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In The News

Netanyahu approves IDF plan of Rafah operation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Friday stated that he approved the Israel's Defense Forces' (IDF) plan of operation in Rafah, despite fears of further deterioration of humanitarian crisis in the Strip.

Read more: i24 News

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IDF: Civilians in Rafah will be evacuated to ‘humanitarian islands’ before ground op

The Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday it plans to direct a significant portion of the 1.4 million displaced Gazans in Rafah toward “humanitarian islands” in the center of the territory, ahead of a planned ground operation in the southernmost Gazan city.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas said to execute leader of Gaza’s powerful Doghmush clan

Hamas reportedly killed the leader of the powerful Doghmush clan in Gaza City, because the group allegedly had been stealing humanitarian aid and was suspected of having contact with Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas executes Gaza clan ‘prince’ in message to potential ‘collaborators’

Hamas has executed a “prince” of the Doghmush clan in Gaza City, sources in Gaza said on Thursday. The killing was a message to those considering cooperating with Israel, which is looking for ways to bypass the terror group in the enclave, according to the sources.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli wounded in Negev terror stabbing

One person was wounded on Thursday in a terrorist attack at a gas station near Beit Kama in the northern Negev, close to the Bedouin city of Rahat.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US government investigating NY, MA school districts, Eastern Washington University

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced Title VI investigations on Tuesday of Seekonk Public Schools (Mass.), Yonkers Public Schools (N.Y.) and Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US looks for alternatives as Congress mulls making UNRWA funding freeze permanent

US officials are preparing for a temporary pause on funding the main UN agency for Palestinians to become permanent due to opposition in Congress, even as the Biden administration insists the aid group’s humanitarian work is indispensable.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli drone strike kills top Hamas terrorist in Lebanon

A senior member of Hamas was killed on Wednesday by an Israeli drone strike, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The terrorist was identified as Hadi Ali Mustafa, who the IDF said had advanced attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli forces kill two terrorists during Jenin raid

Two terrorists were killed and four others wounded in an exchange of fire with Israel Defense Forces troops during a counterterror operation in Jenin in northern Samaria overnight Tuesday, according to Palestinian media.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Terror suspects arrested in Europe had images of Jewish, Israeli targets — report

A number of terror suspects arrested in December in Bosnia and Austria had images of Jewish and Israeli targets on their cellphones, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing investigators who said the photos “suggested they were motivated by Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.”

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Houthis target US ship in Red Sea as they threaten to ramp up attacks during Ramadan

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group fired missiles at a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Red Sea but did not hit the vessel, the US Central Command said on Tuesday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas fakes casualty figures: ‘The numbers are not real’

The Hamas terrorist organization is disseminating fictitious figures for casualties in the current war in Gaza. That’s the conclusion of a deep dive into the data published in Tablet magazine in a March 7 report titled “How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah launches 100-rocket barrage at northern Israel

Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets at the northern Golan Heights and the Galilee Panhandle on Tuesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF Arabic spox: Lebanese reaching out to Israel over war fears

The Israel Defense Force’s Arabic-language spokesman Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee said on Sunday that many Lebanese citizens are contacting him with concern that Hezbollah is leading the country into war, including messages from members of the Iranian terror proxy.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas high command number three Marwan Issa possibly killed by IDF strike

Marwan Issa, deputy to Mohammed Deif and number three of Hamas's high command, was targeted by an Israeli airstrike on Saturday.

The IDF cleared the event for publication on Monday morning.

Issa was reportedly hiding in Nusirat, in central Gaza, at the time of the strike, and it is unclear whether the Hamas leader was killed in the event.
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In possible sign of discord during unity talks, Hamas challenges Abbas’s rule

In a direct challenge to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s 19-year rule over Judea and Samaria, Gaza-based Hamas announced on Sunday that it would seek to include exiled Fatah rival Mohammed Dahlan in a unity government, Arab World Press reported.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF kills 15 terrorists in central Gaza as Hamad City operation continues

Israeli forces pressed forward with the “Crown of the West” operation in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on Monday, the 157th day of the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Four wounded by explosive device in West Bank terror attack

Terrorists in the West Bank carried out an attack on a military outpost near the settlement of Homesh on Friday, wounding two, according to the Samaria Regional Council.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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UNSC to debate Hamas’s October 7 sexual violence this Monday

The United Nations Security Council will debate as early as Monday a report which found that there were “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed acts of sexual violence during its October 7 invasion of Israel, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF’s probe into aid chaos says it fired shots at Gazans nearing troops – not trucks

The Israel Defense Force on Friday said it had completed its probe into the reported deaths of 115 Palestinians as they swarmed aid trucks that entered Gaza City in late February, finding that troops stationed in the area did not open fire on the convoy itself as the Hamas terror group had claimed.

Read more: The Times of Israel