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Milei to UN: Free Gaza hostages now, remember AMIA and embassy bombings

Argentine President Javier Milei used his address to the 80th United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to demand the “immediate release” of hostages still held in Gaza and to remind the world of Argentina’s own trauma from the 1992 bombing of Israel’s Embassy in Buenos Aires and the 1994 AMIA Jewish community center attack.

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Hamas executes 3 ‘collaborators’ in Strip as it faces rising challenges from militias

Hamas-led authorities in Gaza have executed three men accused of collaborating with Israel, a Palestinian official said, as the group seeks to crush rising challenges from militias it says are working against it with Israeli support.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Soldier KIA in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 912

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Thursday morning.

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Israel strikes Yemen a day after Eilat drone attack

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday attacked Houthi targets in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed terror group wounded 22 people in the southern Israeli city of Eilat.
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Netanyahu heads to US to address UN, meet with Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed early Thursday morning for New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly before meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.

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Russia, Iran sign memo on building small nuclear power plants in Islamic Republic

Russian and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday on the construction of small nuclear power plants in Iran, the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli forces neutralize Palestinian rocket in Samaria

Israeli forces on Tuesday evening identified a rocket in the Palestinian village of Tulkarem, in western Samaria.
The Israel Defense Forces said the rocket was neutralized by Border Police sappers, while troops scanned the area.
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Satellite images show Iran has started rebuilding key missile sites hit by Israel

Iran has begun rebuilding missile-production sites targeted by Israel during its 12-day war in June, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show, but a key component is likely still missing — the large mixers needed to produce solid fuel for the weapons.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Rubio: Palestinian state recognitions derailed hostage talks

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday emphasized that there is no Palestinian state, despite recognition by several Western countries this week, and said the diplomatic initiative led by France and Saudi Arabia had actually derailed efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war.

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IDF footage shows terrorists firing from hospital in Gaza City

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday released footage of Palestinian terrorists opening fire from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

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Danon: Palestinian state summit ‘theater’ that rewards Hamas

Moments before French President Emmanuel Macron declared that Paris’ recognition of a Palestinian state represented a “defeat of Hamas” and of those driven by “anti-Zionist obsessions,” Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said Macron and other like-minded leaders had come to New York “to play the game.”

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‘Holidays are not holidays for me without you’: Yarden Bibas remembers his family on Rosh Hashanah

Yarden Bibas, who was held hostage in Gaza by Hamas for 484 days, dedicated a social media post on Monday to his slain family, saying that “the holidays are not holidays for me without you.”

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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UNRWA ignored Hamas ties in schools, fostering terrorism – UN Watch report

UNRWA turned a blind eye as Hamas terror chiefs held top positions within the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) educational system and promoted terrorism and radicalization, a scathing new report by the watchdog UN Watch has revealed.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Hamas releases propaganda video of Israeli hostage Alon Ohel

The Hamas terrorist group on Monday published a propaganda video of Israeli hostage Alon Ohel, an hour before the start of Rosh Hashanah in the Jewish state.

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Soldier KIA in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 911

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Tuesday.
The slain soldier was identified as Maj. Shahar Netanel Bozaglo, 27, a company commander in the Armored Corps’ 77th Battalion, from Migdal Haemek.
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Iran, Russia to sign documents on building new nuclear reactors in Iran – RIA news

Russia and Iran will this week sign agreements on the construction of new nuclear power units in Iran, Russian state news agency RIA quoted Iran's nuclear chief as saying.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Hamas documents reveal secret UK contact with terrorists

Despite the U.K.’s stated policy of avoiding contact with terrorist groups, a British official met with Hamas members in Gaza at least once, the Daily Express reported over the weekend.

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Suspect recorded killing of Israeli embassy staffers, prosecutors say

The man indicted for the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., in May recorded his crime with a body camera, prosecutors said in a court filing on Friday, according to the Associated Press.
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Hamas to tell Trump: We are willing to release half the hostages for 60-day ceasefire

Hamas will tell US President Donald Trump that it is willing to release half of the remaining 48 hostages in exchange for a 60-day ceasefire guarantee, a source told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Herzog: ‘Palestine’ recognitions ‘sad day for those who seek true peace’

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday called the recognition of a Palestinian state by several Western countries a “sad day for those who seek true peace.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate