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Iran to hold talks with IAEA, despite restricted access to nuclear sites

Talks between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are ongoing and “will continue in the coming days,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei told Iranian state media on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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COGAT: UN boosted Gaza aid collection sharply

Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) provided data on Sunday showing a significant increase in the number of aid trucks in Gaza, citing the figures as an example of how the United Nations can step up its efforts.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Jewish family assaulted and called ‘child killers’ by Vienna Uber driver

A Jewish family, some of them from Israel, said an Uber driver in Vienna assaulted a member of their group and called them “murderers” and “child killers” before forcing them out the vehicle last week.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF prepares for ‘decisive defeat of Hamas’

Following the Israeli Security Cabinet’s decision to prepare for a final, large-scale military takeover of Gaza City, the war against Hamas is entering its most decisive phase. The impending operation, which will reportedly involve an estimated 80,000 soldiers, is aimed at dismantling the last major stronghold of the terror organization, which...

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Families mark ‘yahrzeit’ of ‘Beautiful Six’ hostages

Tuesday marked the first yahrzeit of the “Beautiful Six” hostages—Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Alexander Lubanov, Almog Seroussi, Ori Danino and Eden Alexander—whose bodies were recovered by Israeli forces from a Rafah tunnel in southern Gaza at the end of August 2024.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘No ceasefire’: Khamenei military adviser warns war with Israel could restart at any time

A senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday that another war with Israel or the United States could begin at any time.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Oklahoma man sentenced to 10 years for crimes, including threats to bomb synagogues

Landon Kyle Swinford, 20, of Blanchard, Okla., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for several offenses, including possessing illicit photos of children and threatening to bomb synagogues, the U.S. Department of Justice stated.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas received Gaza truce proposal, Palestinian official confirms, as Egypt talks intensify

Hamas received a new proposal for a 60-day truce and hostage release in two phases, an anonymous Palestinian official said Monday, as Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani was reportedly en route to Egypt amid intensifying talks.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Trump: We’ll only see return of hostages when Hamas confronted and destroyed

US President Donald Trump said that the remaining Gaza hostages will only be returned when "Hamas is confronted and destroyed" in a post to Truth Social on Monday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Herzog meets family of Nepalese student held in Gaza

Israeli President Isaac Herzog met on Sunday with the family of Nepalese student Bipin Joshi, who was studying agriculture in Israel when he was abducted by Hamas terrorists during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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France: Olive tree planted in memory of Ilan Halimi chopped down

Outrage followed the destruction of an olive tree dedicated to the memory of Ilan Halimi, a Parisian Jew who was tortured to death in 2006, Le Parisien daily reported.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Amazon, Apple caught selling terror merchandise and Nazi texts

The Amazon and Etsy in the United Kingdom sell T-shirts that support Palestine Action, which was declared a terror organization in Britain last month, the Jewish News of London wrote this week.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Murdered Hamas hostage Itzik Elgarat tortured to death, autopsy reveals

Itzik Elgarat, an Israeli hostage whose body was returned in February in the framework of a hostage deal with Hamas, was tortured to death during interrogation in captivity, his brother Danny Elgarat revealed in a post on X/Twitter on Thursday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli spy chief visits Doha for Gaza talks

The director of Israel's Mossad spy agency David Barnea visited Qatar on Thursday and met Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani for talks on the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, according to two sources familiar with the visit.

Read more: Axios

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Hezbollah chief threatens ‘no life in Lebanon’ if government tries to seize weapons

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem threatened the Lebanese government Friday over its efforts to disarm the Iran-linked terror group, claiming that there would be “no life in Lebanon” should its weapons be taken by force.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Trump-aligned evangelicals push Republicans to call out antisemitism on the right

President Donald Trump came into office with a promise to make tackling antisemitism a priority of his second term. So far, the focus of that effort has been almost exclusively on addressing left-wing and Islamist antisemitism, primarily...

Read more: Jewish Insider

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Yemeni forces bust Iranian weapons shipment bound for Houthis, including chemical weapons – report

The Yemeni National Resistance, the main military faction fighting against the Houthis, seized 750 tons of weapons smuggled to the terror group by Iran, including chemical weapons, Sky News Arabia reported on Monday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Turkey to supply Syria with arms, equipment under new military accord

Turkey will provide weapons systems and logistical tools to Syria under a military cooperation accord signed on Wednesday, a Turkish Defense Ministry source said, adding that Ankara would also train the Syrian army in using such equipment if needed.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IAF downs Houthi missile from Yemen

The Israeli Air Force early on Thursday morning intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Houthi terrorists in Yemen, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Palestinian aid-truck drivers found to be terrorist operatives

Several Palestinian aid-truck drivers—with permission to enter Israel—have been arrested in recent weeks on suspicion of belonging to terrorist groups such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Israel’s Army Radio reported on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate