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IDF names four fallen soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack on Golani Brigade base

The IDF named Sergeant Omri Tamari, Sergeant Yosef Hieb, Sergeant Yoav Agmon, and Sergeant Alon Amitay on Monday morning as the four soldiers killed during Hezbollah's Sunday evening drone attack on a Golani Brigade training base near Binyamina.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Finally on the offensive, IDF’s 91st Division slices through Hezbollah’s front lines

Little more than a year ago, Israel faced a dilemma on its northern border, beyond the hovering threat that had occupied its defense leaders for the previous two decades. The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah had erected two tents inside of Israeli territory, which Israel was determined to see removed.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Three IDF reservists die in blast in northern Gaza

Three Israel Defense Forces reservists were killed and two other soldiers were seriously wounded when their vehicle hit an explosive device in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza, the military announced on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Putin hails ‘very close’ links with Iran at landmark first meeting with president, as Middle East tensions soar

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he shares a “very close” worldview with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, as the sanctioned leaders held a friendly inaugural meeting just as the Middle East braces for Israel’s response to Tehran’s largest-ever missile attack last week.

Read more: CNN

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‘Civilians beat us’: Israeli teen discusses Hamas captivity

In a poignant interview for the “Children of October 7” social media project, 13-year-old Eitan Yahalomi from Kibbutz Nir Oz shared the harrowing details of his captivity at the hands of Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IAF kills Islamic Jihad chief in Samaria’s Nur Shams camp

An Israel Defense Forces airstrike killed the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group in the Nur Shams camp, located east of Tulkarem in western Samaria, the military announced early Friday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Brown University rejects anti-Israel students’ divestment proposal

Brown University’s board of governors has rejected a closely scrutinized, student-led proposal to divest from companies with business in Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Undercover Israeli commandos kill terror leader, four others on Nablus street

Undercover Israeli forces opened fire on a car in the West Bank city of Nablus, killing five terror suspects, authorities said Wednesday.

Among those killed in the broad daylight shooting near central Nablus was the long-sought leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade terror group in the nearby Balata refugee camp, according to police. He was...

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Cairo, Doha push back on US proposal for Lebanese political reform

The United States wants to use Israel’s military offensive against Hezbollah as a springboard to remove the Iranian terror proxy from Lebanon’s political system. However, the move is garnering pushback from Egypt and Qatar.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Biden and Netanyahu hold ‘direct and productive’ call in wake of Iranian attack

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday for the first time in nearly 50 days, as Jerusalem aims to coordinate with Washington regarding its response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack last week.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas caught on film stealing Gaza aid, again

Hamas terrorists were captured on video taking control of 47 of 100 aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF reservist KIA in Southern Lebanon; two Hezbollah commanders killed

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday morning announced the death of Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ronny Ganizate, who was severely injured fighting Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon and later succumbed to his wounds.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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How Is CBS Marking October 7? By Admonishing Tony Dokoupil

Last week, CBS journalist Tony Dokoupil conducted an interview with the writer Ta-Nehisi Coates whose new book, The Message, includes a one-sided polemic against Israel. Coates himself describes his book as an effort to debunk the complexities journalists invoke to obscure Israel’s occupation. He complained in an interview with New...

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Sinwar said to have resurfaced to seek guarantees for his own life

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar reportedly renewed contacts with mediators in Qatar this week to find out the chances that he could receive immunity in any ceasefire-for-hostages deal, Israel’s Channel 12 news reported on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Canada’s opposition leader: Israeli strike on Iran would be a ‘gift to humanity’

Canada’s opposition leader Pierre Poilievre said on Tuesday that for Israel to prevent the “genocidal” Islamic Republic from obtaining nuclear weapons “would be a gift by the Jewish state to humanity.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF troops raze Hezbollah terrorist tunnel crossing into Israeli territory

Israel Defense Forces soldiers destroyed a Hezbollah terrorist tunnel that crossed some 10 meters (33 feet) into sovereign Israeli territory from Lebanon, the military revealed on Tuesday night.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hadera terror stabbing leaves six wounded, terrorist eliminated

Six people were wounded in a terror stabbing attack in Hadera, police reported Wednesday morning. The terrorist was later neutralized.

Paramedics treated two men, ages approximately 30 and 50, in serious condition. Additionally, a third person, approximately 70 years old,  was moderately wounded. All three were evacuated to Hillel Yaffe Medical...

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Netanyahu and Biden expected to hold call on Iran Wednesday after weeks of silence

US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to discuss Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran for its October 1 ballistic missile attack, officials familiar with the matter said, amid reports of growing frustration in Washington over Jerusalem’s unwillingness to share details of its...

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2 reservists killed as IDF sends more troops into southern Lebanon

Two Israeli reservists serving on the northern border were killed in a mortar attack, authorities announced Monday, as the military said it was sending more troops into Lebanon amid a swiftly widening offensive against the Hezbollah terror group.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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‘Like unleashed lions’: Inside high-stakes IDF operation in Hezbollah stronghold

Thick dust clouds rise along the road leading to Maroun al-Ras, a key hilltop village in southern Lebanon overlooking the Israeli communities of Avivim and Yir’on. Israeli D9 bulldozers and tanks, operating under the command of the Golani Brigade, now move freely in the area.

Read more: Ynet News