zones to gradually drive out the Hezbollah terror organization from south of the strategic Litani River in southern Lebanon, and immediately replace control...
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Israel: Terrorists using human shields during Lebanon fighting
Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists of using human shields during fighting in Southern Lebanon.
“They called it a ‘civilian’ building. The problem? There’s a Hezbollah rocket launcher inside it,” the ministry tweeted, sharing a graphic produced by the by the Galilee-based Alma Research and Education...
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Khamenei is increasingly engaged in Iranian gov., Tehran still has drone arsenal, Rubio says
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Tuesday that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is increasingly engaged at some level and that Iran retains a large number of drones despite its "conventional shield" being substantially eroded by US-Israeli strikes.
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Hamas terrorist who kidnapped four on Oct. 7 eliminated in Gaza strike
The Israel Defense Forces has eliminated a Hamas terrorist responsible for abducting four Israeli civilians during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, the military said on Tuesday.
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IDF strike reported near Beirut, sirens blare in north after peace talks in DC
Lebanese media reported on Wednesday that an Israeli strike hit a car on a highway just south of the capital, Beirut, as the Hezbollah terror group continued its attacks on Israeli troops and civilians despite a nominal ceasefire.
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US forces down Iranian missiles and drones across Gulf region
U.S. Central Command said early on Wednesday that American and partner forces had intercepted multiple Iranian missile and drone attacks across the Gulf region overnight, while also conducting retaliatory strikes and enforcing maritime restrictions.
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1 killed in Iranian drone attack on Kuwaiti airport; flights suspended
Kuwait said Wednesday it had suspended commercial flights after an Iranian drone attack heavily damaged the country’s airport killed one person and caused injuries, hours after Iran and the United States traded missile strikes in the region.
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US Jews mark a year since Colorado firebombing, but most Americans never heard of it
US Jews on Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, in which an anti-Zionist attacker hurled gasoline bombs at a rally for Israeli hostages, killing an elderly woman and wounding more than a dozen.
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Iraqi Jewish survivors mark 85 years since Farhud at President’s Residence
“It is no secret that many of you feel that the events of the Farhud did not always receive their place in Israeli national consciousness,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog told the audience at an 85th-anniversary commemoration of the 1941 pogrom against Iraqi Jews on Monday. “That is true.”
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Iran military sites ‘completely hidden,’ can sustain production, senior IRGC general boasts
Iran’s military industries are operating and completely hidden, Brigadier General Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior Iranian military commander, was quoted as saying on June 2.
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Israeli forces nab Samaria terror cell preparing imminent attack
Israeli forces arrested three terrorists over the weekend in northern Samaria as they were preparing to carry out an attack, the military said on Tuesday.
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Hezbollah launches rockets, drones after Trump says terrorists agreed to halt attacks
The Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization continued to launch rockets and drones overnight on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces said, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an end to hostilities.
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Palestinian terrorist injures two teens in Judea attack
Two Israeli teenagers were injured, one seriously, when a Palestinian terrorist rammed them with his vehicle at the Gush Etzion Junction in Judea on Sunday evening.
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IDF soldier killed in combat in Southern Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday cleared for publication the name of a soldier killed in combat in Southern Lebanon, after notifying his family.
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Iran executes two men over January mosque arson amid trial outcry
The Islamic regime executed two men on Monday who were alleged to have burned a mosque during the January protests, the Iranian judicial outlet Mizan news agency reported.
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IDF: Hamas terrorist posing as a doctor killed in targeted strike
Israeli forces on Saturday killed a Hamas terrorist who also worked as a hospital doctor in a targeted strike in central Gaza, the military said on Monday.
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US and Iran exchange strikes amid fragile ceasefire, as talks to end war stall
The United States bombed Iranian radar and drone control sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American MQ-1 Predator drone this weekend, the American military said Monday. Iran acknowledged launching a retaliatory strike, while Kuwait said it had intercepted incoming drone and missile fire.
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Hamas likely possesses, uses FPV drones similar to Hezbollah, IDF Southern Command officer says
The IDF believes that Hamas is operating fiber-optic drones in the Gaza Strip, similar to the drones Hezbollah uses to inflict casualties and injuries in the North, a Southern Command officer told Walla.
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Greater proportion of non-Iranian ships crossing Strait of Hormuz, data shows
The proportion of vessels not linked to Iranian ownership that are transiting the Strait of Hormuz has risen, according to data from maritime firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence shared Thursday.
Read more: The Times of Israel