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3 senior terror officials reported killed in Gaza; number of Israeli hostages at 203

Three senior officials in Gaza Strip terror groups were reported killed overnight Wednesday as Israel continued its intense bombing campaign of terror targets in the enclave amid its war with Hamas.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Gallant: We will continue until Hamas is defeated

Israel will fight until it is victorious, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Thursday.
During a visit to an IDF staging area near the Gaza border where he met with soldiers, Gallant said: “I see the determination, the spirit of battle, and above all, the motivation to carry out everything needed to defeat Hamas, to eliminate terrorist...

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Egypt to open Rafah crossing for aid to Hamas-ruled Gaza

Cairo on Thursday announced that humanitarian aid would enter Gaza via the Rafah border crossing, as residents of the Strip continue to move south ahead of a looming Israeli ground invasion.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Four soldiers lightly hurt in latest Hezbollah missile attack on Lebanon border

The Hezbollah terror group fired an anti-tank guided missile from Lebanon at Israeli forces near Shtula, a moshav in northern Israel early Wednesday, wounding four soldiers, as tensions continued to heat up on the northern frontier amid repeated skirmishes.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas urges attacks on Israelis; Arab world ignores Israeli claims on hospital blast

The Hamas terror group called on Wednesday for attacks against Israeli forces and urged Arab and Muslim countries to expel Israel’s ambassadors, as Arab fury toward the Jewish state persisted hours after the Israel Defense Forces presented extensive evidence that it wasn’t behind a blast that hit the parking lot of a Gazan hospital the previous...

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Biden in Israel: ‘Your courage and commitment is stunning’

U.S. President Joe Biden praised the Israeli people’s wartime posture upon his arrival to the Jewish state on Wednesday.
“To the people of Israel, your courage and commitment is stunning. I’m proud to be here,” the American president said.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF confirms Islamic Jihad rocket caused Gaza hospital blast

A failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket launch at Israel caused the explosion at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday night, the IDF confirms.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran’s Khamenei says ‘no one’ can stop resistance if Israel continues Gaza offensive

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that “no one can stop” global Islamist forces if Israel keeps up its bombardment of Hamas targets in Gaza in response to the October 7 massacre of over 1,000 civilians committed by the Palestinian terror group.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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PA to immediately reward families of Oct. 7 terrorists with nearly $3m

The Palestinian Authority will pay nearly $3 million to the families of slain Hamas terrorists who slaughtered civilians in Gaza border communities on Oct. 7, Palestinian Media Watch reports.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah missile wounds three in Metula

Two soldiers and a civilian were wounded on Tuesday morning in a cross-border anti-tank missile attack on the northern Israeli town of Metula.
Hezbollah took credit for the attack.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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As Israel buries its dead, volunteers honor them by digging their graves

In the military section of a central Israel Yehud cemetery, Racheli Konstantyn has been volunteering for the past week as a gravedigger.

She tells The Times of Israel this is a new experience for her, and that until now she’s only ever been in a cemetery for a funeral, and not for the surrounding preparations.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF displays arms, plans, torture manuals collected from Hamas terrorists

The Israel Defense Forces displayed a large amount of weaponry, documents and sensitive material on Sunday that it had confiscated from Hamas terrorists, who penetrated into Israel a week ago.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah missiles kill 2 in northern Israel

The IDF on Monday identified the Israeli soldier Hezbollah killed the previous day as Lt. Amitayi Zvi Granot, 24.
Granot was killed by an anti-tank missile fired at the IDF’s Nurit border post.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF notifies relatives of 199 people that their loved ones are Gaza hostages

The families of 199 people have been notified so far that their loved ones are being held in the Gaza Strip after they were abducted during Hamas’s terror onslaught in southern Israel on October 7, the military said Monday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israelis abroad urged to take extra care on Friday as Hamas calls for ‘day of rage’

The Foreign Ministry and the National Security Council issued a joint statement on Thursday evening urging all Israelis who are abroad to take extra care on Friday, citing the Hamas terror group’s call on its supporters worldwide to participate in a “Day of Rage.”

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas rocket targets northern Israel as Iran threatens ‘new front against Zionist entity

Air-raid sirens blared across northern Israel on Friday as Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a long-range rocket at the Galilee, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli diplomat repeatedly stabbed by assailant in Beijing

An Israeli embassy worker in Beijing was attacked on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said, with video appearing to show the assailant repeatedly stabbing the man.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas calls on Gazans to disregard IDF evacuation calls

Hamas is telling Gazan civilians to ignore calls by the Israel Defense Forces to evacuate northern Gaza because it wants human shields to protect its military infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces said on Friday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Showing explicit video of Hamas crimes, Gallant tells NATO: ‘2023 is not 1943’

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant showed uncensored footage of Hamas’s brutal atrocities in Israel as he briefed by video 31 of his counterparts at a NATO meeting in Brussels, his office said Thursday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Blinken in Tel Aviv: As long as US exists, Israel won’t have to defend itself alone

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged in Tel Aviv on Thursday that Israel will never have to defend itself alone for as long as America exists.

Having flown to Israel in the wake of Hamas’s devastating assault Saturday on southern Israel, in which over 1,300 were killed — most of them civilians — Blinken expressed horror at the killings,...