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Israel to keep troops in Syria after Assad’s fall, Katz confirms

Israel has said its troops will remain in southern Syria, weeks after the regime of Bashar Assad collapsed.

Defense Minister Israel Katz made the announcement while standing on the snow-covered Mount Hermon, situated on the Golan Heights, on Tuesday during a visit to soldiers currently stationed in Syrian territory.

Read more: The Jerusalem...

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Hamas confirms July 13 death of terror mastermind Mohammed Deif

Hamas officially confirmed on Thursday night that the head of its terrorist army, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Gaza on July 13 alongside Khan Yunis Brigade commander Rafa’a Salameh.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Turkey’s Erdogan meets with Hamas leader, delegation in Ankara

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with Hamas leader Muhammad Ismail Darwish in Ankara on Wednesday, Erdogan's office said in a statement. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin also attended the meeting, as well as other Hamas officials.
Read more: Reuters

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IDF hits Hezbollah targets after terrorist drone sent into Israeli territory

Israeli Air Force fighter jets attacked Hezbollah targets in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley overnight on Thursday after the Iranian-backed terrorist organization dispatched a surveillance drone over the Jewish state, the IDF said on Friday morning.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Hostages Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas to be freed by Hamas Saturday

Three Israeli hostages slated for release by Hamas from Gaza on Saturday were named Friday as Ofer Calderon, 54, Keith Siegel, 65, and Yarden Bibas, 35, officials said.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Inside a US security firm’s risky Gaza mission

A small US security firm is hiring nearly 100 US special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, according to a company spokesperson and a recruitment email seen by Reuters, introducing armed American contractors into the heart of one of the world's most violent conflict zones.

Read more: The Jerusalem...

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Terrorist who captured IDF soldier Naama Levy was killed in a drone strike, army reveals

An Israeli drone strike in September eliminated the Palestinian terrorist who kidnapped Israel Defense Forces field observer Naama Levy during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 cross-border massacre, the military revealed on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israel’s new envoy in DC starts work ahead of Netanyahu trip

Israel’s new ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, started work this week ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled trip to Washington on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Mozes home after 482 days in captivity

Three Israelis and five Thais were redeemed from terrorist captivity in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as part of Hamas’s truce with Jerusalem, 482 days after they were taken captive during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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US policy is to ‘combat antisemitism vigorously,’ per new Trump order

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Wednesday that he said both reinstates an order combating Jew-hatred from his prior term, which the Biden administration “effectively nullified,” and “directs additional measures to advance the policy thereof in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, against the...

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Qatar, Turkey expected to take in bulk of Palestinian murderers released as part of ceasefire

Qatar and Turkey are slated to take in the lion’s share of the Palestinian murder convicts released by Israel as part of its hostage deal with the Hamas terrorist group, Arab media reported on Wednesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Rubio to Mideast counterparts: Hamas must be held accountable

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday stressed to Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani the need to hold the Hamas terrorist group responsible for its actions.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Witkoff in Israel to push implementation of Hamas ceasefire

Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special Middle East envoy, landed in Tel Aviv on a direct private flight from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to reports in Israeli media.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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IDF strikes vehicle carrying Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon

Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon earlier this week struck a vehicle carrying Hezbollah terrorists who posed an imminent threat, the army announced on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Trump ordering review to identify, punish and deport antisemites — including students on visas

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday instructing all federal agencies to identify civil and criminal authorities available to combat antisemitism — including finding ways to deport anti-Jewish activists who violated laws, The Post has learned.

Read more: New York Post

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Senate Dems block bill to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court

Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked a bill on Tuesday that would impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court over its decision to investigate and issue warrants for the arrest of Israeli officials, including the Israeli prime minister.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Trump doubles down on proposal to move Gazans; insists Egypt and Jordan will agree

US President Donald Trump dug in his heels Monday over a controversial suggestion that large numbers of Gazans take refuge in Egypt and Jordan, shrugging off wall-to-wall opposition to the proposal from Arab leaders.

Read more: The Times of Israel

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Trump orders development of ‘American Iron Dome’

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order for the development of an Iron Dome-like missile defense shield for the United States.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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Israeli female astronaut will go to space with NASA

Israel has reached an agreement with NASA to send the first Israeli woman astronaut into space, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel said on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

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In light of ‘concrete warnings,’ Israeli minister cancels visit to Brussels

Following concrete security warnings, Amichai Chikli, Israel’s minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism, canceled his Jan. 28 visit to Brussels, where he was due to address a conference in the European Parliament on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and meet with the Jewish community.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate