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As Israel geared up to celebrate its 77th Independence Day, data released by the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday revealed that the country’s population has reached 10.094 million. This marks a growth of 135,000 people (1.4%) since last year’s holiday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
As violent fires are currently raging in Israel, Hamas published a message on Telegram on Wednesday calling on Palestinians to "burn everything they can in the groves, forests and settlers' houses."
Read more: i24 News
Over 100 teams of firefighters continued to battle fires in the hills west of Jerusalem for a second day Thursday, but appeared to make gains in containing the blazes overnight, with firefighting planes from European allies expected to arrive later in the day.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Two IDF reservists were wounded, one of them seriously, in a roadside bomb attack on Wednesday near the northern West Bank town of Beita, close to Nablus, the military announced.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israel ushered in its 77th Independence Day at sunset on Wednesday night, with nightly celebrations canceled or postponed throughout the country as massive wildfires continued to engulf the Jewish state.
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A new Swiss law banning Hamas and groups linked to the Palestinian terrorist organization will come into force on May 15, the Swiss government announced on Wednesday.
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The Israel Defense Forces has launched an attack on a Syrian extremist group preparing to target Druze in the country’s Damascus province, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced Wednesday afternoon.
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Starting at 8:30 am this morning, a solemn ceremony will begin at the National Memorial Hall for the Fallen of Israel's Wars on Mount Herzl, with the reading of the names of the deceased.
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Hamas posted a message encouraging Palestinians to "burn whatever you can of groves, forests, and settler homes," on Telegram on Wednesday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Multiple cities and communities in central Israel have been instructed to evacuate due to the fires that continue to burn across central Israel on Wednesday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
An Applebee’s in Miamisburg, Ohio was closed Saturday after employees discovered the building had been defaced with antisemitic graffiti including a swastika and hate messages.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israel Defense Forces intercepted a drone attempting to smuggle weapons from Egypt into Israeli territory late on Monday night.
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Former hostage Arbel Yehoud, who was returned to Israel in January as part of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, says her Palestinian Islamic Jihad captors made it clear to her that they would kill her if the IDF discovered their location and came to rescue her.
Read more: The Times of Israel
A rare 1,500 year-old stone capital decorated with a menorah, that was discovered just outside of Jerusalem, will go on display this week ahead of Independence Day, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday.
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Sandra Hagee Parker, chairwoman of the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Action Fund, called on Monday to prevent U.S. taxpayer-funded contracts going to those supporting boycotts against Israel.
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At least 18 people were killed and 750 injured in a powerful explosion on Saturday that ripped through a vital port in southern Iran, Iranian authorities reported, with the blast purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israeli security forces arrested approximately 75 wanted suspects and confiscated more than 40 weapons in a series of operations across Judea and Samaria over the past week, according to a joint statement released Sunday by the Israel Defense Forces, Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Israel Police.
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The IDF struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the terror organization’s stronghold of Dahiyeh in southern Beirut, as the materials posed a significant threat to Israel, Defense Minister Israel Katz’s office confirmed on Sunday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Israeli forces operating in the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah discovered a Hamas weapons cache hidden inside UNRWA humanitarian aid bags, the IDF announced on Sunday.
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The Iranian government has exploited weak U.S. policies to strengthen its influence and enable attacks like the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas massacre, a prominent American evangelical leader said Monday.
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