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In The News

Texas A&M to shutter Qatar campus over Middle East ‘heightened instability’

The board of regents of Texas A&M University, a nearly 150-year-old public school with an undergraduate enrollment of more than 60,000, voted on Thursday to undergo a “multi-year process” to close its campus in Qatar.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US kills senior Kata’ib Hezbollah commanders in Baghdad drone strike

Washington stated that the strike responds to Iran-backed militia attacks on U.S. forces in the region, including a drone strike that killed three soldiers in Jordan on Jan. 28.

Read more: JNS

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Four months after Oct. 7, rebuilding of Kibbutz Be’eri begins

The rebuilding of Kibbutz Be’eri began on Thursday morning, four months and a day after Hamas terrorists murdered more than a hundred of its members on Oct. 7.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Jerusalem considering Arafat-style exile for Sinwar, Deif

Israeli leaders are considering the idea of exiling Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar in exchange for the release of all hostages held by the terrorist group and an end to its governance of the territory.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Officer seriously wounded, 2 troops lightly hurt in Hezbollah missile attack

A non-commissioned officer was seriously wounded and two more soldiers were lightly hurt by a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack in the Kiryat Shmona area in the north of the country, the IDF announced Thursday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli hiker finds 2,800-year-old scarab amulet

An Israeli army reservist stumbled upon an ancient Assyrian scarab amulet while hiking in northern Israel’s Nahal Tabor Nature Reserve during a day off, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas proposes 3-stage 135-day truce and hostage deal, leading to war’s end – reports

Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would see a four-and-a-half-month truce during which hostages would be freed in three stages, and which would lead to an end to the war, in response to a proposed outline sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators and backed by the United States and Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Microsoft: Iranian cyberattacks on Israel have soared since Oct. 7

Iran’s online disinformation activities and cyber attacks on Israel have risen dramatically since Oct. 7, according to a Microsoft report released on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF finds Khan Yunis dungeon where hostages were held

Israel Defense Forces soldiers operating in the heart of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza discovered a large tunnel, one where Hamas had held a around a dozen hostages, the military revealed on Wednesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Warning of war, IDF says over 3,000 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, Syria struck so far

Three troop divisions have been deployed to the northern border, the Israeli military said Saturday, issuing a strident warning to the Hezbollah while detailing strikes that Israel says has killed hundreds of terror operatives seeking to enflame the restive border.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Two soldiers lightly injured as several rounds of rocket fire hit north

Sporadic rocket fire from Lebanon set off alert sirens in the north Tuesday with the Hezbollah terror group taking responsibility for a missile that lightly injured two soldiers.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF kills Islamic Jihad terrorist who took part in Nir Oz massacre

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre of civilians at Kibbutz Nir Oz was one of dozens of terrorists Israeli forces killed across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the IDF said on Tuesday morning.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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One fifth of hostages in Hamas captivity are believed to be dead – report

A recent confidential assessment conducted by Israeli intelligence has shed light on a grim reality: at least 32 of the 136 hostages believed to still be held in Gaza have died since the start of the conflict, a figure higher than previously disclosed by authorities.

Read more: i24 News

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Palestinian teen shot dead after trying to stab police in West Bank town

Border Police officers shot dead a Palestinian teenager who attempted to stab them in the West Bank town of al-Eizariya on the outskirts of East Jerusalem on Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas wish list of prisoners includes terror masterminds of Second Intifada

Hamas is expected to demand the release of several high-profile terrorists, all of whom are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons, as part of a potential truce and hostage release deal with Israel, according to a TV report aired Sunday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Warning of war, IDF says over 3,000 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, Syria struck so far

Three troop divisions have been deployed to the northern border, the Israeli military said Saturday, issuing a strident warning to the Hezbollah while detailing strikes that Israel says has killed hundreds of terror operatives seeking to enflame the restive border.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF raids Khan Yunis base where Hamas terrorists trained for Oct. 7

Israeli forces have raided the headquarters of Hamas’s Khan Yunis Brigade, which served as a training facility for the terrorists who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre, the military said on Sunday evening.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘Hatikvah’ played in Doha after Israeli wins gold in fencing

“Hatikvah,” the Jewish state’s national anthem, sounded in a Doha sporting arena this week after Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich won a gold medal at the International Fencing Federation’s Grand Prix, which ended on Wednesday in the Qatari capital.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard adviser said killed in alleged Israeli strike in Syria

An adviser for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in an apparent Israeli strike in Syria on Friday, according to a semi-official Iranian news site, a day after Tehran reportedly pulled senior officers from the country amid a wave of deadly strikes.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Mohammed Said Othman gets three-year sentence for assaulting Jewish man

All four men who beat Joseph Borgen on May 20, 2021, during a rally associated with Israel’s 11-day conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, will spend time in prison for their crime.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate