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In The News

Congressmen ‘deeply disturbed’ AP won’t call Hamas a terror group

On Oct. 8, 1997, the U.S. State Department designated Hamas as a foreign terror organization. On nearly the 26th anniversary of that designation, Hamas terrorists killed some 1,200 people, wounded thousands more and kidnapped at least 240 Israelis and foreign nationals and took them to the Gaza Strip.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah fires rocket barrage at northern Israel; IDF responds with Lebanon strikes

Hezbollah fired a large barrage of rockets toward northern Israel on Friday morning, as Israel warned that the terror group was endangering Lebanon’s future.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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At least for Hamas, young US voters seem to endorse ‘justified, terror genocide’

An overwhelming majority of younger voters apparently harbor contradictory views about Israel, Jews and the Jewish state’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF troops engage in fierce Gaza battles, seize weapons stockpiles

The Israeli military is pressing its offensive against Hamas, with troops uncovering and destroying rocket launchers and other weapons stockpiles, the Israel Defense Forces said on Friday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF takes over Gaza City’s south, pushes Hamas out of Shejaia

The IDF's 36th Division completed the dismantling of Hamas terror capabilities in the Shejaia neighborhood of Gaza City, the Israeli military said Thursday evening, hours after the 99th Division completed its operations in Gaza City's southern area and has begun expanding its area of activity to the central Strip.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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NGO: Red Cross facilitating Palestinian terror payouts

Since Oct. 7, the International Red Cross has been helping imprisoned Palestinian terrorists receive controversial stipends from the Palestinian Authority, according to Israeli NGO Palestinian Media Watch.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Two wounded in Hezbollah missile attack, as northern border heats up

Two Israeli civilians were wounded Thursday in an anti-tank missile attack from Lebanon on the northern town of Dovev, which occurred at the same time as another missile appeared to hit cars in the nearby community of Avivim.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Hamas fires massive rocket salvo at central Israel

Hamas fired at least 30 rockets at Israel’s central region on Thursday afternoon, in the heaviest barrage in weeks.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hamas’s Haniyeh arrives in Cairo as reports swirl of talks on new truce, hostage deal

Hamas announced Wednesday morning that the leader of its political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, had arrived in Cairo to conduct talks with Egyptian officials on the latest developments in the war in Gaza and on “other files,” according to a statement released by the Palestinian terror group.

Read more:  The Times of Israel

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Hamas in secret talks with Fatah about post-war alliance

The “political” wing of the Hamas terrorist group is holding secret talks in Doha with its Fatah rivals about forming an alliance after the war in Gaza ends, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF hits over 300 targets in Gaza; hundreds of terrorists surrender

Israeli ground, air and naval forces struck more than 300 targets in the Gaza Strip over the past day, causing heavy Hamas casualties and destroying terror infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces reported on Wednesday morning.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Gaza hospital director admits Hamas uses hospitals for military purposes

Kamal Adwan Hospital director Ahmad Kahlot of Jabalya in northern Gaza has confessed to the Shin Bet that Hamas took over his hospital as a military operations center, it was revealed on Tuesday. Kahlot told his interrogators that he joined Hamas in 2010 at the equivalent rank of a brigadier general.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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US-led coalition to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea

The United States is launching a multinational force to counter the maritime threat posed by Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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At UN, West accuses Iran of illegal missile testing, high-grade uranium enrichment

The Western powers in the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran accused Tehran on Monday of developing and testing ballistic missiles, transferring hundreds of drones to Russia, and enriching uranium to an unprecedented 60 percent level for a country without a declared nuclear weapons program — all in violation of a UN resolution endorsing the deal.
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IDF shells terror sites in Lebanon in response to rocket fire

Israel Defense Forces artillery on Tuesday struck several terror sites in Lebanon after a rocket was launched towards the Jewish state.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US weighs strike options to deter Houthis from more Red Sea attacks

Top Biden administration officials are actively weighing options to strike back at Houthis in Yemen after the Iran-backed group launched new attacks on naval and commercial ships in the Red Sea on Saturday, according to two U.S. officials.

Read more: Politico

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Israel-linked hackers claim cyberattack that hit 70% of Iran’s gas stations

A hacking group widely reported as being linked to Israel has taken responsibility for a cyberattack that's knocked out the majority of gas stations across Iran, leading to long lines of cars and angry crowds.

Read more: CNBC

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Gaza war claims lives of five soldiers amid battles for Hamas strongholds

Four troops were killed in fighting in Gaza and another soldier died of his wounds, the army announced Monday, as Israel’s military extended its thrust into battle-hardened Hamas strongholds on opposite ends of the enclave, seizing weapons and suitcases stuffed with over $1 million in cash.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Austin to press Jerusalem to scale back war against Hamas

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel on Monday, where he was expected to pressure Jerusalem to scale back the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
He met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv in the afternoon after an earlier meeting with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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Hundreds of US synagogues receive bomb threats as spree continues despite arrests

Hundreds of synagogues and Jewish institutions across the United States received bomb threats by email this weekend, in a substantial acceleration of a months-long spree of hoax threats.

The Secure Community Network, which coordinates security for Jewish institutions nationwide, said early Sunday that it had tracked 199 threats over the past 24...