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In The News

Houthis claim they don’t seek to attack ships beyond those tied to Israel

Yemen’s Houthis have said they did not intend to expand their attacks on shipping in and around the Red Sea further, beyond their stated aims of blockading Israel and retaliating against the United States and Britain for air strikes.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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‘Nothing further from truth,’ Erdan says of UN claim to be unaware of Hamas tunnels

Israel’s envoy to the United Nations is crying foul over a claim from a spokesman for the U.N. chief that the global body didn’t know about Hamas’s web of terror tunnels beneath Gaza.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF shares images of Gaza field hospital, debunking Jordan’s claim of strike damage

The Israel Defense Forces denied claims that it shelled a Jordanian field hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, as troops continued to battle Hamas operatives in the area on Thursday and terror groups fired a barrage of rockets at southern Israeli communities around midnight.

Read more: The Times Of Israel

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IAF jets strike Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon

In Southern Lebanon on Thursday, Israeli Air Force fighter jets targeted Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Al-Adisa and IDF ground troops attacked targets in the areas of Kafr Kila and Marjayoun.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF kills 60 terrorists in Gaza as ground op pushes south

Israeli forces killed 60 terrorists in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, including 40 in the southern Hamas stronghold of Khan Yunis, the Israel Defense Forces reported on Thursday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘The saddest birthday in the world’: Hostage Kfir Bibas turns 1 in Hamas captivity

Thursday, January 18, marks “the saddest birthday in the world,” as redheaded Kfir Bibas turns one-year-old while being held captive in Gaza, said Jimmy Miller, first cousin to Kfir’s mother, Shiri Bibas.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Pakistan accuses Iran of launching airstrike on its territory, killing 2 children

Pakistan said Wednesday that Iran carried out an airstrike on its territory that killed two children, after Tehran launched attacks in Iraq and Syria against what it called “anti-Iranian terrorist groups.”

Read more: The Times of Israel

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2 soldiers killed in Gaza; military kills Hamas spy catcher in southern Strip

The Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday that two reservists were killed during fighting in Gaza a day earlier, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 192.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Terror cell planning ‘imminent attack’ killed in West Bank drone strike, IDF says

Members of a cell headed by a top terror leader in the West Bank who were planning a “large imminent attack” were killed in a drone strike overnight, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency said Wednesday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas to take 1,000 boxes of medicine for every one going to hostages

Medicines destined for Israeli hostages, but most of which will end up serving the Hamas terrorist organization, arrived in Egypt on Wednesday and are on the way to the Gaza border.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran’s IRGC claims to target Mossad spy center in missile attack on Iraqi Kurdistan

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it attacked the “espionage headquarters” of Israel in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media reported late on Monday, while the elite force said it also struck in Syria against the Islamic State.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas fired rocket at soldiers from inside Khan Yunis hospital

Hamas fired a rocket at Israeli soldiers in Khan Yunis from within the southern Gaza city’s Nasser Hospital, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday.
The rocket attack took place “earlier this week” and was detected by military systems, the army said in a statement.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Anti-Israel protesters target Jewish state, cancer patients in Manhattan

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called Israel a “cancerous tumor” that “will undoubtedly be uprooted and destroyed.”
Anti-Israel protesters appeared to take that literally on Monday at a “Flood Manhattan for Gaza MLK Day” march for health-care event, during which they protested outside Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on...

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From Gaza to Iran: Here is how Islamic Jihad terrorists trained on Iranian soil

The Shin Bet revealed in an investigation how terrorists from the Islamic Jihad trained on Iranian soil on Tuesday.

In a joint operation in December, the IDF and the Shin Bet arrested a commander of a platoon in the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Basel Mahadi, who was subsequently brought to Israel for questioning.

Read more: Jerusalem Post

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IDF intelligence: Hamas spent ‘tens of millions’ on Gaza terror tunnels

Hamas spent tens of millions of dollars, which was intended for the Gaza Strip, building underground terrorist infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday evening, citing intelligence findings.
Hamas “opted to invest precious resources in building terrorist infrastructure used to harm Israeli civilians and IDF forces, while...

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661 terrorists tied to Oct. 7 to get PA ‘pay for slay’ financial stipends

Since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre of Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority has added thousands of Palestinians to its list of people who qualify to receive terror stipends, an Israeli watchdog reported on Wednesday.
The findings sparked outrage among surviving residents of the communities.
Read More: Jewish News...

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Israel On Trial Day 2: Israeli defense requests ICJ dismiss South Africa’s genocide charge

THE HAGUE — Pushing back against South Africa’s complaint at the International Court of Justice, Israel argued on Friday morning that it is Hamas perpetrating genocidal acts, not the IDF.

‘’If there have been acts that may be characterized as genocidal, then they have been perpetrated against Israel,’’ stated Tal Becker, who opened Israel’s...

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US, UK airstrikes pound Yemen for first time after weeks of Houthi Red Sea attacks

ANAA, Yemen — Heavy US and British airstrikes pounded targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen early Friday after weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by the Iran-backed rebel forces.

The strikes targeted an airbase, airports and a military camp, the Houthi rebels’ Al-Masirah TV station said.

Read More: The Times of Israel

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Report raises questions about Qatar’s knowledge of Oct. 7 attack

Western intelligence officials interviewed by Politico in recent weeks say that Qatar, a longtime patron of Hamas in Gaza, may have had prior knowledge of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Relatives use giant loudspeakers to shout messages to Gaza, in hope hostages can hear

Relatives of hostages held by terrorist groups gathered in Kibbutz Nirim near the Gaza border on Thursday, using powerful loudspeakers to broadcast messages to their loved ones in the Strip, both as an act of protest and on the slim chance that the hostages will hear them.

Read more: The Times of Israel