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In The News

IAF strikes 75 terror targets in Gaza in 24 hours

The Israeli Air Force attacked more than 75 enemy targets across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, the military said on Friday morning.

Netanyahu: World spreading ‘starving Palestinian children’ lie

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out on Thursday night at world leaders for spreading “Hamas’s propaganda” that Israel is starving Palestinian children, which culminated in the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C.

Trump administration bans Harvard from enrolling foreign students, citing antisemitism

Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign nationals — more than a quarter of the student body — in a dramatic escalation of the US president’s fight against the prestigious university.

Washington shooting suspect charged with murder, told police he ‘did it for Gaza’

Elias Rodriguez, the man charged with killing two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC, approached police on the scene after the shooting and told them, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” according to a court document filed on Thursday.

Houthis fire two ballistic missiles at Israel, IDF says both intercepted

Two ballistic missiles launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on Thursday were intercepted by air defenses, the military said.

UN, BBC walk back Gaza infant death toll claim

The United Nations and the BBC on Wednesday corrected a dramatic claim that 14,000 infants in the Gaza Strip faced death within 48 hours, clarifying that the figure actually refers to children at risk of severe malnutrition over the course of a full year.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Killings in Washington follow series of attempted terror attacks against US Jews

The deadly shooting outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday appeared to be the first lethal antisemitic attack in the US since 2019, but followed a string of attempted terrorism against Jewish targets in recent years.

‘Full of light’: Remembering Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgram, two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, were murdered on Wednesday night at an American Jewish Congress conference in Washington, DC.

Two Israeli embassy staffers shot dead outside Jewish museum in DC

Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed on Wednesday evening outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

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EU to review trade agreement with Israel over Gaza war

The European Union will review its agreement with Israel, governing political and economic ties, due to the situation in Gaza, E.U. foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday after a meeting of E.U. foreign ministers in Brussels.

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IDF says 115 terror sites in Gaza targeted by airstrikes over past day

The Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday that more than 115 terror sites in the Gaza Strip had been targeted in airstrikes over the past day.

Israel transfers 93 UN aid trucks to Gaza

Israel’s government on Tuesday facilitated the transfer of 93 United Nations humanitarian aid trucks into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom Crossing, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT).

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF soldier killed by building collapse in Gaza

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed on Tuesday during combat operations in the southern Gaza Strip, the military announced.

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Edan’s pain, Qatar’s PR

Let’s perform a thought experiment.

Imagine a small nation-state – one with a long history of tribal absolutism, an official religion that doubles as its legal code, and a human rights record that would make 1970s Argentina blush. Imagine that same country hosts the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East, funds universities like...

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Antisemitic fliers thrown from car in Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh

Fliers denigrating Jews were strewn around Squirrel Hill, and residents were reportedly targeted with antisemitic epithets, the latest antisemitic incident in the neighborhood that suffered the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting.

Hamas lauds France, Canada, UK for statements against IDF In Gaza

In a statement released on their media outlets, the terrorist group Hamas added: “we welcome the joint statement issued by the leaders of Britain, France, and Canada, rejecting the policy of siege and starvation pursued by the occupation government against our people in the Gaza Strip, and the Zionist plans aimed at genocide and displacement.”
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Houthis threaten naval blockade of Haifa port

Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group announced late on Monday that it was expanding its campaign against Israel by imposing a “naval blockade” on the Haifa Port.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran does not believe nuclear talks with US will yield results, says Khamenei

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the chances of a breakthrough in negotiations with the United States over Iran’s nuclear program are slim, accusing the U.S. administration of making “nonsense statements.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Soldier killed in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 857

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed earlier in the day in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced overnight Monday.

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Terrorist murderer of pregnant woman believed to have been eliminated

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency believe that the murderer of Tze'ela Gez last week, who was slaughtered in cold blood while on her way to give birth in the hospital, was killed on Saturday by security forces in the West Bank.