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Shin Bet chief: Slain Gaza terror chief was directing West Bank rocket-making cell

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar said Tuesday that security forces recently foiled a Palestinian Islamic Jihad cell based in the West Bank that had started to manufacture rockets to launch at Israel under the direction of one of the senior leaders in the group eliminated by Israel in a series of airstrikes in Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Israeli military evacuates thousands of Gaza-area residents

Thousands of Israelis living near Gaza have been evacuated since Tuesday’s targeted killings of three top Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Strip.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Terrorists fire over 100 rockets at Israel as IDF strikes PIJ assets in Gaza

Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip unleashed barrages of rockets at Israel on Wednesday afternoon, breaking a tense day-long calm following the IDF’s targeted killing of three top Palestinian Islamic Jihad members on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hezbollah builds 27 new bases in Lebanon under cover of fake NGO

Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed on Monday that Hezbollah has in the past year constructed no fewer than 27 military posts along the Blue Line, a demarcation separating Israel and Lebanon.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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What’s inside the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s weapon arsenal?

Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the target of Israel’s Operation Shield and Arrow is extensive and deadly. It is not as large as the Hamas rocket arsenal or Hezbollah’s massive stockpile, which is believed to be more than 100,000 rockets. Palestinian Islamic Jihad is an Iranian proxy and thus has Iranian backing for its rocket program.

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Israel will ‘pay the price,’ Hamas warns after killing of PIJ terrorists

Hamas threatened retaliation on Tuesday for the targeted killing of three senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian sources told the Al-Quds daily that Khalil Bahitini, Jahed Ahnam and Tarek Azaldin were preparing for a trip when they were hit by the Israeli strikes.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Top Islamic Jihad terrorists killed as IDF bombs Gaza; south girds for rockets

Explosions ripped through Gaza early Tuesday morning as the Israeli Air Force assassinated three senior members of the Islamic Jihad terror group, days after a short-lived but fiery flareup of violence set the restive region on edge.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Leaked US intel files: Iran smuggling weapons hidden in earthquake relief to Syria

Iran and allied proxy groups have been smuggling weapons into Syria concealed within aid shipments sent in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake earlier this year, the Washington Post reported Sunday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Lebanon terror groups directed bus bombing attempt in Israel – Shin Bet

Six members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the attempted Beitar Illit bus bombing on March 9, and for allegedly planning a series of future explosive attacks, Israel's Shin Bet announced on Monday morning.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

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Ukraine says it shot down 35 Iranian-made drones over Kyiv as attacks kill 4

Ukraine air defenses shot down 35 Iranian-made drones over Kyiv in Russia’s latest nighttime assault, as attacks across Ukraine by the Kremlin’s forces killed four civilians, officials said Monday.

The bombardments came as Moscow enforced tight security on the eve of traditional Red Square commemorations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in...

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PFLP threatens escalation after leader put in solitary confinement in Israeli prison

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) threatened an escalation in violence Monday after the terror group’s leader was sent to solitary confinement in an Israeli prison.

In a press conference in Gaza, the organization warned that it would hold Israel “fully responsible” if anything happened to secretary-general Ahmad Saadat...

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Jake Sullivan: ‘We are still working toward Israeli-Saudi normalization’

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will travel to Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks with Saudi leaders, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as well as Indian and Emirati officials, he announced Thursday in a speech on U.S. strategy in the Middle East.
"This weekend I will be in Saudi Arabia for meetings with their leaders,"...

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Herzog to represent Israel at King Charles coronation

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will represent the Jewish state at Saturday’s coronation in London of British monarch King Charles III.

Herzog will depart Israel on Thursday, and the following day attend a reception at Buckingham Palace for visiting heads of state.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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‘We Need to Use Every Tool We Have’: Ted Cruz Calls for Extradition of Palestinian Terrorist Ahlam Tamimi

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Thursday at a nomination hearing for the US ambassador to Jordan called for the extradition of Ahlam Tamimi, a Jordanian-Palestinian woman who sits at #4 on the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorists for her role in the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria suicide bombing in Jerusalem.

Read more: The Algemeiner

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‘Iran is 50 North Koreas,’ Netanyahu tells bipartisan congressional delegation

Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) led a bipartisan congressional group, which met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Stabbing in Huwara, West Bank – knife attack carried out by a female terrorist

A stabbing took place in Huwara, West Bank, with one wounded from the terror attack. Paramedics at the Magen David Adom (MDA) said the victim was lightly wounded in the shoulder. The female terrorist was reportedly shot and wounded, and later died in hospital.

Read more: i24 News

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IDF kills terrorists who murdered Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee

Israeli forces on Thursday killed the Palestinian terrorists who last month murdered three members of the Dee family in the Jordan Valley.

Lucy Dee, 48, and daughters Maia, 20, and Rina, 15, were killed in an April 7 shooting on the Route 57 highway near the Hamra Junction.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Iran’s Raisi meets with top Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials, urges Israel’s defeat

Iran’s president met senior Palestinian officials in Damascus and expressed his country’s support Thursday as Tehran and Syria signed a series of agreements.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Gallant: Iran has amassed enough uranium for 5 nuclear weapons

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday said Iran has amassed enough fissile material for five nuclear bombs, warning the Islamic Republic against further enriching uranium toward weapons-grade levels.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Raisi meets Assad in Damascus to expand ties

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Syria on Wednesday at the head of a high-ranking delegation in an effort to boost economic and political cooperation between the countries.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate