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US trades barbs with Iran and Russia in UNSC meeting on Damascus strike

Tehran says it holds the United States accountable for Monday’s deadly strike against Iran’s embassy compound in Damascus. Washington warned against any retaliation against the backdrop of a regional war.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Four police officers injured in terror ramming in Israel

Four Israel Police officers were injured overnight Tuesday in a vehicular assault close to the Kochav Yair Junction in central Israel.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel drafts new Gaza ceasefire proposal in Cairo, Hamas to review

The delegation of Mossad, Shin Bet, and IDF officials who went to Cairo for hostage release and ceasefire negotiations was set to return to Israel on Tuesday afternoon, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.

Read more: Jerusalem Post

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US, Israel ‘share objective’ of defeating Hamas in Rafah

The United States and Israel agreed during a virtual meeting on Monday that Hamas must be defeated in Gaza’s Rafah city, according to a White House statement.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas famine narrative evaporates as Gaza food prices slashed

The Popular Resistance Committees, a coalition composed of Hamas and other terrorist groups, recently announced price drops for food in the Gaza Strip.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran and Hezbollah vow ‘punishment and revenge’ for strike that killed IRGC generals

Iran and Hezbollah vowed Tuesday to respond to a strike widely attributed to Israel that demolished Tehran’s consulate in Damascus and killed seven people, including two generals from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a US-designated terrorist organization.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israelis attacked on flight to Thailand

A woman attacked two Israelis during a flight to Thailand, according to video of the incident and testimony from one of the victims.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘AP’ photographer accused of working with Hamas wins prestigious award

A picture taken by an Associated Press photojournalist accused of being embedded with Hamas during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel was awarded a prestigious prize last month.

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Drone attack damages navy base building in Eilat

A naval base building in the southern Israeli city of Eilat was lightly damaged by a drone attack overnight Sunday.
The UAV was launched from Iraq and entered Israeli territory from Jordan.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF ends Shifa Hospital raid, says it killed 200 terror operatives, arrested 500 more

The Israel Defense Forces withdrew early Monday from the Gaza City complex housing the Shifa Hospital, after a two-week raid in which the military said it detained or killed hundreds of terror suspects.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Iranian army chief to Hamas’s Haniyeh: Israel’s invincible image ‘shattered’

Head of Hamas's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, met with Iranian Chief of Staff Mohammed Bagheri in Tehran, according to Iranian media.

In the meeting, Bagheri said that the Palestinian issue has been one of the Islamic Republic’s “main strategies and goals” since the revolution.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Alone in cell guarded by terrorists: Mother of teen recounts ‘horror’ of his captivity

Four months after he was freed from captivity in Gaza, Eitan Yahalomi celebrated his bar mitzvah, but his coming-of-age last week was far from a joyous occasion, his mother told AFP.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Gazan terrorist confesses to raping Israeli girl on Oct. 7

The Israel Defense Forces’ Military Intelligence Directorate released footage on Thursday of a captured Palestinian terrorist admitting to interrogators that he violently raped an Israeli girl on Oct. 7.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli strikes on Aleppo kill dozens of Syrian soldiers, Hezbollah terrorists

Israeli airstrikes targeting Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo early on Friday killed more than three dozen people, mainly Syrian soldiers and at least five members of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group, according to Reuters.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strike on Lebanon terror squad thwarted cross-border attack

A terrorist squad eliminated by Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday night planned to cross the border and carry out an attack in the Mount Dov area, Channel 12 reported on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah fires 10-rocket barrage at northern Israel

Hezbollah launched 10 rockets at Shlomi in northern Israel on Thursday morning, triggering air-raid sirens in the Western Galilee for the second time within hours.

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Three Israelis wounded in Jordan Valley terror shooting

Three Israelis were wounded on Thursday morning in a terrorist attack in the Jordan Valley.
A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a school bus and several cars traveling along Route 90, near Al-Auja, north of Jericho.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Joe Lieberman, longtime senator and first Jewish-American VP candidate, dies at 82

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 82 after complications from a fall, according to a statement from his family.

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Released hostage: ‘I was forced to commit sexual acts with a gun pointed at me’

Released Gaza hostage Amit Soussana gave her personal testimony of the sexual violence and physical abuse she endured in Hamas captivity in an eight-hour interview with The New York Times that was published on Tuesday. She is the first released hostage to give direct testimony of sexual atrocities committed by Hamas.

Read more: The Jerusalem...

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IDF kills 3 Palestinian terrorists in Jenin op

Three Palestinian terrorists were killed during an overnight raid of Jenin in northern Samaria, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate