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In largest strikes yet, IAF jets bomb Houthi military sites in Yemen after drone attack

The Israeli Air Force carried out strikes on Thursday against Houthi military sites in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, in response to the Iran-backed group’s repeated attacks on Israel, including a drone attack on Eilat a day prior.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Anti-Israel activist sentenced to 19.5 years for firebombing Berkeley police car, arson attacks

Casey Robert Goonan, 35, of Oakland, was sentenced to more than 19.5 years in federal prison on Tuesday for firebombing a University of California, Berkeley police car,  a series of arson attacks on the public school’s campus and an attempted firebombing of a federal building.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US-Turkey arms deal risks Israel’s air superiority

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to visit the White House for the first time in six years, bringing with him a series of proposed agreements aimed at repairing the fractured relationship between the two NATO member states.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Cheap stunts,’ Israeli envoy says of Palestinian mass walkout planned for Netanyahu UN speech

The Palestinian Authority’s mission to the United Nations has been encouraging countries to walk out on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Friday, per a message that JNS viewed.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu slams western leader who recognized Palestinian state at UNGA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his address to the UN General Assembly on Friday by placing the October 7 Hamas massacre at the center of his remarks.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Milei to UN: Free Gaza hostages now, remember AMIA and embassy bombings

Argentine President Javier Milei used his address to the 80th United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to demand the “immediate release” of hostages still held in Gaza and to remind the world of Argentina’s own trauma from the 1992 bombing of Israel’s Embassy in Buenos Aires and the 1994 AMIA Jewish community center attack.

Read more: The...

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Hamas executes 3 ‘collaborators’ in Strip as it faces rising challenges from militias

Hamas-led authorities in Gaza have executed three men accused of collaborating with Israel, a Palestinian official said, as the group seeks to crush rising challenges from militias it says are working against it with Israeli support.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Soldier KIA in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 912

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Thursday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel strikes Yemen a day after Eilat drone attack

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday attacked Houthi targets in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed terror group wounded 22 people in the southern Israeli city of Eilat.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Netanyahu heads to US to address UN, meet with Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed early Thursday morning for New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly before meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Russia, Iran sign memo on building small nuclear power plants in Islamic Republic

Russian and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday on the construction of small nuclear power plants in Iran, the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Israeli forces neutralize Palestinian rocket in Samaria

Israeli forces on Tuesday evening identified a rocket in the Palestinian village of Tulkarem, in western Samaria.
The Israel Defense Forces said the rocket was neutralized by Border Police sappers, while troops scanned the area.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Satellite images show Iran has started rebuilding key missile sites hit by Israel

Iran has begun rebuilding missile-production sites targeted by Israel during its 12-day war in June, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show, but a key component is likely still missing — the large mixers needed to produce solid fuel for the weapons.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Rubio: Palestinian state recognitions derailed hostage talks

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday emphasized that there is no Palestinian state, despite recognition by several Western countries this week, and said the diplomatic initiative led by France and Saudi Arabia had actually derailed efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF footage shows terrorists firing from hospital in Gaza City

The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday released footage of Palestinian terrorists opening fire from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Danon: Palestinian state summit ‘theater’ that rewards Hamas

Moments before French President Emmanuel Macron declared that Paris’ recognition of a Palestinian state represented a “defeat of Hamas” and of those driven by “anti-Zionist obsessions,” Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said Macron and other like-minded leaders had come to New York “to play the game.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Holidays are not holidays for me without you’: Yarden Bibas remembers his family on Rosh Hashanah

Yarden Bibas, who was held hostage in Gaza by Hamas for 484 days, dedicated a social media post on Monday to his slain family, saying that “the holidays are not holidays for me without you.”

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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UNRWA ignored Hamas ties in schools, fostering terrorism – UN Watch report

UNRWA turned a blind eye as Hamas terror chiefs held top positions within the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) educational system and promoted terrorism and radicalization, a scathing new report by the watchdog UN Watch has revealed.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Hamas releases propaganda video of Israeli hostage Alon Ohel

The Hamas terrorist group on Monday published a propaganda video of Israeli hostage Alon Ohel, an hour before the start of Rosh Hashanah in the Jewish state.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Soldier KIA in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 911

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed in action in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Tuesday.
The slain soldier was identified as Maj. Shahar Netanel Bozaglo, 27, a company commander in the Armored Corps’ 77th Battalion, from Migdal Haemek.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate