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In The News

Several wounded as Hezbollah rockets pummel north Israel, Tel Aviv

Several people were wounded, including one seriously, when a Hezbollah terrorist rocket hit Kibbutz Neot Mordechai in the Galilee panhandle on Tuesday afternoon.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

These are the 5 men that will lead Hamas in place of Sinwar

A senior council will replace Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli troops last week in Rafah, as head of the Gaza terror group Hamas, two Hamas officials told the French news agency, AFP.

Read more: Ynet News

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Hezbollah retains less than 30% of its firepower, IDF says

Hezbollah retains less than 30% of its firepower, and since the beginning of the ground operation in Southern Lebanon about three weeks ago, approximately 1,200 terrorist operatives have been killed, with about 2,000 Hezbollah operatives eliminated in the past year, the IDF said on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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The US is investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents on Israel’s Iran attack plan

The United States is investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel’s plans to attack Iran, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press. A fourth U.S. official said the documents appear to be legitimate.

Read more: AP News

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‘Sinwar didn’t fight, he hid under 3 blankets’: A look inside Rafah

Just over a year ago, the idea of an Israeli civilian setting foot in Gaza seemed unthinkable. Today, that scenario has become a reality, as evidenced by an Israel Hayom reporter standing inside the Rafah home where Hamas's top leader met his end. This location will undoubtedly be etched into the annals of Jewish history.

Read more: Israel Hayom

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Second IDF colonel killed in Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday that Col. Ehsan Daksa, commander of the IDF’s 401st Armored Brigade, was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Austin: US THAAD aerial defense system ‘in place’ in Israel

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed on Monday that the Terminal High Altitude Defense (THAAD) system has been deployed in Israel.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli truce demands said to include access to Lebanese airspace to disarm Hezbollah

Israel handed the United States a document last week with its conditions for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Lebanon, a report said Sunday, as US envoy Amos Hochstein has arrived in Beirut for talks on a potential ceasefire.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Israel strikes at heart of Hezbollah’s terror financing system

Israeli airstrikes targeted Hezbollah financial sites across Lebanon overnight Sunday, including in Beirut.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, dozens of facilities and sites used by the Iranian proxy to fund its terrorist activities against the Jewish state were attacked.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Dramatic testimony suggests UN peacekeepers bribed by Hezbollah

Hezbollah operatives captured during recent Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ground operations in southern Lebanon have disclosed during interrogations that the organization paid off UNIFIL personnel to use their positions in the region, according to security sources who spoke to Israel Hayom.

Read more: Israel Hayom

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Israel upping security at Golan-Syrian border

Israeli forces have accelerated work on enhancing defensive measures near the Syrian border in the Golan Heights in recent weeks, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing security sources and analysts.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Police nab 16 Gazan infiltrators in Galilee

Israeli security forces arrested 16 Gazans who were on their way to Judea and Samaria from the Western Galilee on Wednesday, a day after a terrorist from the Strip murdered a police officer, the Israel Police said.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Jerusalem man arrested for plotting terror attack at hostage rally

A resident of eastern Jerusalem was arrested for plotting a terrorist attack against Tel Aviv demonstrations in support of the hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Police and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said on Friday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah ushers in ‘escalatory phase’ in war against Israel

Hezbollah on Thursday night introduced changes to its war against the Jewish state that include using precision-guided missiles to target IDF troops, Agence France-Presse reported.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Terrorists wound two Israelis near the Dead Sea

Two Israelis were wounded, one moderately and one lightly, in a shooting attack at Moshav Neot HaKikar in the northern Arava area, just south of the Dead Sea, on Friday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US sanctions 10 Lebanese financiers, Syrian drug dealers funding Hezbollah

The Biden administration sanction 10 individuals and entities in Lebanon and Syria that it says help fund the Hezbollah terror organization, including in the illegal trade of the drug Captagon.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF eliminates Hezbollah battalion commander in southern Lebanon, continues Gaza operations

A Hezbollah battalion commander, Hussein Muhammed Awada, was eliminated in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon by the IDF, the military announced on Thursday morning.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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‘A disgrace’: Gallant rips Macron for again barring Israeli firms from defense expo

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday called French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to ban Israeli firms from exhibiting at a naval arms show “a disgrace” and accused Paris of implementing a hostile policy towards the Jewish people.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Biden humanitarian envoy says Israel is too close an ally to suspend arms

A top Biden administration official told humanitarian aid groups that Israel is too close of an ally for the US to suspend arms over blocking food and medicine entering Gaza, POLITICO reported on Wednesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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US stealth bombers hit Houthi underground weapons depots in apparent warning to Iran

US long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes early Thursday morning targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said.

Read more: The Times of Israel