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In The News

IDF attacks Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold, targeting UAV unit

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that it had begun attacking buildings in southern Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood on Thursday, targeting the Hezbollah Aerial Unit (127).

Read more: i24 News

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New recordings reveal Hamas fired on Gaza aid hub to steal supplies

The recording, released by the Israel Defense Forces and the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, captures a conversation between an Israeli military liaison officer and a Gazan man discussing the widely reported incident on Sunday in which more than 30 people were allegedly killed by Israeli fire.

Read more: YnetNews

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US says Columbia University discriminated against Jews, should lose accreditation

The US Department of Education said Wednesday it has notified a university accreditation body that it believes Columbia University has violated federal anti-discrimination laws through a failure to protect Jewish students on its campus.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Family of Gaza captive marks son’s 23rd birthday in hope

The Hostage Families Forum Headquarters shared a message from the family of Yonatan Samerano, on Thursday, on what should have been his 23rd birthday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the release of all the hostages and unhindered aid access across the enclave.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israel returns bodies of two hostages from Gaza

The bodies of two Israeli hostages have been recovered from the Gaza Strip in a special operation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran sentences man accused of spying for Israel to death

The Iranian Supreme Court has sentenced a man to death accused of spying for Israel on Wednesday. The alleged spy was accused of transporting the material used to eliminate Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in 2020. Iran had then accused Israel of orchestrating the death of Mr. Fakhrizadeh, labelling his elimination as an act of "state...

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White House slams BBC for taking Hamas’s word as ‘total truth,’ BBC denies claim

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the BBC for not doing its due diligence in its coverage of Hamas.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Rockets fired from Syria for first time in a year; Israel holds Sharaa responsible

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Jerusalem would mount a “full response” against the regime of Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa after two rockets were fired from Syria at the Golan Heights for the first time in over a year, minutes before a Houthi missile triggered sirens across central Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF soldier KIA in Gaza, bringing wartime toll to 862

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday announced that Master Sgt. (res.) Alon Farkas had been killed in combat in the northern Gaza Strip.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Khamenei rejects US uranium enrichment demands

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday defiantly rejected U.S. demands to halt uranium enrichment, declaring that the Islamic Republic will not concede to “the rude and arrogant leaders of America.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Michigan antisemite plotted to massacre kids at Jewish daycare, tried to buy assault weapons to use for ‘God’s wrath’: feds

A Michigan antisemite was plotting to massacre kids at a Jewish daycare and tried to illegally buy assault weapons after hurling threats at the preschoolers, federal prosecutors have revealed.

Read more: New York Post

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‘Cannot stay silent’: Christian leaders react to antisemitic terror attack in Boulder

Pastor John Hagee of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, and founder of Christians United for Israel, shared his thoughts on the tragedy in an X post Monday morning.

Hagee addressed the fact that one of the victims was a Holocaust survivor.

Read more: The Christian Post

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Trump: No uranium enrichment under any Iran deal

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stated unequivocally that the nuclear deal currently being discussed with Iran will not allow any uranium enrichment, contradicting earlier media reports.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Boulder attacker charged with antisemitic hate crime

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian national, has been charged with a federal hate crime and multiple state offenses after attacking a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado, with fire bombs and a makeshift flamethrower on Sunday, according to reports.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Three IDF soldiers killed by roadside bomb in north Gaza’s Jabalia

Three Israeli soldiers were killed and two were wounded by a roadside bomb Monday during operations in the Jabalia area in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced Tuesday morning.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Peace with Qatar? Mark Levin says not until the country stops funding terrorism

Now that the Biden regime is history, we’re finally seeing genuine efforts to combat the anti-Semitism that was allowed to run rampant for years.

Read more: Blaze Media

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1.8 million tons of supplies delivered to Gaza since war began

In the nearly 20 months since some 6,000 Hamas-led Gazan terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the Jewish state has facilitated the delivery of close to 1.8 million tons of aid to the Strip, including 1.3 million tons of food, Israel said this weekend.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu says Boulder attack a direct result of ‘blood libels’ against Israel and Jews

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday condemned the “vicious terror attack” in Boulder, Colorado against people demonstrating for the hostages held in Gaza, saying that a recent spate of violent attacks against Jews around the world was a direct result of “blood libels against the Jewish state and people.”

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Boulder terror suspect got work permit despite visa overstay

The alleged attacker in Sunday’s firebombing of a pro-Israel vigil in Boulder, Colo., overstayed his visa and was subsequently granted a work permit by the Biden administration, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller said on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate