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In The News

Kremlin says Russia and Iran continuing work on cooperation pact, schedule may shift

Moscow and Tehran are continuing their work on a comprehensive bilateral cooperation agreement, although the schedule of specific events may shift, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, adding Russia intended to develop ties with Iran.

Read more: Reuters

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Hostages Ziv, Kozlov and Meir Jan’s ordeal ‘beyond anything you can imagine’

Three hostages rescued by the army over the weekend suffered repeated physical and psychological abuse during eight months in Hamas captivity in Gaza, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing the abductees’ relatives as well as Israeli security and medical officials.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF confirms killing Hezbollah regional division commander Taleb Abdullah, the ‘most senior’ officer targeted amid war

The Israeli military confirms it carried out last night’s airstrike in southern Lebanon’s Jouaiyya, killing senior Hezbollah commander Taleb Abdullah.

Abdullah commanded Hezbollah’s Nasr unit, one of three regional divisions in south Lebanon. The unit is responsible for the region between Mount Dov and the Bint Jbeil area.

Read more: The...

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Hezbollah fires largest rocket barrage at Galilee since beginning of war

Following the assassination of its most senior commander to date overnight, Hezbollah on Wednesday launched its largest rocket barrage since October 7, setting off sirens in Tiberias for the first time since October.

Read more: Ynetnews

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Iran’s Ties to the ‘Palestine Chronicle’

An American nonprofit that published the writings of a Hamas affiliate who held three Israelis hostage has ties to the Iranian regime and Al Jazeera, the Qatari-funded outlet that has served as a leading mouthpiece for Hamas, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis.

Read more: The Washington Free Beacon

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UNSC adopts US-backed Gaza ceasefire resolution

The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution aimed at reaching a three-phase ceasefire deal to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF announces names of 4 soldiers killed in Rafah explosion

Four Israeli soldiers were killed by a blast in a booby-trapped building in southern Gaza’s Rafah yesterday, the military announces.

The slain soldiers are named as:

Maj. Tal Pshebilski Shaulov, 24, from Gedera.

Four Israeli soldiers were killed by a blast in a booby-trapped building in southern Gaza’s Rafah yesterday, the military...

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IDF says it hit significant Hezbollah site deep in Lebanon; 50 rockets fired at Golan

Fighter jets struck what Israel’s military described as a significant Hezbollah compound deep in Lebanon overnight Monday-Tuesday after the terror group downed an Israeli drone.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Patagonia funneled thousands to Palestinian terrorism-linked group, documents show

Patagonia, the outdoor apparel brand with offices across the world, granted tens of thousands of dollars to a group connected to Palestinian terrorism. Now the company says it has launched an internal review into the funding.

Read more: Washington Examiner

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Hamas’s Sinwar said to laud high civilian death toll in Gaza as ‘necessary sacrifice’

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar has insisted that civilian bloodshed in Gaza is a necessary sacrifice that will lead to the liberation of Palestine, according to a report published late Monday, bolstering accusations that the terror group has intentionally put its people in harm’s way over the last eight months of devastating war in Gaza.

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Turkey’s foreign minister meets Hamas leader in Doha

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar over the weekend. The meeting came as the Turkish official was attending a ministerial meeting focusing on Turkey’s ties with the Gulf Cooperation Council. Turkey’s current leadership are backers of Hamas, and they have hosted Hamas leaders numerous times, including...

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Biden admin pans pro-terror rhetoric at White House rally

The White House on Sunday rejected the calls for jihad and the expressions of support for the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah heard at an anti-Israel rally outside its gates on Saturday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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White House officials mull separate deal to free US hostages

The Biden administration has talked about negotiating a unilateral deal for the release of five Americans held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, NBC News reported on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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In first, Hezbollah tries to down fighter jets as border fighting further ratchets up

A cell of Hezbollah operatives launched anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli fighter jets over southern Lebanon on Sunday, the military said, amid intensifying cross-border skirmishes between Israel and the Iran-backed terror organization.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas operatives said to have standing orders to kill hostages if IDF approaches

Hamas terrorist leaders have given standing orders to operatives who are holding hostages saying “that if they think Israeli forces are coming, the first thing they should do is shoot the captives,” according to Israeli officials quoted by The New York Times on Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF: Hamas terrorist and journalist was holding 3 hostages in home alongside family

Three of four hostages rescued by special forces from the central Gaza Strip over the weekend were being held at the home of Abdallah Aljamal, a Palestinian journalist and member of the Hamas terror group, the Israeli military confirmed on Sunday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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UAE FM calls PA leadership ‘Ali Baba and the forty thieves’

UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan last month called the leadership of the Palestinian Authority “Ali Baba and the forty thieves,” speaking during a meeting of Arab countries that was attended by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Study shows Gaza aid sufficient, debunking hunger claims

Israel has met and even exceeded international standards for humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza, according to a new study by Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Ben Gurion University in Be'er Sheva.

Read more: Ynetnews

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Analysis finds flaws in Hamas data, drop in rate of Gazan women, children killed

The proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply, an Associated Press analysis of Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry data, which cannot be verified, has found. This trend coincides both with Israel’s changing battlefield tactics and contradicts the Hamas-run ministry’s own public...

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U.S. warns Israel “limited war” with Lebanon could draw Iran to intervene

The Biden administration has cautioned Israel in recent weeks against the notion of "a limited war" in Lebanon and warned it could push Iran to intervene, two U.S. officials and one Israeli official told Axios.

Read more: Axios