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In The News

IDF tanks, troops push into Gaza in limited raid ahead of ground offensive

The Israel Defense Forces deployed a limited ground incursion into Gaza overnight, sending infantry forces and tanks up to a kilometer into the northern part of the Strip, the military said Thursday morning.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Nasrallah, senior Hamas and PIJ leaders talk of achieving ‘victory’ over Israel

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah held talks on Wednesday with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures in a key meeting of the region’s top three anti-Israel terror groups amid the war raging in Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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IDF: Iran is helping Hamas with intelligence and incitement

Iran is assisting Hamas by supplying it with intelligence, and is also boosting anti-Israel incitement worldwide, Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated on Wednesday morning, day 19 of Israel’s war against the terror organization.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas terrorist boasts to proud parents about massacring Jews

While reestablishing control of communities devastated by Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion, the Israel Defense Forces found a recording of one of the terrorists boasting to his parents about how many Jews he had killed.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF kills top Hamas general as Gaza strikes continue, says Iran aiding terror group

Israeli fighter jets continued to pound the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday, targeting Hamas command centers and other assets and killing a senior commander in the Palestinian terror group, while the Israel Defense Forces panned Iran for allegedly taking an active part in preparing Hamas for the current war.

Read more: The Times...

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Iran will not hesitate to launch missiles at Haifa, IRGC commander warns

Fadavi, the deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards, said that "if it is necessary and ," Iran will strike Israel's northern city "without hesitation.”

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Kill, behead, rape: Interrogated Hamas members detail atrocities against civilians

Israeli security agencies published video footage Monday from the apparent interrogations of seven Hamas terrorists who were captured following the Palestinian terror group’s October 7 onslaught, in which they admitted they had been ordered to carry out atrocities against Israeli civilians.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas rocket damages Holocaust museum

KIBBUTZ YAD MORDECHAI — A Holocaust museum in a kibbutz near the Gaza Strip has been damaged by a Hamas rocket.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF: Five Hamas commanders killed as Gaza strikes continue

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday night that five senior Hamas commanders had been killed in recent days, as the military continues to strike thousands of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iranian FM speaks with Hamas leader Haniyeh – analysis

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian spoke with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh overnight on Monday, according to Iranian media.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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IDF intercepts drone from Lebanon near Acre

The Israel Defense Forces shot down a drone that infiltrated Israel by sea from Lebanon on Monday, the army confirmed.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate 

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Israel steps up strikes on Hamas targets as 222 confirmed being held hostage in Gaza

Israeli forces continued to strike Hamas positions across the Gaza Strip on Monday as the military confirmed that it had so far notified the families of 222 hostages that their loved ones are being held by terror groups in the enclave.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Herzog: Hamas had plans to deploy chemical weapons

Israeli security forces found instructions for producing cyanide gas on the body of one of the Hamas terrorists who participated in the Oct. 7 attacks, Israeli President Isaac Herzog revealed on Sunday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli forces nab four Gazans hiding in Beersheva

Israeli security forces arrested four Gazans on Friday who were hiding in an apartment in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US shoots down missiles launched from Yemen, perhaps towards Israel

The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy destroyer, shot missiles and drones from Yemen that could have been aimed at Israel, the Pentagon said on Thursday afternoon.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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In Oval Office speech, Biden urges Congress to boost military aid for Israel, Ukraine

A day after visiting Israel amid the ongoing war against Hamas, US President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered a rare speech to the nation from the Oval Office, calling for Congress to boost military aid to the Jewish state and Ukraine while linking the Gaza-ruling terror group’s deadly assault on October 7 to the ongoing Russian invasion of...

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IDF says ready to repel Houthi attacks, is striking Gaza ‘at rate not seen in decades’

The Israeli Air Force is ready to repel attacks by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen and is carrying out retaliatory airstrikes in the Gaza Strip “at a rate that has not been seen for decades,” IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Friday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Historic synagogue in Tunisia heavily damaged in rioting tied to Israel-Hamas war

A historic but defunct synagogue in Tunisia was reduced to rubble on Tuesday amid mass rioting after an explosion in a Gaza hospital that terror group Hamas and much of the Arab world falsely blamed on Israel.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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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...